EXHIBIT 99.1
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The Trust Agreement
Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION COPY
INDYMAC MBS, INC.,
Depositor
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED,
Underlying Certificate Seller
and
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee, Securities Intermediary and Bank
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TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 31, 2006
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IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-R2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-R2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms..........................................................................4
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF THE DEPOSITED UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of the Deposited Underlying Certificates...................................19
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Trustee.................................................................20
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Underlying Certificate Seller...................20
Section 2.04 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.......................................23
Section 2.05 Issuance of Certificates..............................................................24
Section 2.06 REMIC Matters.........................................................................24
Section 2.07 Presentation for Transfer.............................................................25
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND; PAYMENTS AND REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 3.01 Defaults by the Underlying Trust......................................................26
Section 3.02 Distribution Account and Securities Account...........................................26
Section 3.03 Permitted Withdrawals From the Distribution Account...................................27
Section 3.04 Distributions.........................................................................28
Section 3.05 Reserved..............................................................................28
Section 3.06 Allocation of Realized Losses.........................................................28
Section 3.07 Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates............................29
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Section 3.08 Statements to Certificateholders......................................................31
Section 3.09 Reports of the Trustee; Distribution Account..........................................31
Section 3.10 Access to Certain Documentation and Information.......................................31
Section 3.11 Annual Statement as to Compliance.....................................................32
ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01 The Certificates......................................................................33
Section 4.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates..........................................................................33
Section 4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.....................................37
Section 4.04 Persons Deemed Owners.................................................................37
Section 4.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.............................38
Section 4.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................................38
ARTICLE V
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Duties of Trustee.....................................................................39
Section 5.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.................................................39
Section 5.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Deposited Underlying
Certificates..........................................................................41
Section 5.04 Trustee May Own Certificates..........................................................42
Section 5.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses...........................................................42
Section 5.06 Indemnification of the Trustee........................................................42
Section 5.07 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee..................................................42
Section 5.08 Resignation and Removal of Trustee....................................................43
Section 5.09 Successor Trustee.....................................................................44
Section 5.10 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee....................................................44
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Section 5.11 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.........................................45
Section 5.12 Tax Matters...........................................................................46
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01 Liability of the Depositor............................................................49
Section 6.02 Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor..................................49
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others...................................49
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.01 Termination...........................................................................50
Section 7.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates................................................50
Section 7.03 Additional Termination Requirements...................................................51
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.01 Amendment.............................................................................52
Section 8.02 Action Under and Conflicts With the Underlying Agreement..............................53
Section 8.03 Recordation of Agreement..............................................................53
Section 8.04 Certain REMIC Matters.................................................................54
Section 8.05 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders............................................54
Section 8.06 Governing Law.........................................................................55
Section 8.07 Notices...............................................................................55
Section 8.08 Severability of Provisions............................................................55
Section 8.09 Successors and Assigns................................................................56
Section 8.10 Article and Section Headings..........................................................56
Section 8.11 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.............................................56
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Section 8.12 Protection of Assets..................................................................56
ARTICLE IX
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
Section 9.01 Filing Obligations....................................................................56
Section 9.02 Form 10-D Filings.....................................................................57
Section 9.03 Form 8-K Filings......................................................................58
Section 9.04 Form 10-K Filings.....................................................................58
Section 9.05 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification..........................................................59
Section 9.06 Form 15 Filing........................................................................59
Section 9.07 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation....................................59
Section 9.08 Use of Subcontractors.................................................................60
Section 9.09 Amendments............................................................................61
Schedule I List of Deposited Underlying Certificates and Underlying Agreement
Schedule II Planned Balance Schedule
Exhibit A - Form of Class A Certificate ........................................................................A-1
Exhibit B - [Reserved]..........................................................................................B-1
Exhibit C - Form of Residual Certificate........................................................................C-1
Exhibit D - Form of Reverse of Certificate......................................................................D-1
Exhibit E - Form of Transferor Affidavit........................................................................E-1
Exhibit F - Form of Transfer Affidavit for the Class A-R Certificate ...........................................F-1
Exhibit G - [Reserved]..........................................................................................G-1
Exhibit H - Form of Performance Certification...................................................................H-1
Exhibit I - Form of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment
of Compliance Statement.........................................................................................I-1
Exhibit J - List of Item 1119 Parties...........................................................................J-1
Exhibit K - Form of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification................................................................K-1
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TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2006, by and among IndyMac MBS,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, as
underlying certificate seller (the "Underlying Certificate Seller"), and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee") and in its
capacities as Securities Intermediary and as Bank (each as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller and the Trustee
desire to enter into a trust agreement (the "Trust Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Underlying Certificate Seller has transferred its interests
in and to the Deposited Underlying Certificates to the Depositor pursuant to a
xxxx of sale executed by the Underlying Certificate Seller in favor of the
Depositor;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to
the Trustee in return for the Certificates. As provided herein, the Trustee
will elect that the Trust Fund be treated for federal income tax purposes as
comprising a single real estate mortgage investment conduit (the "Master
REMIC"). The Master REMIC will hold as assets the Deposited Underlying
Certificates and will be evidenced by the Certificates, each of which (other
than the Class A-R Certificate) will represent ownership of one or more "REMIC
regular interests" in the Master REMIC. The Class A-R Certificate will
represent ownership of the sole Class of "REMIC residual interest" in the
Master REMIC. The latest possible maturity date, for federal income tax
purposes, of all REMIC regular interests created herein shall be the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.
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THE MASTER REMIC
The following table sets forth characteristics of the Certificates,
together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in excess
thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one Certificate
of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount):
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Integral
Initial Class Pass-Through Multiples
Class Certificate Rate Minimum in Excess of
Designation Balance (per annum) Denomination Minimum
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Class A-1 $ 125,600,000 6.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
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Class A-2 $ 61,459,413 6.00% $25,000.00 $1,000.00
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Class A-R (1) $ 100 6.00% $100.00 N/A
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1. The Class A-R Certificate evidences the sole Class of residual interest in
each REMIC.
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Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the categories
used herein:
Accretion Directed None.
Certificates...................................
Accrual Certificates........................... None.
Accrual Components............................. None.
Book-Entry Certificates........................ All Classes of Certificates other than the Physical
Certificates.
COFI Certificates.............................. None.
Component Certificates......................... None.
Components..................................... None.
Delay Certificates............................. All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than the
Non-Delay Certificates, if any.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates................................... Residual Certificates; and any Certificate of a Class that
ceases to have a rating of at least BBB- or its equivalent
from at least one Rating Agency.
Floating Rate Certificates..................... None.
Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates................................... None.
LIBOR Certificates............................. None.
Non-Delay Certificates......................... None.
Notional Amount
Certificates................................... None.
Notional Amount Components..................... None.
Offered Certificates........................... All Classes of Certificates.
Physical Certificates.......................... Residual Certificates.
Planned Principal Classes...................... None.
Planned Principal Components................... None.
Principal Only
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Certificates................................... None.
Rating Agencies................................ Moody's and S&P
Regular Certificates........................... All Classes of Certificates other than the Residual
Certificates.
Residual Certificates.......................... Class A-R Certificate.
Scheduled Principal
Classes........................................ None.
Senior Certificates............................ Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-R Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates...................... None.
Targeted Principal
Classes........................................ None.
Targeted Principal
Components..................................... None.
With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the
corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions herein
relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect, and any
calculations herein incorporating references to such designations shall be
interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms
and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not designated
above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
Accrual Amount: Not applicable.
Accrual Termination Date: Not applicable.
Additional Designated Information: As defined in Section 9.02.
Aggregate Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Aggregate Targeted Balance: Not applicable.
Agreement: This Trust Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements
hereto.
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Allocated Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution
Date, the Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls allocated to the Deposited
Underlying Certificates in accordance with the Underlying Agreement in
connection with distributions thereon for such Distribution Date.
Allocated Underlying Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any
Distribution Date, the Underlying Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated
to the Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the Underlying
Agreement in connection with distributions thereon for such Distribution Date.
Allocated Underlying Realized Losses: As to any Distribution Date, the
Underlying Realized Losses (including Underlying Excess Losses) allocated to
the Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the Underlying
Agreement in connection with distributions thereon for such Distribution Date.
Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the sum of Available
Interest Funds and Available Principal Funds on such Distribution Date.
Available Interest Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of
all previously undistributed amounts received by the Trustee on or prior to
such Distribution Date as distributions of interest on the Deposited
Underlying Certificates.
Available Principal Funds: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of
all previously undistributed amounts received by the Trustee on or prior to
such Distribution Date as distributions of principal on the Deposited
Underlying Certificates.
Bank: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Book-Entry Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York, or the
State of California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Certificate at any date, the
maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is then
entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the Denomination thereof (A)
plus any Underlying Subsequent Recoveries added to the Certificate Balance of
such Certificate pursuant to Section 3.04, and (B) minus the sum of (i) all
distributions of principal previously made with respect thereto and (ii) all
Underlying Realized Losses allocated thereto and, all other reductions in
Certificate Balance (including the pro rata portion of certain expenses and
liabilities reimbursable to the Depositor pursuant to Section 3.03(b) and any
taxes imposed on the Trust Fund paid pursuant to Section 3.03(c)) previously
allocated thereto pursuant to Section 3.06.
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Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in
the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed
not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not
be taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of
Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained;
provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100%
of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such
Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision
hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a
particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The
Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor
or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are
registered in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
4.02(a).
Certificate Registrar: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and its
successors and, if a successor trustee is appointed under this Agreement, the
successor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same designation as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as to any date
of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date and Class, the
amount by which the amount described in clause (i) of the definition of Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class exceeds the amount of
interest actually distributed on such Class on such Distribution Date pursuant
to such clause (i).
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date and interest bearing Class, the sum of (i) one month's
interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the
Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the related Class Certificate Balance or
Notional Amount immediately prior to such Distribution Date, subject to
reduction as provided in 3.04(c) and (ii) any Class Unpaid Interest Amounts
for such Class.
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts: As to any Distribution Date and Class of
interest bearing Certificates, the amount by which the aggregate Class
Interest Shortfalls for such Class on prior Distribution Dates exceeds the
amount distributed on such Class on prior Distribution Dates pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount.
Closing Date: October 31, 2006.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
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Commission: The United Stated Securities and Exchange Commission.
Component Balance: With respect to any Component and any Distribution
Date, the Initial Component Balance thereof on the Closing Date, (A) plus any
Underlying Subsequent Recoveries added to the Component Balance of such
Component pursuant to Section 3.04, (B) minus the sum of all amounts applied
in reduction of the principal balance of such Component and Realized Losses
allocated thereto on previous Distribution Dates.
Component Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this
Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of
this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Trust Administration MS06R2, and which is the address to
which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed. With
respect to the Certificate Registrar and presentment of Certificates for
registration of transfer, exchange or final payment, the Corporate Trust
Office is located at DB Services Tennessee, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Transfer Unit.
Definitive Certificate: Any definitive, fully registered Certificate.
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Delivery: When used with respect to any Distribution Account Property or
Securities Account Property means delivery of such Distribution Account
Property or Securities Account Property, as applicable, as follows (terms used
in the following provisions that are not otherwise defined are used as defined
in Article 8 of the UCC):
(1) in the case of each certificated security (other than a clearing
corporation security (as defined below)) or instrument, by:
(A) the delivery of such certificated security or instrument to the
Securities Intermediary registered in the name of the Securities
Intermediary or its affiliated nominee or endorsed to the Securities
Intermediary or in blank,
(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such certificated security or instrument is credited to
the Securities Account, and
(C) the Securities Intermediary maintaining continuous possession of
such certificated security or instrument in the State of New York;
(2) in the case of each uncertificated security (other than a clearing
corporation security), by causing:
(A) such uncertificated security to be continuously registered on
the books of the issuer thereof to the Securities Intermediary, and
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(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such uncertificated security is credited to the
Securities Account;
(3) in the case of each security in the custody of or maintained on the
books of a clearing corporation or its nominee (a "clearing corporation
security"), by causing:
(A) the relevant clearing corporation to credit such clearing
corporation security to the securities account of the Securities
Intermediary, and
(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such clearing corporation security is credited to the
Securities Account;
(4) in the case of each security issued or guaranteed by the United
States of America or agency or instrumentality thereof and that is maintained
in book-entry records of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("FRBNY") (each
such security, a "government security"), by causing:
(A) the creation of a security entitlement to such government
security by the credit of such government security to the securities
account of the Securities Intermediary at the FRBNY, and
(B) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such government security is credited to the Securities
Account;
(5) in the case of each security entitlement not governed by clauses (1)
through (4) above, by:
(A) causing a securities intermediary (x) to indicate by book-entry
that the underlying "financial asset" (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9)
of the UCC) has been credited to be the Securities Intermediary's
securities account, (y) to receive a financial asset from the Securities
Intermediary or acquiring the underlying financial asset for the
Securities Intermediary, and in either case, accepting it for credit to
the Securities Intermediary's securities account or (z) to be become
obligated under other law, regulation or rule to credit the underlying
financial asset to the Security Intermediary's securities account,
(B) the making by such securities intermediary of entries on its
books and records continuously identifying such security entitlement as
belonging to the Securities Intermediary and continuously indicating by
book-entry that such securities entitlement is credited to the Securities
Intermediary's securities account, and
(C) the Securities Intermediary continuously indicating by
book-entry that such security entitlement (or all rights and property of
the Securities Intermediary representing such securities entitlement) is
credited to the Securities Account; and
(6) in the case of cash or money, by:
(A) the delivery of such cash or money to the Bank, and
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(B) the Bank's continuously crediting such cash or money to the
Distribution Account.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on
the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or
the "Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if neither of the
foregoing, the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.
Deposited Underlying Certificates: As set forth on Schedule I hereto.
Depositor: IndyMac MBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successors
in interest.
Depository: The Depository Trust Company, or any successor Depository
hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of
registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates is Cede
& Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as defined
in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York
and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking
association, or its successor in interest.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.02 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company in trust for registered holders of IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-R2, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-R2." Funds in, and other property credited to, the
Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.
Distribution Account Property: The Distribution Account, all amounts,
investments and other property held from time to time in the Distribution
Account, and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Distribution Date: The same day as each Underlying Distribution Date.
XXXXX: The Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
system.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) a segregated account or accounts maintained
with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a
depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company) have the
highest short-term ratings of Moody's and one of the two highest short-term
ratings of S&P and Fitch, if Fitch or S&P is a Rating Agency, at the time any
amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii) a segregated account or accounts
in a depository institution or trust company in
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which such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by the
FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such
that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to
each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the
funds in such account or a perfected first priority security interest against
any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such
funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the
depository institution or trust company in which such account is maintained,
or (iii) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the trust
department of a federal or state chartered depository institution subject to
regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title XII of the
C.F.R. Section 9.10(b) which in either case has corporate trust powers acting
in its fiduciary capacity, (iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating
Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest by investment in Permitted
Investments, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition,
accounts maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of the
Underwriter's Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K
required to be filed by the Depositor with respect to the Trust Fund under the
Exchange Act.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is designated as a
Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 8.07 the
address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring - IndyMac 2006-R2, or any other
address Fitch furnishes to the Depositor.
Form 10-D Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, any material
litigation or governmental proceedings pending against such Person, or against
any of the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trustee or any co-trustee, if such
Person has actual knowledge thereof.
Form 10-K Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, (a) any Form 10-D
Disclosure Item and (b) any affiliations or relationships between such Person
and any Item 1119 Party.
Initial Class Certificate Balance: With respect to each Class of
Certificates, the Class Certificate Balance of such Class on the Closing Date.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month of such
Distribution Date. With respect to any Class of Non-Delay Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the one month period commencing on the 25th day of the
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (other than
the first Distribution Date, for which it is the Closing Date) and ending on
the
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24th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. All Classes of
Certificates will accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period
for any LIBOR Certificates, the second Business Day prior to the first day of
such Interest Accrual Period.
International Organization: As defined in the Code.
Investment Company Act: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Item 1119 Party: The Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller, the
Trustee and any other material transaction party, as identified in Exhibit J,
as updated pursuant to Section 9.04.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date in April 2036.
LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one-month United States
dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section 3.07.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Limited Exchange Act Reporting Obligations: The obligations of the
Trustee under Section 3.11(b), Section 5.10 and Section 5.08 with respect to
notice and information to be provided to the Depositor and Article 9 (except
Section 9.07(a)(i) and (ii)).
Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Certificates, the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the aggregate, at least 51% of the
Percentage Interests evidenced by all Certificates of such Class.
Master REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 3.08.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto. If
Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, the
address for notices to Moody's shall be Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Pass-Through
Monitoring, or such other address as Moody's may hereafter furnish to the
Depositor.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Notional Amount: Not applicable.
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officers' Certificate: A certificate (i) in the case of the Depositor,
signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the
President, a Managing Director, a Vice President (however denominated), an
Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary,
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or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Depositor
or (ii) in the case of any other Person, signed by an authorized officer of
such Person.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
the Depositor, including, in-house counsel, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to the interpretation or
application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (i) in fact be
independent of the Depositor, (ii) not have any direct financial interest in
the Depositor or in any affiliate thereof, and (iii) not be connected with the
Depositor as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or person performing similar functions.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership
interest in such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect,
legal or beneficial.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement.
Pass-Through Rate: For any interest bearing Class of Certificates or
Component, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the manner described
in the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,
such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Performance Certification: As defined in Section 9.05.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations and securities and may include investments for which the Trustee
or any of its Affiliates serves as investment manager or advisor:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof,
provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state
of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such
lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by
each Rating Agency;
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(iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then receiving
the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of each
Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of
any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by
federal and/or state banking authorities, provided that the
commercial paper and/or long term unsecured debt obligations of
such depository institution or trust company (or in the case of
the principal depository institution in a holding company
system, the commercial paper or long-term unsecured debt
obligations of such holding company, but only if Xxxxx'x is not
a Rating Agency) are then rated one of the two highest
long-term and the highest short-term ratings of each Rating
Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as will not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to the Certificates by either Rating Agency;
(v) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described
in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with
a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (iv) above;
(vi) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the highest
rating assigned by each Rating Agency and restricted to
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of
America or entities whose obligations are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States of America and repurchase
agreements collateralized by such obligations; and
(vii) such other relatively risk free investments bearing interest
or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating Agency as will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to the Certificates by either Rating Agency, as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency
provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect
to the obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or
any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in section 521 of
the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including
the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable
income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(l) of the
Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v)
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an "electing large partnership" as defined in Section 775 of the Code, (vi) a
Person that is not a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
partnership, or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate or
trust whose income from sources without the United States is includible in
gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States or
a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States
persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust
unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or any applicable successor
form, and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Depositor based upon an
Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to such Person may cause either REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify
as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding. The terms
"United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A
corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or
of any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Prepayment Assumption: As defined in the Prospectus Supplement.
Priority Amount: Not applicable.
Priority Percentage: Not applicable.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated October 30, 2006
relating to the Offered Certificates.
Purchase Price: As defined in Section 2.03(a) hereof.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the Preliminary
Statement. If any such organization or a successor is no longer in existence,
"Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, or other comparable Person, as is identified as a "Rating
Agency" in the Underwriter's Exemption and designated by the Depositor, notice
of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References herein to a
given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating category
without giving effect to any modifiers.
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Record Date: The last Business Day of the calendar month preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 3.07 hereof.
Regular Certificates: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation
AB), 17 C.F.R. ss.ss.229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been
provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities,
Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005))
or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or
its staff from time to time.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final regulation, revenue
ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement or interpretation
relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the Closing Date.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
Reportable Event: Any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in
any event, the following:
(a) entry into a definitive agreement related to the Trust Fund, the
Certificates or the Deposited Underlying Certificates, or an amendment to a
Transaction Document, even if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement
(e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3)
of Regulation AB);
(b) termination of a Transaction Document (other than by expiration
of the agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of all parties
completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the Depositor is
not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer
contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(c) with respect to the Trustee only, if the Trustee becomes aware
of any bankruptcy or receivership with respect to the Underlying Certificate
Seller, the Depositor, any enhancement or support provider contemplated by
Items 1114(b) or 1115 of Regulation AB, or any other material party
contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1) of Regulation AB;
(d) with respect to the Trustee and the Depositor only, the
occurrence of an early amortization, performance trigger or other event,
including an Event of Default under this Agreement;
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(e) any amendment to this Agreement;
(f) the resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the Trustee;
(g) with respect to the Trustee only, if the Trustee becomes aware that
(i) any material enhancement or support specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through
(3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB that was previously
applicable regarding one or more Classes of the Certificates has terminated
other than by expiration of the contract on its stated termination date or as
a result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement;
(ii) any material enhancement specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of
Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB has been added with respect to one
or more Classes of the Certificates; or (iii) any existing material
enhancement or support specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation
AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB with respect to one or more Classes of the
Certificates has been materially amended or modified; and
(h) with respect to the Trustee and the Depositor only, a required
distribution to Holders of the Certificates is not made as of the required
Distribution Date under this Agreement.
Reporting Subcontractor: With respect to the Trustee, any Subcontractor
determined by such Person pursuant to Section 9.08(b) to be "participating in
the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
References to a Reporting Subcontractor shall refer only to the Subcontractor
of such Person and shall not refer to Subcontractors generally.
Residual Certificates: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice
President, any Managing Director, Director, Associate, Assistant Vice
President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any Trust Officer or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also to whom, with
respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and has
direct responsibility for the administration of this Trust Agreement.
Rule 3a-7: Rule 3a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as then in effect (or
any successor rule).
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification: As defined in Section 9.05.
Securities Account: As defined in Section 3.02.
Securities Account Property: The Securities Account, all amounts,
investments and other property held from time to time in the Securities
Account, and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Securities Intermediary: As defined in Section 3.02(b).
Servicing Criteria: The "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
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S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. If
S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, the address
for notices to S&P shall be Standard & Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address
as S&P may hereafter furnish to the Depositor.
Shift Percentage: Not applicable.
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that performs
one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB
with respect to the Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the
Trustee.
Suspension Notification: Notification to the Commission of the suspension
of the Trust Fund's obligation to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act.
Targeted Balance: Not applicable.
Targeted Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Transaction Documents: This Agreement and any other document or agreement
entered into in connection with the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the
Deposited Underlying Certificates.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Transfer Affidavit: A certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
Transferor Affidavit: A certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
E.
Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and its successors and, if
a successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created by this Agreement and
evidenced by the Certificates, consisting of: (A) the Deposited Underlying
Certificates, (B) all distributions thereon due to the holders of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates after October 25, 2006 in respect of the
terms thereof, (C) the Distribution Account and the Securities Account, (D)
all investment property, deposit accounts, accounts, general intangibles,
money, instruments, documents and other property evidencing any and all of the
foregoing, and (E) all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
Underlying Agreement: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
February 1, 2006 among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as depositor, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B.,
as seller and as Servicer, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
trustee, related to Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-A1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-A, as it may be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
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Underlying Certificate Account: The "Certificate Account" as defined in
the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Certificate Seller: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, a
Delaware corporation, or its successors in interest.
Underlying Distribution Date: The "Distribution Date" as defined in the
Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Excess Losses: "Excess Losses" as defined in the Underlying
Agreement.
Underlying Liquidated Mortgage Loan: "Liquidated Mortgage Loan" as
defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls: "Net Interest Shortfalls" as defined
in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: "Net Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls" as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Realized Losses: "Realized Losses" (other than any Underlying
Excess Losses) as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Relief Act Reductions: Any "Relief Act Reductions" as defined
in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Senior Credit Support Depletion Date: The "Senior Credit
Support Depletion Date" as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Subsequent Recoveries: "Subsequent Recoveries" as defined in
the Underlying Agreement.
Underlying Trust: The "Trust Fund" as defined in the Underlying
Agreement.
Underlying Trustee: The "Trustee" as defined in the Underlying Agreement.
Underwriter's Exemption: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67
Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002), as amended (or any successor thereto), or any
substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department
of Labor.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to each Class of
Notional Amount Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among
the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests), and (b) the remaining Voting Rights (or 100%
of the Voting Rights if there is no Class of Notional Amount Certificates)
shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in
proportion to the Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on
such date.
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ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF THE DEPOSITED UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 2.01 Conveyance of the Deposited Underlying Certificates. The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby
transfer, convey, sell and assign to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of
the Certificates, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Deposited Underlying Certificates with appropriate
endorsements and other documentation sufficient under the Underlying Agreement
to transfer each such Deposited Underlying Certificate, free and clean of any
lien, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind to the Trustee, including all
distributions thereon due after October 25, 2006, and all proceeds of the
foregoing. Each of the Underlying Certificate Seller and the Depositor
severally agrees to transfer to the Trustee promptly upon receipt (by wire
transfer of immediately available funds), any amounts it receives in respect
of the Deposited Underlying Certificates due thereon after October 25, 2006.
The transfer of the Deposited Underlying Certificates and all other
assets constituting the Trust Fund is absolute and is intended by the parties
hereto as a sale. The Underlying Certificate Seller hereby confirms that it
has caused the beneficial ownership interest in the Deposited Underlying
Certificates to be registered with a Depository Participant or an indirect
participant in the Depository in the name of the Securities Intermediary for
the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms to the Trustee that (i) the
Deposited Underlying Certificates have been confirmed by the Depository to
have been delivered to the Trustee (on behalf of the Certificateholders),
subject to no other interests, and held with the Securities Intermediary, as a
Depository Participant, in book-entry form, and (ii) the Securities
Intermediary is holding such Deposited Underlying Certificate for the account
of the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee hereby
acknowledges the receipt by it and the Securities Intermediary of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates and the other documents and instruments
referenced above, in good faith and without actual notice of any adverse
claim, and declares that it holds and will hold the Deposited Underlying
Certificates and the other documents and instruments, and that it holds and
will continuously hold all other assets in the Trust Fund, in each case, in
the State of New York (provided, however, that if the Deposited Underlying
Certificates ever become definitive certificates, the Trustee will hold them
in Nashville, Tennessee), in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee shall not permit the
Deposited Underlying Certificates or any other asset constituting the Trust
Fund to be subjected to any lien, claim or encumbrance arising by, through or
under the Trustee or any person claiming by, through or under the Trustee. The
Depositor agrees to provide to the Trustee all documents required for the
transfer to the Trustee of the Deposited Underlying Certificates.
It is intended that the conveyance of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates by the Depositor to the Trustee as provided in this Section be,
and be construed as, a sale of the Deposited Underlying Certificates by the
Depositor to the Trustee for the benefit of the
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Certificateholders. It is, further, not intended that such conveyance be
deemed a pledge of the Deposited Underlying Certificates by the Depositor to
the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, in
the event that the Deposited Underlying Certificates are held to be the
property of the Depositor, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or
deemed to create a security interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates,
then it is intended that (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a
security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC and the
corresponding articles of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable
jurisdiction; and (b) the conveyance provided for in this Section shall be
deemed to be a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders of a security interest in all of the Depositor's right,
title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the
Trust Fund. The Depositor and the Trustee, at the Depositor's written
direction and expense, shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement,
take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were
deemed to create a security interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates
and other assets constituting the Trust Fund described above, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement.
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Trustee. Deutsche Bank, in its capacity as
Securities Intermediary for the Trustee confirms that (i) the Deposited
Underlying Certificates in book-entry form have been confirmed by the
Depository to have been delivered to the Trustee, subject to no other
interests, and held in the Securities Intermediary in book-entry form, as a
participant in the Depository and (ii) the Securities Intermediary is holding
such Deposited Underlying Certificates in book-entry form for the account of
the Trustee, as owner of the Deposited Underlying Certificates in its capacity
as trustee for the Certificateholders. The Trustee declares that it shall hold
ownership interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates in trust and shall
hold all proceeds of any of the foregoing and all other rights, titles or
interests of the Trustee in any asset included in the Trust Fund from time to
time in trust, upon the terms herein set forth, for the use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of
Certificateholders, to confirm that the class designation and original
principal balance with respect to the Deposited Underlying Certificates
conform to the information set forth on Schedule I on the Closing Date.
Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Underlying Certificate
Seller. The Underlying Certificate Seller hereby represents and warrants to
the Depositor and the Trustee
(a) With respect to the Deposited Underlying Certificates as of the
Closing Date as follows:
(i) prior to the transfer of the Deposited Underlying Certificates
to the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller was the sole owner of
the Deposited Underlying Certificates free and clear of any lien, pledge,
charge or encumbrance of any kind and prior to the transfer of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates to the Trust Fund, the Depositor was
the sole owner of the Deposited Underlying Certificates free and clear of
any lien, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind;
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(ii) the Underlying Certificate Seller has not assigned any interest
in the Deposited Underlying Certificates or any distributions thereon,
except as contemplated herein;
(iii) the crediting of the Deposited Underlying Certificates to the
Securities Account is sufficient to effect the transfer of all right,
title and interest in the Deposited Underlying Certificates to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 free and clean of any lien, pledge,
charge or encumbrance of any kind;
(iv) the Deposited Underlying Certificates constitute a "securities
entitlement" within the meaning of the UCC;
(v) neither the Underlying Certificate Seller nor the Depositor is
aware of any default or event of default under, or breach of any terms
of, the Underlying Agreement or the Deposited Underlying Certificates;
(vi) the information set forth on Schedule I to this Agreement is
true and correct as of the Closing Date; and
(vii) the Deposited Underlying Certificates have been credited to
the Securities Account.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(a)
shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates by the Depositor to the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Underlying
Certificate Seller, the Depositor or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a
breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the Deposited
Underlying Certificates, the Underlying Certificate Seller, the Depositor or
the Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and to the
Certificateholders. If such discovery or notice occurs prior to the
Distribution Date in December 2006, the Underlying Certificate Seller shall
cure such breach in all material respects or, if such breach cannot be cured
on or prior to the Distribution Date in December 2006, the Underlying
Certificate Seller shall repurchase the Deposited Underlying Certificates from
the Trustee on the Distribution Date immediately following the date on which
the Underlying Certificate Seller is so directed by Holders of a Majority in
Interest of the Classes of Regular Certificates. Any such repurchase of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates by the Underlying Certificate Seller shall
be accomplished on the Distribution Date of repurchase, by the payment on the
Business Day prior to such Distribution Date by the Underlying Certificate
Seller to the Trustee of an amount (in immediately available funds) (the
"Purchase Price") equal to the principal balance of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates immediately prior to the Distribution Date of such repurchase
plus unpaid interest thereon due on or prior to the Distribution Date of such
repurchase (it being understood that all distributions made on the Deposited
Underlying Certificates up to immediately prior to the Distribution Date of
such repurchase shall be property of the Trust Fund). The payment of the
Purchase Price shall be considered a prepayment in full of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates and shall be delivered to the Trustee for deposit in
the Distribution Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.02
hereof. Upon such deposit into such Distribution Account, the repurchased
Deposited Underlying Certificates shall be released to the Underlying
Certificate
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Seller, and the Trustee and the Depositor shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall
be reasonably requested and provided by the Underlying Certificate Seller to
vest in the Underlying Certificate Seller, or its designee or assignee, title
to the Deposited Underlying Certificates repurchased pursuant hereto. The
obligation of the Underlying Certificate Seller to cure such breach of
representations and warranties or effect such repurchase of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
breach available to Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders.
(b) With respect to the Underlying Certificate Seller:
(i) The Underlying Certificate Seller is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware with full power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Underlying Certificate Seller and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Underlying Certificate Seller, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement hereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally or by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery of this Agreement nor
the issuance, delivery and sale of the Certificates, nor the consummation
of any other of the transactions contemplated herein nor the fulfillment
of the terms of this Agreement or the Certificates will result in the
breach of any term or provision of the charter, by-laws or resolutions of
the Underlying Certificate Seller or conflict with, result in a breach,
violation or acceleration of or constitute a default under, the terms of
any material indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the
Underlying Certificate Seller is a party or by which it is bound, or any
statute, order or regulation applicable to the Underlying Certificate
Seller of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Underlying Certificate
Seller.
(iv) There are no actions or proceedings against, or investigations
of, the Underlying Certificate Seller pending, or, to the knowledge of
the Underlying Certificate Seller, threatened, before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (A) asserting the invalidity of
this Agreement or the Certificates, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance
of the Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or (C) which might materially and
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Certificates.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.03(b) shall survive delivery of the Trust Fund to the
Trustee. Upon discovery by the Underlying Certificate Seller, the Depositor or
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties which breach materially and adversely
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affects the interests of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and to the Rating
Agencies.
Section 2.04 Covenant of the Underlying Certificate Seller. The
Underlying Certificate Seller hereby pledges and confirms that it will pay all
necessary taxes, if any, with respect to the Deposited Underlying
Certificates.
Section 2.05 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee as of the Closing Date
as follows:
(i) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Depositor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement
of the Depositor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery of this Agreement nor
the issuance, delivery and sale of the Certificates, nor the consummation
of any other of the transactions contemplated herein nor the fulfillment
of the terms of this Agreement or the Certificates will result in the
breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of the
Depositor or conflict with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration
of or constitute a default under, the terms of any material indenture or
other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by
which it is bound, or any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Depositor of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Depositor.
(iv) There are no actions or proceedings against, or investigations
of, the Depositor pending, or, to the knowledge of the Depositor,
threatened, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal (A)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the Certificates, (B)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (C) which
might materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or the Certificates.
(v) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest
in the Deposited Underlying Certificates in favor of the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust Fund, which security interest is prior to all other
liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors and purchasers from
the Depositor.
(vi) Immediately before the assignment of the Deposited Underlying
Certificates to the Trustee, the Depositor had good and marketable title
to such Deposited Underlying Certificates free and clear of any lien,
claim, encumbrance of any Person.
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The Depositor has received all consents and approvals required by the
terms of the Deposited Underlying Certificates to the transfer to the
Trustee of its interest and rights in the Deposited Underlying
Certificates.
(vii) The Distribution Account constitutes a "deposit account" (as
defined in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC). The Securities Account
constitutes a "securities account" (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the
UCC). The Deposited Underlying Certificates have been credited to the
Securities Account. The Securities Intermediary has agreed to treat all
assets credited to the Securities Account as "financial assets" (as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC).
(viii) This Agreement is an agreement pursuant to which the
Securities Intermediary or the Bank, as the case may be, has agreed to
comply with all instructions or directions originated by the Trustee
relating to the Distribution Account and the Securities Account without
further consent by the Depositor.
(ix) Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned,
sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates. The Depositor has not authorized the
filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the
Depositor that include a description of the collateral covering the
Deposited Underlying Certificates. The Depositor is not aware of any
judgment or tax lien filings against the Depositor.
(x) Neither the Distribution Account nor the Securities Account is
in the name of any person other than the Trustee. The Depositor has not
consented to the securities intermediary of the Securities Account to
comply with entitlement orders of any person other than the Trustee.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Trust Fund to the
Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties
which breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice to the other party and to the Rating Agencies.
Section 2.06 Issuance of Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges the
receipt by it of the Deposited Underlying Certificates and concurrently with
such receipt, the Trustee has duly executed on behalf of the Trust Fund,
authenticated and delivered, to or upon the written order of the Depositor,
the Certificates in authorized denominations and registered in such names as
the Depositor has directed in writing.
Section 2.07 REMIC Matters. The Preliminary Statement sets forth the
designations and "latest possible maturity date" for federal income tax
purposes of all interests created hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with
respect to each REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee. Each REMIC's fiscal year
shall be the calendar year.
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Section 2.08 Presentation for Transfer. On the Closing Date, the
Underlying Certificate Seller, the Depositor and/or the Trustee (as
appropriate) shall present the documents described in Section 2.01 for
registration of transfer of the Deposited Underlying Certificates to the
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements under the Underlying Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND;
PAYMENTS AND REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 3.01 Defaults by the Underlying Trust. In connection with its
receipt of any distribution on the Deposited Underlying Certificates on any
Distribution Date, if (i) the amount of any distribution varies from the
amount due thereon pursuant to the terms of the Underlying Agreement, (ii) the
Trustee shall not have received a distribution by the close of business on
such Distribution Date, or (iii) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
gain actual knowledge of any default under the Underlying Agreement, the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller
and the Certificateholders, and shall, subject to the provisions of Sections
5.01 and 5.02, pursue such remedies as may be available to it as holder of
such Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the terms of the
Underlying Agreement.
Section 3.02 Distribution Account and Securities Account. (a) The
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and
maintain an account (the "Distribution Account") at the Bank, which shall be
an Eligible Account, entitled "Indy Mac MBS, Inc. Residential Asset
Securitization Trust 2006-R2." The Distribution Account shall be maintained as
a "deposit account" (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(29), bearing a designation
clearly indicating that the account and all funds deposited in it are held for
the exclusive benefit of the Certificateholders. All amounts on deposit in the
Distribution Account shall remain uninvested. Deutsche Bank hereby confirms
the following with respect to the Distribution Account: (A) the Distribution
Account shall be established and maintained as a "deposit account" (as defined
in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC), (B) Deutsche Bank is an organization
engaged in the business of banking and is acting in such capacity (in such
capacity, the "Bank") in maintaining the Distribution Account and (C) the
Trustee is the Bank's sole "customer" (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of
the UCC) with respect to the Distribution Account (other than the Securities
Account). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary and for the avoidance of
doubt, if at any time the Bank shall receive any instructions originated by
the Trustee directing the disposition of funds in the Distribution Account,
the Bank shall comply with such instructions without further consent by the
Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller or any other Person.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Bank's "jurisdiction" (within
the meaning of Section 9-304 of the UCC) is the State of New York.
The Distribution Account Property shall be Delivered to the Securities
Intermediary in accordance with the definition of "Delivery."
(b) By the date of this Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall establish an
account (the "Securities Account") which shall be established and maintained
as a "securities account" as defined in Section 8-501 of the UCC to which
financial assets are or may be credited, (B) Deutsche Bank shall act in the
capacity of a "Securities Intermediary" as defined in of Section 8-102(a)(14)
of the UCC (in such capacity, the "Securities Intermediary") with respect to
the Securities Account, and (C) the Securities Intermediary shall treat the
Trustee as the sole "entitlement holder" within the meaning of Section
8-102(a)(7) of the Securities Account and the
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sole Person entitled to exercise the rights that comprise any financial asset
credited to the Securities Account.
The Securities Account Property shall be Delivered to the Securities
Intermediary in accordance with the definition of "Delivery."
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary and for the avoidance of
doubt, if at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any
notifications or entitlement orders from the Trustee directing it to transfer
or redeem any financial asset or other property relating to the Securities
Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such notification or
other entitlement order without further consent by the Depositor or any other
Person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Securities
Intermediary's jurisdiction (as defined in Section 8-110 of the UCC) shall be
the State of New York.
(d) The Trustee shall upon receipt deposit into the Securities Account
and then immediately transfer to the Distribution Account the following
payments and collections in respect of the Deposited Underlying Certificates:
(i) all distributions due and received on the Deposited Underlying
Certificates after October 25, 2006; and
(ii) any amount required to be deposited in the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 2.03(a) in connection with the repurchase of a
Deposited Underlying Certificate by the Underlying Certificate Seller.
(e) Upon a determination by the Trustee that the final distribution shall
be made in respect of a Deposited Underlying Certificate, the Trustee shall
take such steps as may be necessary in connection with the final payment
thereon in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Underlying
Agreement. The Trustee shall promptly deposit in the Distribution Account the
final distribution received upon presentment and surrender of the affected
Deposited Underlying Certificate.
(f) The Depositor shall give written notice to the Trustee, the
Underlying Certificate Seller and each Rating Agency of any proposed change of
the location of the Distribution Account or the Securities Account prior to
any change thereof.
(g) If the Bank or the Securities Intermediary has or subsequently
obtains by agreement, operation of law, or otherwise a security interest in
the Distribution Account or the Securities Account, each of the Bank and the
Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that the security interest shall be
subordinate to the security interest of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Section 3.03 Permitted Withdrawals From the Distribution Account. The
Trustee may from time to time withdraw funds from the Distribution Account for
the following purposes:
(a) to make payments to Certificateholders in the amounts and in the
manner provided in Section 3.04; and
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(b) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon the termination
of the Trust Fund.
Section 3.04 Distributions.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the
Distribution Account the Available Interest Funds for such Distribution Date
and apply such funds to the distributions of interest on each interest-bearing
Class of the Offered Certificates.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the
Distribution Account the Available Principal Funds for such Distribution Date
and apply such funds to the distributions of principal on the Classes of
Offered Certificates, sequentially, to the Class A-R, Class A-1 and Class A-2
Certificates, in that order, until their respective Class Certificate Balances
are reduced to zero.
(c) On each Distribution Date, Available Interest Funds and Available
Principal Funds shall each be distributed on the Master REMIC Regular
Interests, in each case in an amount sufficient to make the distributions to
the Corresponding Classes of Certificates on such Distribution Date in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.04(a) and (b).
(d) On each Distribution Date, the amount referred to in clause (i) of
the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for each Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced by such Class's pro
rata share (based on interest then due and payable to such Class) of Allocated
Underlying Net Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date.
(e) If Subsequent Recoveries have been received with respect to an
Underlying Liquidated Mortgage Loan and are applied to increase the Class
Certificate Balance of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, that amount will
be applied pro rata to increase the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Certificates to which Realized Losses have been allocated, but in each case by
not more than the amount of Underlying Realized Losses previously allocated to
that Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 3.06. Holders of such
Certificates will not be entitled to any payment in respect of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount on the amount of such increases for any
Interest Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such increase
occurs. Any such increases shall be applied pro rata to the Certificate
Balance of each Certificate of such Class.
Section 3.05 Reserved.
Section 3.06 Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) On or prior to the beginning of the second Business Day prior to each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall determine the total amount of Allocated
Underlying Realized Losses for such Distribution Date. The Trustee shall make
such determination on the basis of amounts on deposit in the Underlying
Certificate Account (which Underlying Certificate Account it holds as
Underlying Trustee) or on the basis of the agreement referred to in the last
sentence of Section 5.07.
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(b) Allocated Underlying Realized Losses with respect to any Distribution
Date shall be allocated to the Class A-1 and Class A-2 Certificates, pro rata,
until the respective Class Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced
to zero.
(c) Any Allocated Underlying Realized Loss allocated to a Class of
Certificates or any reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of
Certificates pursuant to Section 3.06(b) above shall be allocated among the
Certificates of such Class in proportion to their respective Certificate
Balances.
(d) Any allocation of Allocated Underlying Realized Losses to a
Certificate or any reduction in the Certificate Balance of a Certificate,
pursuant to Section 3.06(a) above shall be accomplished by reducing the
Certificate Balance thereof immediately following the distributions made on
the related Distribution Date in accordance with the definition of
"Certificate Balance."
Section 3.07 Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates.
(a) On each Interest Determination Date so long as any LIBOR Certificates
are outstanding, the Trustee will determine LIBOR on the basis of the British
Bankers' Association ("BBA") "Interest Settlement Rate" for one-month deposits
in U.S. dollars as found on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. London time on
each LIBOR Determination Date. "Telerate Page 3750" means the display page
currently so designated on the Moneyline Telerate Service (formerly the Dow
Xxxxx Markets) (or such other page as may replace that page on that service
for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date, LIBOR cannot be determined as
provided in paragraph (A) of this Section 4.08, the Trustee shall either (i)
request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of the quotation offered by
its principal London office for making one-month United States dollar deposits
in leading banks in the London interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in lieu of making any such
request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that appear at such time on
the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the International Swap Dealers
Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording, Assumptions and Provisions for
Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available. LIBOR for the next Interest
Accrual Period will be established by the Trustee on each Interest
Determination Date as follows:
(i) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more Reference
Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next applicable
Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered
quotations (rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/32%).
(ii) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of the
Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i) LIBOR as
determined on the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii) the
Reserve Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the rate per
annum which the Trustee determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of
the one-month
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United States dollar lending rates that New York City banks selected by
the Trustee are quoting, on the relevant Interest Determination Date, to
the principal London offices of at least two of the Reference Banks to
which such quotations are, in the opinion of the Trustee, being so made,
or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic
mean, the lowest one-month United States dollar lending rate which New
York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest
Determination Date to leading European banks.
(iii) If on any Interest Determination Date the Trustee is required
but is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in the manner
provided in paragraph (b) above, LIBOR for the related Classes of
Certificates shall be LIBOR as determined on the preceding applicable
Interest Determination Date.
Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will at
all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of determining
LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The Underlying
Certificate Seller initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each
"Reference Bank" shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be
controlled by, or be under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an
established place of business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be
unwilling or unable to act as such or if the Underlying Certificate Seller
should terminate its appointment as Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly
appoint or cause to be appointed another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall
have no liability or responsibility to any Person for (i) the selection of any
Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to
retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond
its reasonable control.
(c) The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for each
Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each Interest
Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding on the
basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes
corresponding to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the
Certificates in the Preliminary Statement.
In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR Certificates,
any Interest Settlement Rate, or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may
conclusively rely and shall be protected in relying upon the offered
quotations (whether written, oral or on the Dow Xxxxx Markets) from the BBA
designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to LIBOR,
the Interest Settlement Rate or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in
effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or
responsibility to any Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City
banks for purposes of determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its
inability, following a good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations
from, the BBA designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks
or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this Section
3.07.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee.
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Section 3.08 Statements to Certificateholders. Concurrently with each
distribution on a Distribution Date, the Trustee will make available to the
Holder of each Certificate and each Rating Agency on its website
(xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/xxxx) a statement generally setting forth the
following information:
(i) Available Interest Funds and Available Principal Funds for such
Distribution Date;
(ii) with respect to such Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of
principal and interest, stated separately, distributed to Holders of each
Class of Certificates;
(iii) with respect to such Distribution Date, the amount of any
interest shortfall for each Class of Certificates, together with the
amount of any unpaid interest shortfall for such Class immediately
following such Distribution Date;
(iv) with respect to each Class of Certificates, the losses
allocated to such Class with respect to such Distribution Date;
(v) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates,
after giving effect to distributions of principal of such Certificates on
such Distribution Date; and
(vi) any additional amount distributed to the Holder of the Class
A-R Certificate on such Distribution Date.
In addition, the Trustee will make available to Certificateholders copies
of the statements received by the Trustee as the holder of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates on behalf of the Trust Fund on its website as
specified in this Section 3.08.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year,
the Trustee will prepare and deliver to each person who at any time during the
previous calendar year was a Certificateholder of record a statement
containing the information required to satisfy any requirements of the Code,
the REMIC Provisions and regulations thereunder as from time to time are in
force. For purposes of this Section 3.08, the Trustee's duties are limited to
the extent that adequate information is reasonably available to the Trustee as
described herein.
Section 3.09 Reports of the Trustee; Distribution Account. Upon written
request of a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner and at the expense of such
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, the Trustee shall make available to
Certificateholders or Certificate Owners within 15 days after the date of
receipt of such request a statement setting forth the status of the
Distribution Account as of the close of business on the last day of the
calendar month immediately preceding such request, and showing, for the period
covered by such statement, the aggregate of deposits into and withdrawals from
the Distribution Account.
Section 3.10 Access to Certain Documentation and Information. The Trustee
shall provide the related Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with access
to a copy of each report, if any, received by it as holder of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates under the Underlying Agreement. The Trustee shall also
provide the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller with access to any
such report and to all written reports, documents and records required to be
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maintained by the Trustee in respect of its duties hereunder. Such access
shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request evidenced by
prior written notice received by the Trustee two Business Days prior to the
date of such proposed access and during normal business hours of the Trustee
at offices designated by the Trustee.
Section 3.11 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) By March 1 of each year, commencing with 2007, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor an Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signer
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Trustee during the
preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of the performance
of the Trustee under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on the
review, the Trustee has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, in
all material respects throughout the year (or applicable portion thereof), or,
if there has been a failure to fulfill any obligation in any material respect,
specifying each failure known to the officer and the nature and status
thereof.
(b) The Trustee shall cause each Subcontractor, if any, to deliver to the
Depositor and the Trustee on or before March 15 of each year, commencing with
its 2007 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the signer
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of such Subcontractor during the
preceding calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of the performance
of the Subcontractor under the applicable agreement, has been made under such
officer's supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based
on such review, such Subcontractor has fulfilled all its obligations under the
applicable agreement, in all material respects throughout such year (or
applicable portion thereof), or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any
such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to
such officer and the nature and status thereof.
(c) Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner upon request at the Trustee's expense,
provided such statement is delivered by the Trustee.
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ARTICLE IV
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 4.01 The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as
exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the
minimum denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that one
Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be in
excess of the applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate denominations per
Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 7.01 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions
to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at
a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder
has so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the related
Record Date or (y) by check mailed by first class mail to such
Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trust Fund by an authorized officer of the Trustee upon the
written direction of the Depositor. Certificates bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures
were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind the
Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
be so authorized prior to the countersignature and delivery of such
Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No
Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid
for any purpose, unless authenticated by the Trustee by manual signature, and
such authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall authenticate the Certificates to be
issued at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee on a
continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
Section 4.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance
with the provisions of Section 4.06, a Certificate Register for the Trust Fund
in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below and to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer
of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
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At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly
executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance
with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) [reserved]
(c) No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan
or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such transfer, (ii) a representation that the purchaser
is an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined
in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE
95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy the
requirements for exemptive relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or
(iii) in the case of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for
registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or a
plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable
provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any
other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement, or using such
plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee to the effect that the
purchase and holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in a
non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to
those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. For purposes
of the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate
that is not a Residual Certificate, in the event the representation letter
referred to in the preceding sentence is not so furnished, such representation
shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's
(including an initial acquirer's) acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted
Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any
purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an
employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code without
the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
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To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited
to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 4.02(c) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(d) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a
Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee
shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in
addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee
under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with
an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or the
proposed transferee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
F.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or
agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C)
not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to
cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee and to provide to the Trustee a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit E stating that it has no knowledge
that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
4.02(d) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder
of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
4.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored
to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration
of Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 4.02(c) and this
Section 4.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was
registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit and Transferor
Certificate. The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover
from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a
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Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such
subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all
payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such time.
Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered
by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon
receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to
compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of
a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any
Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this
Section 4.02(d) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the
Underlying Certificate Seller or the Depositor, to the effect that the
elimination of such restrictions will not cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result
in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another
Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on
an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to
ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is
not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the
Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(e) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 4.02(e) in connection with transfer shall be
at the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(f) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all
times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at
all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the
Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating
firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this
Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representatives
shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may conclusively rely and
shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the
Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and
persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or
indirect Certificate Owners.
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All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be
made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository
Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing
that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor or (y) the Depositor at its option
advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depository, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate
Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive
Certificates") to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to
the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the
Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and each
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of
Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all
references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the
Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to
the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the
Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as
Certificateholders hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall not by virtue of
its assumption of such obligations become liable to any party for any act or
failure to act of the Depository.
Section 4.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Depositor and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any
new Certificate under this Section 4.03, the Trustee may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith. Any replacement
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 4.04 Persons Deemed Owners.
The Depositor, the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner
of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in
this Agreement and for all other purposes
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whatsoever, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Depositor or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 4.05 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders or Certificate Owners (a) request
such information in writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such
Certificateholders or Certificate Owners desire to communicate with other
Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders or Certificate Owners propose to
transmit, or if the Depositor shall request such information in writing from
the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the
receipt of such request, provide the Depositor or such Certificateholders or
Certificate Owners at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, by receiving and
holding a Certificate, agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the
Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
Section 4.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee will maintain
at its expense an office or offices or agency or agencies located at c/o 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Transfer Unit, where
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Trustee will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any
change in such location of any such office or agency.
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ARTICLE V
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they
appear on their face to be in the form required by this Agreement; provided,
however, that the Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content
of any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document,
order or other instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act
or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely
by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Agreement against the Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good
faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
As long as any Voting Rights are held by parties other than the Underlying
Certificate Seller, its Affiliates, or its agents, Voting Rights of
Certificates held by the Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates or its
agents as the Seller shall certify to the Trustee upon any entity obtaining
such ownership, will be excluded from participating in such voting
arrangements, and excluded from determining the 25% threshold.
Section 5.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 5.01:
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(i) the Trustee may request and conclusively rely upon and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers'
Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the Trustee shall have
no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any signature of
any such party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to
each Class of Certificates; provided, however, that no Certificates held by
the Underlying Certificate Seller, the Depositor or any Affiliate shall be
given effect for the purpose of calculating any such aggregation of Voting
Rights;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
nominees, custodians, accountants, attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent,
nominee, custodian, attorney or accountant appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment of
funds pursuant to this Agreement;
(viii) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby;
(ix) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
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(x) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any breach by the
Underlying Certificate Seller of any representation, warranty or covenant or
any default or event of default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in
fact such a default or breach is received by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Certificates and
this Agreement;
(xi) Neither, the Trustee nor any of its officers, directors, employees
or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted under this Agreement
or in connection therewith except to the extent caused by the Trustee's
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction, no longer subject to appeal or review.
Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall
the Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of
any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the
Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action;
(xii) In the event that the Trustee is also acting as Securities
Intermediary and Bank hereunder, the rights, protections, immunities and
indemnities afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article V shall be
afforded to the Securities Intermediary and Bank;
(xiii) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance of the
Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller nor shall it have any liability
(in its capacity as Trustee) in connection with the malfeasance or nonfeasance
by the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller; and
(ix) The Trustee shall not knowingly take any action that would cause the
Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a qualifying special purpose entity.
All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the
possession of any of such Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial
or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all
the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
In order to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in
effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those
relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering
("Applicable Law"), the Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record
certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a
business relationship with the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties
agrees to provide to the Trustee upon its request from time to time such
identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party
in order to enable the Trustee to comply with Applicable Law.
Section 5.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Deposited Underlying
Certificates. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be
taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller,
as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Deposited
Underlying Certificates or related document other than with respect to the
Trustee's execution and counter-signature of
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the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller of any funds
paid to the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate Seller in respect of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates.
Section 5.04 Trustee May Own Certificates. The Trustee in its individual
or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the
same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
Section 5.05 Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Trustee acknowledges that
on the Closing Date it will receive compensation for all services rendered by
it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and
performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder as specified in a
separate fee schedule between the Trustee and the Underlying Certificate
Seller. The Trustee shall be entitled reimbursement from the Underlying
Certificate Seller upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the
provisions hereof or any other documents executed in connection herewith
(including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ).
The obligations of the Underlying Certificate Seller under this Section 5.05
to compensate the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Agreement and the earlier resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
Section 5.06 Indemnification of the Trustee. The Underlying Certificate
Seller shall indemnify and defend the Trustee and any director, officer,
employee, or agent of the Trustee and hold them harmless from and against, any
and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder (including, without limitation, any losses, liabilities, damages,
claims or expenses arising from defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any powers or
duties hereunder), other than those resulting from the negligence or bad faith
in the performance of any of the Trustee's duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless disregard of the Trustee's obligations and duties hereunder;
provided, however, that the Underlying Certificate Seller will not indemnify
the Trustee, in its capacity as Underlying Trustee, for any loss, liability or
expense incurred by the Underlying Trustee in connection with the Underlying
Trust resulting from any act or omission of the Depositor, as the Underlying
Depositor, acting with willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of its
duties under the Underlying Agreement. Such indemnification shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the Trust Fund created hereby or the
resignation or removal of the Trustee pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 5.07 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. The Trustee hereunder
shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and doing
business under the laws of a state or the United States of America, authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority and with a credit rating which would not cause
either of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then current ratings
of the Certificates (or having provided such security from time to time as is
sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing by each Rating
Agency. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition
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at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 5.07
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.07, the
Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in Section 5.08. The entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and
trust relationships with the Depositor and its affiliates and with the
Underlying Certificate Seller and its affiliates; provided, however, that such
entity cannot be an affiliate of the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate
Seller. The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be the same Person as the
Underlying Trustee or shall have an agreement with the Underlying Trustee to
have access to the information relating to the Underlying Certificate Account
in order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties under Section 3.06(a).
Section 5.08 Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the
Underlying Certificate Seller and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days
before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 5.09, such
resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in
accordance with Section 5.09 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
5.07. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
As a condition to the effectiveness of any such resignation, at least 15
calendar days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Trustee
shall provide (x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to
this Section and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the
Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of
Form 8-K with respect to the resignation of the Trustee.
If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.07 and shall fail to resign after written
request thereto by the Depositor, (ii) at any time the Trustee shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
(iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which
the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located and (B) the imposition of such tax
would be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee or (iv) , during
the period which the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports with
respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee fails to comply with its obligations
under, the preceding paragraph, Section 5.10 or Article 9 and such failure is
not remedied within the lesser of 10 calendar days or such period in which the
applicable Exchange Act Report can be filed timely (without taking into
account any extensions), then, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii), then
the Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which shall be
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delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall be delivered to the
Depositor and one copy to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights
may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their
attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall
be delivered by the successor Trustee to the Depositor, one complete set to
the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed,
together with a written description of the basis for such removal. As long as
any Voting Rights are held by parties other than the Underlying Certificate
Seller, its Affiliates, or its agents, Voting Rights of Certificates held by
the Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates or its agents as the
Underlying Certificate Seller shall certify to the Trustee upon any such
entity obtaining such ownership will be excluded from participating in such
voting arrangements, and excluded from determining the 51% threshold. Notice
of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to each Rating Agency and the
Underlying Certificate Seller by the successor trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 5.08 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided
in Section 5.09 hereof.
Section 5.09 Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 5.08 hereof shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee and the Depositor an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder
and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall
become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if
originally named as trustee herein. The Depositor and the predecessor trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may
reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in
the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
5.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 5.07 hereof and its appointment shall
not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates and has
provided to the Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the
Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of
Form 8-K with respect to a replacement Trustee.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section 5.09, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to
mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed
at the expense of the Depositor.
Section 5.10 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor
of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 5.07 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.
As a condition to the effectiveness of any merger or consolidation, at
least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of any merger or
consolidation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall provide (x) written notice to
the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section and (y) in writing and
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all
information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement
Trustee.
Section 5.11 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Fund at the time be located, the Depositor and the Trustee
acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as
co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such
Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof,
whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
5.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and
the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not
have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a
request to do so, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such
appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 5.07 and no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 5.09.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section
5.11, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the
Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood
that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately
without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be
performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Depositor
hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such
act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
(including the holding of title to the applicable Trust Fund or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by
such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the
Trustee;
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(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall
not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or
co-trustee as agent of the Trustee; and
(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any
separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when and
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the
conditions of this Article V. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 5.12 Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC election
is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall constitute,
and that the conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be such as to
qualify such assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined
in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such
intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and
the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of any such REMIC
and that in such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be
prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment
Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and
filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax
authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with
respect to any such REMIC, containing such information and at the times and in
the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws,
regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the
Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make
or cause to be made elections that such assets be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return for its first
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taxable year (and, if necessary, under applicable state law); (d) prepare and
forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and
to the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all
information returns and reports as and when required to be provided to them in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation, the
calculation of any original issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption;
(e) provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the
transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a
non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a non-Permitted
Transferee is the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of
computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable
for such tax); (f) to the extent that they are under its control conduct
matters relating to such assets at all times that any Certificates are
outstanding so as to maintain the status of any REMIC as a REMIC under the
REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit
to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any
REMIC; (h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 5.12, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any such REMIC prior to its
termination when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation
shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting
any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or local income tax or
information returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such other person as may
be required to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws,
regulations or rules; (j) maintain records relating to any such REMIC,
including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities
thereof and the fair market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined
at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to
prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; and (k)
as and when necessary and appropriate, represent any such REMIC in any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by
any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to
any taxable year of any such REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of any such REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of any such REMIC in
relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein,
the Depositor and the Underlying Certificate Seller shall provide, or cause to
be provided, to the Trustee within ten (10) days after the Closing Date all
information or data that the Trustee requests in writing and determines to be
relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the
Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment
assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the Deposited
Underlying Certificate. Thereafter, the Depositor and the Underlying
Certificate Seller shall provide to the Trustee promptly upon written request
therefor, any such additional information or data that the Trustee may, from
time to time, reasonably request in order to enable the Trustee to perform its
duties as set forth herein. The Underlying Certificate Seller hereby
indemnifies the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims or
expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of the
Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor or the Underlying
Certificate Seller to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate
information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis.
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In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any
REMIC created under this Agreement as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the
Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of any REMIC created under
this Agreement as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution
to such REMIC after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code,
or any other tax is imposed, including, without limitation, any minimum tax
imposed upon any REMIC created under this Agreement pursuant to Sections 23153
and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as
otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if
any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of
any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Depositor, in the case
of any such minimum tax, or if such tax arises out of or results from a breach
by the Depositor of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (iii) the
Underlying Certificate Seller, if any such tax arises out of or results from
the Underlying Certificate Seller's obligation to repurchase the Deposited
Underlying Certificates pursuant to Section 2.03 or (iv) in all other cases,
or in the event that the Trustee, the Depositor or the Underlying Certificate
Seller fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i),(ii) or
(iii), any such tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to
the Certificateholders, as provided in Section 3.03.
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ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01 Liability of the Depositor. The Depositor shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
upon and undertaken by the Depositor herein.
Section 6.02 Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor. The
Depositor will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation under the laws of the United States or under the laws of one of
the states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, or any
Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor shall
be a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, shall
be the successor of the Depositor hereunder, without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others. None of
the Depositor, or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Depositor shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Depositor or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor or any such Person from any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in
the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties hereunder. The Depositor and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Depositor may rely in good faith on any document of any kind
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any
matters arising hereunder. The Depositor and any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Depositor shall be indemnified by the Underlying Certificate
Seller and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in
connection with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a
governmental taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement
or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, shall be under no obligation
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to
its respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability; provided, however, that the Depositor may in its
discretion undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable
in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto
and interests of the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such
event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the
Depositor shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Distribution
Account.
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.01 Termination.
Subject to Section 7.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller and the Trustee created hereby
with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the later of (i) a
termination of the Underlying Trust pursuant to Article IX of the Underlying
Agreement, (ii) the receipt of the final distribution to be made on the
Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Underlying Agreement and (iii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement. In no
event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of
St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity
Date.
Section 7.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If the Trustee receives notice that the Underlying Trust is to be
terminated in accordance with the terms of the Underlying Agreement, notice
shall be given by the Trustee to Certificateholders as promptly as practicable
thereafter.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution
Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment
of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the
Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed (x) not earlier than the 15th
day of the month next preceding the month of such final distribution and not
later than as promptly as practicable after the Trustee receives notice that
the Underlying Trust is to be terminated in accordance with the terms of the
Underlying Agreement. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date
upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon
presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated,
(b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or
agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the
Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Trustee will also give such
notice to each Rating Agency at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders.
Upon the final distribution with respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee
shall promptly release to the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate the
Deposited Underlying Certificates.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class, in the order
set forth in Section 3.04. hereof, on the final Distribution Date in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to
Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as to each Class
of Regular Certificates, the Certificate Balance thereof plus accrued interest
thereon (or on their Notional Amount, if applicable) in the case of an
interest bearing Certificate and (ii) as to the Residual
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Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on deposit in the Distribution
Account (other than the amounts retained to meet claims) after application
pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in
the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If
within six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the
second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Class A-R Certificateholder shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that remain subject to this
Agreement.
Section 7.03 Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) Upon the receipt of the final distribution to be made on the
Deposited Underlying Certificates in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Underlying Agreement, the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate shall
cause the Trust Fund to be terminated in accordance with the following
additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion
of Counsel, at the expense of the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate, to the
effect that the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 7.03
will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" on
any REMIC as defined in section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any REMIC to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(1) Upon receipt of the notice given pursuant to the Underlying
Agreement, but in no event later than 90 days prior to the final Underlying
Distribution Date set forth in the notice given by the Servicer in accordance
with the terms of the Underlying Agreement, the Trustee shall prepare, at the
expense of the "tax matters person," and adopt a plan of complete liquidation
within the meaning of section 860F(a)(4) of the Code which, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee or
the Tax Matters Person), meets the requirements of a qualified liquidation;
and
(2) Within 90 days after the time of adoption of such a plan of
complete liquidation, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust
Fund to the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate for cash in accordance with
Section 7.01.
(b) The Trustee as agent for any REMIC created under this Agreement
hereby agrees to adopt and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the
written request of the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate, and the receipt of
the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 7.03(a)(1) and to take such
other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the
Holder of the Class A-R Certificate.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby
authorize the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate to prepare and the Trustee
to adopt and sign a plan of complete liquidation.
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 8.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time
by the Depositor and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake; (ii) to correct any
defective provision therein or to supplement any provision therein which may
be inconsistent with any other provision therein; (iii) to conform this
Agreement to the final Prospectus Supplement provided to investors in
accordance with the initial offering of the Certificates; (iv) to add to the
duties of the Depositor; (v) to add any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising hereunder; or (vi) to modify, alter, amend, add
to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement;
provided, that any action pursuant to clauses (v) or (vi) above shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided, however, that the
amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of the Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment
obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then
assigned to the Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such
letter in and of itself will not represent a determination as to the
materiality of any such amendment and will represent a determination only as
to the credit issues affecting any such rating. The Trustee and the Depositor
also may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement without the
consent of the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to any of its
provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the
qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC under the Code, (ii) avoid or minimize
the risk of the imposition of any tax on any REMIC pursuant to the Code that
would be a claim at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates
or (iii) comply with any other requirements of the Code, provided that the
Trustee has been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an
expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is
necessary or helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii)
avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply
with any such requirements of the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a Majority in Interest of each
Class of Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Certificates. As long as any Voting Rights are held by parties other than the
Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates, or its agents, Voting Rights of
Certificates held by the Underlying Certificate Seller, its Affiliates or its
agents as the Underlying Certificate Seller shall certify to the Trustee upon
any entity obtaining such ownership, will be excluded from participating in
such voting arrangements, and excluded from determining the 51% threshold. No
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the
timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate without the
consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in
a manner other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders of
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Certificates of such Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests
aggregating 66 2/3% or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates
the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without
the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
Any amendment made pursuant to either of the preceding two paragraphs
that materially and adversely affects the rights of the Underlying Certificate
Seller shall not be made without the prior written consent of the Underlying
Certificate Seller.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have
first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of
the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not
cause the imposition of any tax on any REMIC or the Certificateholders or
cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring
the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund) satisfactory to the Trustee that
(i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and
that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and
(ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth
in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant
to this Section 8.01.
Section 8.02 Action Under and Conflicts With the Underlying Agreement.
Subject to the terms hereof, in the event that there shall be any matters
arising under the Underlying Agreement which require the vote or direction of
the holders of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, the Trustee, as holder
of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, shall vote the Deposited Underlying
Certificates in accordance with instructions received from Holders of a
Majority in Interest of the related Class of Regular Certificates. In the
absence of any such instructions, the Trustee shall not vote; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding the absence of such instructions, if an Event
of Default for the Underlying Agreement has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Article V, pursue such remedies as
may be available to it as holder of such Deposited Underlying Certificates in
accordance with the terms of the Underlying Agreement.
Section 8.03 Recordation of Agreement. This Agreement (or an abstract
hereof, if acceptable by the applicable recording office) is subject to
recordation in all appropriate public
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offices, such recordation to be effected by the Depositor at its expense if
such recordation beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 8.04 Certain REMIC Matters. The Depositor, upon request, shall
promptly furnish the Trustee with all such information as may be reasonably
required in connection with the Trustee's preparation of all Tax Returns of
any REMIC created hereunder or to enable the Trustee to respond to reasonable
requests for information made by related Certificateholders in connection with
tax matters.
Section 8.05 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death or
incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of
the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or
members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any
liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to
this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself
of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless there shall have been a failure to pay amounts due under
this Agreement to the Certificateholders and the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the
Certificates shall also have made written request to the Trustee to institute
such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall
have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require
against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute
any such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and
being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or
seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to
enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided
and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section 8.05, each and every
Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
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Section 8.06 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 8.07 Notices. (a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to
promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the
following of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The resignation or termination of the Trustee and the appointment of
any successor;
3. The repurchase of the Deposited Underlying Certificates pursuant to
Section 2.03;
4. The final payment to Certificateholders; and
5. Any rating action involving the Deposited Underlying Certificates,
which notice shall be made by first-class mail within two Business
Days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee gains actual
knowledge thereof.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly make available to each Rating
Agency, the Underlying Certificate Seller copies of each report to
Certificateholders described in Section 3.08.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of
the Depositor, IndyMac MBS, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Secondary Marketing: Transaction Management; (b) in the case
of the Underlying Certificate Seller, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, 0000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; (c) in the case of the Trustee to the
Corporate Trust Office, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 0000 Xxxx Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Trust
Administration MS06R2, or such other address as the Trustee may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and (d) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies,
the address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of
such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when
mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing
in the Certificate Register.
Section 8.08 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the
Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
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Section 8.09 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors
and assigns of the parties hereto, and all such provisions shall inure to the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 8.10 Article and Section Headings. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 8.11 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. It is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 8.12 Protection of Assets.
(a) Except for transactions and activities entered into in connection
with the securitization that is the subject of this Agreement, the Trust Fund
created by this Agreement is not authorized and has no power to:
(i) borrow money or issue debt;
(ii) merge with another entity, reorganize, liquidate or sell
assets; or
(iii) engage in any business or activities.
(b) Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will not file an
involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Trustee or the Trust Fund or
initiate any other form of insolvency proceeding until after the Certificates
have been paid.
ARTICLE IX
EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
Section 9.01 Filing Obligations.
The Trustee and the Underlying Certificate Seller shall reasonably
cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the
Depositor's reporting requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to the
Trust Fund. In addition to the information specified below, if so requested by
the Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the
Exchange Act, the Trustee and the Underlying Certificate Seller shall provide
the Depositor with (a) such information which is available to such Person
without unreasonable effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be
reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with the Depositor's reporting
obligations under the Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a
party (and the Depositor is not a party) to any agreement or amendment
required to be filed, copies of such agreement or amendment in
XXXXX-compatible form.
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Section 9.02 Form 10-D Filings.
(a) In accordance with the Exchange Act, unless no reporting obligation
under the Exchange Act exists at such time with respect to the Trust Fund, the
Trustee shall prepare for filing and file within 15 days after each
Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act)
with the Commission with respect to the Trust Fund, a Form 10-D with copies of
the Monthly Statement and, to the extent delivered to the Trustee, no later
than five calendar days following the Distribution Date, such other
information identified by the Depositor, in writing, to be filed with the
Commission (such other information, the "Additional Designated Information").
If the Depositor directs that any Additional Designated Information is to be
filed with any Form 10-D, the Depositor shall specify the Item on Form 10-D to
which such information is responsive and, with respect to any Exhibit to be
filed on Form 10-D, the Exhibit number. Any information to be filed on Form
10-D shall be delivered to the Trustee via electronic mail
(XXXXX.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx) in XXXXX-compatible form or as otherwise agreed
upon by the Trustee and the Depositor at the Depositor's expense, and any
necessary conversion to XXXXX-compatible format will be at the Depositor's
expense. At the reasonable request of, and in accordance with the reasonable
directions of, the Depositor, subject to the two preceding sentences, the
Trustee shall prepare for filing and file an amendment to any Form 10-D
previously filed with the Commission with respect to the Trust Fund. The
Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D filed on behalf of the Trust Fund.
The Trustee shall prepare each Form 10-D and, no later than five Business
Days prior to the date on which such Form 10-D is required to be filed,
deliver a copy of such Form 10-D to the Depositor for review. No later than
the Business Day following the receipt thereof, the Depositor shall notify the
Trustee of any changes to be made to the Form 10-D. The Trustee shall make any
changes thereto requested by the Depositor and deliver the final Form 10-D to
the Depositor for signature no later than three Business Days prior to the
date on which such Form 10-D must be filed by the Trustee in accordance with
this Section 9.02. The Depositor shall execute the final Form 10-D and deliver
the same to the Trustee via electronic mail (XXXXX.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx) or
facsimile no later than the Business Day following receipt of the same (which,
unless not received within such time frame from the Trustee, shall be no later
than two Business Days prior to the date on which the Form 10-D is required to
be filed), with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight courier.
(b) No later than each Distribution Date, any party responsible for
providing Additional Designated Information shall notify the Depositor and the
Trustee of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item, together with a description of any
such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Depositor. In addition to such information as the Trustee is obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the
Depositor, the Trustee shall provide such information which is available to
the Trustee without unreasonable effort or expense regarding the performance
of the Underlying Certificates as is reasonably required to facilitate
preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation
AB. Such information shall be provided concurrently the Monthly Statement,
commencing with the first such report due not less than five Business Days
following such request.
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(c) The Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items
(other than those generated by it) that have not been received in a format
suitable (or readily convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing
via the XXXXX system and shall not have any responsibility to convert any such
items to such format (other than those items generated by it or that are
readily convertible to such format). The Trustee shall have no liability to
the Certificateholders, the Trust Fund or the Depositor with respect to any
failure to properly prepare or file any of Form 10-D to the extent that such
failure is not the result of any negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
on its part. The Trustee will not have any duty to verify the accuracy or
sufficiency of any information to be included in any Form 10-D not provided by
it. The Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any failure to
properly prepare and file such periodic reports resulting from or relating to
the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain any information not resulting
from its own negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 9.03 Form 8-K Filings.
The Depositor shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust Fund any Form
8-K required by the Exchange Act (other any Form 8-K required to be filed in
connection with any Monthly Statement). Each such Form 8-K must be signed by
the Depositor. Any reporting party identified on Exhibit J shall promptly
notify the Depositor a, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after
its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which it has actual knowledge. Each
Person shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the
extent that it relates to such Person or any action or failure to act by such
Person.
Section 9.04 Form 10-K Filings.
Prior to March 30 of each year, commencing in 2007 (or such earlier date
as may be required by the Exchange Act), the Depositor shall prepare and file
on behalf of the Trust Fund a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by
the Exchange Act. The Depositor shall sign each Form 10-K filed on behalf of
the Trust Fund. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits each (i) annual
compliance statement described under Section 3.11, (ii) annual report on
assessments of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 9.07
and (iii) accountant's report described under Section 9.07. Each Form 10-K
shall also include any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification required to be included
therewith, as described in Section 9.05.
If the Item 1119 Parties listed on Exhibit J have changed since the
Closing Date, no later than March 1 of each year, the Depositor shall provide
the Trustee via electronic mail (XXXXX.Xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx) with an updated
Exhibit J setting forth the Item 1119 Parties. No later than March 15 of each
year, commencing in 2007, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of any Form
10-K Disclosure Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-K
Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor.
Additionally, the Trustee shall provide, and shall cause each Reporting
Subcontractor retained by the Trustee the following information no later than
March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed on behalf
of the Trust Fund: (i) if such Person's report on assessment of compliance
with servicing criteria described under Section 9.07 or related registered
public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 9.07
identifies any material instance of noncompliance, notification of such
instance of noncompliance and (ii) if any such Person's report on assessment
of compliance with servicing criteria or related registered public accounting
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firm attestation report is not provided to be filed as an exhibit to such Form
10-K, information detailing the explanation why such report is not included.
Section 9.05 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the "Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification") required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange
Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any
interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff)). The Depositor shall sign
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification as serve as the Certifying Person on behalf
of the Trust Fund. The Depositor will not request delivery of a certification
under this clause unless the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to
file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust Fund. The
respective parties hereto agree to cooperate with all reasonable requests made
by any Certifying Person in connection with such Person's attempt to conduct
any due diligence that such Person reasonably believes to be appropriate in
order to allow it to deliver any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification or portion
thereof with respect to the Trust Fund.
Section 9.06 Form 15 Filing.
Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Depositor is able to
do so under applicable law, the Trustee on behalf of the Depositor shall file
a Form 15 relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the
Trust Fund under the Exchange Act.
Section 9.07 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
(a) On or before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007,
unless no reporting obligation under the Exchange Act exists at such time with
respect to the Trust Fund:
(i) The Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a report (in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor) regarding the
Trustee's assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the
immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and
15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report
shall be signed by an authorized officer of such Person and shall address
each of the Servicing Criteria applicable to the Trustee specified on a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit I. To the extent any
of the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to such Person, with respect
to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such
Person and that are backed by the same asset type backing the
Certificates, such report shall include such a statement to that effect.
The Depositor and each of its respective officers and directors shall be
entitled to rely upon each such servicing criteria assessment.
(ii) The Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a report of a
registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Depositor
that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the
Trustee and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraphs. Such
attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including,
without limitation that in the event that an overall opinion cannot be
expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such
report why it was unable to express such an
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opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not contain
restricted use language. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are
not applicable to the Trustee, with respect to asset-backed securities
transactions taken as a whole involving the Trustee and that are backed
by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such report shall
include such a statement to that effect.
(iii) The Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to
deliver to the Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountant's
attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 9.07.
(iv) The Trustee shall execute (and the Trustee shall cause each
Reporting Subcontractor to execute) a reliance certificate to enable the
Certification Parties to rely upon each (A) annual compliance statement
provided pursuant to Section 3.11, (B) annual report on assessments of
compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to this Section 9.07
and (C) accountant's report provided pursuant to this Section 9.07 and
shall include a certification that each such annual compliance statement
or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the
registered public accountants of such Person to enable such accountants
to render the certificates provided for in this Section 9.07.
(b) In the event the Trustee or Reporting Subcontractor is terminated or
resigns during the term of this Agreement, such Person shall provide documents
and information required by this Section 9.07 with respect to the period of
time it was subject to this Agreement or provided services with respect to the
Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Deposited Underlying Certificates.
(c) An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant to
Section 9.07(a)(iii) or (iv) need not address any elements of the Servicing
Criteria other than those specified by the Trustee pursuant to Section
9.07(a)(i).
Section 9.08 Use of Subcontractors.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) It shall not be necessary for the Trustee to seek the consent of the
Depositor or any other party hereto to the utilization of any Subcontractor.
The Trustee shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor (or any
designee of the Depositor) a written description (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor
utilized by such Person, specifying (i) the identity of each such
Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are "participating
in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB,
and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in
assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant
to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a
Reporting Subcontractor, the Trustee shall cause any such Subcontractor used
by the Trustee for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with the provisions
of Sections 9.07 and 9.09 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
Subcontractor were the Trustee (except with respect to the Trustee's
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duties with respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the
Certifying Person). The Trustee shall be responsible for obtaining from each
Subcontractor and delivering to the Depositor, any assessment of compliance
and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section
9.05 and Section 9.07, in each case as and when required to be delivered.
Section 9.09 Amendments.
In the event the parties to this Agreement desire to further clarify or
amend any provision of this Article 9, this Agreement shall be amended to
reflect the new agreement between the parties covering matters in this Article
9 pursuant to Section 8.01, which amendment shall not require any Opinion of
Counsel or Rating Agency confirmations or the consent of any
Certificateholder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller and
the Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above
written.
INDYMAC MBS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Authorized Signer
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Associate
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
INCORPORATED,
as Underlying Certificate Seller
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxx
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Title: Managing Director
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STATE OF California )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF Los Angeles )
On this 31st day of October, 2006, before me, personally appeared Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx , known to me to be a Vice President of IndyMac MBS, Inc., one of the
entities that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that
such entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF California )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF Orange )
On this 27th day of October, 2006, before me, personally appeared Xxx
Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, known to me to be an Authorized Signer and
an Associate, respectively, of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, one of
the entities that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be
the person who executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me
that such entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF New York )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF New York )
On this 27th day of October, 2006, before me, personally appeared Xxxxxxx
Xxx, known to me to be a Managing Director of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated, one of the entities that executed the within instrument, and
also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said entity,
and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
SCHEDULE I
LIST OF DEPOSITED UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES AND THE UNDERLYING
AGREEMENT
DEPOSITED UNDERLYING PRINCIPAL BALANCE AS
CERTIFICATES OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2006(1) UNDERLYING AGREEMENT
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IndyMac MBS, Inc., Residential Asset $94,953,641.48 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
Securitization Trust 2006-A1, Mortgage as of February 1, 2006 among IndyMac
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-A, MBS, Inc., as depositor, IndyMac Bank,
Class 1-A-1 Certificates F.S.B., as seller and as Servicer, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as trustee.
IndyMac MBS, Inc., Residential Asset $157,250,826.56 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated
Securitization Trust 2006-A1, Mortgage as of February 1, 2006 among IndyMac
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-A, MBS, Inc., as depositor, IndyMac Bank,
Class 1-A-3 Certificates F.S.B., as seller and as Servicer, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as trustee.
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(1) After giving effect to distributions made on such date.
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SCHEDULE II
PLANNED BALANCE SCHEDULE (Not applicable)
S-II-1
EXHIBIT A-1
[Reserved]
B-1-1
EXHIBIT B-1
[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT C
Form of Residual Certificate
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT
TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A PERSON INVESTING ON BEHALF OF OR WITH PLAN
ASSETS OF SUCH A PLAN, OR THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH
IS PURCHASING CERTIFICATES WITH FUNDS CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
GENERAL ACCOUNT" AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION V(e) OF PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), AND THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING
OF SUCH CERTIFICATES ARE COVERED UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO HEREIN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
B-2-2
Certificate No. : 1
Cut-off Date : [ ], 20[ ]
First Distribution Date : [ ], 20[ ]
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $[ ]
Initial Certificate Balance
of all Certificates
of this Class : $[ ]
CUSIP : [ ]
Interest Rate : [ ]%
Maturity Date : [ ], 20[ ]
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-R2
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-R2
Class A-R
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates
IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set
forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Underlying Certificate Seller or the Trustee referred to below
or any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the
Deposited Underlying Certificates are guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that [ ] is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination
of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balance of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Deposited Underlying Certificates deposited by IndyMac MBS, Inc. (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated
as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, as underlying certificate seller (the
"Underlying Certificate Seller") and
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Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, securities intermediary and
bank (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms
used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is
issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office.
No transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee
shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the transferee of
such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code,
nor a person acting on behalf of or investing plan assets of any such plan,
which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee, (ii) or
that such Transferee is an insurance company which is purchasing such
Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase
or holding of such Class A-R Certificate will not result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any
purported transfer of a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of an employee
benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have agreed
to be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not limited to
the restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be transferred without
delivery to the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the proposed transferee
and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of such documents to be
in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person holding or acquiring
any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree to require a
transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to the Trustee as
required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or acquiring an
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not to transfer an
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has actual knowledge
that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and (v) any
attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R
Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be absolutely null and void
and will vest no rights in the purported transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement
or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: October 31, 2006
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By _________________________________
Authorized Signatory of
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
Form of Reverse of Certificate
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-R2
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as IndyMac MBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain distributions
in respect of the Deposited Underlying Certificates, all as more specifically
set forth in the Agreement. The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this
Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the
Distribution Account for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable
to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the
Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any
liability under the Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations
of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business
Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the first
Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to
each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month next preceding
the month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any
time by the Depositor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage
Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in
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exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof,
in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of
the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate
Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the Corporate Trust Office, accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
duly executed by the holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in
authorized denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest
in the Trust Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates
are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor
any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will
terminate upon the later of the maturity or other liquidation of the Deposited
Underlying Certificates or the disposition of all property in respect thereof
and the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
distributed pursuant to the Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust
created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the
death of the last survivor of the descendants living at the date of the
Agreement of a certain person named in the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
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ASSIGNMENT
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto _________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:
__________________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to, ______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of __________________________________________________________,
account number _______________, or, if mailed by check, to __________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to ___________________________________,
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by ________________________________________,
the assignee named above, or ________________________________________________,
as its agent.
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the _____day of ___________________, 20__ before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared _____________________________________,
known to me who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he executed
the foregoing instrument.
____________________________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
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Date
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-[ ]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the Class A-R Certificate issued
pursuant to the Trust Agreement dated as of [ ], 200[ ] among
IndyMac MBS, Inc., as depositor, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, as
underlying certificate seller, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
trustee, securities intermediary and bank, we certify that to the extent we
are disposing of a Class A-R Certificate, we have no knowledge the Transferee
is not a Permitted Transferee.
Very truly yours,
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Print Name of Transferor
By:
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Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT FOR THE
CLASS A-R CERTIFICATE]
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of _________________, the proposed
Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (the "Agreement"),
relating to the above-referenced Series, by and among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as
depositor (the "Depositor"), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, as underlying
certificate seller and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee,
securities intermediary and bank. Capitalized terms used, but not defined
herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to make this
affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the date
of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account or as the nominee,
trustee or agent of another Person, in which case the Transferee has attached
hereto an affidavit from such Person in substantially the same form as this
affidavit. The Transferee has no knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax
will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability
for the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit
that such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax will be
imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any time
during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the
pass-through entity does not have actual
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knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this purpose, a "pass-through
entity" includes a regulated investment company, a real estate investment
trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain
cooperatives and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations, persons
holding interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 4.02(d) of the
Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference)
and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an Ownership
Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the restrictions on
subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the Transfer and
mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide
by the provisions of Section 4.02(d) of the Agreement and the restrictions
noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands and agrees
that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall render the
Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any Person
to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in the
Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit J to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to
the effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to
which the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the assessment or
collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to the
Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is _______________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a "noneconomic
residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a noneconomic
residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the
income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the
transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee anticipates that it will, so long as it holders the
Class A-R Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the
holder of such Class A-R Certificates, and hereby represents to and for the
benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Class A-R Certificates that
the Transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Class A-R
Certificates as they become due, fully understanding that it may incur tax
liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the Class A-R
Certificates. The Transferee has provided financial statements or other
financial information requested by the Transferor in connection with the
transfer of the Class A-R Certificates to permit the Transferor to assess the
financial capability of the Transferee to pay such taxes.
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12. Either (i) the Transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a person acting on behalf
of any such plan or using the assets of such plan to effect such acquisition,
or (ii) the source of funds for the purchase of such Class A-R Certificate is
an "insurance company general account" within the meaning of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60"), 60 Fed. Reg. 35925 (July 12,
1995), and the terms and conditions of Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 are
applicable to the acquisition and holding of such Class A-R Certificate.
13. The Transferee will not cause income from the Class A-R Certificate
to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base of the
Transferee or another U.S. taxpayer.
* * *
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed,
duly attested, this ___ day of _______________, 20__.
__________________________________
PRINT NAME OF TRANSFEREE
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
_________________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named ____________, known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and
to be the _______________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed
the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of ____________, 20__.
__________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the
___ day of ___________, 20__
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EXHIBIT 1
to EXHIBIT F
Certain Definitions
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"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in
such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or
any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Code Section
521) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the
tax imposed by Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Code Section 860E(c)(1)) with respect to any
Class A-R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Code Section 1381(a)(2)(c), (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof, an estate whose income from sources without the
United States is includible in gross income for United States federal income
tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, (v) an "electing large partnership" within
the meaning of Section 775 of the Code, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to such Person may cause
the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that certain
Certificates are Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and
"International Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section
7701 or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an
instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision
thereof if all of its activities are subject to tax, and, with the exception
of the FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such
governmental unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, bank,
joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
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EXHIBIT 2
to EXHIBIT F
Section 4.02(d) of the Agreement
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(a) (d) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a
Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee
shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in
addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee
under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with
an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or the
proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or
agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C)
not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to
cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
4.02(d) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder
of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
4.02(d), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored
to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration
of Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 4.02(c) and this
Section 4.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was
registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter. The
Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of
a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the
time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other
than a Permitted
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Transferee, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after
either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be
paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted
Transferee of such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon
receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to
compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of
a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any
Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this
Section 4.02(d) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the
Underlying Certificate Seller or the Depositor, to the effect that the
elimination of such restrictions will not cause each REMIC hereunder to fail
to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or
result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or
another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which,
based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably
necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial
interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly or
indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide
for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by
a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted
Transferee.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION
(Trustee)
Re: The Trust Agreement dated as of October 1, 2006 (the "Trust
Agreement") among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, as Underlying Certificate Seller,
and the undersigned, as Trustee (the "Trustee")
I, ________________________________, the _______________________ of the
Trustee, certify to the Depositor, and its officers, with the knowledge and
intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
I have reviewed the report on assessment of the Trustee's compliance
with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB
(the "Servicing Criteria"), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and
15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the "Servicing Assessment"), the
registered public accounting firm's attestation report provided in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and
Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the "Attestation Report"), all reports
on Form 10-D containing statements to certificateholders filed in respect
of the period included in the year covered by the annual report of the
Trust Fund (collectively, the "Distribution Date Statements");
1. To its knowledge the distribution information determined by the
Trustee and set forth in the Distribution Date Statements contained
in all Form 10-D's included in the year covered by the annual report
of such Trust on Form 10-K for the calendar year 200[ ], is complete
and does not contain any material misstatement of fact as of the
last day of the period covered by such annual report;
2. The distribution information required under the Trust Agreement
to be contained in the Trust Fund's Distribution Date
Statements, is included in such Distribution Date Statements;
3. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
Trustee as a person "performing a servicing function" under the
Trust Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance
review conducted in preparing the Servicing Assessment and
except as disclosed in the Servicing Assessment or the
Attestation Report, the Trustee has fulfilled its obligations
under the Trust Agreement; and
4. The Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be
provided by the Trustee and by Subcontractor, if any, pursuant
to the Trust Agreement, have been provided to the Depositor.
Any material instances of noncompliance described in such
reports have been disclosed to the Depositor. Any material
instance of noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been
disclosed in such reports.
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Date: __________________________
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT S
FORM OF SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
Where there are multiple checks for criteria the attesting party will identify
in their management assertion that they are attesting only to the portion of
the distribution chain they are responsible for in the related transaction
agreements.
[To be reviewed with Trustee]
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Trustee Notes
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1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted X
to monitor any performance or other
triggers and events of default in
accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(1)(ii) If any material servicing activities X
are outsourced to third parties, policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor
the third party's performance and
compliance with such servicing activities.
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1122(d)(1)(iii) Any requirements in the transaction NA
agreements to maintain a back-up
servicer for the Pool Assets are
maintained.
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1122(d)(1)(iv) A fidelity bond and errors and
omissions policy is in effect on the
party participating in the servicing
function throughout the reporting
period in the amount of coverage
required by and otherwise in accordance
with the terms of the transaction
agreements.
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Trustee Notes
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1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on pool assets are deposited X
into the appropriate custodial bank
accounts and related bank clearing
accounts no more than two business
days following receipt, or such other
number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(ii) Disbursements made via wire transfer X
on behalf of an obligor or to an
investor are made only by authorized
personnel.
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1122(d)(2)(iii) Advances of funds or guarantees
regarding collections, cash flows or
distributions, and any interest or
other fees charged for such advances,
are made, reviewed and approved as
specified in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(iv) The related accounts for the X
transaction, such as cash reserve
accounts or accounts established as a
form of over collateralization, are
separately maintained (e.g., with
respect to commingling of cash) as
set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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1122(d)(2)(v) Each custodial account is maintained X
at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the
transaction agreements. For purposes
of this criterion, "federally insured
depository institution" with respect
to a foreign financial institution
means a foreign financial institution
that meets the requirements of Rule
13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act.
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1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as
to prevent unauthorized access.
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1122(d)(2)(vii) Reconciliations are prepared on a X
monthly basis for all asset-backed
securities related bank accounts,
including custodial accounts and
related bank clearing accounts. These
reconciliations are (A)
mathematically accurate; (B) prepared
within 30 calendar days after the
bank statement cutoff date, or such
other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements; (C) reviewed
and approved by someone other than
the person who prepared the
reconciliation; and (D) contain
explanations for reconciling items.
These reconciling items are resolved
within 90 calendar days of their
original identification, or such
other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Reg AB Reference Servicing Criteria Trustee Notes
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1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those X
to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the
transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically,
such reports (A) are prepared in
accordance with timeframes and other
terms set forth in the transaction
agreements; (B) provide information
calculated in accordance with the
terms specified in the transaction
agreements; (C) are filed with the
Commission as required by its rules
and regulations; and (D) agree with
investors' or the trustee's records as
to the total unpaid principal balance
and number of Pool Assets serviced by
the Servicer.
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1122(d)(3)(ii) Amounts due to investors are allocated X
and remitted in accordance with
timeframes, distribution priority and
other terms set forth in the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(3)(iii) Disbursements made to an investor are X
posted within two business days to the
Servicer's investor records, or such
other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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1122(d)(3)(iv) Amounts remitted to investors per the X
investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or
custodial bank statements.
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EXHIBIT T
[FORM OF] LIST OF ITEM 1119 PARTIES
ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES
Series 200_-__
[Date]
Party Contact Information
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EXHIBIT U
[FORM OF] XXXXXXXX-XXXXX CERTIFICATION
(Replacement of Servicer)
I, [ ], certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all reports
on Form 8-K containing distribution and servicing reports filed in
respect of periods included in the year covered by this annual
report, of IndyMac MBS, Inc., Residential Asset Securitization Trust
2006-R2;
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as
a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading as of the last day of the period covered by this
annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information
required to be provided to the depositor by the trustee under the
trust, or similar, agreement, for inclusion in these reports is
included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
depositor and the trustee under the trust, or similar, agreement and
based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance review required
under that agreement, and except as disclosed in the reports, the
depositor and trustee have each fulfilled its obligations under that
agreement; and
5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the
compliance by the trustee and the depositor with the minimum
servicing or similar standards based upon the report provided by an
independent public accountant, after conducting a review in
compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the pooling and
servicing, or similar, agreement, that is included in these reports.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee.
[INDYMAC MBS, INC.]
Date:
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By:_____________________
Name:
Title:
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