EXECUTION COPY
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC.
as Depositor
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as Owner Trustee
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 30, 2003
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Home Equity Loan-Backed Certificates,
Series 2003-HS4
This Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2003
(as amended from time to time, this "Trust Agreement"), between RESIDENTIAL
FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
"Depositor") and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as
owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"),
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee entered into a trust
agreement dated as of December 22, 2003, in connection with the formation of a
Delaware statutory trust (the "Original Trust Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee wish to amend and restate
the Original Trust Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise
requires, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in Appendix A to the Indenture dated December 30, 2003
(the "Indenture"), between Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-HS4, as issuer, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as indenture trustee. All other capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings specified herein.
Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
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(a) All terms defined in this Trust Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Trust Agreement and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not
defined in this Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other document,
and accounting terms partly defined in this Trust Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting
principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Trust
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the
meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the
definitions contained in this Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or
other document shall control.
(c) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Trust Agreement shall refer to this Trust Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular provision of this Trust Agreement; Article,
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Section and Exhibit references contained in this Trust Agreement are references
to Articles, Sections and Exhibits in or to this Trust Agreement unless
otherwise specified; the term "including" shall mean "including without
limitation"; and the term "proceeds" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
the UCC.
(d) The definitions contained in this Trust Agreement are applicable to
the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as
well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(e) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein
or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references
to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a
Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
ARTICLE II
Organization
Section 2.01. Name. The trust created hereby (the "Trust") shall be
known as "Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-HS4," in which name the Owner Trustee may
conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
Section 2.02. Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the
Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware
as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders,
the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor.
Section 2.03. Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is to engage
in the following activities:
(a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates
pursuant to this Trust Agreement and to sell the Notes and the Certificates;
(b) to purchase the Home Equity Loans and to pay the organizational,
start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust;
(c) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge and convey the Home Equity Loans
pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.01 any portion of the Home Equity Loans
released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to the Indenture;
(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents
to which it is to be a party;
(e) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements,
that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are
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incidental thereto or connected therewith, including, without limitation, to
accept additional contributions of equity that are not subject to the Lien of
the Indenture; and
(f) subject to compliance with the Basic 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 Trust Agreement or the
Basic Documents while any Note is outstanding without the consent of the
Certificateholders of Certificates evidencing a majority of the aggregate
Certificate Percentage Interest of each Class of Certificates, the Noteholders
of Notes representing a majority of the aggregate Security Balances of the Notes
and the Indenture Trustee.
Section 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Depositor hereby
appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date
hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.
Section 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust,
as of the date hereof, the sum of $1. In consideration of the delivery by the
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, of the Securities to the Depositor or its
designee, upon the order of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges
receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, and concurrently
with the execution and delivery hereof, the Depositor does hereby transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust, without recourse, but
subject to the other terms and provisions of this Trust Agreement, all of the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Owner Trust Estate. The
foregoing transfer, assignment, set over and conveyance does not, and is not
intended to, result in a creation or an assumption by the Trust of any
obligation of the Depositor or any other Person in connection with the Trust
Estate or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto, except as
specifically set forth herein.
The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, acknowledges the conveyance
to the Trust by the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, of the Owner Trust
Estate, including all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the
Owner Trust Estate. Concurrently with such conveyance and in exchange therefor,
the Trust has pledged the Trust Estate to the Indenture Trustee and has executed
the Certificates and the Notes and caused them to be duly authenticated and
delivered.
Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares
that it shall hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the
conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders,
subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust
under the Statutory Trust Statute and that this Trust Agreement constitute the
governing instrument of such statutory trust. Effective as of the date hereof,
the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and
in the Statutory Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the
Trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for federal, state
and local income and franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a
disregarded entity while it is wholly owned by a single person or entity, with
the Home Equity Loans being treated as assets of the single person or entity,
and the Notes being debt of the entity and the provisions of this Trust
Agreement shall be interpreted to further this intention. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that solely for federal, state and local income and franchise
tax purposes, for so long as 100% of the Class SB Certificates are held by a
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single person or entity, the Trust shall be treated as a disregarded entity,
with the Trust Estate being treated as assets of the single person or entity,
and the Notes being treated as debt of the entity, and the provisions of this
Trust Agreement shall be interpreted to further this intention. If more than one
person owns the Class SB Certificates, then it is the intention of the parties
hereto, that solely for federal, state and local income and franchise tax
purposes the Owner Trust shall be treated as a partnership, with the assets of
the partnership being the Trust Estate, the partners of the partnership being
the Holders of the Certificates and the Notes being debt of the partnership and
the provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be interpreted to further this
intention. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax
authorities, the Owner Trustee will file or cause to be filed annual or other
necessary returns, reports and other forms as provided by the original
Certificateholder consistent with the characterization of the Trust as an entity
wholly owned by the Depositor or an affiliate thereof, or if two or more persons
own the Certificates, as a partnership for such tax purposes and as provided by
such holders of Certificates.
Section 2.07. Liability of the Holders of the Certificates. The Holders
of the Certificates shall be liable for any entity level taxes imposed on the
Trust.
Section 2.08. Title to Trust Property. Legal title to 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.
Section 2.09. Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered
in the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the State of
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 from having employees within or without the State of Delaware or
taking actions outside the State of Delaware in order to comply with Section
2.03. 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 only
office of the Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office in Delaware.
Section 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:
(a) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted.
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(b) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its
property or the conduct of its business shall require such
qualifications and in which the failure to so qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition
(financial or other) of the Depositor and the ability of the Depositor
to perform under this Trust Agreement.
(c) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Trust Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor
has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold
and assigned to and deposited with the Trust as part of the Trust and
the Depositor has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit
to the Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.
(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Trust Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict
with, result in any material breach of any of the terms and provisions
of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a material
default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws 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 Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of
the Depositor's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to
the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties.
Section 2.11. Payment of Trust Fees. The Owner Trustee shall pay the
Trust's fees and expenses incurred with respect to the performance of the
Trust's duties under the Indenture.
ARTICLE III
Conveyance of the Home Equity Loans; Certificates
Section 3.01. Conveyance of the Home Equity Loans. The Depositor,
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer,
convey, sell and assign to the Trust, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes and
the Certificates and the Credit Enhancer, without recourse, all its right, title
and interest in and to the Home Equity Loans. The Depositor will also provide
the Trust with the Policy.
The parties hereto intend that, for non-tax purposes, the transaction
set forth herein be a sale by the Depositor to the Trust of all of its right,
title and interest in and to the Home Equity Loans. In the event that, for
non-tax purposes, the transaction set forth herein is not deemed to be a sale,
the Depositor hereby grants to the Trust a security interest in all of its
right, title and interest in, to and under the Owner Trust Estate, all
distributions thereon and all proceeds thereof; and this Trust Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
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Section 3.02. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the conveyance
of the Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section 3.01 and the issuance of the
Certificates, the Depositor shall be the sole Certificateholder.
Section 3.03. The Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued in
minimum denominations of a Certificate Percentage Interest of 10.0000% and
integral multiples of 0.0001% in excess thereof; provided, however, that
Certificates may be issued in minimum denominations of less than 10.0000% in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.12. The Class SB Certificates shall
be issued in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or
facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee and
authenticated in the manner provided in Section 3.04. 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 Trust Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did
not hold such offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such
Certificates. A Person shall become a Certificateholder and shall be entitled to
the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder hereunder upon
such Person's acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in such Person's name,
pursuant to Section 3.05.
A transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder and shall
be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder
hereunder upon such transferee's acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in
such transferee's name pursuant to and upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 3.05.
Section 3.04. Authentication of Certificates. Concurrently with the
acquisition of the Home Equity Loans by the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the
Certificate Paying Agent shall cause the Certificates in an initial Certificate
Percentage Interest of 100.00% to be executed on behalf of the Trust,
authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor,
signed by its chairman of the board, its president or any vice president,
without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
No Certificate shall entitle its holder to any benefit under this Trust
Agreement or 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 hereto, executed by the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Paying
Agent, 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.
Section 3.05. Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange
of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept,
at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate
Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and
of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Indenture
Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar
resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate
Registrar.
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Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute,
authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Certificate Registrar as its
authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in
authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of
authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option
of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of
the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon
surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 3.09.
Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder
or such Certificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each
Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in
accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
Except as described below, each holder of a Class SB Certificate shall
establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent
an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit F).
A Class SB Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable
to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only
if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Credit
Enhancer, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and
(2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder
or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the
imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except
to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts
otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If
such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such
United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the
Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB Certificate unable to establish its
non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its
Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required
by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or
with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(b)(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate
shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the
event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall
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prior to such transfer require the transferee (A) to either (i) execute an
investment letter in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (or in
such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and
the Depositor) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such
transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A,
acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional
buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed
transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under
the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate
Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor
that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the
applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being
made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master
Servicer or the Depositor and (b) execute a representation letter, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a
representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each
acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer,
which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B)
in the case of a Class SB Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign
Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F) acceptable to
and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar
and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. If the
Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the
Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the
preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer
shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the
Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt
or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
(ii) No transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall be made
to any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements,
including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank
collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts
in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to
ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, "Plan"), any Person acting,
directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such
Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department
of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets")
unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the
Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the
satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master Servicer that the purchase of Certificates is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction
under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer to any
obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this Trust
Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of
such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on
behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan
Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this
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Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or
investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be
required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the
Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any
affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not
a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee
shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the
request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the
Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB Certificate shall be
permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar
or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed
to the Certificate Registrar and the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that
such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to
be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100
Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an
association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool
for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of
the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer
is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other
disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee
executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or
substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is
acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or
custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and
(2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for
federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of
the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
(v) The provisions of this Section 3.05 set forth prior to this clause
(v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there shall have been
delivered to the Owner Trustee written notification from each Rating Agency to
the effect that the modification, addition to or elimination of such provisions
will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current ratings, if any,
if determined without regard to the Policy, of any Class of the Notes below the
lower of the then-current rating or the rating assigned to such Notes as of the
Closing Date by such Rating Agency, if determined without regard to the Policy.
Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (i)
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 (ii) there shall be delivered
to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them and the Issuer from harm, then in
the absence of notice to the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee that
such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Owner Trustee
shall execute on behalf of the Trust and the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Paying Agent, as the Trust's authenticating agent, shall authenticate and
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deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and denomination. In
connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.06, 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
3.06 shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time.
Section 3.07. Persons Deemed Certificateholders. Prior to due
presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar or any Certificate Paying Agent may treat the Person
in whose name any Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register as the
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be bound by
any notice to the contrary.
Section 3.08. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
The Certificate Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Depositor or the Owner Trustee, within 15 days after receipt by the Certificate
Registrar of a written request therefor from the Depositor or the Owner Trustee,
a list, in such form as the Depositor or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as
of the most recent Record Date. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a
Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Trust, the
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee accountable by reason
of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived.
Section 3.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, shall maintain in the City of New York 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 Basic Documents may be served. The Owner
Trustee initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee
as its office for such purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to the Depositor, the Credit Enhancer and the Certificateholders of any
change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
Section 3.10. Certificate Paying Agent. (a) The Certificate Paying Agent
shall make distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution
Account on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the provisions of the
Certificates and Section 5.01 hereof from payments remitted to the Certificate
Paying Agent by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture.
The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as Certificate Paying Agent and
the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it
will be bound by the provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the
Certificate Paying Agent and shall:
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(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with
respect to the Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of
as herein provided;
(ii) give the Owner Trustee notice of any default by the Trust of
which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made
with respect to the Certificates;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Owner Trustee, forthwith pay to the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust all sums so held in Trust by such Certificate
Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as Certificate Paying Agent and forthwith
pay to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust all sums held by it in trust for
the payment of Certificates if at any time it ceases to meet the standards
required to be met by the Certificate Paying Agent at the time of its
appointment;
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the
withholding from any payments made by it on any Certificates of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting
requirements in connection therewith; and
(vi) deliver to the Owner Trustee a copy of the report to
Certificateholders prepared with respect to each Payment Date by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Trust may revoke such power and remove the Certificate Paying
Agent if the Owner Trustee determines in its sole discretion that the
Certificate Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this
Trust Agreement in any material respect. The Indenture Trustee shall be
permitted to resign as Certificate Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to
the Owner Trustee; provided the Indenture Trustee is also resigning as Paying
Agent under the Indenture at such time. In the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall no longer be the Certificate Paying Agent under this Trust Agreement and
Paying Agent under the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor to
act as Certificate Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company) and
which shall also be the successor Paying Agent under the Indenture. The Owner
Trustee shall cause such successor Certificate Paying Agent or any additional
Certificate Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver
to the Owner Trustee an instrument to the effect set forth in this Section 3.10
as it relates to the Certificate Paying Agent. The Certificate Paying Agent
shall return all unclaimed funds to the Trust and upon removal of a Certificate
Paying Agent such Certificate Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its
possession to the Trust. The provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 7.01
and 7.02 shall apply to the Certificate Paying Agent to the extent applicable.
Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Certificate Paying Agent shall
include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
(c) The Certificate Paying Agent shall establish and maintain with
itself the Certificate Distribution Account in which the Certificate Paying
Agent shall deposit, on the same day as it is received from the Indenture
Trustee, each remittance received by the Certificate Paying Agent with respect
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to payments made pursuant to the Indenture. The Certificate Paying Agent shall
make all distributions of Certificate Distribution Amounts on the Certificates,
from moneys on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account.
Section 3.11. Cooperation. The Owner Trustee shall cooperate in all
respects with any reasonable request by the Credit Enhancer for action to
preserve or enforce the Credit Enhancer's rights or interest under this Trust
Agreement or the Insurance Agreement, consistent with this Trust Agreement and
without limiting the rights of the Certificateholders as otherwise expressly set
forth in this Trust Agreement.
Section 3.12. Additional Certificate Security Balances Upon Issuance of
Capped Funding Notes. (a) On any date on which Variable Funding Notes are
exchanged for Capped Funding Notes pursuant to Section 4.01(d) of the Indenture,
the Security Balance of one or more Class SB Certificates shall be increased in
an amount equal to the Additional Certificate Security Balance as required
pursuant to the Opinion of Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to Section
4.01(d) of the Indenture in connection with the issuance of Capped Funding
Notes. In addition, on any Payment Date on which the Group A Additional Balance
Differential for such Payment Date if added to the aggregate Security Balance of
the Class A-I-A Variable Funding Notes (after application of any principal
payments to be made thereon on such Payment Date) would cause the aggregate
Security Balance thereof to exceed the Maximum Class A-I-A Variable Funding
Balance, then the Security Balance of one or more Certificates shall be
increased by the amount of such excess. Similarly, on any Payment Date on which
the Group B Additional Balance Differential for such Payment Date if added to
the aggregate Security Balance of the Class A-I-B Variable Funding Notes (after
application of any principal payments to be made thereon on such Payment Date)
would cause the aggregate Security Balance thereof to exceed the Maximum Class
A-I-B Variable Funding Balance, then the Security Balance of one or more
Certificates shall be increased by the amount of such excess.
(b) 100.00% of the value of the Additional Certificate Security Balance
shall be added to any Class SB Certificate held by the Seller or an Affiliate
thereof without the consent of the other Certificateholders; or if no such Class
SB Certificate exists, a new Class SB Certificate or Class SB Certificates shall
be issued at the direction of the Seller or an Affiliate thereof having in the
aggregate a Security Balance equal to such 100.00% of such value. Alternatively,
the Depositor may allocate any portion of such value to a Class SB
Certificateholder other than the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof, provided
that such Certificateholder provides its written consent to the Depositor and
the Owner Trustee.
(c) Following such increase, the Certificate Percentage Interest of each
Class SB Certificate shall be recalculated, the numerator of which shall be the
value thereof including the respective value of the portion of the Additional
Certificate Security Balance added thereto pursuant to this Section 3.12, and
the denominator of which shall be the value of all the Class SB Certificates
following such increase. The Owner Trustee shall issue new Class SB Certificates
with new Certificate Percentage Interests to each Holder of the Class SB
Certificates, with such Certificate Percentage Interests calculated to four
decimal places. In addition, the new Class SB Certificates may be issued in
minimum denominations of 0.0001% and integral multiples of 0.0001% in excess
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thereof. This subsection, and subsections (d) and (e) below, shall not apply in
the event that any Additional Certificate Security Balance is allocated in
accordance with subsection (b) either (i) at any time when there is only one
Class SB Certificateholder, or (ii) at any time when there is more than one
Class SB Certificateholder if such Additional Certificate Security Balance is
allocated on a pro rata basis among all Class SB Certificates.
(d) For purposes of the foregoing, the "value" of any Class SB
Certificate or any Additional Certificate Security Balance added thereto shall
be determined by the Seller in its sole discretion based on reasonable cash flow
assumptions and valuation methods, and any such determination shall be binding
on the Certificateholders. If the Seller is unable to determine the "value," the
Owner Trustee shall determine the "value" using the same assumptions and
methods.
(e) The Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer agree to
cooperate with each other and the Depositor and the Seller and to cause no
unreasonable delay in adjusting the Certificate Percentage Interests of the
Class SB Certificates pursuant to this Section 3.12 and the issuing of Capped
Funding Notes in connection with Section 4.01(d) of the Indenture.
Section 3.13. Subordination. Except as otherwise provided in the Basic
Documents, for so long as any Notes are outstanding or unpaid, the
Certificateholders will generally be subordinated in right of payment, under the
Certificates or otherwise, to payments to the Noteholders under, or otherwise
related to, the Indenture. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
under the Indenture, the Certificates will be fully subordinated to obligations
owing by the Trust to the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer under, or
otherwise related to, the Indenture, and no distributions will be made on the
Certificates until the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee and the Credit
Enhancer have been irrevocably paid in full.
Section 3.14. No Priority Among Certificates. All Certificateholders
shall rank equally as to amounts distributable upon the liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Trust, with no preference or priority being afforded to any
Certificateholders over any other Certificateholders.
ARTICLE IV
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee
Section 4.01. General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be
a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and any
amendment or other agreement or instrument described herein, in each case, in
such form as the Owner Trustee shall approve, as evidenced conclusively by the
Owner Trustee's execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner
Trustee is obligated to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the
Basic Documents.
Section 4.02. General Duties. The Owner Trustee shall be responsible to
administer the Trust pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Basic
Documents to which the Trust is a party and in the interest of the
Certificateholders, subject to the Basic Documents and in accordance with the
provisions of this Trust Agreement.
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Section 4.03. Action upon Instruction. (a) Subject to this Article IV
and in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Certificateholders
may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the
Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the
Certificateholders pursuant to this Article IV.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall not be
required to take any action hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner
Trustee shall have reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel,
that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner
Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Basic 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 Trust Agreement or
under any Basic Document, or in the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to
the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document
or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to
be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this
Trust Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or
is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to
take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee shall promptly
give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to
the Certificateholders (with a copy to the Credit Enhancer) 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 instructions
received from Holders of Certificates representing a majority of the Security
Balance of each Class of Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on
account of such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have
received appropriate instruction within 10 days of such notice (or within such
shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be
necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take
or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement or
the Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders, and the Owner Trustee shall have no liability to any Person
for such action or inaction.
Section 4.04. No Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or
in Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to
manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with the 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 (i) in
accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner
Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic
Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to
the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03; and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document against the Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing
or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise
perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to
it hereunder or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing
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for the Trust or to record this Trust Agreement or any Basic 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 that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner
Trust Estate.
Section 4.05. Restrictions. (a) The Owner Trustee shall not take any
action (x) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in
Section 2.03 or (y) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would
result in the Trust becoming taxable as a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool
for federal income tax purposes at any time that any of the Notes or
Certificates are outstanding or any obligations are due and owing to the Credit
Enhancer under the Insurance Agreement. The Certificateholders shall not direct
the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this
Section 4.05.
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not convey or transfer any of the Trust's
properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any
person unless (a) it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the
Trust or any Certificateholder and (b) such conveyance or transfer shall not
violate the provisions of Section 3.16(b) of the Indenture.
Section 4.06. Prior Notice to Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer
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 Credit Enhancer in writing of the proposed action and Holders of
Certificates representing a majority of the Security Balance thereof and the
Credit Enhancer shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to
the 30th day after such notice is given that such Certificateholders and the
Credit Enhancer have withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims
or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of cash distributions due
and owing under the Home Equity Loans) and the compromise of any action, claim
or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the
aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of cash distributions due and
owing under the Home Equity Loans);
(b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust
Statute);
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such
amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders;
and
(e) 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 Certificate Paying Agent or the consent
to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Indenture Trustee,
Certificate Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent of its obligations under the
Indenture or this Trust Agreement, as applicable.
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Section 4.07. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters. The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction
of Certificateholders evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding
Security Balance of the Certificates, and with the consent of the Credit
Enhancer, to (a) remove the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreement
pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof or (b) except as expressly provided in the
Basic Documents, sell the Home Equity Loans after the termination of the
Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding
sentence only upon written instructions signed by Certificateholders evidencing
not less than a majority of the outstanding Security Balance of the Certificates
and with the consent of the Credit Enhancer.
Section 4.08. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of all
Certificateholders and with the consent of the Credit Enhancer 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 4.09. Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power. The
Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain from
taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation
of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Trust Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee be
obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
Section 4.10. Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Trust Agreement
may be taken by the Certificateholders evidencing not less than a majority of
the outstanding Security Balance of the Certificates. Except as expressly
provided herein, any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant
to this Trust Agreement shall be effective if signed by Certificateholders
evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Security Balance of the
Certificates at the time of the delivery of such notice.
Section 4.11. Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, neither Wilmington Trust Company nor
the Owner Trustee shall be required to take any action in any jurisdiction other
than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action will, even after the
appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee in accordance with Section 9.05
hereof, (i) require the consent or approval or authorization or order of or the
giving of notice to, or the registration with or the taking of any other action
in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or agency of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware; (ii) result in any fee, tax or
other governmental charge under the laws of the State of Delaware becoming
payable by Wilmington Trust Company, or (iii) subject Wilmington Trust Company
to personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware
for causes of action arising from acts unrelated to the consummation of the
transactions by Wilmington Trust Company or the Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, contemplated hereby.
Section 4.12. Removal of Home Equity Loans. Certificateholders holding
100% of the Certificate Percentage Interests of the Class SB Certificates may,
by delivering a written request to the Owner Trustee to such effect, cause the
removal of Home Equity Loans from the Trust Estate in accordance with and
subject to the provisions of Section 3.15(b) of the Servicing Agreement.
Promptly following receipt of any such request, the Owner Trustee shall deliver
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to the Master Servicer the written notice and request required to be delivered
to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.15(b) of the Servicing Agreement.
Any Home Equity Loans removed from the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 3.15(b)
of the Servicing Agreement shall be property of the Issuer and, upon the written
request of the Class SB Certificateholders holding 100% of the Certificate
Percentage Interests of the Class SB Certificates, be released to the Class SB
Certificateholders as a dividend and in accordance with the written instructions
of such Certificateholders.
ARTICLE V
Application of Trust Funds
Section 5.01. Distributions. (a) On each Payment Date, the Certificate
Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificateholders all funds on deposit in
the Certificate Distribution Account and available therefor (as provided in
Section 3.05 of the Indenture), as the Certificate Distribution Amount for such
Payment Date. All distributions made on the Certificates shall be distributed to
the Certificateholders pro rata based on the respective Percentage Interests
thereof.
(b) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the
distributions (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall
reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in accordance
with this Section 5.01. The Certificate Paying Agent is hereby authorized and
directed to retain or cause to be retained from amounts otherwise distributable
to the Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is
legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner
Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding
payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to a
Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder
at the time it is withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent and remitted to the
appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is
payable with respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to a non-U.S.
Certificateholder), the Certificate Paying Agent may in its sole discretion
withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (b).
(c) Distributions to Certificateholders shall be subordinated to the
creditors of the Trust, including the Noteholders.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) [Reserved]
Section 5.02. Method of Payment. Subject to Section 8.01(c),
distributions required to be made to Certificateholders on any Payment Date as
provided in Section 5.01 shall be made to each Certificateholder of record on
the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer, in immediately available
funds, to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have provided
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to the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five
Business Days prior to such Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed to such
Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.
Section 5.03. Signature on Returns. The Owner Trustee shall sign on
behalf of the Trust the tax returns of the Trust.
Section 5.04. Statements to Certificateholders. On each Payment Date,
the Certificate Paying Agent shall send to each Certificateholder the statement
or statements provided to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Paying Agent by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement with
respect to such Payment Date.
Section 5.05. Tax Reporting. So long as the Depositor or any Affiliate
of the Depositor owns 100% of the Certificates (the "Original
Certificateholder"), then no separate federal and state income tax returns and
information returns or statements will be filed with respect to the Trust.
Any Class SB Certificateholder that holds 100% of the Class SB
Certificates agrees by its purchase of 100% of the Class SB Certificates to
treat the Trust as a disregarded entity wholly owned by such Class SB
Certificateholder for purposes of federal and state income tax, franchise tax
and any other tax measured in whole or in part by income, with the assets of the
Trust being treated as being owned by such Certificateholder, and the Notes
being debt of the Certificateholder.
Section 5.06. Reports to the Master Servicer. In connection with the
preparation and filing by the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Depositor and in
respect of the Trust, of periodic reports required to be filed under the
provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, the Depositor shall timely provide to the Master Servicer all
material information available to them which is required to be included in such
reports.
Section 5.07 Derivative Contracts.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall, at the direction of the Master Servicer, on
behalf the Trust Estate, enter into Derivative Contracts, solely for the benefit
of the Class SB Certificates. Any such Derivative Contract shall constitute a
fully prepaid agreement. The Master Servicer shall determine, in its sole
discretion, whether any Derivative Contract conforms to the requirements of
Section 5.07(b) and (c). All collections, proceeds and other amounts in respect
of the Derivative Contracts payable by the Derivative Counterparty shall be
distributed to the Class SB Certificates on the Distribution Date following
receipt thereof by the Owner Trustee. In addition, in the event any such
instrument is deposited, the Trust Estate shall be deemed to be divided into two
separate and discrete sub-Trusts. The assets of one such sub-Trust shall consist
of all the assets of the Trust Estate other than such instrument and the assets
of the other sub-Trust shall consist solely of such instrument.
(b) Any Derivative Contract that provides for any payment obligation on
the part of the Trust Estate must (i) be without recourse to the assets of the
Trust Estate, (ii) contain a non-petition covenant provision from the Derivative
Counterparty, (iii) limit payment dates thereunder to Distribution Dates and
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(iv) contain a provision limiting any cash payments due to the Derivative
Counterparty on any day under such Derivative Contract solely to funds available
therefor in the Certificate Account to make payments to the Holders of the Class
SB Certificates on such Distribution Date.
(c) Each Derivative Contract must (i) provide for the direct payment of
any amounts by the Derivative Counterparty thereunder to the Certificate Account
at least one Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date, (ii) contain
an assignment of all of the Trust Estate's rights (but none of its obligations)
under such Derivative Contract to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Class SB
Certificateholders and shall include an express consent to the Derivative
Counterparty to such assignment, (iii) provide that in the event of the
occurrence of an Event of Default, such Derivative Contract shall terminate upon
the direction of a majority Percentage Interest of the Class SB Certificates,
and (iv) prohibit the Derivative Counterparty from "setting-off or "netting"
other obligations of the Trust Estate and its Affiliates against such Derivative
Counterparty's payment obligations thereunder.
(d) Nothwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
this Section 5.07, no Derivative Contract shall (i) provide for the payment of
any amounts that would otherwise be payable to the Holders of any Class of Notes
or the Credit Enhancer, or (ii) materially adversely affect the rights of the
Holders of any Class of Notes or the Credit Enhancer.
ARTICLE VI
Concerning the Owner Trustee
Section 6.01. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts
the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with
respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Trust Agreement. The
Owner Trustee and the Certificate Paying Agent also agree to disburse all moneys
actually received by it constituting part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the
terms of the Basic Documents and this Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall
not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any Basic Document under any
circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith or negligent failure to act or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 6.03 expressly made by the Owner
Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the
exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) No provision of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document shall
require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its rights, duties or powers
hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(b) Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including
the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or for the due execution hereof
by the Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or
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validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate, or for or in respect of the validity
or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, the Notes, the Certificates, other than
the certificate of authentication on the Certificates, if executed by the Owner
Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability,
duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Certificateholder, other than as
expressly provided for herein or expressly agreed to in the Basic Documents;
(d) The execution, delivery, authentication and performance by it of
this Trust Agreement will not require the authorization, consent or approval of,
the giving of notice to, the filing or registration with, or the taking of any
other action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency;
(e) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct
of the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer under any of the
Basic Documents or otherwise and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or
liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this Trust Agreement or
the Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture or the Seller under the Home Equity Loan Purchase Agreement;
and
(f) The Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it or duties imposed by this Trust Agreement, or
to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Trust Agreement or
otherwise or in relation to this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document, at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, unless such
Certificateholders have offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be
incurred by the Owner Trustee therein or thereby. The right of the Owner Trustee
to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Trust Agreement or in any
Basic Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not
be answerable for other than its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
the performance of any such act.
Section 6.02. Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish
to the Securityholders promptly upon receipt of a written reasonable request
therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands,
certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the
Trust under the Basic Documents.
Section 6.03. Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby
represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, that:
(a) It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Trust Agreement;
(b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
execution and delivery by it of this Trust Agreement, and this Trust Agreement
will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Trust Agreement on its behalf;
(c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Trust
Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene
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any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the
banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on
it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any
indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or
by which any of its properties may be bound;
(d) This Trust Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and
binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance
with the terms hereof subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(e) The Owner Trustee is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency, which default might have consequences that
would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or
operations of the Owner Trustee or its properties or might have consequences
that would materially adversely affect its performance hereunder; and
(f) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Owner Trustee's
knowledge, threatened against the Owner Trustee which would prohibit its
entering into this Trust Agreement or performing its obligations under this
Trust Agreement.
Section 6.04. Reliance; Advice of Counsel. (a) The Owner Trustee shall
incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice,
resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, 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 determination of which is not specifically
prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a
certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer
or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter
and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the Trust hereunder and in the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement or the
Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents,
attorneys, custodians or nominees (including persons acting under a power of
attorney) pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents,
attorneys, custodians or nominees (including persons acting under a power of
attorney) if such persons have been selected by the Owner Trustee with
reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other
skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it at the
expense of the Trust. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything done,
suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice
of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons and not contrary to this
Trust Agreement or any Basic Document.
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Section 6.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in
this Article VI, in accepting the trusts hereby created Wilmington Trust Company
acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and
all Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the
transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document shall
look only to the Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section 6.06. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Related
Documents. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the
signatures of the Owner Trustee on the Certificates) shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor, and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility for
the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, of any Basic Document or of the
Certificates (other than the signatures of the Owner Trustee on the
Certificates) or the Notes, or of any Related Documents. The Owner Trustee shall
at no time have any responsibility or liability with respect to the sufficiency
of the Owner Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be
distributed to Certificateholders under this Trust Agreement or the Noteholders
under the Indenture, including, the compliance by the Depositor or the Seller
with any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in any
related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation, or any
action of the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar or the
Indenture Trustee taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.
Section 6.07. Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes. 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 Depositor, the Seller, the
Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Indenture Trustee in
transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE VII
Compensation of Owner Trustee
Section 7.01. 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, and the Owner Trustee shall be
reimbursed for its reasonable expenses hereunder and under the Basic Documents,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such
agents, representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may reasonably
employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its
duties hereunder and under the Basic Documents which shall be payable by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Servicing Agreement.
Section 7.02. Indemnification. The holder of the majority of the
Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class SB Certificates in the aggregate
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and its 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
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(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Expenses") which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or
asserted against the Owner Trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating
to or arising out of this Trust Agreement, the Basic Documents, the Owner Trust
Estate, the administration of the Owner Trust Estate or the action or inaction
of the Owner Trustee hereunder, provided, that:
(a) the holder of the majority of the Certificate Percentage
Interest of the Certificates shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an
Indemnified Party from and against Expenses arising or resulting from the Owner
Trustee's willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith or as a result of any
inaccuracy of a representation or warranty contained in Section 6.03 expressly
made by the Owner Trustee;
(b) with respect to any such claim, the Indemnified Party shall
have given the holder of the majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of
the Certificates written notice thereof promptly after the Indemnified Party
shall have actual knowledge thereof;
(c) while maintaining control over its own defense, the holder of
the majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the Certificates shall
consult with the Indemnified Party in preparing such defense; and
(d) notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the
contrary, the holder of the majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of
the Certificates shall not be liable for settlement of any claim by an
Indemnified Party entered into without the prior consent of the holder of the
majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the Certificates which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation
or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Trust Agreement.
In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be
sought pursuant to this Section 7.02, the Owner Trustee's choice of legal
counsel, if other than the legal counsel retained by the Owner Trustee in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, shall be
subject to the approval of the holder of the majority of the Certificate
Percentage Interest of the Class SB Certificates in the aggregate, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In addition, upon written notice to
the Owner Trustee and with the consent of the Owner Trustee which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, the holder of the majority of the Certificate
Percentage Interest of the Class SB Certificates in the aggregate has the right
to assume the defense of any claim, action or proceeding against the Owner
Trustee.
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ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust Agreement
Section 8.01. Termination of Trust Agreement. (a) This Trust Agreement
(other than this Article VIII) and the Trust shall terminate and be of no
further force or effect upon the earliest of (i) the final distribution of all
moneys or other property or proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and this Trust Agreement or (ii) the purchase by
the Master Servicer of all Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section 8.08 of the
Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created
hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last
survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late ambassador of the
United States to the Court of St. Xxxxx, living on the date hereof. The
bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any
Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate this Trust Agreement or the
Trust or (y) entitle such Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to
claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or the Owner Trust
Estate or (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the
parties hereto.
(b) Except as provided in Section 8.01(a), neither the Depositor nor any
Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date
upon which Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to the
Certificate Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation,
shall be given by the Certificate Paying Agent by letter to Certificateholders
and the Credit Enhancer mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of
such termination from the Owner Trustee, 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 Certificate
Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not
applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office of the Certificate Paying Agent therein specified.
The Certificate Paying Agent shall give such notice to the Owner Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Certificate Paying
Agent shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable
on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.01. No such termination is permitted
if it would result in a draw on the Policy unless the Credit Enhancer consents
in writing.
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 Certificate Paying Agent shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, if within
one year following the Payment Date on which final payment of the Certificates
was to have been made pursuant to Section 3.10, all the Certificates shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Paying Agent may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact
the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and
the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall
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remain subject to this Trust Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Certificate
Distribution Account after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by
the Certificate Paying Agent to the holder of the majority of the Certificate
Percentage Interest of the Certificates.
(d) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3810(c) of the Statutory Trust Statute.
ARTICLE IX
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
Section 9.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section
3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers; having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and
having (or having a parent that has) long-term debt obligations with a rating of
at least A by Standard & Poor's, Moody's and/or Fitch Ratings. If such
corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law
or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 9.01, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in Section 9.02.
Section 9.02. Replacement of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee may at any
time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving 30 days'
prior written notice thereof to the Credit Enhancer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Depositor. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Indenture Trustee
shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee with the consent of the Credit
Enhancer which will not be unreasonably withheld, 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. If no successor Owner
Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.01 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Indenture Trustee, or if at any time the Owner
Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then the Indenture Trustee may and shall at the
direction of the Credit Enhancer remove the Owner Trustee. If the Indenture
Trustee shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the immediately
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preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor
Owner Trustee acceptable to the Credit Enhancer by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee, and shall pay
all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 9.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee.
Section 9.03. Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 9.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Indenture Trustee and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment under this Trust Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective, and such
successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor under this Trust Agreement, with like effect as if originally named
as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees
and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements
and monies held by it under this Trust Agreement; and the predecessor Owner
Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as
may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the
successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 9.03 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee
shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.01.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section 9.03, the Indenture Trustee shall mail notice thereof to all
Certificateholders, the Credit Enhancer, the Noteholders and the Rating
Agencies. If the Indenture Trustee shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days
after acceptance of such appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the
successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of
the Indenture Trustee.
Section 9.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any Person into
which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, without
the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding;
provided, that such Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.01 and,
provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or
consolidation to the Rating Agencies.
Section 9.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Owner Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Owner Trustee
shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint
one or more Persons to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as
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separate trustee or 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 Owner Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Trust
Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility pursuant to Section
9.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be required pursuant to Section 9.03.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the
Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act
separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent
that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are
to be performed, the Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Owner Trust Estate or any
portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of
the Owner Trustee;
(b) No trustee under this Trust Agreement shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Trust Agreement;
and
(c) The Owner Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Trust Agreement and the
conditions of this Article IX. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property
specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Trust Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Trust
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the
Owner Trustee.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Trust Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of
its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.
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ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
Section 10.01.Amendments. (a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from
time to time by the parties hereto as specified in this Section 10.01, provided
that any amendment, except as provided in subparagraph (e) below, be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel, to the Owner Trustee and the Credit Enhancer to the
effect that such amendment (i) complies with the provisions of this Section and
(ii) will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal
income tax purposes.
(b) If the purpose of the amendment (as detailed therein) is to correct
any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency, cure any ambiguity or deal with any
matter not covered in this Trust Agreement (i.e., to give effect to the intent
of the parties), it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of any Holders,
but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with (A) a letter from the Rating
Agencies that the amendment will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
the rating then assigned to any Security if determined without regard to the
Policy and (B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such action will not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holders, and the
consent of the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained.
(c) If the purpose of the amendment is to prevent the imposition of any
federal or state taxes at any time that any Security is outstanding (i.e.,
technical in nature), it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of any
Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion of Counsel that
such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the imposition of such taxes
and is not materially adverse to any Holder and the consent of the Credit
Enhancer shall be obtained.
(d) If the purpose of the amendment is to add or eliminate or change any
provision of the Trust Agreement other than as contemplated in (b) and (c)
above, the amendment shall require (A) the consent of the Credit Enhancer and an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such action will not adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of any Holders and (B) either (a) a letter
from the Rating Agency that the amendment will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Security if determined without
regard to the Policy or (b) the consent of Holders of Certificates evidencing a
majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the Certificates and the
Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in
any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received that are
required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the related
Certificateholder and the Credit Enhancer, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding.
(e) If the purpose of the amendment is to provide for the holding of any
of the Certificates in book-entry form, it shall require the consent of Holders
of all such Certificates then outstanding; provided, that the Opinion of Counsel
specified in subparagraph (a) above shall not be required.
(f) If the purpose of the amendment is to provide for the issuance of
additional certificates representing an interest in the Trust, it shall not be
necessary to obtain the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be
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furnished with (A) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such action will not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holders and (B) a
letter from the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Security, if
determined without regard to the Policy and the consent of the Credit Enhancer
shall be obtained.
(g) 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 each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee, the
Credit Enhancer and each of the Rating Agencies. It shall not be necessary for
the consent of Certificateholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of
Certificateholders provided for in this Trust Agreement or in any other Basic
Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner
Trustee may prescribe.
(h) In connection with the execution of any amendment to any agreement
to which the Trust is a party, other than this Trust Agreement, the Owner
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the
documents subject to such amendment and that all conditions precedent in the
Basic Documents for the execution and delivery thereof by the Trust or the Owner
Trustee, as the case may be, have been satisfied.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of
Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Section 00.00.Xx Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate. 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 undivided beneficial interest therein only in accordance with
Articles V and VIII. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any
right, title or interest of the Certificateholders to and in their ownership
interest in the Owner Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Trust
Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or
to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate
Section 10.03.Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.07,
the provisions of this Trust Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders, the Credit Enhancer and, to the
extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and
nothing in this Trust Agreement (other than Section 2.07), whether express or
implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this
Trust Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
Section 10.04.Notices. (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or
permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given upon receipt, if to the Owner Trustee, addressed to Wilmington
Trust Company, Corporate Trust Administration, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration; if to the Depositor, addressed to Residential Funding Mortgage
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Securities II, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000; if to the Credit Enhancer, addressed to Ambac Assuarance
Corporation, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention:
Asset-Backed Securities Group; if to the Rating Agencies, addressed to Standard
& Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Structured Finance Department
- MBS and Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: ABS Monitoring Department or, as to each party,
at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice
to each other party.
(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder
shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the
time prescribed in this Trust Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
(c) A copy of any notice delivered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust
shall also be delivered to the Depositor.
Section 10.05.Severability. Any provision of this Trust Agreement that
is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 10.06.Separate Counterparts. This Trust Agreement may be
executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 10.07.Successors and Assigns. All representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to
the benefit of, each of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and its successors and
each Certificateholder and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein
provided and the Credit Enhancer. Any request, notice, direction, consent,
waiver or other instrument or action by a Certificateholder shall bind the
successors and assigns of such Certificateholder.
Section 00.00.Xx Petition. The Owner Trustee, by entering into this
Trust Agreement and each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, hereby
covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the
Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the
Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations to the
Certificates, the Notes, this Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
Section 00.00.Xx 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
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obligations of the Depositor, the Seller, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties
or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this
Trust Agreement, the Certificates or the Basic Documents.
Section 10.10.Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 10.11.GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.12.Integration. This Trust Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements and understanding pertaining thereto.
Section 10.13.Rights of Credit Enhancer. (a) By accepting its Class SB
Certificate, each Class SB Certificateholder agrees that unless a Credit
Enhancer Default exists, the Credit Enhancer shall have the right to exercise
all rights of the Class SB Certificateholders under this Agreement without any
further consent of the Class SB Certificateholders. Nothing in this Section,
however, shall alter or modify in any way, the fiduciary obligations of the
Owner Trustee to the Class SB Certificateholders pursuant to this Agreement, or
create any fiduciary obligation of the Owner Trustee to the Credit Enhancer. The
Credit Enhancer is an express third-party beneficiary to this Agreement.
(b) From and after the date on which the Notes are no longer outstanding
under the Indenture and no amounts are owed to the Credit Enhancer pursuant to
the terms of the Insurance Agreement, including but not limited to, amounts owed
to the Credit Enhancer in respect of draws made on the Policies and for unpaid
premiums, the Credit Enhancer shall have no rights or benefits hereunder and all
references to the Credit Enhancer in this Trust Agreement shall be disregarded.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee have caused
their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE
SECURITIES II, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee, except with respect
to the representations and
warranties contained in Section 6.03
hereof,
By:
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Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and Agreed:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Indenture Trustee, as Certificate
Registrar and Certificate
Paying Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS SB CERTIFICATE
THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO
THE TERM NOTES AND THE VARIABLE FUNDING NOTES AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS
DEFINED HEREIN).
THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN THE PERCENTAGE INTEREST
SET FORTH BELOW; HOWEVER, THE PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY CHANGE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3.12 OF THE AGREEMENT. THE HOLDER OF THIS CLASS SB-I
CERTIFICATE HEREBY CONSENTS TO ANY CHANGE IN ITS CERTIFICATE PERCENTAGE INTEREST
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH SECTION.
THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND IS TRANSFERRED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.05 OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST
AGREEMENT ("THE AGREEMENT").
NO TRANSFER OF THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE
CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (I) A REPRESENTATION LETTER
FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH
TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION RESTRICTIONS AND THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), ANY
PERSON ACTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR ANY PERSON
USING "PLAN ASSETS," WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS
SECTION 2510.3-101, TO ACQUIRE THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE (EACH, A "PLAN
INVESTOR"), OR (II) IF THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED FOR REGISTRATION
IN THE NAME OF A PLAN INVESTOR, EITHER (X) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT
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THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE PROVISIONS OF
ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS) AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE DEPOSITOR, THE OWNER
TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR
LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT, OR (Y) A
CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT G TO THE AGREEMENT IN LIEU OF SUCH OPINION
OF COUNSEL.
THE TRANSFEREE OF THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
UNITED STATES FEDERAL WITHHOLDING TAX UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL
HAVE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS CERTIFYING AS TO THE
TRANSFEREE'S STATUS AS A U.S. PERSON OR CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP UNDER U.S.
LAW.
THIS CLASS SB CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR
OBLIGATION OF THE SELLER, THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE, THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER BASIC DOCUMENTS.
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Certificate No. 1
Cut-off Date:
December 1, 2003
Date of Trust Agreement:
December 30, 2003
First Payment Date: Certificate Percentage Interest of
January 26, 2004 this Certificate: 100%
Assumed Final Payment Date:
January 25, 2029
HOME EQUITY LOAN-BACKED CERTIFICATE
SERIES 2003-HS4
evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Owner Trust
Estate, the property of which consists primarily of the Home Equity Loans,
created by RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC. (hereinafter called
the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement
referred to below).
This Class SB Certificate is payable solely from the assets of
the Owner Trust Estate, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in
the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their affiliates. This Class SB
Certificate is not guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or
instrumentality or by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of
their affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. or any of their
affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other
obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.
This certifies that Xxxx & Co. is the registered owner of the
Certificate Percentage Interest evidenced by this Class SB Certificate (as set
forth on the face hereof) in certain distributions with respect to the Owner
Trust Estate, consisting primarily of the Home Equity Loans, created by
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. The Trust (as defined herein)
was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as specified above (as amended
and supplemented from time to time, the "Agreement") between the Depositor and
Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee," which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement. This Class SB Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder
of this Class SB Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.
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Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (the "Payment Date"), commencing on the
first Payment Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Class SB
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last day (or if such
last day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last
day) of the month immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the
"Record Date"), in an amount equal to the pro rata portion evidenced by this
Class SB Certificate (based on the Certificate Percentage Interest stated on the
face hereon) of the Certificate Distribution Amount, if any, required to be
distributed to Holders of Certificates on such Payment Date. Distributions on
this Class SB Certificate will be made as provided in the Agreement by the
Certificate Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Class SB Certificate or the making of any notation hereon.
Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding
the above, the final distribution on this Class SB Certificate will be made
after due notice by the Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Class SB
Certificate at the office or agency maintained by the Certificate Registrar for
that purpose in the City and State of New York. The initial Security Balance of
this Class SB Certificate is set forth above. The Security Balance hereof will
be reduced to the extent of the distributions allocable to principal.
No transfer of this Class SB Certificate will 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. In the event that such a transfer is to be
made, (i) the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor may require an opinion of
counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate
Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer is exempt (describing the
applicable exemption and the basis therefor) from or is being made pursuant to
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and of
any applicable statute of any state and (ii) the transferee shall execute an
investment letter in the form described in the Agreement and (iii) the
Certificate Registrar shall require the transferee to execute an investment
letter and a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status in the form described by the
Agreement (or if a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status is not provided, an Opinion
of Counsel as described in the Agreement), which investment letter and
certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder hereof
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Certificate
Registrar 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. In connection
with any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar (unless otherwise directed by
the Depositor) will also require either (i) a representation letter, in the form
as described by the Agreement, stating that the transferee is not an employee
benefit or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction restrictions or the
fiduciary responsibility requirements of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (a
"Plan"), any person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan
or any Person using the "plan assets," within the meaning of the Department of
Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101, to effect such acquisition
(collectively, a "Plan Investor") or (ii) if this Class SB Certificate is
presented for registration in the name of a Plan Investor, either (x) an opinion
of counsel to the effect that the purchase or holding of this Class SB
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Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result
in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments) and will not
subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Certificate
Registrar to any obligation or liability in addition to those undertaken in the
Agreement, or (y) a certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Agreement in
lieu of such opinion of counsel.
This Class SB Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Home Equity Loan-Backed Certificates of the Series
specified hereon (herein collectively called the "Certificates"). All terms used
in this Class SB Certificate which are defined in the Agreement shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Class SB
Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the
Certificate Distribution Account that have been released from the Lien of the
Indenture for payment hereunder and that neither the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity nor the Depositor is personally liable to the
Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Class SB Certificate or the
Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any
liability under the Agreement.
The Holder of this Class SB Certificate acknowledges and agrees
that its rights to receive distributions in respect of this Class SB Certificate
are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture,
dated as of December 30, 2003, between Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-HS4 (the
"Trust") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture").
Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate,
covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute
against the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the
Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, 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 Agreement or any of the
Basic Documents.
The Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below,
provided that any amendment be accompanied by the consent of the Credit Enhancer
and an Opinion of Counsel to the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment
complies with the provisions of the Agreement and will not cause the Trust to be
subject to an entity level tax. If the purpose of the amendment is to correct
any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency, cure any ambiguity or deal with any
matter not covered, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of any
Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with a letter from the Rating
Agencies that the amendment will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
the rating then assigned to any Security if determined without regard to the
Policy and the consent of the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained. If the purpose
of the amendment is to prevent the imposition of any federal or state taxes at
any time that any Security is outstanding, it shall not be necessary to obtain
the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an
Opinion of Counsel that such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the
imposition of such taxes and is not materially adverse to any Holder and the
consent of the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained. If the purpose of the
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amendment is to add or eliminate or change any provision of the Agreement, other
than as specified in the preceding two sentences, the amendment shall require
either (a) a letter from the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not result
in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Security, if
determined without regard to the Policy or (b) the consent of Holders of a
majority of the Certificate Percentage Interests of the Certificates and the
Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in
any manner the amount of, or delay the time of, payments received that are
required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the related
Certificateholder and the Credit Enhancer, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Class SB Certificate is registerable in
the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Class SB Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar
maintained in the City and State of New York, accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly
executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations
evidencing the same aggregate Certificate Percentage Interest will be issued to
the designated transferee. The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the
Agreement is the Indenture Trustee.
Except as provided in the Agreement, the Certificates are
issuable only in minimum denominations of a 10.0000% Certificate Percentage
Interest and in integral multiples of a 0.0001% Certificate Percentage Interest
in excess thereof. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. This Class SB Certificate is issued in the Certificate
Percentage Interest above; however, the Certificate Percentage Interest of this
Class SB Certificate may change in accordance with Section 3.12 of the
Agreement. The Holder of this Class SB Certificate hereby consents to any change
in its Certificate Percentage Interest in accordance with such Section.
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 Paying Agent, the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, or
the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this Class SB
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any
such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Class SB Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
The obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the
Certificates and the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the earliest of
(i) the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the
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Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the
Agreement, (ii) the Payment Date in January 2029, or (iii) the purchase by the
Master Servicer of all Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section 8.08 of the
Servicing Agreement.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
executed by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating
agent by manual signature, this Class SB Certificate shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the 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 Class SB Certificate to be duly
executed.
HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2003-HS4
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
Dated: December 30, 2003 By:
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Authorized Signatory
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Agreement.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Signatory
or JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
not in its individual capacity but solely,
as Authenticating Agent of the Trust
Dated: December 30, 2003
By: ______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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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___________________________________
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(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
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the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing
______________________________________________________________________________
to transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:___________________
_____________________________________*/
Signature Guaranteed:
____________________________*/
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*/ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without
alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be
guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank
or trust company.
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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for the information of the
Certificate Paying Agent:
Distribution shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to ______________________________________ for the account of
_________________________________, account number ______________, or, if mailed
by check, to ______________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to __________________.
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Signature of assignee or agent
(for authorization of wire transfer only)
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EXHIBIT B
TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2003-HS4
THIS Certificate of Trust of Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-HS4 (the
"Trust") is being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust company, a
Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee, to form a statutory trust under
the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C ss.3801 et seq.).
1. Name: The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is Home Equity
Loan Trust 2003-HS4.
2. Delaware Trustee: 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, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration.
3. Effective Date: This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon
filing with the Secretary of State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole owner trustee
of the Trust, has executed this Certificate of Trust.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as owner trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION]
Description of Rule 144A Securities, including numbers:
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(the "Rule 144A Securities")
The undersigned seller, as registered holder (the "Seller"),
intends to transfer the Rule 144A Securities described above to the undersigned
buyer (the "Buyer").
1. In connection with such transfer and in accordance with the
agreements pursuant to which the Rule 144A Securities were issued, the Seller
hereby certifies the following facts: Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on
its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge
or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A
Securities or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule
144A Securities or any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or
made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the
Rule 144A Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), or that would render the disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a
violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto,
and that the Seller has not offered the Rule 144A Securities to any person other
than the Buyer or another "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule
144A under the 0000 Xxx.
2. The Buyer warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the
Owner Trustee and the Depositor (as defined in the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 30, 2003 between Residential
Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc., as Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company,
as Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Agreement, and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as indenture trustee, as follows:
a. The Buyer understands that the Rule 144A Securities have not
been registered under the 1933 Act or the securities laws of any state.
b. The Buyer considers itself a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
investment in the Rule 144A Securities.
c. The Buyer has been furnished with all information regarding
the Rule 144A Securities that it has requested from the Seller, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Master Servicer.
d. Neither the Buyer nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Rule 144A Securities,
any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of
the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other
similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Rule 144A
Securities under the 1933 Act or that would render the disposition of the Rule
144A Securities a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration
pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize
any person to act, in such manner with respect to the Rule 144A Securities.
e. The Buyer is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and has completed either of the forms of
certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. The Buyer is
aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Buyer is
acquiring the Rule 144A Securities for its own account or the accounts of other
qualified institutional buyers, understands that such Rule 144A Securities may
be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be
a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the 1933 Act.
3. [only applicable to the Class SB Certificates] [The Buyer
represents that:
(i) either (a) or (b) is satisfied, as marked below:
a. The Buyer is not any employee benefit plan subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), a Person acting, directly or
indirectly, on behalf of any such plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates
with "plan assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor
regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101; or
b. The Buyer will provide the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar and the Master Servicer with either: (x) an opinion of counsel,
satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master Servicer, to the effect that the purchase and holding of a
Certificate by or on behalf of the Buyer is permissible under applicable law,
will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments) and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability
(including liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to
those undertaken in the Trust Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall not be
an expense of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the
Master Servicer; or (y) in lieu of such opinion of counsel, a certification in
the form of Exhibit G to the Trust Agreement; and
(ii) the Buyer is familiar with the prohibited transaction
restrictions and fiduciary responsibility requirements of Sections 406 and 407
of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and understands that each of the parties
to which this certification is made is relying and will continue to rely on the
statements made in this paragraph 3.]
4. This document may be executed in one or more counterparts and
by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall
constitute one and the same document.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Appendix A to the indenture dated as
of December 30, 2003, between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this
document as of the date set forth below.
Print Name of Seller Print Name of Buyer
By: By:
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Taxpayer Identification: Taxpayer Identification:
No. No.
Date: Date:
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Buyers Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule
144A Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned and/or invested
on a discretionary basis $______________________1 in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
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1 Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in
securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities
Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and
loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business
trust, partnership, or charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution organized under
the laws of any State, territory or the District of Columbia, the business of
which is substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the State or
territorial banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or
equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000
as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association, building and
loan association, cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
institution, which is supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority
having supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan
association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at
least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements.
Broker-Dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary and
predominant business activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of
risks underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State or
territory or the District of Columbia.
State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and maintained by a State,
its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Investment Adviser. The Buyer is an investment adviser registered under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
SBIC. The Buyer is a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S.
Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958.
Business Development Company. The Buyer is a business development company as
defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Trust Fund. The Buyer is a trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust company
and whose participants are exclusively (a) plans established and maintained by a
State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State
or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, or (b) employee
benefit plans within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, but is not a trust fund that includes as participants
individual retirement accounts or H.R. 10 plans.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan
participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to
a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Rule 144A
Securities are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
___ ___ Will the Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A Yes No Securities only for
the Buyer's own account?
6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the Buyer
agrees that, in connection with any purchase of securities sold to the Buyer for
the account of a third party (including any separate account) in reliance on
Rule 144A, the Buyer will only purchase for the account of a third party that at
the time is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A.
In addition, the Buyer agrees that the Buyer will not purchase securities for a
third party unless the Buyer has obtained a current representation letter from
such third party or taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to
conclude that such third party independently meets the definition of "qualified
institutional buyer" set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such
purchase.
Print Name of Buyer
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Buyers That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with
the Rule 144A Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the
Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used.
____ The Buyer owned $___________________ in securities (other than the excluded
securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal
year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in the
aggregate $______________ in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such
amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the
same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and certificates
of deposit, (iii) loan participations, (iv) repurchase agreements, (v)
securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vi) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that each
of the parties to which this certification is made are relying and will continue
to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer
will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for
the Buyer's own account.
6. The undersigned will notify each of the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice, the Buyer's purchase of Rule 144A Securities will constitute
a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
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Print Name of Buyer
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
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Print Name of Buyer
Date:
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER
______________ , 20__
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
JPMorgan Chase Bank
0 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Institutional Trust Services/Structured Finance Services
Re: Home Equity Loan-Backed Certificates
Series 2003-HS4, Class SB
Ladies and Gentlemen: (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from (the
"Seller") a ___% Certificate Percentage Interest of Certificates of Series
2003-HS4 (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement (the "Trust Agreement"), dated as of December 30, 2003, between
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor")
and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"), as
acknowledged and agreed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Certificate Registrar. All
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in
the Trust Agreement. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to,
and covenants with, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar that:
1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not
been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act") or any state securities law, (b) the
Depositor is not required to so register or qualify the Certificates,
(c) the Certificates may be resold only if registered and qualified
pursuant to the provisions of the Act or any state securities law, or if
an exemption from such registration and qualification is available, (d)
the Trust Agreement contains restrictions regarding the transfer of the
Certificates and (e) the Certificates will bear a legend to the
foregoing effect.
2. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for its own
account for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in
connection with any distribution thereof in any manner that would
violate the Act or any applicable state securities laws.
3. The Purchaser is (a) a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters, and, in particular, in such matters related to
securities similar to the Certificates, such that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Certificates, (b)
able to bear the economic risks of such an investment and (c) an
"accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated
pursuant to the Act.
4. The Purchaser has been furnished with, and has had an
opportunity to review (a) [a copy of the Private Placement Memorandum,
dated _______, 20__, relating to the Certificates (b)] a copy of the
Trust Agreement and [b] [c] such other information concerning the
Certificates, the Home Equity Loans and the Depositor as has been
requested by the Purchaser from the Depositor or the Seller and is
relevant to the Purchaser's decision to purchase the Certificates. The
Purchaser has had any questions arising from such review answered by the
Depositor or the Seller to the satisfaction of the Purchaser. [If the
Purchaser did not purchase the Certificates from the Seller in
connection with the initial distribution of the Certificates and was
provided with a copy of the Private Placement Memorandum (the
"Memorandum") relating to the original sale (the "Original Sale") of the
Certificates by the Depositor, the Purchaser acknowledges that such
Memorandum was provided to it by the Seller, that the Memorandum was
prepared by the Depositor solely for use in connection with the Original
Sale and the Depositor did not participate in or facilitate in any way
the purchase of the Certificates by the Purchaser from the Seller, and
the Purchaser agrees that it will look solely to the Seller and not to
the Depositor with respect to any damage, liability, claim or expense
arising out of, resulting from or in connection with (a) error or
omission, or alleged error or omission, contained in the Memorandum, or
(b) any information, development or event arising after the date of the
Memorandum.]
5. The Purchaser has not and will not nor has it authorized or
will it authorize any person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or
otherwise transfer any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or
any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicit any
offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition of other transfer of any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar
security from any person in any manner, (c) otherwise approach or
negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d) make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in
any other manner or (e) take any other action, that (as to any of (a)
through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of any Certificate
under the Act, that would render the disposition of any Certificate a
violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or that
would require registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The
Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates,
except in compliance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
6. The Purchaser represents:
(i) that either (a) or (b) is satisfied, as marked below:
____ a. The Purchaser is not any employee benefit plan subject to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), a Person acting,
directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such plan or any Person acquiring such
Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department
of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101; or
____ b. The Purchaser will provide the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer with either: (x) an opinion of
counsel, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar and the Master Servicer, to the effect that the purchase and holding
of a Certificate by or on behalf of the Purchaser is permissible under
applicable law, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of
any subsequent enactments) and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer to any obligation or
liability (including liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in
addition to those undertaken in the Trust Agreement, which opinion of counsel
shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar or the Master Servicer; or (y) in lieu of such opinion of counsel, a
certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Trust Agreement; and
(ii) the Purchaser is familiar with the prohibited transaction
restrictions and fiduciary responsibility requirements of Sections 406 and 407
of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and understands that each of the parties
to which this certification is made is relying and will continue to rely on the
statements made in this paragraph 6.
7. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf
and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in
connection with such acquisition;
8. The Purchaser is not a partnership, grantor trust or S
corporation for federal income tax purposes, or, if the Purchaser is a
partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the
Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor
trust or S corporation.
9. The Purchaser is not a non-United States person.
Very truly yours,
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
_____________ , 20
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
JPMorgan Chase Bank
0 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Institutional Trust Services/Structured Finance Services
Re: Home Equity Loan-Backed Certificates
Series 2003-HS4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
(the "Purchaser") intends to purchase the "Seller") a ___% Certificate
Percentage Interest of Certificates of Series 2003-HS4 (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust
Agreement"), dated as of December 30, 2003, between Residential Funding Mortgage
Securities II, Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor") and Wilmington Trust Company,
as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee"), as acknowledged and agreed by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, as Certificate Registrar. All terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Seller
hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor
and the Certificate Registrar that:
Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered,
pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate, any
interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any
manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition or
other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or
any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) has made any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or
(e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above) would
constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Act"), that would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of
Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or that would require
registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The Seller will not act, in any
manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The
Seller has not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates,
except in compliance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
Very truly yours,
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title
EXHIBIT F
CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS
This Certificate of Non-Foreign Status ("certificate") is delivered
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as
of December 30, 2003 (the "Trust Agreement"), between Residential Funding
Mortgage Securities II, Inc., as depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as
Owner Trustee, in connection with the acquisition of, transfer to or possession
by the undersigned, whether as beneficial owner (the "Beneficial Owner"), or
nominee on behalf of the Beneficial Owner of the Home Equity Loan-Backed
Certificates, Series 2003-HS4 (the "Certificates"). Capitalized terms used but
not defined in this certificate have the respective meanings given them in the
Trust Agreement.
Each holder must complete Part I, Part II (if the holder is a nominee),
and in all cases sign and otherwise complete Part III.
In addition, each holder shall submit with the Certificates an IRS Form
W-9 relating to such holder.
To confirm to the Trust that the provisions of Sections 871, 881 or 1446
of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to withholding tax on foreign partners)
do not apply in respect of the Certificate held by the undersigned, the
undersigned hereby certifies:
Part I - Complete Either A or B
A. Individual as Beneficial Owner
1. I am (The Beneficial Owner is ) not a non-resident alien for
purposes of U.S. income taxation;
2. My (The Beneficial Owner's) name and home address are:
_____________________________; and
3. My (The Beneficial Owner's) U.S. taxpayer identification
number (Social Security Number) is .
B. Corporate, Partnership or Other Entity as Beneficial - Owner
1. (Name of the Beneficial Owner) is not a foreign corporation,
foreign partnership, foreign trust or foreign estate (as those terms are defined
in the Code and Treasury Regulations;
2. The Beneficial Owner's office address and place of
incorporation (if applicable) is ; and
3. The Beneficial Owner's U.S. employer identification number is
___________________.
Part II - Nominees
If the undersigned is the nominee for the Beneficial Owner, the
undersigned certifies that this certificate has been made in reliance upon
information contained in:
an IRS Form W-9
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a form such as this or substantially similar
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provided to the undersigned by an appropriate person and (i) the undersigned
agrees to notify the Trust at least thirty (30) days prior to the date that the
form relied upon becomes obsolete, and (ii) in connection with change in
Beneficial Owners, the undersigned agrees to submit a new Certificate of
Non-Foreign Status to the Trust promptly after such change.
Part III - Declaration
The undersigned, as the Beneficial Owner or a nominee thereof, agrees to
notify the Trust within sixty (60) days of the date that the Beneficial Owner
becomes a foreign person. The undersigned understands that this certificate may
be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by the Trust and any false
statement contained therein could be punishable by fines, imprisonment or both.
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this
certificate and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and
complete and will further declare that I will inform the Trust of any change in
the information provided above, and, if applicable, I further declare that I
have the authority* to sign this document.
Name:______________________________
Title (if applicable):____________________
Signature and Date:_____________________
*NOTE: If signed pursuant to a power of attorney, the power of attorney must
accompany this certificate.
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION LETTER
_____________, 200__
Residential Funding Mortgage
Securities II, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Residential Funding Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
[CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]
Re: Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
Home Equity Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-HS4
Dear Sirs:
__________________________________ (the "Transferee") intends to acquire
from _____________________ (the "Transferor") a ___% Certificate Percentage
Interest of Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. Home Equity
Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-HS4 (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant
to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement") dated
December 30, 2003 among Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc., as
depositor (the "Depositor") and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the "Owner
Trustee"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.
The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master Servicer that either:
(1) The Certificates (i) are not being acquired by, and will not be
transferred to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or
other retirement arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and
annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance
company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or
arrangements are invested, that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") (any of the
foregoing, a "Plan"), (ii) are not being acquired with "plan assets" of a Plan
within the meaning of the Department of Labor ("DOL") Regulations Section
2510.3-101, and (iii) will not be transferred to any entity that is deemed to be
investing in plan assets within the meaning of the DOL Regulations Section
2510.3-101; or
(2) The purchase of the Certificates is permissible under applicable
law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, will not subject the Depositor or the Owner Trustee to
any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Trust Agreement and, with
respect to each source of funds being used by the Transferee to acquire the
Certificates (each being referred to as a "Source"), the Transferee is an
insurance company and (i) the Source is assets of its "general account," (ii)
the conditions set forth in PTCE 95-60 issued by the DOL have been satisfied and
the purchase and holding of Certificates by or on behalf of the Transferee are
exempt under Section I of PTCE 95-60, (iii) less than 25% of the Transferee's
general account constitute "plan assets" of "benefit plan investors" within the
meaning of DOL Regulations Section 2510.3-101(f)(2), and (iv) the amount of
reserves and liabilities for such general account contracts held by or on behalf
of any Plan do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of such
general account plus surplus as of the date hereof (for purposes of this clause,
all Plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof) or employee
organization are deemed to be a single Plan) in connection with its purchase and
holding of such Certificates.
(3) The Transferee is familiar with the prohibited transaction
restrictions and fiduciary responsibility requirements of Sections 406 and 407
of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and understands that each of the parties
to which this certification is made is relying and will continue to rely on the
statements made herein.
Very truly yours,
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF REPRESENTATION LETTER
_____________, 200__
Residential Funding Mortgage
Securities II, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Residential Funding Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
[CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR]
Re: Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. Home Equity
Loan-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-HS4
Dear Sirs:
__________________________________ (the "Transferee") intends to acquire
from _____________________ (the "Transferor") a ___% Certificate Percentage
Interest of Residential Mortgage Securities II, Inc. Home Equity Loan-Backed
Certificates, Series 2003-HS4 (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to a Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement") dated December 30, 2003
among Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor") and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the "Owner Trustee").
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.
The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and
the Master Servicer that:
(1) the Transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and
is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection
with such acquisition; and
(2) the Transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation
for federal income tax purposes, or, if the Transferee is a partnership, grantor
trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not
more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
Very truly yours,
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Table of Contents
Section
Page
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions...............................................................1
Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.............................................1
ARTICLE II
Organization
Section 2.01. Name......................................................................2
Section 2.02. Office....................................................................2
Section 2.03. Purposes and Powers.......................................................2
Section 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee..............................................3
Section 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate........................3
Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust......................................................3
Section 2.07. Liability of the Holders of the Certificates..............................4
Section 2.08. Title to Trust Property...................................................4
Section 2.09. Situs of Trust............................................................4
Section 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor...........................5
Section 2.11. Payment of Trust Fees.....................................................5
ARTICLE III
Conveyance Of The Home Equity Loans; Certificates
Section 3.01. Conveyance of The Home Equity Loans.......................................6
Section 3.02. Initial Ownership.........................................................6
Section 3.03. The Certificates..........................................................6
Section 3.04. Authentication of Certificates............................................6
Section 3.05. Registration of and Limitations on Transfer And Exchange of
Certificates..............................................................7
Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates........................12
Section 3.07. Persons Deemed Certificateholders........................................13
Section 3.08. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names And Addresses................13
Section 3.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................................13
Section 3.10. Certificate Paying Agent.................................................13
Section 3.11. Cooperation..............................................................15
Section 3.12. Additional Certificate Security Balances Upon Issuance of Capped
Funding Notes............................................................15
Section 3.13. Subordination............................................................16
Section 3.14. No Priority Among Certificates...........................................16
ARTICLE IV
Authority And Duties Of Owner Trustee
Section 4.01. General Authority........................................................16
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Section 4.02. General Duties...........................................................17
Section 4.03. Action Upon Instruction..................................................17
Section 4.04. No Duties Except as Specified Under Specified Documents or In
Instructions.............................................................17
Section 4.05. Restrictions.............................................................18
Section 4.06. Prior Notice To Certificateholders and The Credit Enhancer With
Respect To Certain Matters...............................................18
Section 4.07. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.............19
Section 4.08. Action By Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy..................19
Section 4.09. Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power................................19
Section 4.10. Majority Control.........................................................19
Section 4.11. Doing Business In Other Jurisdictions....................................19
Section 4.12. Removal of Home Equity Loans.............................................20
ARTICLE V
Application Of Trust Funds
Section 5.01. Distributions............................................................20
Section 5.02. Method Of Payment........................................................22
Section 5.03. Signature On Returns.....................................................23
Section 5.04. Statements To Certificateholders.........................................23
Section 5.05. Tax Reporting............................................................23
Section 5.06. Reports to the Master Servicer...........................................23
Section 5.07 Derivative Contracts.....................................................23
ARTICLE VI
Concerning The Owner Trustee
Section 6.01. Acceptance of Trusts And Duties..........................................24
Section 6.02. Furnishing of Documents..................................................25
Section 6.03. Representations and Warranties...........................................26
Section 6.04. Reliance; Advice of Counsel..............................................26
Section 6.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity........................................27
Section 6.06. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Related Documents...........27
Section 6.07. Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes.............................27
ARTICLE VII
Compensation Of Owner Trustee
Section 7.01. Owner Trustee's Fees And Expenses........................................28
Section 7.02. Indemnification..........................................................28
ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust Agreement
Section 8.01. Termination of Trust Agreement...........................................29
Section 8.02. Additional Termination Requirements......................................30
ARTICLE IX
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
Section 9.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee...............................31
Section 9.02. Replacement of Owner Trustee.............................................31
Section 9.03. Successor Owner Trustee..................................................32
Section 9.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.................................32
Section 9.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee............................32
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
Section 10.01. Amendments...............................................................34
Section 10.02. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate.....................................35
Section 10.03. Limitations on Rights of Others..........................................35
Section 10.04. Notices..................................................................35
Section 10.05. Severability.............................................................36
Section 10.06. Separate Counterparts....................................................36
Section 10.07. Successors and Assigns...................................................36
Section 10.08. No Petition..............................................................36
Section 10.09. No Recourse..............................................................36
Section 10.10. Headings.................................................................37
Section 10.11. Governing Law............................................................37
Section 10.12. Integration..............................................................37
Section 10.13. Rights of Credit Enhancer to Exercise Rights of Certificateholders.......37
Signatures
EXHIBIT
Exhibit A - ...Form of Class SB Certificate A-1
Exhibit B - ...Certificate of Trust of Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-HS4 B-1
Exhibit C - ...Form of 144A Investment Representation C-1
Exhibit D - ...Form of Investor Representation Letter D-1
Exhibit E - ..Form of Transferor Representation Letter E-1
Exhibit F - ...Form of Certificate of Non-Foreign Status F-1
Exhibit G - ...Form of ERISA Representation Letter G-1
Exhibit H - Form of Representation Letter H-1
