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EXHIBIT 4.3
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TRUST AGREEMENT
between
ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC.
Sponsor
ADVANTA HOLDING TRUST 1999-A,
Depositor
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Owner Trustee
Dated as of May 1, 1999
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I.
Definitions
Section 1.1 Capitalized Terms........................................................................... 1
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions............................................................... 4
Section 1.3 Action by or Consent of Noteholders and Certificateholders.................................. 4
ARTICLE II.
Organization
Section 2.1 Names....................................................................................... 4
Section 2.2 Office...................................................................................... 5
Section 2.3 Purposes and Powers......................................................................... 5
Section 2.4 Appointment of Owner Trustee................................................................ 5
Section 2.5 Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate................................................ 5
Section 2.6 Declaration of Trust........................................................................ 6
Section 2.7 Liability................................................................................... 6
Section 2.8 Title to Trust Property..................................................................... 6
Section 2.9 Situs of Trust.............................................................................. 6
Section 2.10 Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor and the Depositor............................. 6
Section 2.11 Federal Income Tax Allocations.............................................................. 9
Section 2.12 Covenants of the Sponsor.................................................................... 9
Section 2.13 Covenants of the Certificateholders......................................................... 10
Section 2.14 Investment Company.......................................................................... 11
ARTICLE III.
Certificates and Transfer of Interests
Section 3.1 Initial Ownership........................................................................... 11
Section 3.2 The Certificates............................................................................ 11
Section 3.3 Authentication of Certificates.............................................................. 11
Section 3.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates....................................... 12
Section 3.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates........................................... 12
Section 3.6 Persons Deemed Certificateholders........................................................... 12
Section 3.7 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses................................... 12
Section 3.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................................. 13
Section 3.9 ERISA....................................................................................... 13
Section 3.10 Restrictions on Transfer of Certificates.................................................... 13
Section 3.11 Acceptance of Obligations................................................................... 15
Section 3.12 Payments on Certificates.................................................................... 15
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ARTICLE IV.
Voting Rights and Other Actions
Section 4.1 Prior Notice to Holders with Respect to Certain Matters..................................... 15
Section 4.2 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters................................ 16
Section 4.3 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy..................................... 16
Section 4.4 Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power................................................... 17
Section 4.5 Majority Control............................................................................ 17
Section 4.6 Rights of Insurer........................................................................... 18
Section 4.7 Separateness................................................................................ 18
ARTICLE V.
Certain Duties
Section 5.1 Accounting and Records to the Noteholders, Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue
Service and Others.......................................................................... 18
Section 5.2 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner................................................... 19
ARTICLE VI.
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee
Section 6.1 General Authority........................................................................... 19
Section 6.2 General Duties.............................................................................. 19
Section 6.3 Action upon Instruction..................................................................... 19
Section 6.4 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions.......................... 20
Section 6.5 No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions.................................. 21
Section 6.6 Restrictions................................................................................ 21
ARTICLE VII.
Concerning the Owner Trustee
Section 7.1 Acceptance of Trust and Duties.............................................................. 21
Section 7.2 Furnishing of Documents..................................................................... 22
Section 7.3 Representations and Warranties.............................................................. 22
Section 7.4 Reliance; Advice of Counsel................................................................. 23
Section 7.5 Not Acting in Individual Capacity........................................................... 23
Section 7.6 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans................................. 23
Section 7.7 Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes................................................ 24
Section 7.8 Payments from Owner Trust Estate............................................................ 24
Section 7.9 Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions....................................................... 24
ARTICLE VIII.
Compensation of Owner Trustee
Section 8.1 Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses........................................................... 25
Section 8.2 Indemnification............................................................................. 25
Section 8.3 Payments to the Owner Trustee............................................................... 25
Section 8.4 Non-recourse Obligations.................................................................... 25
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ARTICLE IX.
Termination of Trust Agreement
Section 9.1 Termination of Trust Agreement.............................................................. 26
ARTICLE X.
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
Section 10.1 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.................................................. 27
Section 10.2 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee..................................................... 27
Section 10.3 Successor Owner Trustee..................................................................... 28
Section 10.4 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.................................................... 29
Section 10.5 Appointment of Co-Owner Trustee or Separate Owner Trustee................................... 29
ARTICLE XI.
Miscellaneous
Section 11.1 Supplements and Amendments.................................................................. 30
Section 11.2 No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders.................................. 31
Section 11.3 Limitations on Rights of Others............................................................. 32
Section 11.4 Notices..................................................................................... 32
Section 11.5 Severability................................................................................ 32
Section 11.6 Separate Counterparts....................................................................... 32
Section 11.7 Assignments; Insurer........................................................................ 32
Section 11.8 No Petition................................................................................. 33
Section 11.9 No Recourse................................................................................. 33
Section 11.10 Headings.................................................................................... 33
Section 11.11 Governing Law............................................................................... 33
Section 11.12 Master Servicer............................................................................. 33
Section 11.13 No Borrowing................................................................................ 33
Section 11.14 Nonpetition Covenant........................................................................ 33
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Certificate
Exhibit B Form of Certificate of Trust
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TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of May 1, 1999 between ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT
SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Sponsor"), ADVANTA HOLDING TRUST
1999-A, a Delaware business trust, as depositor (the "Depositor") and WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation as Owner Trustee (the "Owner
Trustee").
ARTICLE I.
Definitions
Section 1.1 Capitalized Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below. All other capitalized
terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the
Indenture.
"Affiliate" shall mean with respect to any specified Person, a Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, or owns, directly or indirectly,
50% or more of, the Person specified.
"Agreement" shall mean this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.
"Benefit Plan Investor" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.9.
"Business Trust Statute" shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et. seq. as the same may be amended from time to
time.
"Certificate" means a trust certificate evidencing the beneficial ownership
interest of a Certificateholder in the Trust, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto.
"Certificate Account" shall mean the account designated as such as
established and maintained pursuant to the Indenture.
"Certificate of Trust" shall mean the Certificate of Trust in the form of
Exhibit B to be filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Business
Trust Statute.
"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar" shall mean the register
maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.4.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean, with respect to the Owner Trustee, the
principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at Xxxxxx Square
North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, or at such other address as the Owner Trustee
may designate by notice to the Certificateholders, the Insurer, the Depositor
and the Sponsor, or the principal corporate trust
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office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor owner
trustee will notify the Certificateholders, the Insurer, the Depositor and the
Sponsor).
"Definitive Certificates" shall mean Certificates issued in certificated,
fully registered form.
"Depositor" shall mean Advanta Holding Trust 1999-A in its capacity as
Depositor hereunder.
"ERISA" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.9.
"Expenses" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2.
"Holder" or "Certificateholder" shall mean the Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered on the Certificate Register.
"Indemnification Agreement" shall mean the Indemnification Agreement dated
as of May 27, 1999 among the Insurer, Bear Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. and Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc.
"Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 8.2.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture dated as of May 1, 1999, between the
Trust and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, as
the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Indenture Trustee" shall mean, initially Bankers Trust Company of
California, N.A., in its capacity as indenture trustee, including its successors
in interest, until and unless a successor Person shall have become the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and thereafter "Indenture
Trustee" shall mean such successor Person.
"Instructing Party" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.3.
"Insurance Agreement" shall mean the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement
dated as of May 27, 1999 among the Insurer, the Sponsor, the Trust, Advanta
Holding Trust 1999-A, the Master Servicer and the Indenture Trustee.
"Insurer" shall mean Ambac Assurance Corporation, or its successor in
interest.
"Master Servicer" shall mean Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, a Delaware
corporation.
"Notes" shall mean any of the Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Noteholder" shall mean the holder of a Note.
"Operative Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Certificate of Trust,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Insurance
Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the AMHC Guaranty to the
Underwriter and the Trust, the
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AMHC Guaranty to the Insurer and the Trust and the other documents and
certificates delivered in connection therewith.
"Originators" shall mean Advanta National Bank and Advanta Finance Corp.
"Owner Trust Estate" shall mean all right, title and interest of the Trust
in and to the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to Article II
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in
the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Account and all other property of the
Trust from time to time, including any rights of the Owner Trustee and the Trust
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Owner Trustee" shall mean Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under
this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.
"Policy" shall mean the certificate guaranty insurance policy with respect
to the Notes, dated May 27, 1999, issued by the Insurer to the Indenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholders.
"Record Date" shall mean with respect to any Payment Date, (i) in the case
of the certificates, the close of business on the last Business Day immediately
preceding such Payment Date and (ii) in the case of the Notes as defined in the
Indenture.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement
among Advanta Holding Trust 1999-A, Advanta Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust
1999-A, as Issuer, Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., as Sponsor, Advanta
Mortgage Corp. USA, as Master Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee, dated as of
May 1, 1999, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Secretary of State" shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
"Security Majority" means a majority by principal amount of the Noteholders
so long as the Notes are outstanding and a majority by principal amount of the
Certificateholders thereafter.
"Sponsor" shall mean Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. in its
capacity as Sponsor hereunder.
"Treasury Regulations" shall mean regulations, including proposed or
temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.
"Trust" or "Issuer" shall mean the trust established by this Agreement.
"Trust Accounts" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
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Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.
(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(c) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to
the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of this
Agreement or any such certificate or other document, as applicable. To the
extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms
under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in
this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(d) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references
contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to
this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term "including" shall mean
"including without limitation."
(e) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
Section 1.3 Action by or Consent of Noteholders and Certificateholders.
Whenever any provision of this Agreement refers to action to be taken, or
consented to, by Noteholders or Certificateholders, such provision shall be
deemed to refer to the Certificateholder or Noteholder, as the case may be, of
record as of the Record Date immediately preceding the date on which such action
is to be taken, or consent given, by Noteholders or Certificateholders. Solely
for the purposes of any action to be taken, or consented to, by Noteholders or
Certificateholders, any Note or Certificate registered in the name of the
Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding;
provided, however that, solely for the purpose of determining whether the
Indenture Trustee is entitled to rely upon any such action or consent, only
Notes or Certificates which the Owner Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee,
respectively, knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
ARTICLE II.
Organization
Section 2.1 Names. There is hereby formed a trust to be known as "Advanta
Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-A," in which name the Owner Trustee may
conduct
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the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on
behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
Section 2.2 Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address as the Owner
Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders, the Insurer
and the Sponsor.
Section 2.3 Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is, and the Trust
shall have the power and authority, to engage in the following activities:
(i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates
pursuant to this Agreement, and to sell the Notes;
(ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, to pay the
organizational, startup and transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay
the balance to the Sponsor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the
Owner Trust Estate to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders
and for the benefit of the Insurer and to hold, manage and distribute to
the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement any portion
of the Owner Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to the
Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;
(iv) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Operative
Documents to which it is a party;
(v) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements,
that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or
are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(vi) subject to compliance with the Operative Documents, to engage in
such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of
the Owner Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the
Certificateholders and the Noteholders.
The Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust
shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or
other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the
Operative Documents.
Section 2.4 Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Sponsor hereby appoints the
Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have
all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Business Trust
Statute.
Section 2.5 Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. The Depositor
hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner Trustee, as of the
date hereof, the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in
trust from the Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution,
which shall constitute the initial Owner Trust Estate and shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Owner Trustee will
also, upon receipt thereof, acknowledge on behalf of the Trust receipt of the
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Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Sponsor shall
pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise.
Section 2.6 Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it
will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set
forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the
obligations of the Trust under the Operative Documents. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a business trust under the Business
Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of
such business trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for
income tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a branch; provided, however,
that in the event Certificates are owned by more than one Certificateholder, it
is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax
purposes, the Trust shall then be treated as a partnership and that, unless
otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, only after such time the
Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports
and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Trust as a
partnership for such tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner
Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and to the
extent not inconsistent herewith, in the Business Trust Statute with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The Owner Trustee shall file the
Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State.
Section 2.7 Liability. No Holder shall have any personal liability for any
liability or obligation of the Trust.
Section 2.8 Title to Trust Property. (a) Legal title to all of the Owner
Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal
entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any
part of the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which
case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee
and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.
(b) The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust
Property. The Holders shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to
their undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with Article IX.
No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest
by any Certificateholder of its ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate
shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any
transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part
of the Trust Property.
Section 2.9 Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered in
the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the State of
New York. Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware or New York
and payments will be made by the Trust only from Delaware or New York. The Trust
shall not have any employees in any state other than Delaware; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee, the
Master Servicer or any agent of the Trust from having employees within or
without the State of Delaware. The only office of the Trust will be at the
Corporate Trust Office in Delaware.
Section 2.10 Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor and the
Depositor.
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(a) The Sponsor makes the following representations and warranties on which
the Owner Trustee relies in accepting the Owner Trust Estate in trust and
issuing the Certificates and upon which the Insurer relies in issuing the
Policies.
(i) The Sponsor is duly organized and validly existing as a Delaware
corporation with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct
its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted and is proposed to be conducted pursuant to this
Agreement and the Operative Documents;
(ii) It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in
good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in
all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property, the
conduct of its business and the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement and the Operative Documents requires such qualification;
(iii) The Sponsor has the corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the
Sponsor by all necessary corporate action. The Sponsor has duly executed
this Agreement and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Sponsor enforceable against the Sponsor, in accordance
with its terms;
(iv) To the best knowledge of the Sponsor, no consent, license,
approval or authorization or registration or declaration with, any Person
or with any governmental authority, bureau or agency is required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
and the Operative Documents, except for such as have been obtained,
effected or made;
(v) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate
of incorporation or bylaws of the Sponsor, or any material indenture,
agreement or other instrument to which the Sponsor is a party or by which
it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any
of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or
other instrument (other than pursuant to the Operative Documents); nor
violate any law or, to the best of the Sponsor's knowledge, any order, rule
or regulation applicable to the Sponsor of any court or of any Federal or
state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Sponsor or its properties; and
(vi) There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to its
knowledge threatened against it before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over it or its properties (A) asserting the invalidity
of this Agreement or any of the Operative Documents, (B) seeking to prevent
the issuance of the Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of
the transactions
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contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Operative Documents, (C)
seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely
affect its performance of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the Operative Documents, or (D)
seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or other federal, state
or local tax attributes of the Notes or the Certificates.
(b) The Depositor makes the following representations and warranties on
which the Owner Trustee relies in accepting the Owner Trust Estate in trust and
issuing the Certificates and upon which the Insurer relies in issuing the
Policies.
(i) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a Delaware
business trust with power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such
business is presently conducted and is proposed to be conducted pursuant to
this Agreement and the Operative Documents;
(ii) It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in
good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in
all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property, the
conduct of its business and the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement and the Operative Documents requires such qualification;
(iii) The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has
full power and authority to convey and assign the property to be conveyed
and assigned to and deposited with the Trust and the Depositor has duly
authorized such conveyance and assignment and deposit to the Trust by all
necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary
corporate action. The Depositor has duly executed this Agreement and this
Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Depositor enforceable against the Depositor, in accordance with its terms;
(iv) To the best knowledge of the Depositor, no consent, license,
approval or authorization or registration or declaration with, any Person
or with any governmental authority, bureau or agency is required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
and the Operative Documents, except for such as have been obtained,
effected or made;
(v) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate
of trust of the Depositor, or any material indenture, agreement or other
instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument
(other than pursuant to the Operative Documents); nor violate any law or,
to the best of the Depositor's knowledge,
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any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or
of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties; and
(vi) There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to its
knowledge threatened against it before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over it or its properties (A) asserting the invalidity
of this Agreement or any of the Operative Documents, (B) seeking to prevent
the issuance of the Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Operative
Documents, (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially
and adversely affect its performance of its obligations under, or the
validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the Operative
Documents, or (D) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or
other federal, state or local tax attributes of the Notes or the
Certificates.
Section 2.11 Federal Income Tax Allocations. In the event that the Trust is
treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes, net income of the
Trust for any month as determined for Federal income tax purposes (and each item
of income, gain, loss, credit and deduction entering into the computation
thereof) shall be allocated to the extent of available net income, among the
Certificateholders as of the first Record Date following the end of such month,
in proportion to their ownership percentage of principal amount of Certificates
on such date.
Net losses of the Trust, if any, for any month as determined for Federal
income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss, credit and deduction
entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated among the
Certificateholders as of the Record Date in proportion to their ownership
percentage of principal amount of Certificates on such Record Date until the
principal balance of the Certificates is reduced to zero. The Sponsor, as agent
on behalf of the Originators, is authorized to modify the allocations in this
paragraph if necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the
allocations to fairly reflect the economic income, gain or loss to the
Certificateholders, or as otherwise required by the Code.
Section 2.12 Covenants of the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees and covenants for
the benefit of each Certificateholder, the Insurer and the Owner Trustee, during
the term of this Agreement, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, that:
(a) it shall not create, incur or suffer to exist any indebtedness or
engage in any business, except, in each case, as permitted by its certificate of
incorporation and the Operative Documents;
(b) it shall not, for any reason, institute proceedings for the Trust to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy
or insolvency proceedings against the Trust, or file a petition seeking or
consenting to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law
relating to the bankruptcy of the Trust, or consent to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Trust or a substantial part of the property of the Trust or
cause or permit the Trust to make any assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or admit in writing the inability of the
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Trust to pay its debts generally as they become due, or declare or effect a
moratorium on the debt of the Trust or take any action in furtherance of any
such action;
(c) it shall obtain from each counterparty to each Operative Document to
which it or the Trust is a party and each other agreement entered into on or
after the date hereof to which it or the Trust is a party, an agreement by each
such counterparty that prior to the occurrence of the event specified in Section
9.1(e) such counterparty shall not institute against, or join any other Person
in instituting against, it or the Trust, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceedings
under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States; and
(d) it shall not, for any reason, withdraw or attempt to withdraw from this
Agreement, dissolve, institute proceedings for it to be adjudicated a bankrupt
or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings against it, or file a petition seeking or consenting to
reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to
bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of it or a substantial part of
its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or declare
or effect a moratorium on its debt or take any action in furtherance of any such
action.
Section 2.13 Covenants of the Certificateholders. Each Certificateholder
agrees:
(a) to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Certificates and of this
Agreement, including any supplements or amendments hereto and to perform the
obligations of a Certificateholder as set forth therein or herein, in all
respects as if it were a signatory hereto. This undertaking is made for the
benefit of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer and all other
Certificateholders present and future;
(b) to hereby appoint the Sponsor as such Certificateholder's agent and
attorney-in-fact to sign any federal income tax information return filed on
behalf of the Trust, if any, and agree that, if requested by the Trust, it will
sign such federal income tax information return in its capacity as holder of an
interest in the Trust. Each Certificateholder also hereby agrees that in its tax
returns it will not take any position inconsistent with those taken in any tax
returns that may be filed by the Trust;
(c) if such Certificateholder is other than an individual or other entity
holding its Certificate through a broker who reports securities sales on Form
1099B, to notify the Owner Trustee of any transfer by it of a Certificate in a
taxable sale or exchange, within 30 days of the date of the transfer; and
(d) until the completion of the events specified in Section 9.1(e), not to,
for any reason, institute proceedings for the Trust or the Sponsor to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy
or insolvency proceedings against the Trust, or file a petition seeking or
consenting to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law
relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Sponsor or
the Trust or a substantial part of its property, or cause or permit the Sponsor
or the Trust to make any
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assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, or declare or effect a moratorium
on its debt or take any action in furtherance of any such action.
Except as provided in Section 2.13, and notwithstanding any other provision
to the contrary in this Agreement, no Certificateholder shall be deemed to have
adopted, be bound by, or succeed in any way to any representation by, or duty of
indemnification by or any other duty of, the Sponsor, including those contained
in Sections 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 8.2 or elsewhere herein.
Section 2.14 Investment Company. Neither the Sponsor, the Depositor nor any
Holder shall take any action that would cause the Trust to become an "investment
company" required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
ARTICLE III.
Certificates and Transfer of Interests
Section 3.1 Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.5, the Owner Trustee,
contemporaneously therewith, having full power, authority, and authorization to
do so, has executed, authenticated, dated, issued, and delivered, in the name
and on behalf of the Trust, to the Depositor, one or more Certificates
representing in the aggregate a 100% interest in the Trust, and has registered
such Certificates on the Certificate Register in the name of the Depositor. The
Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary of the Trust. Such Certificates are duly
authorized, validly issued, and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. For
so long as the Depositor shall own such 100% interest in the Trust, the
Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust. For so long as any
Notes remaining outstanding, the Depositor shall not transfer its ownership
interest in the Trust, in whole or in part, without the Insurer's prior written
consent.
Section 3.2 The Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1000 in excess thereof. The
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile
signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee. Certificates bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when
such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the
Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefit of this Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did
not hold such offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such
Certificates. A transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder,
and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Certificateholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Certificate in such
transferee's name pursuant to Section 3.4.
Section 3.3 Authentication of Certificates. Concurrently with the initial
sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause each Certificate to be executed on
behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of
the Sponsor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president or any vice
president, its treasurer or any assistant treasurer without further corporate
action by the Sponsor, in authorized denominations. No Certificate shall entitle
its holder to
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any benefit under this Agreement, or shall be valid for any purpose, unless
there shall appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee,
by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence
that such Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. The
Trust shall not issue any other Certificate without the prior written consent of
the Insurer.
Section 3.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The
Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, a Certificate Register in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Owner Trustee shall provide
for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. The Owner Trustee shall be the initial
Certificate Registrar.
Section 3.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a) any
mutilated Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or if
the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered
to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Insurer such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the
absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Owner
Trustee shall authenticate 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 denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence
of an ownership interest in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 3.6 Persons Deemed Certificateholders. Every Person by virtue of
becoming a Certificateholder in accordance with this Agreement and the rules and
regulations of the Certificate Registrar shall be deemed to be bound by the
terms of this Agreement. Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for
registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the
Insurer and any agent of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the
Insurer, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered
in the Certificate Register as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Indenture and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar or the Insurer nor any agent of the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar or the Insurer shall be bound by any notice to the
contrary.
Section 3.7 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses. The
Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Master Servicer, the
Sponsor or the Insurer, within 15 days after receipt by the Owner Trustee of a
request therefor from such Person in writing, a list, of the names and addresses
of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. If three or more
Holders of Certificates or one or more Holders of Certificates evidencing not
less than 25% by Percentage Interest apply in writing to the Owner Trustee, and
such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other
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Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under
the Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the
communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Owner Trustee
shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford
such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list of
Certificateholders. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, shall
be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Sponsor, the Master Servicer,
the Owner Trustee or the Insurer or any agent thereof accountable by reason of
the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
Section 3.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee shall
maintain in Wilmington, Delaware an office or offices or agency or agencies
where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
and where notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the
Certificates and the Operative Documents may be served. The Owner Trustee
initially designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The Owner
Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Sponsor, the Certificateholders
and the Insurer of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any
such office or agency.
Section 3.9 ERISA. The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the
account of (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) that is
subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan as (as defined in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or
(iii) any person acting on behalf of or using the assets of a plan described in
(i) or (ii) (each, a "Benefit Plan Investor") above. By accepting and holding
its beneficial ownership interest in its Certificate, the Holder thereof shall
be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan
Investor.
Section 3.10 Restrictions on Transfer of Certificates. (a) The Certificates
shall be assigned, transferred, exchanged, pledged, financed, hypothecated or
otherwise conveyed (collectively, for purposes of this Section 3.10 and any
other Section referring to the Certificates, "transferred" or a "transfer") only
in accordance with this Section 3.10.
(b) No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with
said Act and laws. Except for the initial issuance of the Certificates to the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee shall require (i) the transferee to execute an
investment letter acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Owner Trustee and the Insurer certifying to the Owner Trustee and the Insurer
the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment letter shall not be an
expense of the Owner Trustee or the Insurer, or (ii) if the investment letter is
not delivered, a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the Insurer and the Sponsor that
such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable
exemption and the basis therefor from said Act or is being made pursuant to said
Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Owner Trustee, the
Insurer or the Sponsor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Sponsor, the Owner
Trustee and the Insurer against any liability that may result if the transfer is
not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
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(c) The Certificates and any interest therein shall not be transferred
except upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: (i) the Person
that acquires a Certificate shall (A) be organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia; (B) expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental hereto, executed
and delivered to the Owner Trustee, the performance of every covenant and
obligation of the Sponsor hereunder except for the covenants and obligations
contained in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.3 and 3.4 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, Section 7.1 of the Indenture and under the Credit Line Agreements and
the Mortgage Notes; (ii) the person that acquires a Certificate shall deliver to
the Owner Trustee and the Insurer an Officer's Certificate stating that such
transfer and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section 3.10 and that
all conditions precedent provided by this subsection 3.10 have been complied
with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer and such supplemental
agreement comply with this Section 3.10 and that all conditions precedent
provided by this Section 3.10 have been complied with, and the Owner Trustee may
conclusively rely on such Officer's Certificate, shall have no duty to make
inquiries with regard to the matters set forth therein and shall incur no
liability in so relying; (iii) the person that acquires a Certificate shall
deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Insurer a letter from each Rating Agency
confirming that its rating of the Notes, after giving effect to such transfer,
will not be reduced or withdrawn without regard to the Policy; (iv) the person
that acquires a Certificate shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Insurer
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such transfer will not adversely
affect the treatment of the Notes after such transfer as debt for federal and
applicable state income tax purposes, (b) such transfer will not result in the
Trust being subject to tax at the entity level for federal or applicable state
tax purposes, (c) such transfer will not have any material adverse impact on the
federal or applicable state income taxation of a Noteholder and (d) such
transfer will not result in the arrangement created by this Agreement or any
"portion" of the Trust, being treated as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in
Section 7701(i) of the Code; (v) all filings and other actions necessary to
continue the perfection of the interest of the Trust in the Mortgage Loans and
the other property conveyed hereunder shall have been taken or made and (vi) the
prior written consent of the Insurer has been obtained, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement set
forth in subclause (i)(A) of this Section 3.10 shall not apply in the event the
Owner Trustee and the Insurer shall have received a letter from each Rating
Agency confirming that its rating of the Notes, after giving effect to a
proposed transfer to a Person that does not meet the requirement set forth in
subclause (i)(A), shall not be reduced or withdrawn without regard to the
Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements set forth in this
paragraph (c) shall not apply to the initial issuance of the Certificates to the
Depositor.
(d) Except for the initial issuance of the Certificates to the Depositor,
no transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Owner Trustee and the
Insurer shall have received a representation letter from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Owner
Trustee and the Insurer, to the effect that such transferee is not a Benefit
Plan Investor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Owner
Trustee.
(e) No transfer or pledge of the Certificates shall result in more than 98
other holders of Certificates.
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Section 3.11 Acceptance of Obligations. The Sponsor agrees to be bound by
and to perform all the duties of the Sponsor set forth in this Agreement.
Section 3.12 Payments on Certificates. The Holders of the Certificates will
be entitled to distributions on each Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture.
ARTICLE IV.
Voting Rights and Other Actions
Section 4.1 Prior Notice to Holders with Respect to Certain Matters. With
respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless
at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have
notified the Certificateholders and the Insurer in writing of the proposed
action and (i) the Insurer shall have consented in writing thereto and (ii) the
Certificateholders shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to
the 30th day after such notice is given that such Certificateholders have
withheld consent or, with the written consent of the Insurer, provided
alternative direction:
(a) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Business Trust
Statute or unless such amendment would not materially and adversely affect the
interests of the Holders);
(b) the amendment of any Operative Document;
(c) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or, pursuant to this Trust
Agreement, of a successor Certificate Registrar or the consent to the assignment
by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar
of its obligations under the Indenture or this Trust Agreement, as applicable;
(d) the consent to the calling or waiver of any default under any Operative
Document;
(e) the consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee or Master
Servicer of their respective obligations under any Operative Document;
(f) perform any act that conflicts with any other Operative Document;
(g) perform any act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary
business of the Trust as described in Section 2.3 hereof;
(h) confess a judgment against the Trust;
(i) possess Trust assets or assign the Trust's right to property for other
than a Trust purpose;
(j) cause the Trust to lend any funds to any entity; or
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(k) change the Trust's purpose and powers from those enumerated in this
Trust Agreement.
The Owner Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders and the Insurer in writing
of any appointment of a successor Note Registrar, or Certificate Registrar
within five Business Days thereof.
In addition, the Owner Trustee shall not (i) cause the Trust to merge or
consolidate with or into any other entity, or convey or transfer all or
substantially all of the Trust's assets to any other entity; (ii) cause the
Trust to incur, assume or guaranty any indebtedness other than as set forth in
this Trust Agreement or (iii) except as provided in Article IX hereof, dissolve,
terminate or liquidate the Trust in whole or in part.
Section 4.2 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.
Section 4.3 (a) The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the
written direction of the Insurer or in the event that an Insurer Default shall
have occurred and is continuing, the Security Majority in accordance with the
Operative Documents, to (i) remove the Master Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, (ii) except as expressly provided in the Operative
Documents, sell the Mortgage Loans after the termination of the Indenture, (iii)
institute proceedings to have the Trust declared or adjudicated to be bankrupt
or insolvent, (iv) consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings against the Trust, (v) file a petition or consent to a petition
seeking reorganization or relief on behalf of the Trust under any applicable
federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (vi) consent to the appointment of
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or any similar
official) of the Trust or a substantial portion of the property of the Trust,
(vii) make any assignment for the benefit of the Trust's creditors, (viii) cause
the Trust to admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, (ix) take any action or cause the Trust to take any action, in
furtherance of any of the foregoing clauses (iii) through (ix) (any of such
clauses, a "Bankruptcy Action"). So long as the Indenture and the Insurance
Agreement remain in effect, no Certificateholder shall have the power to take,
and shall not take, any Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust or direct
the Owner Trustee to take any Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust. The
Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only
upon written instructions signed by the Insurer or the Securityholders, as the
case may be, and the furnishing of indemnification satisfactory to the Owner
Trustee by the Certificateholders.
(b) Upon the written request of any Certificateholder (a "Proposer"), the
Owner Trustee shall distribute promptly to all Certificateholders any request
for action or consent of Certificateholders submitted by such Proposer. The
Owner Trustee shall provide a reasonable method for collecting responses to such
request and shall tabulate and report the results thereof to the
Certificateholders and the Sponsor. The Owner Trustee shall have no
responsibility or duty to determine if any such proposed action or consent is
permitted under the terms of this Agreement or applicable law.
Section 4.3 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy. Until
one year and one day following the day on which the Notes have been paid in
full, the Owner Trustee shall not have the power to, and shall not commence any
proceeding or other actions contemplated by Section 2.12(b) relating to the
Trust without the prior written consent of the Insurer (unless an Insurer
Default shall have occurred and is continuing) or the Security Majority upon an
Insurer Default. Until one year and one day following the day on which the
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Notes have been paid in full, all amounts due to the Insurer under the Insurance
Agreement have been paid in full, the Policies have terminated and the Indenture
Trustee has surrendered the Policies to the Insurer, the Owner Trustee shall not
have the power to, and shall not, commence any proceeding or other actions
contemplated by Section 2.12(b) relating to the Trust without the prior written
consent of all of the Certificateholders and the delivery to the Owner Trustee
by each such Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such
Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
Section 4.4 Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power. (a) The
Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation
of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Operative
Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.3 or otherwise contrary to law nor
shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
(b) No Certificateholder (other than the Originators) 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 or any Operative Document, unless the
Certificateholders are the Instructing Party pursuant to Section 6.3 and unless
a Certificateholder previously shall have given to the Owner Trustee a written
notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as provided in this Agreement,
and also unless Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% by Percentage
Interest shall have made written request upon the Owner Trustee to institute
such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Owner Trustee under this
Agreement and shall have offered to the Owner Trustee such reasonable indemnity
as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
therein or thereby, and the Owner Trustee, for 30 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, and during such 30-day period no
request or waiver inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Owner Trustee pursuant to and in compliance with this Section or Section 6.3; it
being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each
Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Owner 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 provided in this Agreement and for the equal,
ratable, and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section 4.4, each and every
Certificateholder and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can
be given either at law or in equity.
Section 4.5 Majority Control. No Certificateholder shall have any right to
vote or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Except as expressly
provided herein, any action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under
this Agreement may be taken by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than a majority interest in the Trust. Except as expressly provided herein, any
written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall be effective if signed by Certificateholders evidencing not less than a
majority interest in the Trust at the time of the delivery of such notice.
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Section 4.6 Rights of Insurer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
the Operative Documents, without the prior written consent of the Insurer (or if
an Insurer Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Security Majority)
the Owner Trustee shall not (i) remove the Master Servicer, (ii) initiate any
claim, suit or proceeding by the Trust or compromise any claim, suit or
proceeding brought by or against the Trust, other than with respect to the
enforcement of any Mortgage Loan or any rights of the Trust thereunder, (iii)
authorize the merger or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other
business trust or other entity (other than in accordance with Section 3.10 of
the Indenture), (iv) amend the Certificate of Trust or (v) amend this Agreement
in accordance with Section 11.1 of this Agreement.
Section 4.7 Separateness. The Trust shall (i) not commingle its assets with
those of any other entity; (ii) maintain its financial and accounting books and
records separate from those of any other entity; (iii) maintain appropriate
minutes or other records of all appropriate actions and maintain books and
records separate from any other entity; (iv) conduct its own business in its own
name; (v) except as expressly set forth herein, pay its indebtedness, operating
expenses and liabilities from its own funds; (vi) enter into transactions with
affiliates only on terms that are commercially reasonable and on the same terms
as would be available in an arm's length transaction; (vii) not pay the
indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities of any other entity; (viii) not
hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligation of any other
entity; (ix) not make loans to any other entity or buy or hold evidence of
indebtedness issued by any other entity (except for cash and investment-grade
securities); (x) use separate stationery, invoices, and checks bearing its own
name; (xi) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared
with an affiliate, including paying for office space and services performed by
any employee of any affiliate; (xii) not identify itself as a division of any
other entity; (xiii) hold itself out as a separate identity; and (xiv) maintain
adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operation.
ARTICLE V.
Certain Duties
Section 5.1 Accounting and Records to the Noteholders, Certificateholders,
the Internal Revenue Service and Others. Subject to Sections 5.1(b)(iii) and
5.1(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Sponsor shall (a) maintain (or
cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis on the
accrual method of accounting, including, without limitation, the allocations of
net income under Section 2.11 hereof, (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to
each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations, such information as may be required (including Schedule K1, if
applicable) to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its Federal and state
income tax returns, (c) file or cause to be filed, if necessary, such tax
returns relating to the Trust (including a partnership information return, Form
1065), and direct the Owner Trustee or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
to make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under
any applicable state or Federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as
to maintain the Trust's characterization as a branch, or if applicable, as a
partnership, for Federal income tax purposes and (d) collect or cause to be
collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section
5.1(b)(ii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to income or
distributions to Certificateholders and the appropriate forms relating thereto.
The Owner Trustee or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall make all
elections pursuant to this
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Section as directed in writing by the Sponsor. The Owner Trustee shall sign all
tax information returns presented to it in final execution form, if any, filed
pursuant to this Section 5.1 and any other returns as may be required by law,
and in doing so shall rely entirely upon, and shall have no liability for
information provided by, or calculations provided by, the Sponsor or the Master
Servicer. The Owner Trustee shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to
include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the
Mortgage Loans. The Owner Trustee shall not make the election provided under
Section 754 of the Code.
Section 5.2 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 5.1 and in the event that the Trust is characterized
as a partnership, the Owner Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax
returns of the Trust presented to it in final execution form, unless applicable
law requires a Certificateholder to sign such documents, in which case such
documents shall be signed by the Sponsor, as agent, on behalf of the
Certificateholders.
(b) In the event that the Trust is characterized as a partnership, the
Depositor shall be the "tax matters partner" of the Trust pursuant to the Code.
ARTICLE VI.
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee
Section 6.1 General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed
to execute and deliver the Operative Documents to which the Trust is named as a
party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Operative Documents to which the Trust is named as a party
and any amendment thereto, in each case, in such form as the Sponsor shall
approve as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee's execution thereof, and
on behalf of the Trust, to direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and
deliver Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $247,500,000. In addition to
the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to
take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Operative Documents. The
Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the
Instructing Party recommends with respect to the Operative Documents so long as
such activities are consistent with the terms of the Operative Documents.
Section 6.2 General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to
discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement and to administer the Trust in the interest of the
Holders, subject to the Operative Documents and in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee
shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and
under the Operative Documents to the extent the Master Servicer has agreed in
the Sale and Servicing Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of
the Trust or the Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Operative Document, and
the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or failure of the Master
Servicer to carry out its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 6.3 Action upon Instruction. (a) Subject to Article IV, the Insurer
(so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be continuing) or the
Certificateholders
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(if an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) (the "Instructing
Party") shall have the exclusive right to direct the actions of the Owner
Trustee in the management of the Trust, so long as such instructions are not
inconsistent with the express terms set forth herein or in any Operative
Document. The Instructing Party shall not instruct the Owner Trustee in a manner
inconsistent with this Agreement or the Operative Documents.
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or
under any Operative Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably
determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to
result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms
hereof or of any Operative Document or is otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative
courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or any
Operative Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form
as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Instructing Party
requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the
extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written
instruction of the Instructing Party received, the Owner Trustee shall not be
liable on account of such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not
have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within
such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may
be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to,
take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or
the Operative Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
(d) In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application of
any provision of this Agreement or any Operative Document or any such provision
is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with
any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any
determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the
course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a
particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may give notice (in such form as
shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Instructing Party
requesting instruction and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or
refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction
received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable, on account of such action or
inaction, to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received
appropriate instruction within 10 days of such notice (or within such shorter
period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary
under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain
from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Operative
Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
Section 6.4 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage,
make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby
to which the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms
of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3; and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement or any Operative Document against the Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall
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have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any
public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of
any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any
Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any Operative
Document. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost
and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any Liens
on any part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims
against, the Owner Trustee (solely in its individual capacity) and that are not
related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
Section 6.5 No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions. The
Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal
with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the powers
granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Operative Documents and (iii) in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.3.
Section 6.6 Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (a)
that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.3 or
(b) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would result in the
Trust's becoming taxable as a corporation or a publicly traded partnership for
Federal income tax purposes. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner
Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE VII.
Concerning the Owner Trustee
Section 7.1 Acceptance of Trust and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts the
trust hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to
such trust but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee also
agrees to disburse all monies actually received by it constituting part of the
Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of the Operative Documents and this Agreement.
The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any
Operative Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful
misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of
any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.3 expressly made by the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (iii) for liabilities arising from the
failure of the Owner Trustee to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it
in the last sentence of Section 6.4 hereof, (iv) for any investments issued by
the Owner Trustee or any branch or affiliate thereof in its commercial capacity
or (v) for taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees,
commissions or compensation received by the Owner Trustee. In particular, but
not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the
preceding sentence):
(a) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment, not
constituting gross negligence, made by a Responsible Officer of the Owner
Trustee;
(b) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it if such action or omission is in accordance with
the instructions of the Instructing Party, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or
any Certificateholder pursuant to the terms hereof;
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(c) no provision of this Agreement or any Operative Document shall require
the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder or under
any Operative Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Operative Documents,
including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) the Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the
Sponsor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity
of any of the Owner Trust Estate or for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of the Operative Documents, other than the certificate of
authentication on the Certificates, and the Owner Trustee shall in no event
assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to the Sponsor, the Insurer,
Indenture Trustee, any Certificateholder, other than as expressly provided for
herein and in the Operative Documents;
(f) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of
the Sponsor, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee, or the Master Servicer under
any of the Operative Documents or otherwise and the Owner Trustee shall have no
obligation or liability to perform the obligations under this Agreement or the
Operative Documents that are required to be performed by the Sponsor under this
Agreement, by the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Master Servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and
(g) the Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or
defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this
Agreement or any Operative Document, at the request, order or direction of the
Instructing Party or any of the Certificateholders, unless such Instructing
Party or Certificateholders have offered to the Owner Trustee security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that
may be incurred by the Owner Trustee therein or thereby. The right of the Owner
Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any
Operative Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall
not be answerable for other than its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
in the performance of any such act.
Section 7.2 Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to the
Certificateholders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor,
duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates,
financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee
under the Operative Documents.
Section 7.3 Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby
represents and warrants, in its individual capacity, to the Sponsor and the
Holders (which shall have relied on such representations and warranties in
issuing the Policy), that:
(a) It is a Delaware banking corporation, duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all
requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
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(b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution
and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and
delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver
this Agreement on its behalf.
(c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it
with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or
Delaware state law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or
trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or
constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any indenture,
mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which
any of its properties may be bound.
Section 7.4 Reliance: Advice of Counsel. (a) The Owner Trustee shall incur
no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice,
resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other
document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed
by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of
a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate
party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such
body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the
method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the
Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the
president or any vice president or by the treasurer, secretary or other
authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such
certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the Operative
Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or
attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and (ii) may
consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected with
reasonable care and employed by it. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for
anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the
written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such persons
and according to such opinion not contrary to this Agreement or any Operative
Document.
Section 7.5 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this
Agreement, in accepting the trusts hereby created Wilmington Trust Company acts
solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity and all
Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any Operative Document shall look only to the
Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section 7.6 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature
and countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as
the statements of the Sponsor and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility
for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Operative Document or of
the Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Owner
Trustee on the Certificates) or the Notes (other than the signature of the Owner
Trustee on the Notes), or of any Mortgage Loan or related documents. The Owner
Trustee shall at no time
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have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality,
validity and enforceability of any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority
of any security interest created by any Mortgage Loan or the maintenance of any
such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the
Owner Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture,
including, without limitation: the existence, condition and ownership of any
Mortgage Loan; the existence and enforceability of any insurance thereon; the
existence and contents of any Mortgage Loan on any computer or other record
thereof; the validity of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the Trust or of
any intervening assignment; the completeness of any Mortgage Loan; the
performance or enforcement of any Mortgage Loan; the compliance by the Sponsor,
the Master Servicer or any other Person with any warranty or representation made
under any Operative Document or in any related document or the accuracy of any
such warranty or representation or any action of the Indenture Trustee or the
Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.
Section 7.7 Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes. Subject to the
provisions of Section 3.1 hereof, the Owner Trustee in its individual or any
other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates or Notes and may
deal with the Sponsor, the Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer in banking
transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
Section 7.8 Payments from Owner Trust Estate. All payments to be made by
the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Operative Documents to
which the Trust or the Owner Trustee is a party shall be made only from the
income and proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate and only to the extent that the
Owner Trust shall have received income or proceeds from the Owner Trust Estate
to make such payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Wilmington Trust
Company, or any successor thereto, in its individual capacity, shall not be
liable for any amounts payable under this Agreement or any of the Operative
Documents to which the Trust or the Owner Trustee is a party.
Section 7.9 Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions. Notwithstanding anything
contained to the contrary, neither Wilmington Trust Company or any successor
thereto, nor the Owner Trustee shall be required to take any action in any
jurisdiction other than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action
will, even after the appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee in
accordance with Section 10.5 hereof, (i) require the consent or approval or
authorization or order of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with
or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state or other governmental
authority or agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware; (ii)
result in any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of the State
of Delaware becoming payable by Wilmington Trust Company (or any successor
thereto); or (iii) subject Wilmington Trust Company (or any successor thereto)
to personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware
for causes of action arising from acts unrelated to the consummation of the
transactions by Wilmington Trust Company (or any successor thereto) or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby.
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ARTICLE VIII.
Compensation of Owner Trustee
Section 8.1 Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Owner Trustee shall
receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been
separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Sponsor and the Owner
Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Sponsor
for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives,
experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the
exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder and under the
Operative Documents.
Section 8.2 Indemnification. The Sponsor shall be liable as primary obligor
for, and the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall
be the secondary obligor for, and shall indemnify the Owner Trustee (in its
individual and trust capacities) and its officers, directors, successors,
assigns, agents and servants (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and
against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims,
actions and suits, and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Expenses") which may (in its trust or individual capacities) at
any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Owner Trustee or
any Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement,
the Operative Documents, the Owner Trust Estate, the administration of the Owner
Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except
only that the Sponsor shall not be liable for or required to indemnify the Owner
Trustee from and against Expenses arising or resulting from any of the matters
described in the third sentence of Section 7.1. The indemnities contained in
this Section and the rights under Section 8.1 shall survive the resignation or
termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Agreement. In any
event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought
pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee's choice of legal counsel shall be
subject to the approval of the Sponsor which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
Section 8.3 Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner
Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deemed not to be a part of the
Owner Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
Section 8.4 Non-recourse Obligations. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any Operative Document, the Owner Trustee agrees in its individual
capacity and in its capacity as Owner Trustee for the Trust that all obligations
of the Trust to the Owner Trustee individually or as Owner Trustee for the Trust
shall be recourse to the Owner Trust Estate only and specifically shall not be
recourse to the assets of any Certificateholder.
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ARTICLE IX.
Termination of Trust Agreement
Section 9.1 Termination of Trust Agreement. (a) This Agreement and the
Trust shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the later of (i)
the maturity or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan (including the
redemption by the Sponsor at its option of the corpus of the Trust as described
in Section 10.1(b) and Section 10.1(c) of the Indenture) and the subsequent
distribution of amounts in respect of such Mortgage Loans as provided in the
Operative Documents, (ii) the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts
required to be paid to them pursuant to this Agreement and the payment to the
Insurer of all amounts payable or reimbursable to it pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and the Insurance Agreement and (iii) the termination of the
Indenture and the Insurance Agreement; provided, however, that the rights to
indemnification under Section 8.2 and the rights under Section 8.1 shall survive
the termination of the Trust. The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the
Owner Trustee and the Insurer of any prospective termination pursuant to this
Section 9.1. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of
any Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the
Trust, nor (y) entitle such Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs
to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or Owner Trust Estate
nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto.
(b) Except as provided in clause (a), neither the Sponsor, the Depositor
nor any other Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the
Trust.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date
upon which the Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to the
Indenture Trustee for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall
be given by the Owner Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed within five
Business Days of receipt of notice of such redemption from the Master Servicer
given pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i)
the Payment Date upon or with respect to which final payment of the Certificates
shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office
of the Indenture Trustee therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final
payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date
is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of
the Certificates at the office of the Indenture Trustee therein specified. The
Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than
the Owner Trustee) and the Indenture Trustee at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the
Indenture Trustee shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts
distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 8.6(b)(xi) of the
Indenture.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
one year after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Owner 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
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assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in the
Trust after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed, subject to
applicable escheat laws, by the Owner Trustee to the Sponsor and Holders shall
look solely to the Sponsor for payment.
(d) Any funds remaining in the Trust after funds for final distribution
have been distributed or set aside for distribution shall be distributed by the
Owner Trustee to the Depositor.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary herein, the Trust
shall not dissolve or liquidate so long as any Notes are outstanding.
(f) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee
shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3810 of the Business Trust Statute.
ARTICLE X.
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
Section 10.1 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
shall at all times be a corporation (i) satisfying the provisions of Section
3807(a) of the Business Trust Statute; (ii) authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers; (iii) having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authorities; (iv) having (or having a parent which has) a rating of at least
Baa3 by Moody's or A-1 by Standard & Poor's or being otherwise acceptable to the
Rating Agencies; and (v) acceptable to the Insurer in its sole discretion. If
such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.2.
Section 10.2 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee may
at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving
written notice thereof to the Sponsor, the Insurer and the Master Servicer. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Sponsor shall promptly appoint a
successor Owner Trustee, meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 10.1
herein, by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner
Trustee, provided that the Sponsor shall have received written confirmation from
each of the Rating Agencies that the proposed appointment will not result in an
increased capital charge to the Insurer by either of the Rating Agencies. If no
successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Owner Trustee or the Insurer may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.
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If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.1 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Sponsor, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be
legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver
of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then a
majority of the Certificateholders with the consent of the Insurer (so long as
no Insurer Default shall have occurred and is continuing) may remove the Owner
Trustee. If a majority of the Certificateholders shall remove the Owner Trustee
under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Sponsor shall
promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee acceptable to the Insurer, meeting
the qualifications set forth in Section 10.1 herein, by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner
Trustee so removed, one copy to the Insurer and one copy to the successor Owner
Trustee and the Sponsor shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee,
if not previously paid by the Trust.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.3 and payment of all reasonable fees and expenses
owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Servicer shall provide written notice of
such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies
and the Insurer.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and in addition to
any other method of removal of the Owner Trustee contained herein, upon a
proposal made pursuant to Section 4.2(b) and the subsequent consent of
Certificateholders representing no less than a 66-2/3% interest in the Trust,
the Owner Trustee may be removed as Owner Trustee, subject to the consent of the
Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and is continuing),
which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld. In the event the Owner Trustee
is removed pursuant to this paragraph, the provisions of this Agreement,
including Article X herein, shall apply as if the Owner Trustee had resigned
hereunder.
Section 10.3 Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee appointed
pursuant to Section 10.2 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Sponsor,
the Master Servicer, the Insurer and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective
and such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of
its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as
Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and
expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and
monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Sponsor and the predecessor
Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and
confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1.
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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Master Servicer shall mail notice of the successor of such
Owner Trustee to all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, and
the Noteholders. If the Master Servicer shall fail to mail such notice within 10
days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the
successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of
the Master Servicer.
The successor Owner Trustee shall file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust with the Secretary of State reflecting the name and principal place of
business of such successor Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware.
Section 10.4 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation into
which the Owner 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 Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1, without the
execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided
further that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation
to the Rating Agencies and the Insurer.
Section 10.5 Appointment of Co-Owner Trustee or Separate Owner 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 Owner Trust Estate or any Mortgaged Property may at the time be located,
the Master Servicer and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power
and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Owner Trustee and the Insurer to act as co-trustee, jointly with
the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part
of the Owner Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such
title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of
this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master
Servicer and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the
Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after
the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Owner Trustee subject to the
approval of the Insurer (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld)
shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee
under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a
successor trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 and no notice of the appointment of
any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.3,
except that notice to and written consent of, the Insurer shall be required for
the appointment of a co-trustee.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law,
be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed
by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it
being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized
to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to
the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular
act or acts are to
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be performed, the Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly
by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the
Owner Trustee;
(ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement;
and
(iii) the Master Servicer and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at
any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the
Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a
copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the Insurer.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
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
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor trustee.
ARTICLE XI.
Miscellaneous
Section 11.1 Supplements and Amendments. (a) This Agreement and prior
written notice to the Rating Agencies may be amended by the Sponsor and the
Owner Trustee, with the prior written consent of the Insurer (so long as no
Insurer Default shall have occurred and is continuing), without the consent of
any of the Noteholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or defect or (ii) to correct,
supplement or modify any provisions in this Agreement; provided, however, that
such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel which may be based
upon a certificate of the Master Servicer, adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time, with the prior
written consent of the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have
occurred and is continuing) by the Sponsor and the Owner Trustee, with prior
written notice to the Rating Agencies, and, to the extent such amendment
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, with the
consent of the Noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of the
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Outstanding Amount of the Notes and, the consent of the Certificateholders
evidencing not less than a majority interest in the Trust (which consent of any
Holder of a Certificate or Note given pursuant to this Section or pursuant to
any other provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on such
Holder and on all future Holders of such Certificate or Note and of any
Certificate or Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or
in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon the
Certificate or Note) 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 Noteholders or the Certificateholders;
provided, however, that, subject to the express rights of the Insurer under the
Operative Documents, no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any
manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of
payments on Mortgage Loans or distributions that shall be required to be made
for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the
Certificates, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the outstanding Notes and
Holders of all outstanding Certificates.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to the Insurer, to each Certificateholder and the Indenture Trustee.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders, the
Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient
if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining
such consents (and any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this
Agreement or in any other Operative Document) and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to
such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe. Promptly after
the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee
shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the
Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to
the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which
affects the Owner Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise. The Owner Trustee shall furnish copies of any such
amendments to the Rating Agencies.
Section 11.2 No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders.
The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust
Estate. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive distributions with
respect to their ownership interest therein only in accordance with Article IX.
No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest
of the Certificateholders to and in their ownership interest in the Owner Trust
Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or
entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title
to any part of the Owner Trust Estate.
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Section 11.3 Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 11.7, the
provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee,
the Sponsor, the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer and, to the extent
expressly provided herein, the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be
construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any
covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
Section 11.4 Notices. (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted
by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed given
upon receipt personally delivered, delivered by overnight courier or mailed
first class mail or certified mail, in each case return receipt requested, and
shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt, if to the Owner Trustee,
addressed to the Corporate Trust Office; if to the Sponsor, addressed to Advanta
Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., 000000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, addressed to Insurer, Ambac Assurance Corporation, Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Structured Finance Department
- MBS, Telecopy No.:000-000-0000, Confirmation No.: 212-668-0340, if to the
Depositor, Advanta Holding Trust 1999-A, c/o Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner
Trustee, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000; or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by
such party in a written notice to each other party.
(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder
shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the
time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
Section 11.5 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdictional shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 11.6 Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.7 Assignments; Insurer. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall also inure to the benefit
of the Insurer for so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all covenants and
agreements in this Agreement which confer rights upon the Insurer shall be for
the benefit of and run directly to the Insurer, and the Insurer shall be
entitled to rely on and enforce such covenants, subject, however, to the
limitations on such rights provided in this Agreement and the Operative
Documents. The Insurer may disclaim any of its rights and powers under this
Agreement (but not its duties and obligations under the Policy) upon delivery of
a written notice to the Owner Trustee.
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Section 11.8 No Petition. The Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and
as Owner Trustee), by entering into this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by
accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee, the Originators and each
Noteholder by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenants and
agrees that they will not at any time institute against the Sponsor, or the
Trust or join in any institution against the Sponsor or the Trust of, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings,
or other proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or
similar law.
Section 11.9 No Recourse. Each Certificateholder by accepting a Certificate
acknowledges that such Certificateholder's Certificates represent beneficial
interests in the Trust only and do not represent interests in or obligations of
the Master Servicer, the Sponsor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Insurer or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties
or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this
Agreement, the Certificates or the Operative Documents.
Section 11.10 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections
herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.11 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 11.12 Master Servicer. The Master Servicer is authorized to
prepare, or cause to be prepared, execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust all
such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it
shall be the duty of the Trust or Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Operative Documents. Upon written request, the Owner Trustee
shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer a limited power of attorney
appointing the Master Servicer the Trust's agent and attorney-in-fact to
prepare, or cause to be prepared, execute and deliver all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions.
Section 11.13 No Borrowing. The Trust shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
Indebtedness except for (i) the Notes, (ii) obligations owing from time to time
to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement and (iii) any other Indebtedness
permitted by or arising under the Operative Documents except that the Trust
shall not incur any Indebtedness that would cause it, or any portion thereof, to
be treated as a "taxable mortgage pool" under Section 7701(i) of the Code. The
proceeds of the Notes shall be used exclusively to fund the Trust's purchase of
the Mortgage Loans and the other assets specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and to pay the Trust's organizational, transactional and start-up
expenses.
Section 11.14 Nonpetition Covenant. (a) Until one year plus one day shall
have elapsed since the full discharge of all obligations under the Indenture
with respect to Noteholders in accordance with its terms, neither the Sponsor or
Depositor nor any assignee of the Sponsor or Depositor shall petition or
otherwise invoke the process of any court or government authority for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Trust
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under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Trust or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Trust without the
consent of the Owner Trustee.
(b) So long as Notes remain outstanding, no voluntary petition for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Trust under any federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law shall be filed without the
consent of the Owner Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the
day and year first above written.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT
SERVICES, INC., as Sponsor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
ADVANTA HOLDING TRUST 1999-A, as Depositor
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, in
its capacity as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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Exhibit A
ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS CERTAIN RESIDUAL RIGHTS TO PAYMENT TO THE EXTENT
DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES
PERSON.
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. ANY RESALE, TRANSFER
OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION MAY BE MADE ONLY IN A TRANSACTION WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE SUCH
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
3.10 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A
REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, ACCEPTABLE TO AND
IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE INSURER, TO THE
EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (i) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE
I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, (ii) A
PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED,
OR (iii) A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN,
WHICH REPRESENTATION LETTER SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR THE
INSURER.
NO TRANSFER OF A CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID ACT AND
LAWS. EXCEPT FOR THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE TO THE DEPOSITOR, THE
OWNER TRUSTEE SHALL REQUIRE (i) THE TRANSFEREE TO EXECUTE AN INVESTMENT LETTER
ACCEPTABLE TO AND IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND
THE INSURER CERTIFYING TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE INSURER THE FACTS
SURROUNDING SUCH TRANSFER, WHICH INVESTMENT LETTER SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF
THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR THE INSURER OR (ii) IF THE INVESTMENT LETTER IS NOT
DELIVERED, A WRITTEN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO AND IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE
SATISFACTORY TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE INSURER AND THE SPONSOR THAT SUCH
TRANSFER MAY BE MADE PURSUANT TO AN
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EXEMPTION, DESCRIBING THE APPLICABLE EXEMPTION AND THE BASIS THEREFOR, FROM SAID
ACT OR IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO SAID ACT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE
AN EXPENSE OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE INSURER, THE DEPOSITOR OR THE SPONSOR. THE
HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE DESIRING TO EFFECT SUCH TRANSFER SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY
AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE SPONSOR, THE DEPOSITOR AND THE INSURER AGAINST ANY
LIABILITY THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT SO EXEMPT OR IS NOT MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.
THE CERTIFICATES AND ANY INTEREST THEREIN SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT UPON
SATISFACTION OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS PRECEDENT: (I) THE PERSON THAT ACQUIRES
A CERTIFICATE SHALL (A) BE ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THEREOF, (B)
EXPRESSLY ASSUME, BY AN AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL HERETO, EXECUTED AND DELIVERED TO
THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE PERFORMANCE OF EVERY COVENANT AND OBLIGATION OF THE
SPONSOR UNDER THE TRUST AGREEMENT, EXCEPT FOR THE COVENANTS AND OBLIGATIONS
CONTAINED IN SECTIONS 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.3 AND 3.4 OF THE SALE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT, SECTION 7.1 OF THE INDENTURE AND UNDER THE CREDIT LINE AGREEMENTS AND
THE MORTGAGE NOTES; (II) THE PERSON THAT ACQUIRES A CERTIFICATE SHALL DELIVER TO
THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE INSURER AN OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE STATING THAT SUCH
TRANSFER AND SUCH SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT COMPLY WITH SECTION 3.10 OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT AND THAT ALL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT PROVIDED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE
TRUST AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL STATING THAT
SUCH TRANSFER AND SUCH SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT COMPLY WITH SECTION 3.10 AND THAT
ALL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT PROVIDED BY SECTION 3.10 HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH, AND
THE OWNER TRUSTEE MAY CONCLUSIVELY RELY ON SUCH OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE, SHALL
HAVE NO DUTY TO MAKE INQUIRIES WITH REGARD TO THE MATTERS SET FORTH THEREIN AND
SHALL INCUR NO LIABILITY IN SO RELYING; (III) THE PERSON THAT ACQUIRES A
CERTIFICATE SHALL DELIVER TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE INSURER A LETTER FROM
EACH RATING AGENCY CONFIRMING THAT ITS RATING OF THE NOTES, AFTER GIVING EFFECT
TO SUCH TRANSFER, WILL NOT BE REDUCED OR WITHDRAWN WITHOUT REGARD TO THE POLICY;
(IV) THE PERSON THAT ACQUIRES A CERTIFICATE SHALL DELIVER TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE
AND THE INSURER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFER WILL
NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE TREATMENT OF THE NOTES AFTER SUCH TRANSFER AS DEBT FOR
FEDERAL AND APPLICABLE STATE INCOME TAX PURPOSES, (B) SUCH TRANSFER WILL NOT
RESULT IN THE TRUST BEING SUBJECT TO TAX AT THE ENTITY LEVEL FOR FEDERAL OR
APPLICABLE STATE TAX PURPOSES, (C) SUCH TRANSFER WILL NOT HAVE ANY MATERIAL
ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE FEDERAL OR APPLICABLE STATE
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INCOME TAXATION OF A NOTEHOLDER AND (D) SUCH TRANSFER WILL NOT RESULT IN THE
ARRANGEMENT CREATED BY THE TRUST AGREEMENT OR ANY "PORTION" OF THE TRUST, BEING
TREATED AS A TAXABLE MORTGAGE POOL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 7701(i) OF THE CODE;
(V) ALL FILINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE THE PERFECTION OF THE
INTEREST OF THE TRUST IN THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND THE OTHER PROPERTY CONVEYED
UNDER THE TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL HAVE BEEN TAKEN OR MADE.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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ADVANTA REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1999-A
ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
Percentage Interest: 100%
Date of Cut-Off Date:
May 1, 1999
First Payment Date: Issue Date: May 27, 1999
June 25, 1999
No. 1
ADVANTA HOLDING TRUST 1999-A
Registered Holder
The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of May 1, 1999
(the "Trust Agreement"), between Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc. (the
"Sponsor"), Advanta Holding Trust 1999-A (the "Depositor") and Wilmington Trust
Company, as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"), a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to
them in the Trust Agreement.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as
Advanta Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-A "Asset Backed Certificates."
Also issued under the Indenture dated as of May 1, 1999 (the "Indenture")
between the Trust and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as indenture
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee") are the Advanta Revolving Home Equity Loan
Asset Backed Notes (the "Notes"). These Certificates are issued under and are
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which
Trust Agreement the holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such holder is bound. The property of the Trust
includes a pool of adjustable- adjustable-rate home equity revolving credit line
loans secured by first or second deeds of trust or Mortgages on primarily
one-to-four family residential properties.
Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the 25th day of
each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day
(the "Payment Date"), commencing on June 25, 1999, to the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Business Day
preceding such Payment Date (the "Record Date") such Certificateholder's
Percentage Interest in the amount to be distributed to Certificateholders on
such Payment Date.
The holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to
receive distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the
rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture and the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
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It is the intent of the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, and the
Certificateholders that, for purposes of Federal income taxes, the Trust will be
treated as a branch. In the event that the Certificates are held by more than
one Holder, it is the intent of the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, and the
Certificateholders that, for purposes of Federal income taxes, the Trust will be
treated as a partnership and the Certificateholders will be treated as partners
in that partnership. The Sponsor and any other Certificateholders, by acceptance
of a Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the
treatment of, the Certificates for such tax purposes as partnership interests in
the Trust. Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants
and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against
the Trust or the Sponsor, or join in any institution against the Trust or the
Sponsor of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States Federal or
state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to
the Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Operative
Documents.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and the Indenture by the Indenture Trustee by wire transfer
or check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register
without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any
notation hereon. Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and
notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Owner Trustee of the pendency of such distribution
and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or
agency maintained for the purpose by the Owner Trustee in the Corporate Trust
Office.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by
an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this
Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust
and not in its individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Date: May 27, 1999 ADVANTA REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN
TRUST 1999A
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY not in its
individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By: _______________________________________________
Name:
Title:
OWNER TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the withinmentioned Trust
Agreement.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
By:_____________________________
Authenticating Agent
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(Reverse of Certificate)
The Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the
Originators, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer, the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee or any Affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had
against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or
contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement, the Indenture or the Operative
Documents. In addition, this Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental
agency or instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain
collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth
herein, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and in the Indenture. A copy of each
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be examined
during normal business hours at the principal office of the Sponsor, and at such
other places, if any, designated by the Sponsor, by any Certificateholder upon
written request.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Sponsor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement at
any time by the Sponsor and the Owner Trustee with the prior written consent of
the Insurer and with the consent of the holders of the Notes and the
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Notes and
the Certificates. Any such consent by the holder of this Certificate shall be
conclusive and binding on such holder and on all future holders of this
Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in
exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the holders of
any of the Certificates (other than the Sponsor or the Insurer).
As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by
the Owner Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office, accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Owner 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
in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate interest in the Trust
will be issued to the designated transferee. The initial Certificate Registrar
appointed under the Trust Agreement is Wilmington Trust Company.
Except for Certificates issued to the Sponsor, the Certificates are
issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in denominations of
$1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the
Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates in authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate denomination, as requested by the holder
surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Insurer and any agent of
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Insurer or the Insurer may
treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the
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Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Insurer nor any such agent shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the
Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of
all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of
the Trust
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Sponsor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, and the Owner Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes
no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Certificate or of
any Mortgage Loan or related document.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by
an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual or facsimile signature,
this Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the
Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
________________________________________________________________________________
the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
___________________________
constituting and appointing _________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
______________________________________*
Signature Guaranteed:
______________________________________*
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* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of
the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Certificate in
every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever.
Such signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Certificate Registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature
guarantee program" as may be determined by the Certificate Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
ADVANTA REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1999A
This Certificate of Trust of Advanta Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust 1999A
(the "Trust") is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustee,
to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. Code
Section 3801 et seq.) (the "Act").
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is Advanta Revolving
Home Equity Loan Trust 1999A.
2. Delaware Trust. The name and business address of the Owner Trustee of
the Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square
North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attn:
Corporate Trust Administration.
3. This Certificate of Trust will be effective May 27, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, in accordance with Section 3811(a) of
the Act, has duly executed this Certificate of Trust.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee of the Trust
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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