FBR SECURITIZATION, INC., as Depositor WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Owner Trustee and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Securities Administrator AMENDED AND RESTATED OWNER TRUST AGREEMENT Dated as of August 16, 2005 FBR Securitization Trust...
Exhibit 99.2
FBR SECURITIZATION, INC.,
as Depositor
as Depositor
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee
as Owner Trustee
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Securities Administrator
as Securities Administrator
AMENDED AND RESTATED OWNER TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 16, 2005
FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1
Callable Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-1
Callable Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-1
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.1 Definitions |
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SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions |
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION |
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SECTION 2.1 Name |
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SECTION 2.2 Office |
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SECTION 2.3 Purpose and Powers |
5 | |||
SECTION 2.4 Appointment of the Owner Trustee |
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SECTION 2.5 Initial Capital Contribution; Declaration of Trust |
6 | |||
SECTION 2.6 Issuance of Initial Certificates |
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SECTION 2.7 Liability of the Certificateholder |
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SECTION 2.8 Situs of Trust |
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SECTION 2.9 Title to Trust Property |
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SECTION 2.10 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor |
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SECTION 2.11 Tax Treatment |
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SECTION 2.12 Investment Company |
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SECTION 2.13 Special Purpose Entity |
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ARTICLE III THE CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS |
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SECTION 3.1 The Certificates |
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SECTION 3.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of the Certificates |
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SECTION 3.3 Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of the Certificates |
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SECTION 3.4 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificate |
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SECTION 3.5 Persons Deemed Certificateholder |
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SECTION 3.6 Access to the Certificateholder’s Name and Address |
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SECTION 3.7 Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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SECTION 3.8 Certificate Paying Agent |
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SECTION 3.9 Initial Beneficiary |
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ARTICLE IV APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES |
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SECTION 4.1 Payment Account |
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SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Funds |
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SECTION 4.3 Method of Payment |
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SECTION 4.4 Segregation of Moneys; No Interest |
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ARTICLE V AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE; ACTION BY CERTIFICATEHOLDER |
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SECTION 5.1 General Authority |
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SECTION 5.2 General Duties |
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SECTION 5.3 Action Upon Instruction |
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SECTION 5.4 No Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or in Instructions |
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SECTION 5.5 Restrictions |
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SECTION 5.6 Negative Covenants |
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SECTION 5.7 Action by the Ownership Certificateholder with Respect to Bankruptcy |
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SECTION 5.8 Restrictions on the Owner Certificateholder’s Power |
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ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 6.1 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties |
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SECTION 6.2 Furnishing of Documents |
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SECTION 6.3 Books and Records |
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SECTION 6.4 Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 6.5 Reliance; Advice of Counsel |
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SECTION 6.6 Not Acting in Individual Capacity |
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SECTION 6.7 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificate or Trust Fund |
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SECTION 6.8 Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes |
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SECTION 6.9 Licenses |
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SECTION 6.10 Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions |
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SECTION 6.11 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act Certification |
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION AND COMPENSATION |
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SECTION 7.1 Trust Expenses |
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SECTION 7.2 Indemnification |
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SECTION 7.3 Compensation |
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT |
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SECTION 8.1 Termination of Agreement |
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ARTICLE IX SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES |
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SECTION 9.1 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee |
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SECTION 9.2 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee |
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SECTION 9.3 Successor Owner Trustee |
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SECTION 9.4 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee |
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SECTION 9.5 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 10.1 Supplements and Amendments |
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SECTION 10.2 No Legal Title to Trust Fund in Ownership Certificateholder |
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SECTION 10.3 Pledge of Trust Fund by Owner Trustee is Binding |
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SECTION 10.4 Limitations on Rights of Others |
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SECTION 10.5 Notices |
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SECTION 10.6 Severability |
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SECTION 10.7 Separate Counterparts |
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SECTION 10.8 Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 10.9 Headings |
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SECTION 10.10 Governing Law |
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SECTION 10.11 No Petition |
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SECTION 10.12 No Recourse |
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SECTION 10.13 Note Insurer Default |
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SECTION 10.14 Third-Party Beneficiary |
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ARTICLE XI TRUST OFFICERS |
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SECTION 11.1 Appointment of Trust Officers |
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SECTION 11.2 Trust Officers to Provide Information to the Owner Trustee |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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Form of Ownership Certificate | |
Exhibit B
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Form of Certificate of Trust | |
Exhibit C-1
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Form of Rule 144A Investment Letter | |
Exhibit C-2
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Form of Non-Rule 144A Investment Letter | |
Exhibit D
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Form of Representation and Warranty Regarding Transferee’s Status For Tax Matters | |
Exhibit E
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Form of Servicing Strip Certificate |
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This AMENDED AND RESTATED OWNER TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of August 16, 2005, is
entered into by and among FBR SECURITIZATION, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the
“Depositor"), WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the
“Owner Trustee"), and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as
securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator").
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor intends to sell,
transfer and assign to a Delaware statutory trust created hereunder certain Mortgage Loans and
related assets, which statutory trust would then pledge such assets under an indenture in order to
secure the issuance of its callable mortgage-backed notes, the net proceeds of which would be
applied toward the purchase of such assets.
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee entered into a Trust Agreement dated as of August
5, 2005 (the “Trust Agreement”) and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a
Certificate of Trust on August 5, 2005, creating FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1.
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator desire to enter
into this Agreement in order to amend and restate in its entirety the Trust Agreement and to
provide for the operation of the Trust upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below.
Actual Knowledge: With respect to the Owner Trustee, any Trust Officer within the Corporate
Trust Office of the Owner Trustee responsible for administering the Trust hereunder, or under the
Operative Agreements, who has actual knowledge of an action taken or an action not taken with
regard to the Trust. Actions taken or actions not taken of which the Owner Trustee should have had
knowledge, or has constructive knowledge, do not meet the definition of Actual Knowledge hereunder.
With respect to the Securities Administrator, any Responsible Officer of the Securities
Administrator who has actual knowledge of an action taken or an action not taken with regard to the
Trust. Actions taken or actions not taken of which the Securities Administrator should have had
knowledge, or has constructive knowledge, do not meet the definition of Actual Knowledge hereunder.
Agreement or Amended and Restated Owner Trust Agreement: This Amended and Restated Owner
Trust Agreement.
Authorized Trust Officer: With respect to the Trust, any Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee
who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Trust and who is
identified on the list of Authorized Trust Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter) and, so long as the Transfer and Servicing Agreement is in effect, a Responsible
Officer of the Securities Administrator.
Bank: Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity and not as Owner Trustee under this
Agreement.
Certificate: Either the Ownership Certificate or the Servicing Strip Certificate.
Certificateholder: The Person in whose name the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing Strip
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register. The Certificateholder shall at all times
hold both the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate.
Certificate of Trust: The Certificate of Trust to be filed by the Owner Trustee for the Trust
pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Delaware Trust Statute in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
Certificate Paying Agent: Initially, the Securities Administrator, in its capacity as
Certificate Paying Agent.
Certificate Register: The register maintained by the Certificate Registrar in which the
Certificate Registrar shall provide for (i) the registration of the Ownership Certificate and of
transfers and exchanges of such Ownership Certificate; and (ii) the registration of the Servicing
Strip Certificate and of the transfers and exchanges of such Servicing Strip Certificate.
Certificate Registrar: Initially, the Securities Administrator, in its capacity as
Certificate Registrar.
Corporate Trust Office: With respect to the Owner Trustee, the principal corporate trust
office of the Owner Trustee at which, any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located at Xxxxxx Square
North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
With respect to the Securities Administrator, as defined in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
Delaware Trust Statute: Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del.C. Section 3801
et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
Expenses: As defined in Section 7.2.
Indenture: The Indenture dated as of July 1, 2005, among the Issuer, the Securities
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee.
Initial Certificateholder: FBR Trust Investments, LLC.
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Net Proceeds: The proceeds received by the Trust from time to time from the issuance and sale
of its Notes and the Ownership Certificate, less the costs and expenses incurred in connection with
the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Ownership Certificate.
Owner Trustee: Wilmington Trust Company, and any successor in interest, not in its individual
capacity, but solely as owner trustee under the Agreement.
Ownership Certificate: An equity certificate representing a beneficial interest in the Trust
in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
Ownership Certificateholder: The registered holder of the Ownership Certificate as recorded
in the Certificate Register. In the absence of prior written notice from the Depositor, each of
the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Paying Agent and the Certificate Registrar, the
Indenture Trustee may conclusively assume that the Ownership Certificate is registered to an
Affiliate of the Depositor.
Percentage Interest: With respect to any Certificate, 100%.
Permitted Transferee: Means (i) a single entity for federal income tax purposes that owns
both the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate and that qualifies as (a) a
REIT, (b) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary, or (c) an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax
purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (ii) a lender or repurchase
agreement counterparty in a repurchase agreement or secured lending transaction that qualifies as a
borrowing for federal income tax purposes, or (iii) any other entity, provided that an opinion of
nationally recognized federal income tax counsel is obtained to the effect that, as of the date of
a transfer to such entity, the Trust will not be treated as one or more taxable mortgage pools for
federal income tax purposes and will not otherwise be subject to corporate income tax.
Prospective Certificateholder: Each prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of
the Certificates.
Qualified REIT Subsidiary: A direct or indirect 100% owned subsidiary of a REIT that
satisfies the requirements of Section 856(i) of the Code.
REIT: A real estate investment trust within the meaning of Sections 856 and 857 of the Code.
Retained Notes: Those certain Classes, or portions of certain Classes, of Notes that are held
by the Certificateholder or one of its affiliates.
Secretary of State: The Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Servicing Strip Certificate: A certificate representing a beneficial interest in the Trust
and a 100% interest in the difference between the Servicing Fee and the portion retained by the
Servicer, from time to time, in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E.
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Servicing Strip Certificateholder: The Person in whose name the Servicing Strip Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register.
Transfer and Servicing Agreement: The Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 1,
2005, by and among the Trust, the Seller, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Credit Risk Manager, the Master Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee, as such may
be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Trust Officer: Those Trust Officers of the Trust referred to in Article XI.
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the same meanings assigned to
them in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or in the Indenture, as applicable.
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given
to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of
accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent
with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions
contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(c) The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections
and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall
mean “including without limitation.”
(d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the
plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as the feminine and neuter genders of such
terms.
(e) Any agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or
certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement or instrument as from time to
time amended, modified or supplemented and includes references to all attachments thereto and
instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and
assigns.
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ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1 Name.
The trust continued hereby shall be referred to as “FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1” in which
name the Owner Trustee and the Trust Officers may conduct the activities contemplated hereby,
including the making and executing of contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and
xxx and be sued.
SECTION 2.2 Office.
The principal office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee, at its Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 2.3 Purpose and Powers.
The Trust shall have the power and authority to engage in any of the following activities:
(a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates pursuant to this
Agreement and to sell, transfer and exchange such Notes and Certificates;
(b) to pay the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust and to deliver
the Notes and the Certificates to the Depositor in consideration of the transfer to the Trust of
the Mortgage Loans and related assets that constitute, in part, the Trust Fund;
(c) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Fund pursuant to the
Indenture Trustee and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholder pursuant to the terms
of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement any portion of the Trust Fund released from the lien of,
and remitted to the Trust, pursuant to the Indenture and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement as
specifically described herein;
(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Cap Agreement and the Operative
Agreements 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 incidental thereto or connected
therewith; and
(f) subject to compliance with the Operative Agreements, to engage in such other activities as
may be required in connection with the conservation of the Trust Fund and the making of
distributions and payments to the Certificateholder and the Noteholders, respectively.
The Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust shall not
engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other than as required or
authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the Operative Agreements.
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SECTION 2.4 Appointment of the Owner Trustee.
The Depositor hereby appoints the Bank to act as Owner Trustee of the Trust effective as of
the date hereof to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.
The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized to execute this Agreement, the Indenture, the Transfer
and Servicing Agreement and any other Operative Agreement on behalf of the Trust. The Owner
Trustee is hereby authorized (but not obligated) to take all actions required or permitted to be
taken by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.5 Initial Capital Contribution; Declaration of Trust.
(a) The Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust, as of
the date hereof, the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the
Depositor, as of the Closing Date, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the
initial corpus of the Trust Fund. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as
they may arise or shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner
Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.
(b) The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Fund in trust upon and
subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholder and the
Note Insurer, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Operative Agreements. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the Trust shall constitute a statutory trust under the
Delaware Trust Statute and that this Agreement shall constitute the governing instrument of such
statutory trust. No later than the date on which the prospectus supplement with respect to the
Notes has been delivered, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of the Certificate of Trust with
the Secretary of State. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the rights of the
Certificateholder will be those of a beneficial owner of the Trust.
SECTION 2.6 Issuance of Initial Certificates.
Upon the Closing Date, the Trust will issue the Ownership Certificate to the Initial
Certificateholder. Upon the Closing Date, the Trust will issue the Servicing Strip Certificate to
the Initial Certificateholder.
SECTION 2.7 Liability of the Certificateholder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, none of the Certificateholder, any
Affiliate of the Certificateholder, or any manager, officer or employee of the Certificateholder,
will be liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Trust (whether arising in contract,
tort or otherwise), including, under a judgment, decree or order of a court, by reason of being a
Certificateholder, an Affiliate of a Certificateholder, or a manager, officer or employee of a
Certificateholder. Further, pursuant to § 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust Act, the
Certificateholder, in its capacity as such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, except as otherwise specifically set forth herein.
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SECTION 2.8 Situs of Trust.
The Trust will be located in the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be located in the States of Delaware, New York or the
jurisdiction where the Securities Administrator maintains bank accounts with respect to collections
on the Trust Fund. The only offices of the Trust will be as described in Section 2.2 hereof. The
Trust shall not have any employees; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or
prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments
will be received by the Trust only in the States of Delaware, New York, the jurisdiction in which
the Securities Administrator maintains the Payment Account or such other jurisdiction designated by
the Depositor, and payments will be made by the Trust only from the Payment Account or from
Delaware, New York or such other jurisdiction designated by the Depositor.
SECTION 2.9 Title to Trust Property.
(a) Subject to the Indenture, title to all of the Trust Fund shall be vested at all times in
the Trust as a separate legal entity until this Agreement terminates pursuant to Article VIII
hereof; provided, however, that if the laws of any jurisdiction require that title to any part of
the Trust Fund be vested in the trustee of the Trust, then title to that part of the Trust Fund
shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee or any co-trustee or separate trustee, as the
case may be, appointed pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement; provided, further, that title to
any property may be transferred to the Indenture Trustee for purposes of securing the lien created
under the Indenture.
(b) The Ownership Certificateholder shall have beneficial but not legal title to any part of
the Trust Fund. No transfer by operation of law or otherwise of any interest of the Ownership
Certificateholder shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts created hereunder or
entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of any part of the Trust Fund.
SECTION 2.10 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto as of the Closing
Date or such other date as is specified, that:
(a) The Depositor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of Delaware, with full power and authority to own its assets and conduct
its business as presently being conducted.
(b) The Depositor has the full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement)
by the Depositor and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and
validly authorized.
(c) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor,
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
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limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as
such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
(d) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby
or the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement will conflict
with or result in a breach of any of the terms, certificate of formation or operating agreement or
any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is now a party or by
which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree to which the Depositor or its property is subject, or impair the ability
of the Trust to realize on the Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans.
(e) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body
is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of or compliance by the
Depositor with this Agreement, or if required, such consent, approval, authorization or order has
been obtained prior to the Closing Date.
(f) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or to its knowledge
threatened against the Depositor which, either individually or in the aggregate, may result in any
material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of
the Depositor, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Depositor to carry on
its business substantially as now conducted, or which would draw into question the validity of this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be contemplated herein, or which would
be likely to impair materially the ability of the Depositor to perform under the terms of this
Agreement.
(g) This Agreement is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the Trust is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 2.11 Tax Treatment.
(a) It is the intention of the Depositor, the Trust and the Certificateholder that, solely for
federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes the Trust shall be treated as a division
of the Certificateholder that is ignored as an entity separate from the Certificateholder unless
otherwise required by applicable law. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall take any action that they know or that a reasonably prudent trustee or administrator should
know to be inconsistent with such intent. The Depositor agrees that, unless otherwise required by
appropriate tax authorities, it will cause the Trust to file or cause to be filed (as described
below) annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the
characterization of the Trust, as it relates to the assets in the Trust and the Certificates, if
applicable, as a division of the single beneficial owner of the Ownership Certificate and the
Servicing Strip Certificate for such federal income tax purposes.
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(b) (i) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and
delivered, to the Noteholders and the Certificateholder Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 1099
(or any successor form) and upon request will deliver, or cause to be delivered, any other
information as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations to enable the
Noteholders and the Certificateholder to prepare their respective United States federal and state
income tax returns; (ii) if applicable, the Depositor will prepare and file, or cause to be
prepared and filed, all United States federal, state and local income tax returns related to the
Trust and will make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any
United States federal or state statute, rule or regulation so as to maintain the proper
characterization of the Trust for United States federal or state income tax purposes; and (iii) the
Certificateholder shall sign any tax returns required in respect of the Trust.
(c) The Certificate Paying Agent shall comply with all requirements of the Code with respect
to the withholding from any payments made by it with respect to the Certificates of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in
connection therewith.
(d) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the distributions (or allocations of
income) to the Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable in
accordance with this Section 2.11(d). The Certificate Paying Agent is hereby authorized and
directed to retain or cause to be retained, from amounts otherwise distributable to the
Certificateholder, sufficient funds for the payment of any withholding tax that is legally owed by
the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee from contesting any such
withholding 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 the 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 (d). In order
to receive payments free from or at a reduced rate of withholding, the Certificateholder and any
transferee thereof agrees and acknowledges that no legal or beneficial interest in all or any
portion of the Certificate may be obtained or transferred unless such person provides to the
Certificate Paying Agent, on behalf of the Trust, or its designated agent a duly executed IRS Form
W-9, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8IMY (together with all appropriate attachments), or IRS Form
W-8ECI (or in each case the appropriate successor form). Each such form must be signed under
penalties of perjury and replaced every (3) years (or earlier if there is a change in information)
or as required by law.
(e) No party to this Agreement is authorized to make an election under Treasury Regulation
Section 301.7701-3 to treat the Trust as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes.
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SECTION 2.12 Investment Company.
Neither the Depositor nor any Certificateholder shall take any action which would cause the
Trust to become an “investment company” which would be required to register under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 2.13 Special Purpose Entity
(a) The Trust shall not incur any additional debt, other than debt related to the Notes
outstanding, unless the additional debt is fully subordinated to the Notes outstanding, and in
either case, (x) is nonrecourse to the Trust or any of its assets other than cash flow in excess of
amounts necessary to pay the Noteholders, and (y) does not constitute a claim against the Trust to
the extent that funds are insufficient to pay such additional debt.
(b) The Trust shall not engage in any dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, merger, or
asset sale, except as provided in the Operative Agreements, so long as the Notes are outstanding,
without prior written notice to the Rating Agencies.
(c) The Trust shall maintain its books and records separate from any Person or entity.
(d) The Trust shall maintain its accounts separate from those of any other Person or entity.
(e) The Trust shall not commingle its assets with those of any other Person or entity.
(f) The Trust shall conduct its business in its own name.
(g) Except as provided in the Operative Agreements, the Trust shall pay its own liabilities
out of its own funds.
(h) The Trust shall observe all formalities required by its organizational documents.
(i) The Trust shall maintain an arm’s-length relationship with its affiliates, if any.
(j) The Trust shall not guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other entity or
hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of others.
(k) Except as provided in the Operative Agreements, the Trust shall not acquire obligations or
securities of any affiliate.
(l) The Trust shall not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other entity or make any
loans or advances to any entity, except as provided in the Operative Agreements.
(m) The Trust shall hold itself out as a separate entity.
(n) The Trust shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity.
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(o) Except as provided in the Operative Agreements, the Trust does not, and will not have,
assets other than assets contributed to it by the Certificateholder or sold to it by the Depositor.
(p) The Trust is solvent and will not be rendered insolvent by the transactions contemplated
by the Operative Agreements and, after giving effect to such transactions, the Trust will not have
intended to incur, or believe that it has incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as
they mature. There is no contemplation of the commencement of insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation
or consolidation proceedings or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, conservator, trustee or
similar official in respect of the Trust or any of its assets.
(q) All the trust certificates of the Trust are owned by the Initial Certificateholder.
(r) So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Trust shall not claim any credit on, or make any
deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts
properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any present or
former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the
Trust Fund.
(s) So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Trust shall not (a) permit the validity or
effectiveness of the Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of the Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any
covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under the Indenture except as may be expressly
permitted by the Operative Agreements, (b) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security
interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of the Indenture) to be created on or
extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Fund or any part thereof or any interest
therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise
by operation of law, in each case with respect to any Trust Fund and arising solely as a result of
an action or omission of a mortgagor or as otherwise permitted in the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement) or (c) permit the lien of the Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other
than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) or as otherwise permitted in the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement) security interest in the Trust Fund.
(t) So long as any Notes are outstanding, except with the prior written consent of the
Ownership Certificateholder and the Note Insurer (as long as no Note Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing), the Trust shall not take any action described in Section 5.6 of this Agreement.
(u) So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Trust shall not take any action or fail to take
any action that would result in an entity level tax on the Trust.
(v) The capital of the Trust is adequate for the business and undertakings of the Trust.
(w) Other than with respect to the purchase by the Initial Certificateholder of the Ownership
Certificate (including any rights contained therein) and the Servicing Strip Certificate, the Trust
is not engaged in any business transactions with the Initial Certificateholder.
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ARTICLE III
THE CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
SECTION 3.1 The Certificates.
Each of the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate shall be issued as a
single certificate in definitive, fully registered form and shall initially be registered in the
name of the Initial Certificateholder. Neither the Ownership Certificate nor the Servicing Strip
Certificate shall be issued in an authorized denomination of less than a 100% Percentage Interest
in such Certificate. Each Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or
facsimile signature of an Authorized Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee and authenticated in the
manner provided in Section 3.2. A Certificate bearing the manual signatures of individuals who
were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the
Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefit of this Agreement, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication
and delivery of the Certificate or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication and
delivery of the Certificate. A Person shall become a Certificateholder and shall be entitled to
the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder hereunder upon registration of the
Certificate in such Person’s name pursuant to Section 3.3.
SECTION 3.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of the Certificates.
Concurrently with the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust pursuant to the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement, the Trust shall cause the Certificates issued hereunder to be executed and
authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its president
or any vice president, without further corporate action by the Depositor. Neither Certificate
shall entitle the Certificateholder to any benefit under this Agreement nor shall it be valid for
any purpose unless there shall appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A or Exhibit E hereto (as
applicable), executed by the Securities Administrator, by manual signature. Such authentication
shall constitute conclusive evidence that the Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. A Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION 3.3 Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of the
Certificates.
The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 3.7, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as
it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of the Ownership
Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate and of transfer and exchange of such Certificates
as herein provided; provided, however, that neither Certificate shall be issued in any such
transfer and exchange representing less than a 100% Percentage Interest in such Certificate, and
provided, further, that no Certificate shall be issued in any such transfer and exchange except in
accordance with the provisions and conditions set forth below in this Section 3.3. The Securities
Administrator shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Xxxxxxxxx
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resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Depositor, shall appoint a
successor Certificate Registrar.
Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of a Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.7, the Owner
Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or cause the Securities Administrator as its
authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee, a new
Certificate of like tenor evidencing a 100% Percentage Interest in the Certificate so surrendered
and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar.
Every time a Certificate is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange,
it 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 time a Certificate is surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, it shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in
accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of a Certificate,
but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
such Certificate or any other expense arising as a result of any registration of transfer or
exchange.
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Owner Trustee shall not make and
the Certificate Registrar shall not register the transfer or exchange of a Certificate for a period
of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to such Certificate.
No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from or satisfies
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.
Except in the case of the initial transfer to the Initial Certificateholder, in the event of any
such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the
transferee to execute (i) an investment letter (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1)
certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar
and the Depositor that such transferee is a “qualified institutional buyer” under Rule 144A under
the Securities Act or (ii) an investment letter (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C-2) certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate
Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of the Securities Act), and any expense associated with the preparation
and execution of any such investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. If a
Certificateholder desires to effect the transfer of its Certificate, it shall, and does hereby
agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate
Registrar and the Depositor against any and all liability that may result if the transfer is not so
exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
Except in the case of the initial transfer to the Initial Certificateholder, no transfer of
the Certificates shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received a
representation (in
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the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 or Exhibit C-2) from the proposed
transferee of such Certificates to the effect that such proposed transferee is not (A) a retirement
plan or an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or a church plan (as defined in
Section 3(33) of ERISA) or other employee benefit plan or arrangement that is subject to any
federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA
or the Code (each, a “Plan”) or a collective investment fund in which such Plans are invested, or
an insurance company using assets of separate or general accounts, which include assets of Plans,
or are deemed to include such assets, or (B) any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing
such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, or with “plan assets” (as defined under the
Department of Labor Regulation at 29 C.F.R. Section 25 10.3-101 or corresponding provisions of
Similar Law) of a Plan. Such representation shall not be at the expense of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. In addition,
any Retained Notes will be subject to the same ERISA restrictions and consequences discussed above
applicable to the Certificates unless either (a) the Retained Notes are sold to a party that is a
taxable REIT subsidiary or is not affiliated with the owner of the Certificates and at the time of
such sale: (i) the owner of the Certificates is a Permitted Transferee; (ii) no modifications have
been made to the transaction documents; (iii) the respective ratings of the Retained Notes as of
the date of such sale is not lower than the rating of such Retained Note as of the closing date;
and (iv) no adverse changes have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of)
the legal authorities applicable to the closing date tax opinion regarding the status of the Notes
as debt or (b) the holder of the Retained Notes otherwise receives a “will be debt” tax opinion
from a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset
securitization.
Prior to and as a condition of the registration of any transfer, sale or other disposition of
a Certificate, the Prospective Certificateholder shall represent and warrant in writing, in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto, to the Owner Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar and any of their respective successors that it is a
Permitted Transferee. In addition, any Retained Notes will be subject to the same requirements,
restrictions and consequences discussed in the preceding sentence applicable to the Certificates
unless either (a) the Retained Notes are sold to a party that is a taxable REIT subsidiary or is
not affiliated with the owner of the Certificates and at the time of such sale: (i) the owner of
the Certificates is a Permitted Transferee; (ii) no modifications have been made to the transaction
documents; (iii) the respective ratings of the Retained Notes as of the date of such sale is not
lower than the rating of such Retained Note as of the closing date; and (iv) no adverse changes
have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of) the legal authorities
applicable to the closing date tax opinion regarding the status of the Notes as debt or (b) the
holder of the Retained Notes otherwise receives a “will be debt” tax opinion from a law firm
generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization.
The Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificates to contain a legend, substantially similar to
the applicable legends provided in Exhibit A hereto, stating that transfer of the
Certificates is subject to certain restrictions and referring prospective purchasers of the
Certificates to this Section 3.3 with respect to such restrictions.
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SECTION 3.4 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificate.
If (a) a mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or (b) the
Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction that the Certificate has been
destroyed, lost or stolen, and there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar proof of ownership
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, together with such security or indemnity as required by
the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee to save each of them harmless, then in the absence
of notice to the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee that the Certificate has been acquired
by a protected purchaser, the Owner Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust, and the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and
Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section
3.4, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any expenses of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar (including any fees and
expenses of counsel) and any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.4 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 3.5 Persons Deemed Certificateholder.
Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator or any Certificate Paying Agent may treat
the Certificateholder as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Section 4.2 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator or any Certificate Paying Agent
shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.6 Access to the Certificateholder’s Name and Address.
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, in such form as the Depositor or the Owner Trustee, as the
case may be, may reasonably require, the name and address of each Certificateholder as of the most
recent Record Date. Each Certificateholder, by receiving and holding its Certificate, shall be
deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Trust, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the
Securities Administrator and the Owner Trustee accountable or liable for damages by reason of the
disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.
SECTION 3.7 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Certificate Registrar on behalf of the Trust, shall maintain an office or offices or
agency or agencies where the Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the Certificates
and the Operative Agreements may be served. The Certificate Registrar shall give the Owner Trustee
prompt notice, in writing, of any such notice or demand. The Certificate
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Registrar initially designates the applicable Corporate Trust Office of the Securities
Administrator as its office for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar shall give prompt written
notice to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Certificateholder
of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 3.8 Certificate Paying Agent.
(a) The Owner Trustee may appoint, and hereby appoints, the Securities Administrator as
Certificate Paying Agent under this Agreement. The Certificate Paying Agent shall make
distributions to each Certificateholder from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof
and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and, upon request, shall report the amounts of such
distributions to the Owner Trustee. The Certificate Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to
withdraw funds from the Collection Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred to
above. The Securities Administrator hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it
will be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement relating
to the Certificate Paying Agent and shall:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the
Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Person entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Person or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(ii) give the Owner Trustee notice of any default by the Trust of which a Responsible
Officer of the Securities Administrator has Actual Knowledge in the making of any payment
required to be made with respect to a Certificate;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of the Owner Trustee forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust all sums so
held in Trust by such Certificate Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as Certificate Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust all sums held by it in trust for the payment of the
Certificates if at any time it ceases to meet the standards under this Section 3.8 required
to be met by the Certificate Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and
(v) not institute bankruptcy proceedings against the Trust in connection with this
Agreement.
(b) In the event that the Securities Administrator shall no longer be the Certificate Paying
Agent hereunder, the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Depositor, shall appoint a successor to
act as Certificate Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). 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 in which such
successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall agree with the
Owner Trustee that as Certificate Paying Agent, such successor Certificate Paying Agent or
additional Certificate Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment in trust for
the benefit of the Certificateholder entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to the
Certificateholder. The Certificate Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed
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funds to the Owner Trustee, and upon removal of a Certificate Paying Agent, such Certificate
Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 6.10, 6.11, 7.1 and 7.2 shall apply to the Securities
Administrator also in its role as Certificate Paying Agent and Certificate Registrar for so long as
the Securities Administrator shall act as Certificate Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable,
to any other Certificate Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar appointed hereunder. Any reference
in this Agreement to the Certificate Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the
context requires otherwise.
SECTION 3.9 Initial Beneficiary.
Upon the formation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.5
and until the issuance of the Ownership Certificate, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary of
the Trust.
ARTICLE IV
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
SECTION 4.1 Payment Account.
The Payment Account shall be subject to and established and maintained in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture, including, without
limitation, the provisions of Sections 7.6 and 7.7 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
regarding distributions from the Payment Account.
SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Funds.
(a) On each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee shall direct the Certificate Paying Agent to
distribute to the Certificateholder, from amounts on deposit in the Payment Account, the
distributions required to be paid to the Certificateholder pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Transfer
and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Payment Date, unless a Premium Supplement is owed to
the Note Insurer, in which event the Certificate Paying Agent shall distribute all amounts
otherwise payable to the Certificateholder to the Note Insurer on each Payment Date, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 7.7 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, until the Premium
Supplement is paid in full. The Owner Trustee hereby directs the Certificate Paying Agent to
distribute on each Payment Date (i) to the Ownership Certificateholder amounts on deposit in the
Payment Account in accordance with Sections 7.7(d)(i)(F), 7.7(d)(ii)(F), 7.7(f)(iv), 7.7(g) and
7.7(j) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and (ii) to the Servicing Strip Certificateholder
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account in accordance with Section 7.5(k) of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Paying Agent hereby acknowledges such direction.
(b) All payments to be made under this Agreement by the Certificate Paying Agent shall be made
only from the income and proceeds, including Net Proceeds, of the Trust Fund and only to the extent
that the Certificate Paying Agent has received such income or proceeds. The Bank shall not be
liable to the Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator for any
amounts payable pursuant to this Section 4.2 except to the extent that non-
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payment is due to the Owner Trustee’s acts or omissions amounting to willful misconduct or
gross negligence.
(c) Distributions to the Ownership Certificateholder shall be subordinated to the Noteholders
as provided in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. Distributions to the Certificateholder, once
made, will not be available for payments on the Note.
SECTION 4.3 Method of Payment.
Distributions required to be made to the Certificateholder on any Payment Date as provided in
Section 4.2 shall be made to each Person who was a Certificateholder on the preceding Record Date
either by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of such Certificateholder
at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall
have provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five Business
Days prior to such Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the
respective address of such Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register.
SECTION 4.4 Segregation of Moneys; No Interest.
Moneys received by or on behalf of the Owner Trustee hereunder will be segregated except to
the extent required otherwise by law or the provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for payment of any interest in respect of such moneys.
ARTICLE V
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE;
ACTION BY CERTIFICATEHOLDER
ACTION BY CERTIFICATEHOLDER
SECTION 5.1 General Authority.
The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Notes, the
Certificates, the other Operative Agreements to which the Trust is to be a party, each certificate
or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Operative Agreements to which
the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or other agreement or instrument described herein, all
as approved by the Depositor, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee’s execution thereof,
and, on behalf of the Trust, to direct the Securities Administrator to authenticate the Notes. In
addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all
actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Operative Agreements.
SECTION 5.2 General Duties.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of
its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements to
which it is a party and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Ownership Certificateholder,
subject to the Operative Agreements and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have
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discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Operative Agreements to the
extent the Securities Administrator has agreed in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or this
Agreement, respectively, to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee or the
Trust hereunder or under any Operative Agreement, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held liable
for the default or failure of the Securities Administrator to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement or the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, respectively.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Depositor under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement to obtain
and preserve the Trust’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture,
the Notes, the Trust Fund and each other instrument and agreement included in the Trust Fund. It
shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to cooperate with the Depositor with respect to such
matters.
SECTION 5.3 Action Upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article V and in accordance with the terms of the Operative Agreements, the
Ownership Certificateholder may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management
of the Trust, but only to the extent consistent with the limited purpose of the Trust. Such
direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Ownership Certificateholder
pursuant to this Article V.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any Operative Agreement if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined,
or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in liability on the
part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Operative Agreement or is
otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action
permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under any other Operative Agreement, or in
the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement
or any other Operative Agreement or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is,
or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this
Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the
course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of
facts, the Owner Trustee may promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the
circumstances) to the Ownership Certificateholder requesting instruction as to the course of action
to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any
written instruction of the Ownership Certificateholder, 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 Agreement or any
other Operative Agreement, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Ownership
Certificateholder, and the Owner Trustee shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
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SECTION 5.4 No Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or in
Instructions.
The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with
respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with the Trust Fund, 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 (a) in
accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant
to this Agreement, and (b) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 5.3; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement or any Operative Agreement 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 the
Trust or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the Trust or to
record this Agreement or any Operative Agreement or to prepare or file any tax return for the
Trust. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly
take all action as may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Trust Fund that
result from actions by, or claims against the Bank that are not related to the ownership or the
administration of the Trust Fund.
SECTION 5.5 Restrictions.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes of the
Trust set forth in Section 2.3. The Ownership Certificateholder shall not direct the Owner Trustee
to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section 5.5.
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not, except as provided herein, convey or transfer any of the
Trust’s properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Fund, to any person unless such
conveyance or transfer shall not violate the provisions of the Indenture.
SECTION 5.6 Negative Covenants.
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 Ownership
Certificateholder and the Note Insurer in writing of the proposed action and the Ownership
Certificateholder shall have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such
notice is given that the Ownership Certificateholder and the Note Insurer have consented to such
action:
(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 in respect of the Trust Fund)
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
in respect of the Trust Fund);
(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 Delaware Trust Statute);
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(c) The amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or of this Agreement or any
other Operative Agreement in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) The amendment or other change of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or of this
Agreement or any other Operative Agreement in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is
not required and such amendment materially adversely affects the interests of the Ownership
Certificateholder;
(e) The amendment of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement in circumstances where the consent
of any Noteholder or the Ownership Certificateholder is required;
(f) The amendment, change or modification of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, except to
cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add any provision that
would not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Ownership Certificateholder;
(g) The appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, Paying Agent or
Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this 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 Agreement, as applicable;
(h) The consent to the calling or waiver of any default of any Operative Agreement;
(i) The consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under any
Operative Agreement;
(j) Except as provided in Article VIII hereof, dissolve, terminate or liquidate the Trust in
whole or in part;
(k) The merger, conversion or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other entity, or
conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of the Trust’s assets to any other entity;
(l) The incurrence, assumption or guaranty by the Trust of any indebtedness other than as set
forth in this Agreement;
(m) The taking of any action which conflicts with any Operative Agreement or would make it
impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Trust or change the Trust’s purpose and powers
set forth in this Agreement;
(n) The confession of a judgment against the Trust;
(o) The possession of the Trust assets, or assignment of the Trust’s right to property, for
other than a Trust purpose; or
(p) The lending of funds by the Trust to any entity.
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In addition, the Trust shall not commingle its assets with those of any other entity. The
Trust shall maintain its financial and accounting books and records separate from those of any
other entity. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Trust shall pay its indebtedness,
operating expenses and liabilities from its own funds, and the Trust shall neither incur any
indebtedness nor pay the indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities of any other entity.
Except as expressly set forth herein, the Trust shall not engage in any dissolution, liquidation,
consolidation, merger or sale of assets. The Trust shall maintain appropriate minutes or other
records of all appropriate actions and shall maintain its office separate from the offices of the
Depositor or any of its Affiliates. The Trust shall not engage in any business activity in which
it is not currently engaged other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements and related
documentation. The Trust shall not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries and shall not own
or acquire any asset other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements and related
documentation. Other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements and related documentation,
the Trust shall not follow the directions or instructions of the Depositor. The Trust shall
conduct its own business in its own name. The Trust shall observe all formalities required under
the Delaware Trust Statute. The Trust shall not hold out its credit as being available to satisfy
the obligations of any other person or entity. The Trust shall not acquire the obligations or
securities of its Affiliates or the Seller. Other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements
and related documentation, the Trust shall not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other
person or entity. The Trust shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate
identity. The Trust shall not identify itself as a division of any other person or entity.
The pricing and other material terms of all transactions and agreements to which the Trust is
a party shall be intrinsically fair to all parties thereto. This Agreement is and shall be the
only agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the creation, operation and termination of
the Trust.
The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of the Ownership
Certificateholder, and to the extent otherwise consistent with the Operative Agreements, to (i)
remove or replace the Indenture Trustee or (ii) institute a bankruptcy against the Trust. So long
as the Indenture remains in effect, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Ownership
Certificateholder shall have no power to commence, and shall not commence, any bankruptcy with
respect to the Trust or direct the Owner Trustee to commence any bankruptcy with respect to the
Trust.
(q) The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of the
Ownership Certificateholder, to (i) remove the Securities Administrator under the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 8.7 thereof, (ii) appoint a successor Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 8.7 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or (iii) except as
expressly provided in the Indenture, to sell assets comprising the Trust Fund after the termination
of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence
only upon written instructions signed and authorized by the Ownership Certificateholder.
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SECTION 5.7 Action by the Ownership Certificateholder with Respect to Bankruptcy.
The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence or consent to a bankruptcy relating to
the Trust without the prior approval of the Ownership Certificateholder and the delivery to the
Owner Trustee by the Ownership Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that the Ownership
Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent. This paragraph shall survive
for one year and one day following termination of this Agreement. So long as the Indenture remains
in effect, no Certificateholder shall have the power to institute, and none shall institute, any
bankruptcy with respect to the Trust or direct the Owner Trustee to take such action.
SECTION 5.8 Restrictions on the Owner Certificateholder’s Power.
The Ownership Certificateholder 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 Agreement or any of the Operative Agreements or would be contrary to
Section 2.3 nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.
The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform the same but only
upon the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The Owner
Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust
Fund upon the terms of this Agreement. The Bank shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder
or under any other Operative Agreements under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful
misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation
or warranty contained in Section 6.4, (iii) for liabilities arising from the failure by the Bank to
perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the last sentence of Section 5.4 or (iv) for
taxes, fees or other charges based on or measured by any fees, commissions or compensation received
by the Bank in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any other
Operative Agreements or the Notes. In particular, but not by way of limitation:
(a) The Bank shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer of the Owner Trustee;
(b) The Bank shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
the Owner Trustee in accordance with the instructions of the Ownership Certificateholder;
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(c) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Bank to expend or risk funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of the Owner Trustee’s rights or powers
hereunder or under any other Operative Agreements if the Bank shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) Under no circumstance shall the Bank be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising
under any of the Operative Agreements, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) The Bank shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Originator, the Servicer, the Master
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, any Trust Officer or the Certificate Paying Agent under this
Agreement or any other Operative Agreement or otherwise and the Bank shall not be obligated to
perform or monitor the performance of any obligations or duties under this Agreement or the other
Operative Agreements which are to be performed by the Certificate Paying Agent under this
Agreement, the Securities Administrator under the Transfer and Servicing, the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture or by any other Person under any of the Operative Agreements; and
(f) The Bank shall not be responsible for or in respect of the recitals herein, the validity
or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the Depositor or for the form,
character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Fund or for or in
respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Operative Agreements, other than the certificate of
authentication on the Certificates, and the Bank shall in no event assume or incur any liability,
duty or obligation to any Noteholder, the Depositor or to the Certificateholder, other than as
expressly provided for herein.
SECTION 6.2 Furnishing of Documents.
The Owner Trustee will furnish to the Securities Administrator (for distribution to the
Certificateholder), promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of
all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other
instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee hereunder or under the Operative Agreements unless the
Securities Administrator shall have already received the same.
SECTION 6.3 Books and Records.
The Owner Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept proper books of record and account of all the
transactions under this Agreement, including a record of the name and address of the
Certificateholder. The Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have complied with this Section 6.3 by the
appointment of the Securities Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent to perform the duties
hereunder.
SECTION 6.4 Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Bank hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto as of the Closing Date
or such other date as is specified, that:
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(i) The Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing and is in good standing
under the laws of Delaware, with full power and authority to own its assets and conduct its
business as presently being conducted.
(ii) The Bank has the full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered
pursuant to this Agreement) by the Bank and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized.
(iii) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank,
enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general
and except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(iv) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, certificate of
formation or operating agreement or any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to
which the Bank is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in
the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Bank or
its property is subject, or impair the ability of the Trust to realize on the Mortgage
Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of or compliance by
the Bank with this Agreement, or if required, such consent, approval, authorization or order
has been obtained prior to the related Closing Date.
(vi) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or to its knowledge
threatened against the Bank which, either individually or in the aggregate, may result in
any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or
assets of the Bank, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Bank to
carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or which would draw into question the
validity of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be
contemplated herein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Bank
to perform under the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The Securities Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto as
of the Closing Date or such other date as is specified, that:
(i) The Securities Administrator has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
national association in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, with
full power and authority to own its assets and conduct its business as presently being
conducted.
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(ii) The Securities Administrator has the full power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement (including all instruments of transfer to be delivered
pursuant to this Agreement) by the Securities Administrator and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized.
(iii) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Securities Administrator, enforceable against the Securities Administrator in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability
may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or
in equity).
(iv) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, certificate of
formation or operating agreement or any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to
which the Securities Administrator is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute a
default or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
to which Securities Administrator or its property is subject, or impair the ability of the
Trust to realize on the Mortgage Loans, or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans.
(v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or
body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Securities Administrator
of or compliance by the Securities Administrator with this Agreement, or if required, such
consent, approval, authorization or order has been obtained prior to the related Closing
Date.
(vi) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or to its knowledge
threatened against the Securities Administrator which, either individually or in the
aggregate, may result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial
condition, properties or assets of the Securities Administrator , or in any material
impairment of the right or ability of the Securities Administrator to carry on its business
substantially as now conducted, or which would draw into question the validity of this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans or of any action taken or to be contemplated herein, or
which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Securities Administrator to
perform under the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.5 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
(a) Except as provided in Section 6.1, 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
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or partnership entity 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 manner of
ascertainment 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 the
general partner, in the case of a partnership) and by the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or
the secretary or any assistant secretary 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 its exercise or administration of the trusts and powers hereunder, including its
obligations under Section 5.2(b), and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this
Agreement or the other Operative Agreements, the Owner Trustee may employ agents and attorneys and
enter into agreements (including the Transfer and Servicing Agreement) with any of them, and the
Owner Trustee shall not be answerable for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys
if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care.
If, and to the extent, the Depositor shall have failed to reimburse the Owner Trustee for all
reasonable expenses and indemnities incurred pursuant to this Section 6.5(b), as provided in
Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, the Owner Trustee may seek reimbursement therefor from the Trust Fund.
(c) In the administration of the trusts and performance of its duties hereunder, the Owner
Trustee may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled Persons to be selected and employed
by it, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good
faith by it in accordance with the reasonable advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or
other skilled Persons. If, and to the extent, the Depositor shall have failed to reimburse the
Owner Trustee for all reasonable expenses and indemnities incurred pursuant to this Section 6.5(c),
as provided in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, the Owner Trustee may seek reimbursement therefor from
the Trust Fund.
SECTION 6.6 Not Acting in Individual Capacity.
Except as provided in this Article VI, in accepting the trusts hereby created the Owner
Trustee acts solely as 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 the Operative
Agreements shall look only to the Trust Fund for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 6.7 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificate or Trust Fund.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signatures and
countersignatures 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 Agreement, of any
Operative Agreement or of the Certificates (other than the signatures and countersignatures of the
Owner Trustee on the Certificates) or the Notes, or of the Trust Fund or related documents. The
Owner Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the
legality, validity and enforceability of any assets in the Trust Fund, or the perfection and
priority of any security interest created by any assets in the Trust Fund or the
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maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of
the Trust Fund or its ability to generate distributions to the Certificateholder under this
Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including, without limitation: (a) the
existence, condition and ownership of any assets in the Trust Fund; (b) the existence and
enforceability of any insurance thereon; (c) the existence and contents of any assets in the Trust
Fund on any computer or other record thereof; (d) the validity of the assignment of any assets in
the Trust Fund to the Trust or of any intervening assignment; (e) the completeness of any assets in
the Trust Fund; (f) the performance or enforcement of any assets of the Trust Fund; and (g) the
compliance by the Depositor with any warranty or representation made under any Operative Agreements
or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation or any action of
the Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 6.8 Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes.
The Owner Trustee in its individual capacity may become a Certificateholder or the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture
Trustee in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
SECTION 6.9 Licenses.
The Depositor shall cause the Trust to use its best efforts to obtain and maintain the
effectiveness of any licenses required in connection with this Agreement and the other Operative
Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby until such time as the Trust shall
terminate in accordance with the terms hereof. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to
cooperate with the Depositor with respect to such matters.
SECTION 6.10 Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Bank 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 (a) 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; (b) result in any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of any
jurisdiction or any political subdivisions thereof in existence on the date hereof other than the
State of Delaware becoming payable by the Bank or the Owner Trustee; or (c) subject the Bank or the
Owner Trustee 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 the Bank or
the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby. The Owner Trustee shall be entitled to
obtain advice of counsel (which advice shall be an expense of the Trust) to determine whether any
action required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement results in the consequences described in
clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the preceding sentence. In the event that such counsel advises the
Owner Trustee that such action will result in such consequences, the Owner Trustee will appoint a
co-trustee pursuant to Section 9.5 hereof to proceed with such action.
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SECTION 6.11 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act Certification.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Operative Agreement, the Owner
Trustee shall not be required to execute, deliver or certify on behalf of the Trust or any other
Person any filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments in connection with certifications
required under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
SECTION 7.1 Trust Expenses.
The Depositor shall pay the organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall,
upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such expenses
paid by the Owner Trustee in connection therewith. The Depositor shall also pay (or reimburse the
Bank for) all reasonable expenses of the Owner Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation,
the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives, experts
and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its
rights and duties under the Operative Agreements.
SECTION 7.2 Indemnification.
The Trust shall assume liability for, and indemnify the Bank and its successors, assigns,
Trust Officers, directors, agents and servants, against and from, any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively,
“Expenses") which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted at any time against the Bank (whether
or not indemnified against by other parties) in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement, any Operative Agreement, the Trust Fund, the administration of the Trust Fund or the
action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except only that the Trust shall not be required
to indemnify the Bank for Expenses arising or resulting from any of the matters described in the
third sentence of Section 6.1. The indemnities contained in this Section 7.2 shall survive the
resignation or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Agreement. In the event
of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section, the
Owner Trustee’s choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the approval of the Depositor, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 7.3 Compensation.
The Bank shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder the Owner Trustee Fee and
such fees as set forth in a separate Fee Agreement between the Depositor and the Bank.
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ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
SECTION 8.1 Termination of Agreement.
(a) This Agreement (other than Article VII) shall terminate and the trusts created hereby
shall dissolve and terminate and the Trust Fund shall, subject to the Indenture and Sections 4.1
and 7.4 and Section 3808 of the Delaware Trust Statute, be distributed to the Ownership
Certificateholder, and this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect, upon the earlier of
(i) the full payment of principal and interest (including any Basis Risk Shortfall) due on all
Classes of the Notes, all amounts owed to the Note Insurer have been paid and all other amounts due
and owing by the Issuer pursuant to the Operative Agreements have been paid and (ii) the sale or
other final disposition by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of all
the Trust Fund and the final distribution by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the
case may be, of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Fund in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and Section 4.1 of this Agreement.
The bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of the Ownership Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement, nor entitle the Ownership Certificateholder’s legal representatives to
claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up
of the Trust Fund, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto.
(b) Except as provided in Section 8.1(a), none of the Depositor or the Ownership
Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust established hereunder.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date upon which a
Certificateholder shall surrender its Certificate to the Certificate Registrar for the final
distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the Certificate Registrar by letter to the
Certificateholder and the Rating Agencies mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of
the final payment on the Notes pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the
Payment Date upon or with respect to which final distribution on the Certificate shall be made upon
presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Paying Agent
therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final distribution and (iii) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not applicable, distributions being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificate at the office of the Certificate Paying Agent therein
specified. The Certificate Registrar shall give such notice to the Owner Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to the Certificateholder. Upon presentation
and surrender of the Ownership Certificate, the Certificate Paying Agent shall cause to be
distributed to the Certificateholder all amounts distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to
Section 7.7 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement after all payments distributable to the
Servicing Strip Certificateholder have been made pursuant to Section 7.5(g) of the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement.
(d) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee shall upon the
written request of the Depositor cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a
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certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3810 of the Delaware Trust Statute.
ARTICLE IX
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
SECTION 9.1 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.
The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section
3807(a) of the Delaware Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate 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 which has) a short-term debt rating of at least
“A-1” or the equivalent by, or which is otherwise acceptable to, the Rating Agencies. If such
corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at
any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
Section 9.2.
SECTION 9.2 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee.
The Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trust hereby created by
giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor Owner
Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Owner Trustee and 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 9.1 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor, or if at
any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
Trust Officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor may remove the Owner
Trustee. If the Depositor shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the immediately
preceding sentence, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee 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 payment of 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
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acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 9.3 and payment
of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Securities Administrator shall
provide notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 9.3 Successor Owner Trustee.
Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 9.2 shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner Trustee
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties, and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally
named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses
deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under
this Agreement; and the Securities Administrator, the Depositor and the predecessor Owner Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights,
powers, duties, and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.1.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section, the
Securities Administrator shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner Trustee to the
Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies. If the
Securities Administrator fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment
by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at
the expense of the Securities Administrator.
SECTION 9.4 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, provided, however, that such Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.1, without
the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 9.5 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund may at the
time be located, and for the purpose of performing certain duties and obligations of the Owner
Trustee with respect to the Trust and the Ownership Certificate under the Transfer and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to
appoint one or more Persons approved by the Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee,
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jointly with the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part
of the Trust Fund, 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 Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 and no notice of the appointment of any
co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 9.3.
The Owner Trustee hereby appoints the Securities Administrator for the purpose of establishing
and maintaining the Collection Account and making the distributions therefrom to the Persons
entitled thereto pursuant to Sections 7.4 and 7.5 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and
act subject to the following provision and conditions:
(a) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner Trustee
shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee
or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent
that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the
Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such
rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust 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 Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act or
omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(c) the Depositor and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation
of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been
given to the separate trustees and co-trustees, as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee, other than this Agreement, shall refer to this
Agreement and to the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of appointment, shall be vested with the estates specified in its instrument of
appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein,
subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the
Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given
to the Securities Administrator.
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 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
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its funds, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Owner
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Supplements and Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Owner
Trustee, with the consent of the Ownership Certificateholder and the Note Insurer (regardless of
whether a Note Insurer Default has occurred or is continuing) and with prior written notice to the
Rating Agencies, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee, to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this
Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder;
provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, (i) adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or the Certificateholder or (ii)
result in an entity level tax on the Trust. An amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect
in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or the Certificateholder, and no opinion
referred to in clause (i) of the preceding proviso shall be required to be delivered, if the Person
requesting the amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agencies stating that the amendment
would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the respective ratings then
assigned to each applicable Class of Notes. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an opinion
shall be required with respect to tax matters as set forth in this paragraph.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and the Owner Trustee, with the prior written consent of the Rating Agencies and with
the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, Noteholders evidencing more than 66-2/3% of the
then-outstanding aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Notes and the consent of the Ownership
Certificateholder and the Note Insurer (regardless of whether a Note Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Ownership Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such amendment shall, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel, result in an entity level tax on the Trust; and provided, further, that no such
amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, collections of payments in respect of the Trust Fund or payments that shall be required
to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Ownership Certificateholder or (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the then-outstanding aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Notes required
to consent to or to waive the requirement for the Ownership Certificateholder to consent to any
such amendment, in either case of clause (a) or (b) without the consent of all of the Noteholders
and the Ownership Certificateholder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of Sections 2.3, 3.3 or 5.5 hereof may be amended
in any manner unless (i) the Noteholders representing 100% of the then-outstanding
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Notes by aggregate Class Principal Amount have consented in writing thereto, (ii) the Rating
Agencies have consent in writing thereto or (iii) the Notes have been paid in full and the
Indenture has been discharged.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Securities Administrator
shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to the Ownership
Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Ownership Certificateholder, the Noteholders,
the Rating Agencies or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.1 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 the Ownership Certificateholder provided for in this Agreement or in any other Operative
Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by the Ownership
Certificateholder shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may
prescribe.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee
shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Paying
Agent shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the
Trust, stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
None of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent nor the
Securities Administrator shall be obligated to enter into any such amendment which affects the
Owner Trustee’s, the Certificate Registrar’s, the Certificate Paying Agent’s or the Securities
Administrator’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 10.2 No Legal Title to Trust Fund in Ownership Certificateholder.
The Ownership Certificateholder shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Fund and
shall only be entitled to receive distributions with respect to its respective undivided beneficial
interest therein pursuant to Section 4.1 once all amounts then owing with respect to the Notes have
been paid in accordance with the Indenture. No transfer, by operation of law of any right, title
and interest of the Ownership Certificateholder in and to its undivided beneficial interest in the
Trust Fund or hereunder shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or
entitle any successor transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any
part of the Trust Fund.
SECTION 10.3 Pledge of Trust Fund by Owner Trustee is Binding.
The pledge of the Trust Fund to the Indenture Trustee by the Trust made under the Indenture
and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall bind the Ownership Certificateholder and shall be
effective to transfer or convey the rights of the Trust and the Ownership Certificateholder in and
to such Trust Fund to the extent set forth in the Indenture. No purchaser or other grantee shall
be required to inquire as to the authorization, necessity, expediency or
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regularity of such pledge or as to the application of any proceeds with respect thereto by the
Owner Trustee.
SECTION 10.4 Limitations on Rights of Others.
Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any
Person other than the Owner Trustee and the Ownership Certificateholder any legal or equitable
right in the Trust Fund or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or
provisions contained herein.
SECTION 10.5 Notices.
Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in
writing and delivered by hand, by courier or mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid to the
address set forth in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
Whenever any notice in writing is required to be given by the Owner Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, such notice shall be deemed given and such requirement satisfied if such notice is
mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as provided above.
SECTION 10.6 Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement which 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 10.7 Separate Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 10.8 Successors and Assigns.
All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding
upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Owner Trustee and its successors and assigns and the
Depositor and the Ownership Certificateholder and its respective successors, all as herein
provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by the
Ownership Certificateholder shall bind the successors of the Ownership Certificateholder.
SECTION 10.9 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.
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SECTION 10.10 Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF,
INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 10.11 No Petition.
(a) The Bank and the Securities Administrator (only in such capacity and not in its individual
or corporate capacity), by entering into this Agreement, the Ownership Certificateholder, by
accepting the Ownership Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting
the benefits of this Agreement, 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 under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligations relating to the Ownership Certificate, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the
other Operative Agreements.
(b) The Depositor shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Securities
Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Certificate Paying Agent under any
of the Operative Agreements or otherwise and the Depositor shall have no obligation or liability to
perform the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the Operative Agreements that are
required to be performed by the Securities Administrator under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
or the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
SECTION 10.12 No Recourse.
The Certificateholder, by accepting its Certificates, acknowledges that such
Certificateholder’s Certificates represent a beneficial interest in the Trust only and do not
represent an interest in or an obligation of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Owner
Trustee, any co-trustee, the Bank or any Affiliate thereof (other than the Trust) and no recourse
may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or
contemplated in this Agreement, the Certificates or the other Operative Agreements.
SECTION 10.13 Note Insurer Default.
Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Agreement (other than Section 10.1) or in the
Certificates to the contrary, if a Note Insurer Default exists and is continuing, the provisions of
this Agreement (other than Section 10.1) which (a) permit the Note Insurer to exercise rights of
the Certificateholder, (b) restrict the ability of the Noteholders, the Owner Trustee or the
Certificateholder to act without the consent or approval of the Note Insurer, (c) provide that a
particular act or thing must be acceptable to the Note Insurer, (d) permit the Note Insurer to
direct (or otherwise to require) the actions of the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Certificateholder, the Credit Risk
Manager, the Custodian, the Seller or the Noteholders, (e) provide that any action or omission
taken with the consent, approval or authorization of the Note Insurer shall be authorized
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hereunder or shall not subject the party taking or omitting to take such action to any
liability hereunder or (f) which have a similar effect, shall be of no further force and effect.
Nothing in the foregoing sentence, nor any action taken pursuant thereto or in compliance
therewith, shall be deemed to have released the Note Insurer from any obligation or liability it
may have to any party or to the Certificateholder under any other agreement, instrument or document
(including, without limitation, the Note Insurance Policy) or under applicable law. At such time
as the Notes are no longer Outstanding under the Indenture, and no amounts owed to the Note Insurer
under the Operative Agreements remain unpaid, the Note Insurer’s rights under this Agreement shall
terminate.
SECTION 10.14 Third-Party Beneficiary.
The Note Insurer is intended as a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement, which shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Note Insurer. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, all covenants and agreements in this Agreement that expressly confer rights upon the
Note Insurer shall be for the benefit of and run directly to the Note Insurer, and the Note Insurer
shall be entitled to rely on and enforce such covenants to the same extent as if it were a party to
this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
TRUST OFFICERS
SECTION 11.1 Appointment of Trust Officers.
The Trust may have one or more Trust Officers who are hereby empowered to take and are
responsible for performing all ministerial duties on behalf of the Trust pursuant to this Agreement
and the other Operative Agreements, including, without limitation, the execution of the Trust
Officers’ Certificate (as defined in the Indenture), an Issuer Order (as defined in the Indenture),
the annual compliance report required under Section 3.9 of the Indenture, and any annual reports,
documents and other reports which the Trust is required to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Each of the chairman of the board, the chief executive trust officer, the president, each senior
vice president and each vice president of the Depositor is hereby appointed as an Trust Officer of
the Trust. The Depositor shall promptly deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a
list of its Trust Officers who shall become the Trust Officers of the Trust pursuant to this
Section 11.1.
SECTION 11.2 Trust Officers to Provide Information to the Owner Trustee.
It shall be the duty of each Trust Officer to keep the Owner Trustee reasonably and promptly
informed as to material events relating to the Trust, including, without limitation, all claims
pending or threatened against the Trust, the purchase and sale of any material portion of the Trust
Fund and the execution by such Trust Officer on behalf of the Trust of any material agreements or
instruments.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Owner Trust
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective Trust Officers hereunto duly authorized, as of
the day and year first above written.
FBR SECURITIZATION, INC., | ||||
as Depositor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, | ||||
as Owner Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Financial Services Officer | ||||
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL | ||||
ASSOCIATION, | ||||
as Securities Administrator | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE
THE RESIDUAL INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL
NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF BY THE HOLDER HEREOF ONLY TO (I) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE ACT, IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT PURSUANT TO RULE
144A OR (II) AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2),
(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE ACT IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT
AND SUCH LAWS. NO PERSON IS OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS RESIDUAL INTEREST UNDER THE ACT OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN SHALL BE MADE UNLESS
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR HAS RECEIVED A REPRESENTATION FROM THE TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT USING THE ASSETS OF (A) A RETIREMENT PLAN OR AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR A CHURCH PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(33) OF ERISA) OR
OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW
(“SIMILAR LAW”) MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A
“PLAN”) OR A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND IN WHICH SUCH PLANS ARE INVESTED, OR AN INSURANCE COMPANY
USING ASSETS OF SEPARATE OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS, WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS, OR ARE DEEMED TO
INCLUDE SUCH ASSETS, OR (B) ANY PERSON WHO IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PURCHASING SUCH CERTIFICATE OR
INTEREST THEREIN ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH “PLAN ASSETS” (AS DEFINED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
REGULATION AT 29 C.F.R. SECTION 25 10.3-101 OR CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS OF SIMILAR LAW) OF A PLAN.
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THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE SHALL ONLY BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE.
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OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE
No.
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ___(the “Owner”) is the registered owner of
the Ownership Certificate for FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1 (the “Trust”) existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and created pursuant to the Trust Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2005
(the “Trust Agreement”) between FBR Securitization, Inc., as Depositor, and Wilmington Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its fiduciary capacity as owner trustee under
the Trust Agreement (the “Owner Trustee”), as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated
Owner Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005, by and among the Depositor, the Owner Trustee
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as securities administrator (as amended and restated,
the “Owner Trust Agreement”). Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Owner Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer
and not in its individual capacity, has executed this Ownership Certificate by one of its duly
authorized signatories as set forth below. This Ownership Certificate is referred to in the Owner
Trust Agreement and is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Owner Trust Agreement to which the holder of this Ownership Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof agrees and by which the holder hereof is bound. Reference is hereby made to the Owner Trust
Agreement and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement for the rights of the holder of this Ownership
Certificate, as well as for the terms and conditions of the Trust created by the Owner Trust
Agreement.
The holder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees not to transfer this Ownership Certificate except
in accordance with terms and provisions of the Owner Trust Agreement.
THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual
capacity, has caused this Ownership Certificate to be duly executed.
FBR SECURITIZATION TRUST 2005-1 | ||||||
By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Owner Trust Agreement | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
DATED: August 16, 2005 |
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Ownership Certificate is referred to in the within-mentioned Owner Trust Agreement.
By: | XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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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
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
the within Ownership Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
Attorney to transfer said
Ownership Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full power of substitution in
the premises.
Dated: _______________
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Signature Guaranteed: | ||||
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*/ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Ownership 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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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
THIS Certificate of Trust of FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1 (the “Trust”), is being duly
executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act (12 DEL. CODE, Sections 3801 et seq.) (the “Act”).
1. NAME. The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is “FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1.”
2. DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State
of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective on [ — ], 2005.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the owner trustee of the Trust, has executed this
Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a) of the Act.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Owner Trustee |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
[ — ]
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: XXXXX 0000-0
as Certificate Registrar
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: XXXXX 0000-0
XXX Securitization Trust 2005-1
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
FBR Securitization, Inc.,
as Depositor
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
as Depositor
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Re: FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1, [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1,
[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate (the “Certificate”), we certify that:
(a) we understand that the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate has not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and is being
transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and
any such laws;
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(b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the [Ownership][Servicing Strip]
Certificate;
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from FBR
Securitization, Inc. (the “Depositor”) concerning the purchase of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip]
Certificate and all matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate;
(d) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf, offered, transferred, pledged, sold or
otherwise disposed of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate or any interest in the
[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate, or solicited any offer to buy, transfer, pledge or
otherwise dispose of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate or any interest in the
[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate from 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 [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate under the Act or
that would render the disposition of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate a violation of
Section 5 of the Act or any state securities laws or require registration pursuant thereto, and we
will not act, or authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate; and
(e) we are a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Act (“Rule 144A”). We are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.
We are acquiring the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate for our own account or for
resale pursuant to Rule 144A and understand that such [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate may
be resold, pledged or transferred only (1) 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 (2) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.
In addition, we hereby certify that we are not and are not using the assets of (A) a
retirement plan or an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or a church plan (as
defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) or other employee benefit plan or arrangement that is subject to
any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) materially similar to the foregoing provisions of
ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”) or a collective investment fund in which such Plans are
invested, or an insurance company using assets of separate or general accounts, which include
assets of Plans, or are deemed to include such assets, or (B) any Person who is directly or
indirectly purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, or with “plan assets” (as
defined under the Department of Labor Regulation at 29 C.F.R. Section 25 10.3-101 or corresponding
provisions of Similar Law) of a Plan.
We hereby acknowledge that under the terms of the Amended and Restated Owner Trust Agreement
among FBR Securitization, Inc., as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee, and Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Securities Administrator, dated
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as of August 16, 2005, no transfer of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate shall be
permitted to be made to any person unless the Certificate Registrar has received a certificate from
such transferee in the form hereof.
We hereby indemnify the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and
the Owner Trustee against any liability that may result to either of them if our transfer or other
disposition of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate (or any interest therein) is not exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws or is not
made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
[Name of Transferee] | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF NON-RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
[ — ]
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: XXXXX 0000-0
as Certificate Registrar
Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: XXXXX 0000-0
XXX Securitization Trust 2005-1
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
FBR Securitization, Inc.,
as Depositor
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
as Depositor
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Re: FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1, [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1,
[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate (the “[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate”) we
certify that:
(a) we understand that the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate has not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and is being
transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and
any such laws;
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(b) we are an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Act, and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate;
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Depositor
concerning the purchase of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate and all matters relating
thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the
[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate;
(d) we are acquiring the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate for investment for our own
account and not with a view to any distribution of such [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate
(but without prejudice to our right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the
[Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate in accordance with clause (f) below);
(e) we have not offered or sold any [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate to, or solicited
offers to buy any [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any other action that would
result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state securities laws; and
(f) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any [Ownership][Servicing Strip]
Certificate unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Act and in compliance with any relevant state securities laws or
is exempt from such registration requirements and, if requested, we will at our expense provide an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this certificate that such sale, transfer or
other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Act, (2) the purchaser or
transferee of such [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate has executed and delivered to you a
certificate to substantially the same effect as this certificate and (3) the purchaser or
transferee has otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth in the Amended and
Restated Owner Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005, among FBR Securitization, Inc., as
Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Securities Administrator.
In addition, we hereby certify that we are not and are not using the assets of (A) a
retirement plan or an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or a church plan (as
defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) or other employee benefit plan or arrangement that is subject to
any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) materially similar to the foregoing provisions of
ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”) or a collective investment fund in which such Plans are
invested, or an insurance company using assets of separate or general accounts, which include
assets of Plans, or are deemed to include such assets, or (B) any Person who is directly or
indirectly purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, or with “plan assets” (as
defined under the Department of Labor Regulation at 29 C.F.R. Section 25 10.3-101 or corresponding
provisions of Similar Law) of a Plan.
We hereby acknowledge that under the terms of the Amended and Restated Owner Trust Agreement
among FBR Securitization, Inc., as Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as
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Owner Trustee, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, as Securities Administrator, dated as of August 16, 2005,
no transfer of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate shall be permitted to be made to any
person unless the Certificate Registrar has received a certificate from such transferee in the form
hereof.
We hereby indemnify the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor and the
Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result to either of them if our transfer or
other disposition of the [Ownership][Servicing Strip] Certificate (or any interest therein) is not
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws or is
not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
[Name of Transferee] | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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XXXXXXX X
XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXX REGARDING TRANSFEREE’S
STATUS FOR TAX MATTERS
STATUS FOR TAX MATTERS
This representation and warranty is delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Amended and
Restated Owner Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005 (the “Agreement”), among FBR
Securitization, Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee
(the “Owner Trustee”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as securities administrator (the
“Securities Administrator”), in connection with the transfer by the transferor to the undersigned
as beneficial owner (the “Beneficial Owner”) of a 100% Percentage Interest in both the Ownership
Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
document have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
The Beneficial Owner hereby certifies that it has received a copy of the Agreement and that it
understands the restrictions on transferability of the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing
Strip Certificate set forth in Section 3.3 of the Agreement. In connection with the transfer of
the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate to the Beneficial Owner, the
Beneficial Owner represents and warrants that:
(A) It meets the qualifications of (1), (2) or (3) below:
(1) | REIT Status — ___(check if applicable) The Beneficial Owner is a single entity for federal income tax purposes that owns both the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate and (A) qualifies for taxation as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) within the meaning of Sections 856 and 857 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (B) is a qualified REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code (a “Qualified REIT Subsidiary”) or (C) is an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes and that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary; | ||
(2) | Financing Status — ___(check if applicable) The Beneficial Owner is a lender or repurchase agreement counterparty in a repurchase agreement or secured lending transaction that qualifies as a borrowing for federal income tax purposes; or | ||
(3) | Tax Opinion — ___(check if applicable) The Beneficial Owner is delivering herewith an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that, as of the transfer date, the Trust will not be treated as one or more taxable mortgage pools for federal income tax purposes and will not otherwise be subject to corporate income tax; and |
(B) The Beneficial Owner hereby acknowledges that under the terms of the Agreement, no transfer of
the Ownership Certificate and the Servicing Strip Certificate shall be permitted to be made to any
person unless the Certificate Registrar has received a certificate from such transferee to the
effect that such transferee meets the qualifications of (A)(1), (A)(2) or (A)(3) above.
[transferee name] |
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATE
THE RESIDUAL INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY THIS SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND
WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY THE HOLDER HEREOF ONLY TO (I) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT, IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT PURSUANT TO RULE
144A OR (II) AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2),
(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE ACT IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT
AND SUCH LAWS. NO PERSON IS OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS RESIDUAL INTEREST UNDER THE ACT OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NO TRANSFER OF THIS SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN SHALL BE MADE
UNLESS THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR HAS RECEIVED A REPRESENTATION FROM THE TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT
THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AND IS NOT USING THE ASSETS OF (A) A RETIREMENT PLAN OR AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A
GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR A CHURCH PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION
3(33) OF ERISA) OR OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE
OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE
(EACH, A “PLAN”) OR A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND IN WHICH SUCH PLANS ARE INVESTED, OR AN INSURANCE
COMPANY USING ASSETS OF SEPARATE OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS, WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS, OR ARE DEEMED
TO INCLUDE SUCH ASSETS, OR (B) ANY PERSON WHO IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PURCHASING SUCH CERTIFICATE
OR INTEREST THEREIN ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH “PLAN ASSETS” (AS DEFINED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
REGULATION AT 29 C.F.R. SECTION 25 10.3-101 OR CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS OF SIMILAR LAW) OF A PLAN.
THIS SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATE SHALL ONLY BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE.
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THE HOLDER OF THIS SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE INITIAL SERVICER MAY BE
REPLACED. IN SUCH EVENT, THE AMOUNT OF THE RETAINED SERVICING FEE MAY BE ADJUSTED, WHICH COULD
RESULT IN A SMALLER DIFFERENCE OR NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SERVICING FEE RATE AND THE AMOUNT
RETAINED BY A SERVICER.
NONE OF THE TRANSACTION PARTICIPANTS HAS ANY OBLIGATION TO SELECT THE LOWEST COST SUCCESSOR
SERVICER, AND THE SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATEHOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NO VESTED RIGHT TO THE
EXISTING SERVICING FEE DIFFERENTIAL.
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FBR SECURITIZATION TRUST 2005-1
SERVICING STRIP CERTIFICATE
No.
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ___(the “Owner”) is the registered owner of
the Servicing Strip Certificate of FBR Securitization Trust 2005-1 (the “Trust”) existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and created pursuant to the Trust Agreement, dated as of August 5,
2005 (the “Trust Agreement”) between FBR Securitization, Inc., as Depositor, and Wilmington Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its fiduciary capacity as owner trustee under
the Trust Agreement (the “Owner Trustee”), as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated
Owner Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005, by and among the Depositor, the Owner Trustee
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as securities administrator (as amended and restated,
the “Owner Trust Agreement”). This Servicing Strip Certificate entitles the holder to the
difference, if any, between the Servicing Fee Rate and the amount retained by a Servicer.
Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Owner Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer and not in its individual
capacity, has executed this Servicing Strip Certificate by one of its duly authorized signatories
as set forth below. This Servicing Strip Certificate is referred to in the Owner Trust Agreement
and is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Owner Trust
Agreement to which the holder of this Servicing Strip Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof agrees and by which the holder hereof is bound. Reference is hereby made to the Owner Trust
Agreement and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement for the rights of the holder of this Servicing
Strip Certificate, as well as for the terms and conditions of the Trust created by the Owner Trust
Agreement.
The holder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees not to transfer this Servicing Strip Certificate
except in accordance with terms and provisions of the Owner Trust Agreement.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual
capacity, has caused this Servicing Strip Certificate to be duly executed.
FBR SECURITIZATION TRUST 2005-1 | ||||||
By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Owner Trust Agreement | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
DATED: August 16, 2005 |
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Servicing Strip Certificate is referred to in the within-mentioned Owner Trust Agreement.
By: | XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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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
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
the within Servicing Strip Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
Attorney to transfer said
Servicing Strip Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated: _______________
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Signature Guaranteed: | ||||
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*/ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Servicing Strip 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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