FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC. Depositor CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. Seller and THE BANK OF NEW YORK Trustee POOLING AGREEMENT Dated as of May 31, 2006 FIRST HORIZON ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2006-RE1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH...
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
Depositor
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
Seller
and
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
Trustee
_____________________________________________________
Dated
as
of May 31, 2006
_____________________________________________________
FIRST
HORIZON ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2006-RE1
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-RE1
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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II CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND; REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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2.1 Conveyance of Trust Fund.
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SECTION
2.2 Acceptance by Trustee of the Trust Fund.
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2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Underlying
Certificates.
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SECTION
2.4 REMIC Matters.
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III COLLECTIONS ON THE UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES; DISTRIBUTIONS ON
THE
CERTIFICATES
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3.1 Collections on the Underlying Certificates; Distribution
Account.
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3.2 Distributions on the Certificates.
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3.3 Method of Distribution.
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3.4 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
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3.5 Separate Interest Distribution Account.
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3.6 Separate Interest Trust.
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ARTICLE
IV THE CERTIFICATES
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4.1 The Certificates.
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4.2 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
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4.3 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
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4.4 Persons Deemed Owners.
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SECTION
4.5 Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and
Addresses.
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4.6 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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ARTICLE
V THE DEPOSITOR
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5.1 Liabilities of the Depositor.
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5.2 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor.
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5.3 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others.
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ARTICLE
VI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION
6.1 Duties of Trustee.
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6.2 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
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SECTION
6.3 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or the Underlying
Certificates.
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6.4 Trustee May Own Certificates.
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6.5 Trustee’s Fees and Expenses.
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6.6 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
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6.7 Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
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6.8 Successor Trustee.
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6.9 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
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6.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
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6.11 Tax Matters.
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ARTICLE
VII TERMINATION
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7.1 Termination upon Optional Termination of the Underlying
Certificates.
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7.2 Final Distribution on the Certificates.
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7.3 Additional Termination Requirements.
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ARTICLE
VIII EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING
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8.1 Filing Obligations.
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8.2 Form 10-D Filings.
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8.3 Form 8-K Filings.
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8.4 Form 10-K Filings.
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8.5 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
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8.6 Form 15 Filing.
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8.7 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
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8.8 Amendments.
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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9.1 Amendment.
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9.2 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
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9.3 Governing Law.
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9.4 Intention of Parties.
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9.5 Notices.
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9.6 Severability of Provisions.
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9.7 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
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9.8 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
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SECTION
9.9 Limitations on Actions; No Proceedings.
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A:
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Form
of Class A-1 Certificate
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A-1
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Exhibit
B:
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Form
of Residual Certificate
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B-1
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Exhibit
C:
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Form
of Reverse of Certificates
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C-1
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Exhibit
D:
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Form
of Class X Certificate
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D-1
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Exhibit
E:
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Transfer
Affidavit
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E-1
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Exhibit
F:
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Form
of Transferor Certificate
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F-1
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Exhibit
G:
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Form
of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
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G-1
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Exhibit
H:
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Form
of Investment Letter (Rule 144A)
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H-1
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Exhibit
I:
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Form
of Annual Certification (Trustee)
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I-1
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Exhibit
J:
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List
of Item 1119 Parties
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J-1
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THIS
POOLING AGREEMENT, dated as of May 31, 2006, between FIRST HORIZON ASSET
SECURITIES INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”),
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., a Delaware corporation, as seller (the “Seller”)
and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking corporation organized under the laws of
the
State of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH
THAT
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
The
Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to the Trustee
in return for the Certificates. For federal income tax purposes, the Trust
Fund
(exclusive of the Underlying Yield Supplement Amounts) will consist of a single
REMIC. The Class A-1 Certificates will represent “regular interests” in the
REMIC. The Residual Certificates will represent the sole class of residual
interests in the REMIC, as described in Section 2.7. The “latest possible
maturity date” for federal income tax purposes of all REMIC regular interests
created hereby will be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
The
following table sets forth characteristics of the Certificates, together with
the minimum denominations and integral multiples in excess thereof in which
such
Classes shall be issuable (except that one Certificate of each Class of
Certificates may be issued in a different amount and, in addition, one Residual
Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person Certificate may be issued in
a
different amount):
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of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
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Class
Designation
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Initial
Class
Certificate
Balance
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Pass-Through
Rate
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Minimum
Denominations
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Integral
Multiples in Excess Minimum
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Class
A-1
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$________
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5.500%
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$25,000
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$1,000
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Class
A-R
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N/A(1)
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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(1)
The
Class A-R Certificates evidence the residual interest in the REMIC and will
not
have a Class Certificate Balance or a Pass-Through Rate.
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Accretion
Directed Certificates
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None.
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Accrual
Certificates
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None.
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Accrual
Components
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None.
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Book-Entry
Certificates
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All
Classes of Certificates other than the Physical
Certificates.
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Certificate
Group
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Not
Applicable.
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COFI
Certificates
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None.
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Component
Certificates
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None.
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Components
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None.
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Delay
Certificates
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All
interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other than the Non-Delay
Certificates, if any.
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ERISA-Restricted
Certificates
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The
Residual Certificates, Private Certificates and Certificates of any
Class
that no longer satisfy the applicable rating requirement of the
Underwriters’ Exemption, other than the ERISA Restricted Yield
Supplemented Certificates.
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Floating
Rate Certificates
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None.
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Group
I Senior Certificates
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Not
Applicable.
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Group
II Senior Certificates
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Not
Applicable.
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Inverse
Floating Rate Certificates
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None.
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LIBOR
Certificates
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None.
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NAS
Certificates
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None.
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Non-Delay
Certificates
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None.
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Notional
Amount Certificates
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None.
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Offered
Certificates
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All
Classes of Certificates other than the Physical
Certificates.
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Physical
Certificates
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The
Private Certificates.
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Planned
Principal Classes
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None.
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Principal
Only Certificates
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None.
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Private
Certificates
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The
Class X Certificates and the Residual Certificates.
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Rating
Agencies
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Fitch
and S&P.
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Regular
Certificates
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The
Class A-1 Certificates.
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Residual
Certificates
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The
Class A-R Certificates.
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Retail/Lottery
Certificates
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None.
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Scheduled
Certificates
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None.
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Senior
Certificates
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The
Offered Certificates.
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Senior
Mezzanine Certificates
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None.
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Subordinated
Certificates
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None.
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Super
Senior Certificates
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None.
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Support
Classes
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None.
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Targeted
Principal Classes
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None.
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Underwriter
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Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
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With
respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the corresponding
reference is “None,” all defined terms and provisions herein relating solely to
such designations shall be of no force or effect, and any calculations herein
incorporating references to such designations shall be interpreted without
reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms and provisions herein
relating to statistical rating agencies not designated above as Rating Agencies
shall be of no force or effect.
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ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever
used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accretion
Directed Certificates: Not applicable.
Accretion
Termination Date: Not applicable.
Accrual
Amount: Not applicable.
Accrual
Certificates: Not applicable.
Accrued
Certificate Interest: For any Class of Certificates entitled to distributions
of
interest for any Distribution Date, the interest accrued during the related
Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Class
Certificate Balance (or Notional Amount, in the case of the Notional Amount
Certificates) of such Class of Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date.
Additional
Designated Information: As defined in Section 8.2.
Agreement:
This Pooling Agreement and all amendments or supplements hereto.
Available
Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of
the
Available Interest Collections and the Available Principal Collections for
such
Distribution Date.
Available
Interest Collections: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Underlying
Certificates, all collections of interest received in respect of the Underlying
Certificates on such Distribution Date, excluding any Underlying Yield
Supplement Amounts.
Available
Principal Collections: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Underlying
Certificates, all collections of principal received in respect of the Underlying
Certificates on such Distribution Date.
Book-Entry
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business
Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which
banking institutions in the City of Dallas, or the State of Texas or the city
in
which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Certificate:
Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in substantially the forms
attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate
Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the
beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
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Certificate
Purchase Agreement: The Certificate Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31,
2006,
by and between Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., as seller, and First Horizon
Asset Securities Inc., as purchaser, as related to the transfer, sale and
conveyance of the Underlying Certificates.
Certificate
Principal Balance: With respect to any Certificate and as of any Distribution
Date, the Certificate Principal Balance on the date of the initial issuance
of
such Certificate, as reduced by:
(a) |
all
amounts distributed on previous Distribution Dates on such Certificate
on
account of principal, and
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the
principal portion of all Realized Losses previously allocated to
such
Certificate.
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Certificate
Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof.
Certificateholder
or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the
Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of giving any consent
pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the
Depositor or the Seller or any affiliate or agent of the Depositor or the Seller
shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite
amount of Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been
obtained; provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor)
owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates,
such
Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision
hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular
Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The Trustee is
entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or any
affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered
in
the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Certification
Party: As defined in Section 8.5.
Certifying
Person: As defined in Section 8.5.
Class:
All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set forth in the
Preliminary Statement.
Class
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of Certificates and as of any
Distribution Date the aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Closing
Date: May 31, 2006.
Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or amendatory
provisions.
Corporate
Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the State of New York
at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this
Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution
of
this Agreement is located at The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X,
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Attn: Corporate Trust, Resecuritization Unit - First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc. Series 2006-RE1), facsimile no. (000) 000-0000,
and which is the address to which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee
should be directed.
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Definitive
Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical Certificate and any
Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate pursuant to Section
5.2(e).
Delay
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Denomination:
With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the face thereof
as
the “Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate” or the Percentage Interest
appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor:
First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor
in
interest.
Depository:
The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, the nominee of
which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry
Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State
of
New York.
Depository
Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other
Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects book-entry transfers
and
pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination
Date: As to any Distribution Date, the earlier of (i) the third Business Day
after the 15th day of each month, and (ii) the second Business Day prior to
the
related Distribution Date.
Distribution
Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.5 in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and designated “The Bank of New York, in trust for registered
Holders of First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-RE1.” Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in
this
Agreement.
Distribution
Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution Date, 10:00 a.m. Central time
on
such Distribution Date.
Distribution
Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial issuance of the
Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day, commencing in June 2006.
XXXXX:
The SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.
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Eligible
Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company the short-term unsecured
debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust
company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt
obligations of such holding company) have the highest short-term ratings of
each
Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii)
an
account or accounts in a depository institution or trust company in which such
accounts are insured by the FDIC or the SAIF (to the limits established by
the
FDIC or the SAIF, as applicable) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts
are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered
to the Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim
with respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first priority security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution or trust company in which
such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained
with
(a) the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution
or (b) a trust company, acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other
account acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest,
and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts
maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA:
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA-Qualifying
Underwriting: With respect to any ERISA-Restricted Certificate, a best efforts
or firm commitment underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements
of the Underwriters’ Exemption.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Exchange
Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange
Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K required to be
filed by the Depositor with respect to the Trust Fund under the Exchange
Act.
Final
Scheduled Distribution Date: For all the Certificates is the Distribution Date
on which the Underlying Final Scheduled Distribution Date occurs.
FIRREA:
The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of
1989.
First
Horizon: First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, a Kansas corporation and an
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of First Horizon National Corporation, a
Tennessee corporation.
Fitch:
Fitch Ratings and its successors and/or assigns. If Fitch is designated as
a
Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 11.5(b)
the
address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance Group, or
such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to the Depositor.
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Form
10-D
Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, any material litigation or
governmental proceedings pending against such Person, or against any of the
Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Trustee or any Co-Trustee if such Person has
actual knowledge thereof.
Form
10-K
Disclosure Item: With respect to any Person, (a) any Form 10-D Disclosure Item,
and (b) any affiliations or relationships between such Person and any Item
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Party.
Indirect
Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other
Person that clears through or maintains a custodial relationship with a
Depository Participant.
Initial
Component Balance: Not applicable.
Interest
Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month of such Distribution
Date. With respect to any Non-Delay Certificates and any Distribution Date,
the
one month period commencing on the 25th day of the month preceding the month
in
which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the 24th day of the month
in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
Item
1119
Party: The Depositor, the Trustee, any originator identified in the Prospectus
Supplement and any other material transaction party, as identified in Exhibit
J
hereto, as updated pursuant to Section 8.4.
Latest
Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date following the third anniversary
of
the scheduled maturity date of the Underlying Mortgage Loans having the latest
scheduled maturity date as of the cut-off date specified in the Underlying
PSA.
Majority
in Interest: As to any Class of Regular Certificates, the Holders of
Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the aggregate, at least 51% of the
Percentage Interests evidenced by all Certificates of such Class.
Master
Servicer: First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, a Kansas corporation, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as master servicer of the Underlying
Mortgage Loans pursuant to the Underlying PSA.
Monthly
Statements: The statements to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant
to
Section 3.4.
Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors and/or assigns. If Xxxxx’x is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 11.5(b) the address for notices to Moody’s shall be Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address as Moody’s may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor.
Notice
of
Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to Section 9.2 to the
effect that final distribution on any of the Certificates shall be made only
upon presentation and surrender thereof.
Offered
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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Officer’s
Certificate: A Certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman of the Board, the President, a Managing Director, a Vice President
(however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the
Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the
Depositor.
Opinion
of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Depositor,
including, in-house counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; provided,
however, that with respect to the interpretation or application of the REMIC
Provisions, such counsel must (i) in fact be independent of the Depositor,
(ii)
not have any direct financial interest in the Depositor or in any affiliate
thereof, and (iii) not be connected with the Depositor as an officer, employee,
promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar
functions.
Optional
Termination: The termination of the trust created hereunder in connection with
the purchase of the Underlying Certificates pursuant to Section 9.1(a)
hereof.
Outstanding:
With respect to the Certificates as of any date of determination, all
Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under this Agreement
except:
(a) |
Certificates
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; and
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(b) |
Certificates
in exchange for which or in lieu of which other Certificates have
been
executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.
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Ownership
Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership interest in such
Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof
and
any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
Pass-Through
Rate: For any interest bearing Class of Certificates, the per annum rate set
forth or calculated in the manner described in the Preliminary
Statement.
Percentage
Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest evidenced thereby
in
distributions required to be made on the related Class, such percentage interest
being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the percentage obtained by
dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the
Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted
Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following obligations and
securities:
(i)
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obligations
of the United States or any agency thereof, provided such obligations
are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
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(ii)
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general
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of the United
States
or the District of Columbia receiving the highest long-term debt
rating of
each Rating Agency;
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(iii)
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commercial
or finance company paper which is then receiving the highest commercial
or
finance company paper rating of each Rating
Agency;
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(iv)
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certificates
of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers’ acceptances issued by any
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws
of the
United States or of any state thereof and subject to supervision
and
examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, provided
that the
commercial paper and/or long term unsecured debt obligations of such
depository institution or trust company (or in the case of the principal
depository institution in a holding company system, the commercial
paper
or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company,
but only
if Xxxxx’x is not a Rating Agency) are then rated one of the two highest
long-term and/or the highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency
for
such securities;
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(v)
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demand
or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any bank or
trust
company or savings institution to the extent that such deposits are
fully
insured by the FDIC and receiving the highest short-term debt rating
of
each Rating Agency;
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(vi)
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guaranteed
reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance company or
other
corporation and receiving the highest short-term debt rating of each
Rating Agency and containing, at the time of the issuance of such
agreements, such terms and conditions as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates
by either Rating Agency;
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(vii)
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repurchase
obligations with respect to any security described in clauses (i)
and (ii)
above, in either case entered into with a depository institution
or trust
company (acting as principal) described in clause (iv)
above;
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(viii)
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securities
(other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or instruments sold
at a
purchase price in excess of 115% of the face amount thereof) bearing
interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which, at
the
time of such investment, have one of the two highest ratings of each
Rating Agency (except if the Rating Agency is Moody’s or S&P, such
rating shall be the highest commercial paper rating of Moody’s or S&P,
as applicable, for any such
securities);
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(ix)
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units
of a taxable money-market portfolio having the highest rating assigned
by
each Rating Agency (except if Fitch is a Rating Agency and has not
rated
the portfolio, the highest rating assigned by Moody’s) and restricted to
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America
or
entities whose obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the
United States of America and repurchase agreements collateralized
by such
obligations; and
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(x)
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such
other investments bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable
to
each Rating Agency as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal
of
the rating then assigned to the Certificates by either Rating Agency,
as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating
Agency;
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provided that
no such
instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument evidences the
right to receive interest only payments with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument.
Permitted
Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing,
(ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any agency or
instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization (except
certain farmers’ cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code) which is
exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by
section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess
inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(l) of the Code) with respect to any
Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described
in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an “electing large partnership” as
defined in section 775 of the Code, (vi) a Person that is not (a) a citizen
or
resident of the United States, (b) a corporation, partnership, or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, (c) an estate whose income from sources
without the United States is includible in gross income for United States
federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of
a
trade or business within the United States or (d) a trust if a court within
the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration
of
the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control
all substantial decisions of the trust, unless such Person has furnished the
transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8ECI or any applicable successor form, and (vii) any other Person so
designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer
of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause
any
REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding; provided, however, that if a person is classified
as a partnership under the Code, such person shall only be a Permitted
Transferee if all of its beneficial owners are described in subclauses (a),
(b),
(c) or (d) of clause (vi) and the governing documents of such person prohibits
a
transfer of any interest in such person to any person described in clause (vi).
The terms “United States,” “State” and “International Organization” shall have
the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.
A
corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States
or of
any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected
by
such government unit.
Person:
Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government, or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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Plan:
An
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to
Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code or any entity whose
underlying assets include such plan’s or arrangement’s assets by reason of their
investment in the entity.
Private
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Prospectus:
The Prospectus dated April 20, 2006 generally relating to mortgage pass-through
certificates to be sold by the Depositor from time to time.
Prospectus
Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated May 26, 2006, relating to the
Offered Certificates.
Rating
Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the Preliminary Statement.
If
any such organization or a successor is no longer in existence, “Rating Agency”
shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or other
comparable Person, as is designated by the Depositor, notice of which
designation shall be given to the Trustee. References herein to a given rating
category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating category without giving
effect to any modifiers.
Record
Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the last
Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.
Reference
Bank: A leading bank with an established place of business in London engaged
in
transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market,
not controlled by, or under the common control with, the Trustee.
Regular
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Regulation
AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to
such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the SEC in the
adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518,
70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the SEC, or as
may
be provided by the SEC or its staff from time to time.
REMIC:
A
“real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of section 860D of
the Code.
REMIC
Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final regulation, revenue ruling,
revenue procedure or other official announcement or interpretation relating
to
REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the Closing Date.
REMIC
Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate
mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through 860G of
Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time
as
well as provisions of applicable state laws.
Reportable
Event: Any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any event, the
following:
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(a) entry
into a definitive agreement related to the Trust Fund, the Certificates or
the
Underlying Certificates, or an amendment to a Transaction Document, even if
the
Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with
a
servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(b) termination
of this Agreement or any other document entered into in connection with the
Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Underlying Certificates (other than by
expiration of the applicable agreement on its stated termination date or as
a
result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement), even
if the Depositor is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement
with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(c) with
respect to the Depositor only, if the Depositor becomes aware of any bankruptcy
or receivership with respect to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Co-Trustee,
any
enhancement or support provider contemplated by Items 1114(b) or 1115 of
Regulation AB, or any other material party contemplated by Item 1101(d)(1)
of
Regulation AB;
(d) the
occurrence of an early amortization, performance trigger or other
event;
(e) the
resignation, removal, replacement, substitution of the Trustee or any
Co-Trustee;
(f) with
respect to the Depositor only, if the Depositor becomes aware that (i) any
material enhancement or support specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of
Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB that was previously applicable
regarding one or more classes of the Certificates has terminated other than
by
expiration of the contract on its stated termination date or as a result of
all
parties completing their obligations under such agreement; (ii) any material
enhancement specified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item
1115 of Regulation AB has been added with respect to one or more classes of
the
Certificates; or (iii) any existing material enhancement or support specified
in
Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) of Regulation AB or Item 1115 of Regulation AB
with
respect to one or more classes of the Certificates has been materially amended
or modified; and
(g) a
required distribution to Holders of the Certificates is not made as of the
required Distribution Date under this Agreement.
Residual
Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible
Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice President, any
Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any Trust
Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and having
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also to
whom,
with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification: As defined in Section 8.5.
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SEC:
The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller:
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., a [Delaware] corporation, and its successors
and
assigns, in its capacity as seller of the Underlying Certificates pursuant
to
the Certificate Purchase Agreement.
Separate
Interest Distribution Account: A fund created as part of the Separate Interest
Trust pursuant to Section 3.5(a) of this Agreement.
Separate
Interest Trust: A trust created pursuant to Section 3.6(a) of this
Agreement.
Servicing
Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB.
S&P:
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and its
successors and/or assigns. If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the
Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address for notices
to S&P shall be Standard & Poor’s, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or such
other
address as S&P may hereafter furnish to the Depositor.
Startup
Day: The Closing Date.
Tax
Matters Person: The person designated as “tax matters person” in the manner
provided under Treasury regulation § 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulation §
301.6231(a)(7)-1. Initially, the Tax Matters Person shall be the
Trustee.
Tax
Matters Person Certificate: The Class I-A-R Certificates with a Denomination
of
$0.01.
Transfer:
Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate.
Trust
Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of (i) the Underlying
Certificates and all collections received by the Trustee on or with respect
thereto after the Closing Date, other than the Underlying Yield Supplement
Amounts; (ii) all of the Depositor’s rights as purchaser under the Certificate
Purchase Agreement; (iii) the Distribution Account and all amounts deposited
therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement; and (iv) all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
foregoing.
Trustee:
The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a successor trustee is appointed
hereunder, such successor.
Underlying
Certificates: An 82.29% interest in the Class I-A-1 Certificates and a 63.71%
interest in the Class I-A-3 Certificates, each issued pursuant to the Underlying
PSA.
Underlying
Final Scheduled Distribution Date: The last scheduled distribution date for
the
Underlying Certificates as described in the Underlying Prospectus
Supplement.
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Underlying
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the holders of the Underlying
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.6 of the Underlying PSA.
Underlying
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated March 28, 2005 to the
Prospectus dated February 25, 2005 with respect to the offering of the
Underlying Certificates.
Underlying
PSA: The Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2005 by and among
the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to which the
Underlying Certificates were issued.
Underlying
Yield Supplement Amount: 63.71% of the “Class I-A-1/Class I-A-2 Yield Supplement
Amount” as such term is defined in the Underlying PSA.
Underwriter:
As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Underwriters’
Exemption: An individual administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department
of Labor to the Underwriter providing exceptions from some of the prohibited
transaction rules of ERISA with respect to the initial purchase, the holding
and
the subsequent resale by employee benefit plans in certificates in pass-through
trusts having assets and meeting conditions described therein, as amended by
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000-58 (65 Fed. Reg. 67765, November 13,
2000), as amended, and Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41 (67 Fed. Reg.
54487, August 22, 2002), as amended (or any successor thereto), or any
substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department
of
Labor.
Voting
Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is
allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of determination, (a) 99% of all
Voting Rights will be allocated among all Holders of the Certificates, other
than the Class A-R Certificates, in proportion to their then outstanding Class
Certificate Balance; and (b) 1.0% of all voting rights will be allocated among
the Holders of the Class A-R Certificates (such Voting Rights to be allocated
among the Holders of Certificates of such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests).
ARTICLE
II
CONVEYANCE
OF TRUST FUND;
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
2.1 Conveyance
of Trust Fund.
The
Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells,
transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund together with the Depositor’s
right to require the Seller to cure any breach of a representation or
warranty made by the Seller pursuant to the Certificate Purchase
Agreement.
SECTION
2.2 Acceptance
by Trustee of the Trust Fund.
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The
Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Underlying Certificates and the other assets
constituting the Trust Fund and declares that it will hold the Underlying
Certificates and such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund in trust
for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
SECTION
2.3 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Underlying Certificates.
The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with respect to each
Underlying Certificate as of the date hereof or such other date set forth herein
that as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer of the Underlying
Certificates to it pursuant to the Certificate Purchase Agreement and
immediately prior to the conveyance of the Underlying Certificates by it to
the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, the Depositor had good title to the
Underlying Certificates (excluding any Underlying Yield Supplement Amounts
payable in respect thereof), free and clear of any liens, offsets, defenses
or
counterclaims.
It
is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
this
Section 2.3 shall survive delivery of the Underlying Certificates to the
Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach of the
foregoing representation and warranty (referred to herein as a “breach”), which
breach materially and adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others
and to each Rating Agency.
SECTION
2.4 REMIC
Matters.
The
Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and “latest possible maturity
date” for federal income tax purposes of all REMIC regular interests created
hereby. The Class A-R Certificates shall be the sole class of residual interest
in the REMIC created hereunder. The “Startup Day” for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The Tax Matters Person with respect to
the
REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax Matters
Person Certificate. The REMIC’s taxable year shall be the calendar year and its
accounts shall be maintained using the accrual method.
ARTICLE
III
COLLECTIONS
ON THE UNDERLYING CERTIFICATES; DISTRIBUTIONS
ON THE CERTIFICATES
ON THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION
3.1 Collections
on the Underlying Certificates; Distribution Account.
(a) |
The
Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the Certificateholders,
the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt,
deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the
following:
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(i) |
the
Available Funds collected in respect of the Underlying Certificates
on
each Distribution Date; and
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(ii) |
any
other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be deposited
in
the Distribution Account.
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All
funds
deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the Trustee in trust
for
the related Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this
Agreement. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from
the Distribution Account at the direction of the Depositor.
(b) |
The
funds on deposit in the Distribution Account from time to time shall
remain uninvested.
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(c) |
On
each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw funds from the
Distribution Account for distributions to the related Certificateholders
in the manner specified in this Agreement; provided that the Trustee
will
withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any taxes that
it is
authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of Section
6.11 of
this Agreement.
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SECTION
3.2 Distributions
on the Certificates.
(a) |
On
each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw the Available
Interest
Collections from the Distribution Account and apply such funds in
the
following order and priority and, in each case, to the extent of
Available
Interest Collections remaining:
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(i) |
to
the Depositor and/or the Trustee, as applicable, any amounts owed
to such
Persons as payment for or reimbursement of their respective expenses
and
indemnities under Sections 5.3 and 6.2 of this
Agreement;
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(ii) |
to
the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Accrued Certificate
Interest on such Class for such Distribution Date;
and
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(iii) |
to
the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, any Accrued Certificate
Interest thereon remaining undistributed from previous Distribution
Dates.
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(b) |
On
each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw the Available
Principal
Collections from the Distribution Account and shall distribute such
funds
to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates in reduction of the
Class
Certificate Balance thereof.
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(c) |
On
each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute to the Holders
of the
Class A-R Certificates any Available Funds remaining in the REMIC
created
hereunder for such Distribution Date after application of all amounts
described in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section
3.2.
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SECTION
3.3 Method
of
Distribution.
(a) |
All
distributions with respect to each Class of Certificates on each
Distribution Date shall be made pro
rata
among the outstanding Certificates of such Class, based on the Percentage
Interest in such Class represented by each Certificate. Payments
to the
Certificateholders on each Distribution Date will be made by the
Trustee
to the Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by
check or
money order mailed to a Certificateholder at the address appearing
in the
Certificate Register, or upon written request by such Certificateholder
to
the Trustee made not later than the applicable Record Date, by wire
transfer to a U.S. depository institution acceptable to the Trustee,
or by
such other means of payment as such Certificateholder and the Trustee
shall agree.
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(b) |
Each
distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid
to the
Depository, which shall credit the amount of such distribution to
the
accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal
procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for
disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents
and to each financial intermediary for which it acts as agent. Each
such
financial intermediary shall be responsible for disbursing funds
to the
Certificate Owners that it represents. All such credits and disbursements
with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate are to be made by the Depository
and the Depository Participants in accordance with the provisions
of the
applicable Certificates. The Trustee shall not have any responsibility
therefor except as otherwise provided by applicable
law.
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(c) |
The
Trustee shall withhold or cause to be withheld such amounts as it
reasonably determines are required by the Code (giving full effect
to any
exemptions from withholding and related certifications required to
be
furnished by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners and any reductions
to withholding by virtue of any bilateral tax treaties and any applicable
certification required to be furnished by Certificateholders or
Certificate Owners with respect thereto) from distributions to be
made to
Non-U.S. Persons. If the Trustee reasonably determines that a more
accurate determination of the amount required to be withheld for
a
distribution can be made within a reasonable period after the scheduled
date for such distribution, it may hold such distribution in trust
for a
Holder of a Residual Certificate until such determination can be
made. For
the purposes of this paragraph, a “Non-U.S. Person” is (i) an individual
other than a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a partnership,
corporation or entity treated as a partnership or corporation for
U.S.
federal income tax purposes not formed under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (unless, in
the case
of a partnership, Treasury regulations provide otherwise), (iii)
any
estate, the income of which is not subject to U.S. federal income
taxation, regardless of source, and (iv) any trust, other than a
trust
that a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more
U.S.
Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of
the
trust.
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SECTION
3.4 Monthly
Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) |
Not
later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare and
cause to
be forwarded by first class mail to each Certificateholder, the Depositor
and each Rating Agency the Underlying Monthly Statement for such
Distribution Date and a statement that complies with Item 1121 of
Regulation AB setting forth, among other things, with respect to
the
related distribution:
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(i) |
the
amount thereof allocable to
principal;
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(ii) |
the
amount thereof allocable to
interest;
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(iii) |
if
the distribution to the Holders of a Class of Certificates is less
than
the full amount that would be distributable to such Holders if there
were
sufficient Available Funds, the amount of the shortfall and the allocation
thereof as between principal and
interest;
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(iv) |
the
amount of expenses and indemnities paid or reimbursed to the Depositor
and/or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(1);
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(v) |
the
Class Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates after giving
effect to the distribution of principal on such Distribution Date;
and
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(vi) |
the
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates with respect to
such
Distribution Date.
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(b) |
In
lieu of, or in addition to, furnishing the Monthly Statements by
first
class mail as provided in subparagraph (a) above, the Trustee may
post the
Monthly Statements on its website located at
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
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(c) |
The
Trustee’s responsibility for disbursing the Monthly Statements to the
Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and
accuracy
of the Underlying Monthly
Statements.
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(d) |
Within
a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year,
the
Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time
during
the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing
the
information set forth in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this Section
3.4
aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the
Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant
to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
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SECTION
3.5 Separate
Interest Distribution Account.
(a) |
On
the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish and maintain in its
name, in
trust for the benefit of the holders of the Class X Certificates,
the
Separate Interest Distribution Account. The Separate Interest Distribution
Account shall be an Eligible Account, and funds on deposit therein
shall
be held separate and apart from, and shall not be commingled with,
any
other moneys, including without limitation other moneys of the Trustee
held pursuant to this Agreement. The Separate Interest Distribution
Account shall be an asset of the Separate Interest Trust.
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(b) |
On
each Distribution Date, after the deposit of Underlying Yield Supplement
Amounts, if any, into the Separate Interest Distribution Account
on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.6(b), the Trustee will distribute
any Underlying Yield Supplement Amount to the holders of the Class
X
Certificates.
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(c) |
Funds
in the Separate Interest Distribution Account shall not be invested.
The
Owner of the Class X Certificates shall own the Separate Interest
Distribution Account for federal income tax
purposes.
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SECTION
3.6 Separate
Interest Trust.
(a) |
The
Seller hereby creates a trust, separate from the Trust, for the benefit
of
the holders of the Class X Certificates (such trust is referred to
herein
as the “Separate Interest Trust”) and hereby transfers, assigns and
conveys the sum of $1.00 and all of its right, title and interest
in and
to the Underlying Yield Supplement Amounts into the Separate Interest
Trust. The Separate Interest Distribution Account will be an asset
of the
Separate Interest Trust. The Trustee shall be the trustee of the
Separate
Interest Trust. The Separate Interest Trust shall not be an asset
of the
Trust Fund.
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(b) |
The
Trustee shall deposit into the Separate Interest Distribution Account
any
and all Underlying Yield Supplement Amounts received from time to
time in
respect of the Underlying
Certificates.
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(c) |
On
the Closing Date, the Separate Interest Trust will issue the Class
X
Certificates in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D.
The Class X Certificates will evidence an undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the Separate Interest Trust. Upon termination of the
Certificates, following application by the Trustee of funds on the
applicable Distribution Date to pay amounts owed pursuant to Section
3.5(b) hereof, the Trustee shall terminate the Separate Interest
Distribution Account and the Separate Interest Trust. Upon termination
of
the Separate Interest Distribution Account and the Separate Interest
Trust, any amounts remaining in the Separate Interest Distribution
Account
after distribution of Underlying Yield Supplement Amounts, if any,
owed to
the holders of the Class X Certificates, shall be distributed to
the
Seller.
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ARTICLE
IV
THE
CERTIFICATES
SECTION
4.1 The
Certificates.
The
Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum
denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that one Certificate
in each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be in excess of
the
applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate denominations per Class set
forth
in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject
to Section 9.2 hereof respecting the final distribution on the Certificates,
on
each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to each
Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a
bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such Holder
has
so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the related Record
Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) 100% of the Class Certificate Balance
of any Class of Certificates or (B) Certificates of any Class with aggregate
principal Denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed
by
first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder
appearing in the Certificate Register.
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The
Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of
the
Trustee by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the countersignature and delivery of such Certificates
or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No Certificate shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose,
unless countersigned by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered hereunder.
All Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature. On the
Closing Date, the Trustee shall countersign the Certificates to be issued at
the
direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The
Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee on a continuous
basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
SECTION
4.2 Certificate
Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
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The
Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance with
the
provisions of Section 5.6 hereof, a Certificate Register for the
Trust
Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c)
below
and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall
provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute
and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or
more new Certificates of the same Class and aggregate Percentage
Interest.
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At
the
option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the
same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever any Certificates
are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate, and
deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or
his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
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No
service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any registration
of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All
Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with the
Trustee’s customary procedures.
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No
transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such transfer
is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such state securities
laws.
In the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption
from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance
with
the Securities Act and such laws, any Holder of a Private Certificate
(other than a Private Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate)
desiring to effect such transfer and such Certificateholder’s prospective
transferee shall each certify to the Trustee in writing the facts
surrounding the transfer in substantially the forms set forth in
Exhibit F
(the “Transferor Certificate”) and (i) deliver a letter in substantially
the form of either Exhibit G (the “Investment Letter”) or Exhibit H (the
“Rule 144A Letter”) or (ii) there shall be delivered to the Trustee at the
expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer
may be
made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act.
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Each
Holder of a Private Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate, by its
acquisition thereof (or a beneficial interest therein), shall be deemed to
have
represented and warranted for the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer and
the
Trustee that (a) it understands that the Private Certificates are not being
registered under the Securities Act, or any state securities laws and are being
transferred to it in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and any such laws, (b) it has such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Private Certificates,
(c)
it has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Private Certificates and all matters
relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to its decision
to purchase the Private Certificates, (d) neither it, nor any anyone acting
on
its behalf, has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of
the
Private Certificates or any interest therein, or solicited any offer to buy
or
accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Private Certificates
or
any interest therein from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect
to
the Private Certificates or any interest therein with, any person in any manner,
or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
other
manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a distribution of
the
Private Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render the
disposition of the Private Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the
Securities Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act, nor
has it authorized or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with
respect to the Private Certificates, (e) it is a “qualified institutional buyer”
as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), (f)
it is aware that the sale of the Private Certificates to it is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A, (g) it is acquiring the Private Certificates for its
own
account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and it understands that the Private
Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (A) to a person whom
it
reasonably believes 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 (B) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the
Securities Act; and (h) it understands that no representation is made as to
the
availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144A for resales of the Private
Certificates.
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The
Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding
the
related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall
be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule
144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate without registration thereof
under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by
Rule
144A. The Trustee shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule
144A
information referenced in the preceding sentence, including providing to the
Depositor such information regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and
other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request
to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private
Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and by its acceptance of
a
Private Certificate does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the
Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt
or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No
transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate (in the form of a Definitive
Certificate) shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received a Transferor
Certificate from the related transferor and either (i) a representation from
the
transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private
Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee’s receipt of a
representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit
G
or Exhibit H), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit
plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement
subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such
plan or arrangement, nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to
effect such transfer, (ii) in the case of a Private Certificate (that has been
subject to an ERISA-Qualified Underwriting) or a Residual Certificate, if the
purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an
insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained
in
an “insurance company general account” (as such term is defined in Section V(e)
of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (“PTCE 95-60”)) and that the
purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and
III
of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate
presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject
to
ERISA, or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such
plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement,
or
using such plan’s or arrangement’s assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to
the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee to the effect
that the purchase or holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not
result in prohibited transactions under Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975
of
the Code and will not subject the Trustee or the Depositor to any obligation
in
addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer
of
an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA or to the Code without the delivery to the Trustee of an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be
void
and of no effect.
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Each
Holder of a Private Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate, by its
acquisition thereof (or a beneficial interest therein) shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted for the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Trustee and the other Certificateholders, that (a) it is not an employee benefit
plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA, or a plan or
arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, nor is it acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement
or
using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition,
or
(b) if it is an insurance company, in the case of Private Certificates that
have
been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, it is purchasing the
Private Certificates with funds contained in an “insurance company general
account” (as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
95-60 (“PTCE 95-60”)) and its purchase and holding of the Private Certificates
are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60.
To
the
extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA),
the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration
of
transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted
by
this Section 5.2(b) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under
the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the
Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. The Trustee shall be
entitled, but not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA-Restricted
Certificate that was in fact a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of any such
Plan any payments made on such ERISA-Restricted Certificate at and after either
such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Holder of such Certificate that
is not such a Plan or Person acting on behalf of a Plan.
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Each
Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions,
and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a
Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following
provisions:
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(i) |
Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify
the
Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted
Transferee.
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(ii) |
No
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be registered on
the
Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not
register
the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in addition to the
certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph
(b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with an affidavit
(a
“Transfer Affidavit”) of the initial owner or the proposed transferee in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit E and with a certificate of the
proposed transferor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
F.
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(iii) |
Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any
other
Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest
in
a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person
for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection
with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer
its
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer
of
an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person
if it
has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted
Transferee.
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(iv) |
Any
attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 5.2(c)
shall be
absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported
Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of
a
Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.2(c), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored
to
all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration
of
Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under
no
liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.2(b) and this
Section 5.2(c) or for making any payments due on such Certificate
to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was
registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and, in the case of a Residual Certificate which is also
a
Private Certificate, either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment
Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder
of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee
at
the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became
other
than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Residual
Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered
by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the
last
preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
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(v) |
The
Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon receipt
of
written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to compute
any
tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer
of
an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who
is not a
Permitted Transferee.
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The
restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this Section
5.2(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend on a
Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring after
delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall
not be an expense of the Trust Fund or the Trustee, to the effect that the
elimination of such restrictions will not cause the REMIC created hereunder
to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding
or
result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder
or
another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a
Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which,
based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary
(a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in,
a
Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person
that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel
the
Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) |
The
preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions referred
to
above in this Section 5.2 in connection with transfer shall be at
the
expense of the parties to such
transfers.
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(e) |
Except
as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times
remain
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all
times:
(i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee
except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with
respect
to ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii)
ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates
on
the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules
established by the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its
usual
and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants;
(v) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository, Depository Participants
and indirect participating firms as representatives of the Certificate
Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising
the
rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions
for
and votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be inconsistent
if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and
(vi)
the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect
to
indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such
indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate
Owners.
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All
transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in
accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or
brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant
shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents
or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the
Depository’s normal procedures.
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If
(x)
(i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is unable
to locate a qualified successor, (y) the Depositor at its option advises the
Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through
the
Depository or (z) Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the Class
Certificate Balance of the Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee
and the Depository through the Depository Participants in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository is no longer in
the
best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all
Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event
and of the availability of definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the
“Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to the Trustee of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the
Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor
the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and each
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory
of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive
Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein
to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed
to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with
respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder; provided
that the Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations
become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the
Depository.
SECTION
4.3 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If
(a)
any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by it to save it harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to
the Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Trustee shall execute, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate
of like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance
of
any new Certificate under this Section 5.3, the Trustee may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence
of ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION
4.4 Persons
Deemed Owners.
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The
Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose
of
receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION
4.5 Access
to
List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.
If
three
or more Certificateholders or Certificate Owners (a) request such information
in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders or Certificate
Owners desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to
their
rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy
of
the communication which such Certificateholders or Certificate Owners propose
to
transmit, or if the Depositor shall request such information in writing from
the
Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt
of
such request, provide the Depositor or such Certificateholders or Certificate
Owners at such recipients’ expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The Depositor
and every Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, by receiving and holding
a
Certificate, agree that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason
of
the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders
hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.
SECTION
4.6 Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
The
Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an office or
offices or agency or agencies in New York City where Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially
designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The Trustee will give
prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location
of any such office or agency.
ARTICLE
V
THE
DEPOSITOR
SECTION
5.1 Liabilities
of the Depositor.
The
Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the
obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon and undertaken by it
herein.
SECTION
5.2 Merger
or
Consolidation of the Depositor.
The
Depositor will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as
a
corporation under the laws of the United States or under the laws of one of
the
states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement and to perform its respective duties under
this
Agreement.
Any
Person into which the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor shall be
a
party, or any person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, shall be
the
successor of the Depositor hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
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SECTION
5.3 Limitation
on Liability of the Depositor and Others.
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None
of the Depositor or any of its directors, officers, employees or
agents
shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided,
however,
that this provision shall not protect the Depositor or any such Person
against any breach of representations or warranties made by it herein
or
protect the Depositor or any such Person from any liability which
would
otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith
or gross
negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard
of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor may rely in good faith
on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted
by any
Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor and
any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor shall be indemnified
by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or
expense
incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding
relating to a governmental taxing authority or any legal action relating
to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability
or
expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of
reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor shall
have no
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
is not
incidental to its respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion
may
involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the
Depositor may in its discretion undertake any such action that it
may deem
necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights
and
duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and
costs
of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses,
costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor shall
be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the applicable subaccount
of the
Distribution Account.
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ARTICLE
VI
CONCERNING
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION
6.1 Duties
of
Trustee.
The
Trustee shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement. In the performance of those duties,
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of
such person’s own affairs.
The
Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions,
reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee that
are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in the form required
by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be responsible
for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement,
opinion, report, document, order or other instrument. If any such instrument
is
found not to conform in any material respect to the requirements of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders of such instrument
in
the event that the Trustee, after so requesting, does not receive a
satisfactorily corrected instrument.
The
Trustee is hereby directed to execute and deliver to The Depository Trust
Company the Issuer Letter of Representations dated as of the Closing Date on
behalf of the trust created hereunder. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees
that the Trustee is executing and delivering the Issuer Letter of
Representations on behalf of the trust created hereunder and shall do so solely
in its capacity as Trustee and not in its individual capacity.
No
provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its
own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) |
the
duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely
by the
express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee
and the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates
or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of
this Agreement which it believed in good faith to be genuine and
to have
been duly executed by the proper authorities respecting any matters
arising hereunder;
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the
Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good
faith by
a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless
it
shall be finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the
pertinent facts;
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the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered
or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this
Agreement;
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the
Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise
incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there
is
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds
or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured
to it,
and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any
event
require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner
of
performance of, any of the obligations of the Depositor under this
Agreement; and
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without
limiting the generality of this Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have
no
duty (A) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Agreement
or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or
continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see
to the
maintenance of any such recording or filing or deposit or to any
rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see
to any
insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment,
or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind
owing
with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust
Fund
other than from funds available in the Distribution Account (D) to
confirm
or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Servicer
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement believed by the
Trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper
party or parties.
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SECTION
6.2 Certain
Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 6.1:
(i) |
the
Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be protected in acting
or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers’ Certificate,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond
or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or
presented by the proper party or parties and the Trustee shall have
no
responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any signature
of
any such party or parties;
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the
Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or accountants
and
the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or accountants
and any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in
good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of
Counsel;
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the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by
it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Agreement;
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the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond
or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by Holders
of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated
to each Class of Certificates; provided, however, that if the payment
within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement,
the
Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
such
cost, expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action.
The
reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid to the
Trustee
out of Available Funds or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be reimbursed
to
the Trustee out of Available Funds.
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the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, accountants
or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct
or
negligence on the part of such agent, accountant or attorney appointed
by
the Trustee with due care;
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the
Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own funds or
otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall
have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to
it;
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the
Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment of funds
pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment
security);
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the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts,
rights
or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute, conduct
or
defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request,
order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to
the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall
have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory
to
the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may
be
incurred therein or thereby;
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the
right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated
in this
Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall
not be
answerable for other than its gross negligence or willful misconduct
in
the performance of such act; and
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the
Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect
of the
execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or the powers granted
hereunder.
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SECTION
6.3 Trustee
Not Liable for Certificates or the Underlying Certificates.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Underlying
Certificate or related document, other than with respect to the Trustee’s
execution and counter-signature of the Certificates.
SECTION
6.4 Trustee
May Own Certificates.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Trustee.
SECTION
6.5 Trustee’s
Fees and Expenses.
The
Trustee fee for the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Seller
in the form of a lump sum payment to the Trustee on or prior to the Closing
Date. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee
shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees) (i) incurred in
connection with any claim or legal action relating to (a) this Agreement, (b)
the Certificates or (c) in connection with the performance of any of the
Trustee’s duties hereunder, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred
by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of any of the Trustee’s duties hereunder or incurred by reason of
any action of the Trustee taken at the direction of the Certificateholders
and
(ii) resulting from any error in any tax or information return prepared by
the
Depositor. Such indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or
the
resignation or removal of the Trustee hereunder. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Trustee shall not be entitled to payment or reimbursement for any
routine ongoing expenses incurred by the Trustee in the ordinary course of
its
duties as Trustee, Registrar, Tax Matters Person or Paying Agent hereunder
or
for any other expenses.
SECTION
6.6 Eligibility
Requirements for Trustee.
The
Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized
and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of America,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating which would
not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then current
ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such security from time to
time
as is sufficient to avoid such reduction). If such corporation or association
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the
purposes of this Section 6.6 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the
provisions of this Section 6.6, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.7 hereof. The entity serving
as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor
and its affiliates; provided, however, that such entity cannot be an affiliate
of the Depositor.
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SECTION
6.7 Resignation
and Removal of Trustee.
The
Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created
by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor and each Rating Agency
not less than 60 days before the date specified in such notice when, subject
to
Section 6.8, such resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor
trustee in accordance with Section 6.8 meeting the qualifications set forth
in
Section 6.6. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have
been
so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving
of
such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
As
a
condition to the effectiveness of any such resignation, at least 15 calendar
days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Trustee shall provide
(x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section
and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect
to
the resignation of the Trustee.
If
at any
time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.6 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request
thereto by the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting,
or
shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or
of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, (iii)(A) a tax is imposed with
respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund
is
located, (B) the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment
of a
different trustee and (C) the Trustee fails to indemnify the Trust Fund against
such tax, or (iv) during the period that the Depositor is required to file
Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee fails to comply
with its obligations under the last sentence of Section 7.1, Section 6.9 or
Article X and such failure is not remedied within the lesser of ten (10)
calendar days or such period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can
be
filed timely (without taking into account any extensions), then, in the case
of
clauses (i) through (iii), then the Depositor may remove the Trustee and appoint
a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee and one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the successor trustee.
The
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights may at
any
time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument
or
instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact
duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered by
the
successor Trustee to the Depositor, one complete set to the Trustee so removed
and one complete set to the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of
the
Trustee shall be given to each Rating Agency by the Successor
Trustee.
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Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.7 shall become effective
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
6.8 hereof.
SECTION
6.8 Successor
Trustee.
Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.7 hereof shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation
or
removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor
trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor
hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The
Depositor and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments
and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and
certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such rights,
powers, duties, and obligations.
No
successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.8
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 6.6 hereof and its appointment shall not
adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section
6.8, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder
to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice
within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Depositor.
SECTION
6.9 Merger
or
Consolidation of Trustee.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions
of Section 6.6 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The
Trustee shall provide (x) written notice to the Depositor of any successor
due
to merger or consolidation of the trustee pursuant to this Section within five
(5) days of the effectiveness of such merger or consolidation and (y) in writing
and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all
information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement
Trustee.
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SECTION
6.10 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, the Depositor and the Trustee, acting jointly,
shall
have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one
or
more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly
with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part
of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity
and
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or
any
part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions
of
this Section 6.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Depositor and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor
shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt
by it
of a request to do so, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such
appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required
to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.6 and
no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 6.8.
Every
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
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To
the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section 6.10,
all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the
Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed
by
the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized
to
act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to
the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular
act
or acts are to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights,
powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to
the
applicable Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction)
shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee
or
co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the
Trustee;
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No
trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of any
act or
omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall
not,
and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee
or
co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
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The
Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate
trustee or co-trustee; and
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The
Trust Fund, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for the payment
of
reasonable compensation, reimbursement and indemnification to any
such
separate trustee or co-trustee.
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Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when and as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to
the
Depositor.
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee its
agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
SECTION
6.11 Tax
Matters.
It
is
intended that the assets with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made,
as set forth in the preliminary statement shall constitute, and that the conduct
of matters relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such assets
as, a
“real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in and in accordance with
the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants
and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed
to
act as agent) on behalf of any such REMIC and that in such capacity it shall:
(a) prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner,
a
U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or
any
successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file
or
cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable
state or local tax authorities income tax or information returns for each
taxable year with respect to any such REMIC, containing such information and
at
the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local
tax
laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in
such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the Closing
Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service, on
Forms
8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title, address,
and
telephone number of the person that the Holders of the Certificates may contact
for tax information relating thereto, together with such additional information
as may be required by such Form, and update such information at the time or
times in the manner required by the Code; (c) make or cause to be made elections
that such assets be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return for its first
taxable year (and, if necessary, under applicable state law); (d) prepare and
forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and
to
the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all
information returns and reports as and when required to be provided to them
in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation, the
calculation of any original issue discount using the prepayment assumption;
(e)
provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed on the transfer
of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or
an
agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Non-Permitted
Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a Non-Permitted Transferee is
the
record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing
such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) to
the
extent that they are under its control conduct matters relating to such assets
at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status
as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take
any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of any
REMIC status; (h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of
this
Section 6.11, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any such REMIC prior to its
termination when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation
shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting
any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or local income tax or
information returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such other person as
may
be required to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws, regulations
or rules; (j) maintain records relating to any such REMIC, including but not
limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities thereof and the fair
market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined at such intervals
as
may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing
returns, schedules, statements or information; and (k) as and when necessary
and
appropriate, represent any such REMIC in any administrative or judicial
proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing
authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any
such REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing
agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of any such
REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of any such REMIC in relation to any tax
matter or controversy involving it.
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In
order
to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein, the Depositor
shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee within ten (10) days
after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee requests in
writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and
offering prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price,
yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and
the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee
promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional information or
data
that the Trustee may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to enable
the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor hereby
indemnifies the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses
of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that
result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided,
accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis.
In
the
event that any tax is imposed on “prohibited transactions” of the REMIC
established hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the
“net
income from foreclosure property” of the REMIC established hereunder as defined
in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the REMIC established
hereunder after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or
any
other tax is imposed, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax
shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results
from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement
which breach was caused by its gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii)
the
Depositor, in the case of any such minimum tax, or if such tax arises out of
or
results from a breach by the Depositor of any of its obligations under this
Agreement, or (iii) in all other cases, or in the event that the Trustee or
the
Depositor fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i) and
(ii), any such tax will be paid by the Trustee from amounts it is authorized
to
withhold from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.1(c).
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ARTICLE
VII
TERMINATION
SECTION
7.1 Termination upon Optional Termination of the Underlying
Certificates.
Subject
to Section 7.3, the obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor and the
Trustee created hereby with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon
the
earlier of (a) the Distribution Date on which the Underlying Certificates are
terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Underlying PSA, and (b) the
distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed
to
them pursuant to this Agreement. In no event shall the trusts created hereby
continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death
of
the survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of
the
United States to the Court of St. James’s, living on the date hereof, and (ii)
the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
SECTION
7.2 Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If
on any
Determination Date, the Depositor determines that the class certificate balance
of the Underlying Certificates will be reduced to zero on the related
Distribution Date and there are no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund
other
than the funds on deposit in, or to be deposited into, the Distribution Account
on the related Distribution Date, the Depositor shall direct the Trustee
promptly to send a final distribution notice to each Certificateholder.
Notice
of
any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution Date on which
Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of the final
distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee by letter
to Certificateholders. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date
upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation
and surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the amount
of such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency at which
such presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions
being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the
office therein specified. The Depositor will give such notice to each Rating
Agency at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.
Upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall cause to
be
distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class, in the order set forth
in
Section 3.2 hereof, on the final Distribution Date, in the case of the
Certificateholders, in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests,
with
respect to Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as
to
each Class of Regular Certificates, the Class Certificate Balance thereof plus
accrued interest thereon in the case of an interest bearing Certificate, and
(ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on
deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained to meet
claims) after application pursuant to clause (i) above.
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In
the
event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender Certificates
for
cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above mentioned
written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice to the remaining
Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive
the final distribution with respect thereto. If within six months after the
second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not have been surrendered
for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an
agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders
concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid
out of the funds and other assets which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If
within one year after the second notice all Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Holders of the Class A-R Certificates shall
be
entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund, held for
distribution to such Certificateholders, which remain subject
hereto.
SECTION
7.3 Additional Termination Requirements.
(a)
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In
the event that the Underlying Certificates are terminated as provided
in
Section 7.1, the Trust Fund and the REMIC created hereunder shall
be
terminated in accordance with the following additional requirement,
unless
the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the
expense
of the Depositor, to the effect that the failure to comply with the
requirements of this Section 7.3 will not (i) result in the imposition
of
taxes on “prohibited transactions” on the REMIC created hereunder as
defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause the REMIC created
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates
are outstanding:
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Within
90 days prior to the final Distribution Date set forth in the notice
given
by the Trustee under Section 7.2, the Depositor shall prepare, or
shall
cause to be prepared, and the Trustee, at the expense of the “tax matters
person,” shall adopt a plan of complete liquidation within the meaning of
Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code for the REMIC created hereunder which,
as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (which
opinion
shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Tax Matters Person),
meets
the requirements of a qualified
liquidation.
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(b)
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The
Trustee as agent for the REMIC established hereunder hereby agrees
to
adopt and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written
request of the Depositor, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel
referred to in Section 7.3(a)(1) and to take such other action in
connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the
Depositor.
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(c)
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By
their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby
authorize
the Depositor to prepare and the Trustee to adopt and sign plans
of
complete liquidation.
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ARTICLE
VIII
EXCHANGE
ACT REPORTING
SECTION
8.1 Filing Obligations.
The
Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the
satisfaction of the Depositor’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act
with respect to the Trust Fund. In addition to the information specified below,
if so requested by the Depositor for the purpose of satisfying its reporting
obligation under the Exchange Act, the Trustee shall provide the Depositor
with
(a) such information which is available to such Person without unreasonable
effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be reasonably requested
by
the Depositor to comply with the Depositor’s reporting obligations under the
Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a party (and the Depositor
is
not a party) to any agreement or amendment requested of it by the Depositor
and
required to be filed, copies of such agreement or amendment in XXXXX-compatible
form.
SECTION
8.2 Form 10-D Filings.
(a) Although
the Depositor is responsible under Regulation AB for filing the Form 10-D,
the
Trustee hereby agrees it shall prepare for filing and file within fifteen days
after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange
Act) with the SEC with respect to the Trust Fund, a Form 10-D with copies of
the
Monthly Statements and, to the extent delivered to the Trustee, no later than
ten days following the Distribution Date, such other information identified
by
the Depositor, in writing, to be filed with the SEC (such other information,
the
“Additional Designated Information”). If the Depositor directs that any
Additional Designated Information is to be filed with any Form 10-D, the
Depositor shall specify the Item on Form 10-D to which such information is
responsive and, with respect to any Exhibit to be filed on Form 10-D, the
Exhibit number. Any information to be filed on Form 10-D shall be delivered
to
the Trustee in XXXXX-compatible form or as otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee
and the Depositor, at the Depositor’s expense, and any necessary conversion to
XXXXX-compatible format will be at the Depositor’s expense. At the reasonable
request of, and in accordance with the reasonable directions of, the Depositor,
subject to the two preceding sentences, the Trustee shall prepare for filing
and
file an amendment to any Form 10-D previously filed with the SEC with respect
to
the Trust Fund. The Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D filed on behalf of the
Trust Fund.
(b) No
later
than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of any
Form
10-D Disclosure Item relating to it, together with a description of any such
Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Depositor. In addition to such information as the Trustee is obligated to
provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by
the
Depositor, the Trustee shall provide such information which is available to
the
Trustee without unreasonable effort or expense regarding the performance or
servicing of the Underlying Mortgage Loans (in the case of the Trustee, based
on
the information provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Underlying
PSA)
as is reasonably required of the Depositor to facilitate preparation of
distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall be provided concurrently with the delivering of the Monthly
Statements specified in Section 3.4, commencing with the first such Monthly
Statements due not less than five (5) Business Days following such
request.
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(c) The
Trustee shall not have any responsibility to file any items (other than those
generated by it) that have not been received in a format suitable (or readily
convertible into a format suitable) for electronic filing via the XXXXX system
and shall not have any responsibility to convert any such items to such format
(other than those items generated by it or that are readily convertible to
such
format). The Trustee shall have no liability to the Certificateholders, the
Trust Fund or the Depositor with respect to any failure to properly prepare
or
file any of Form 10-D to the extent that such failure is not the result of
any
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part. For avoidance
of
doubt, the Trustee shall have no liability whatsoever under the Securities
Act
or the Exchange Act
SECTION
8.3 Form 8-K Filings.
The
Depositor shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust Fund any Form 8-K
required by the Exchange Act. Each Form 8-K must be signed by the Depositor.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor, but in no event later than one
(1)
Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event related to it, of
which it has actual knowledge.
SECTION
8.4 Form 10-K Filings.
Prior
to
March 30th of each year, commencing in 2007 (or such earlier date as may be
required by the Exchange Act), the Depositor shall prepare and file on behalf
of
the Trust Fund a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange
Act. The senior officer in charge of securitization of the Depositor shall
sign
each Form 10-K filed on behalf of the Trust Fund. Such Form 10-K shall include
as exhibits each (i) annual compliance statement described under Section 3.16
of
the Underlying PSA, (ii) annual report on assessments of compliance with
servicing criteria described under Section 8.7 and (iii) accountant’s report
described under Section 8.7. Each Form 10-K shall also include any
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification required to be included therewith, as described
in
Section 8.5.
If
the
Item 1119 Parties listed on Exhibit J have changed since the Closing Date,
no
later than March 1 of each year, the Depositor shall provide the Trustee with
an
updated Exhibit J setting forth the Item 1119 Parties. No later than March
15 of
each year, commencing in 2007, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of any
Form 10-K Disclosure Item related to it, together with a description of any
such
Form 10-K Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Depositor. Additionally, the Trustee shall provide to the Depositor the
following information no later than March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K
is required to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund: (i) if the Trustee’s report
on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section
8.7
or related registered public accounting firm attestation report described under
Section 8.7 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, notification
of
such instance of noncompliance and (ii) if the Trustee’s report on assessment of
compliance with servicing criteria or related registered public accounting
firm
attestation report is not provided to be filed as an exhibit to such Form 10-K,
information detailing the explanation why such report is not
included.
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SECTION
8.5 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
Each
Form
10-K shall include a certification (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification”) required
by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section
302
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the SEC’s
staff)). No later than March 15 of each year, beginning in 2007, the Trustee
shall provide to the Person who signs the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification (the
“Certifying Person”) a certification (each, a “Performance Certification”),
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, unless such other form
is mutually agreed upon, on which the Certifying Person, the entity for which
the Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such entity’s officers, directors
and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, “Certification
Parties”) can reasonably rely. The senior officer in charge of securitization of
the Depositor shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust Fund.
The Depositor will not request delivery of a certification under this clause
unless the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report
on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust Fund. In the event that prior to the
filing date of the Form 10-K in March of each year, the Trustee has actual
knowledge of information material to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification, the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor. The respective parties hereto
agree
to cooperate with all reasonable requests made by any Certifying Person or
Certification Party in connection with such Person’s attempt to conduct any due
diligence that such Person reasonably believes to be appropriate in order to
allow it to deliver any Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification or portion thereof with
respect to the Trust Fund.
SECTION
8.6 Form 15 Filing.
Prior
to
January 31 of the first year in which the Depositor is able to do so under
applicable law, the Depositor shall file a Form 15 relating to the automatic
suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust Fund under the Exchange
Act.
SECTION
8.7 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.
On
or
before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007:
(i) The
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a report (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor) regarding the Trustee’s assessment of
compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar
year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item
1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer
of
the Trustee and shall address each of the applicable Servicing Criteria
specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto,
unless such other form is mutually agreed upon delivered to the Depositor
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. To the extent any of the
Servicing Criteria are not applicable to the Trustee, with respect to
asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the Trustee
and
that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such report
shall include such a statement to that effect. The Depositor and each of its
officers and directors shall be entitled to rely upon each such servicing
criteria assessment.
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(ii) The
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a report of a registered public
accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Depositor that attests to, and
reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Trustee and delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraphs. Such attestation shall be in accordance
with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
and
the Exchange Act, including, without limitation that in the event that an
overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm
shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Such
report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use
language. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to
the
Trustee, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole
involving the Trustee and that are backed by the same asset type backing the
Certificates, such report shall include such a statement that that
effect.
SECTION
8.8 Amendments.
In
the
event the parties to this Agreement desire to further clarify or amend any
provision of this Article VIII, this Agreement shall be amended to reflect
the
new agreement between the parties covering matters in this Article VIII pursuant
to Section 9.1, which amendment shall not require any Opinion of Counsel or
Rating Agency confirmations or the consent of any
Certificateholder.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SECTION
9.1 Amendment.
This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Trustee
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity
or mistake, (ii) to correct any defective provision herein or to supplement
any
provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein,
(iii) to add to the duties of the Depositor, (iv) to add any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or (v) to modify, alter,
amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in this
Agreement; provided that any action pursuant to clauses (iv) or (v) above shall
not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee (which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund),
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder;
provided, however, that the amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect
in
any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders if the Person
requesting the amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that
the amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates; it being understood and
agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not represent a determination
as to the materiality of any such amendment and will represent a determination
only as to the credit issues affecting any such rating. The Trustee and the
Depositor also may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement
without the consent of the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to
any
of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i)
maintain the qualification of the REMIC established hereunder as a REMIC under
the Code, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on the
REMIC established hereunder pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any
time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with
any
other requirements of the Code, provided that the Trustee has been provided
an
Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting
such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Trust
Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or helpful to, as applicable,
(i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the
imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such requirements of the
Code.
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This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Trustee
with the consent of the Holders of a Majority in Interest of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement
or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of,
or
delay the timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate
without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect
in
any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates
in a manner other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders
of Certificates of such Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage Interests
aggregating 66%, or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates
the
Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the
consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding. In addition,
the permitted activities of the Trust under this Agreement cannot be
significantly modified without the approval of Holders of Certificates
evidencing a Majority in Interest.
Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to
any
amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion
of
Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust
Fund,
to the effect that such amendment will not cause the imposition of any tax
on
the REMIC established hereunder or the Certificateholders or cause the REMIC
established hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring the consent
of
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the
substance or a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder and each Rating
Agency.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner
of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations
as
the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing
in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an amendment without
receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee that (i) such amendment
is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and that all requirements
for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and (ii) either (A) the
amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any
Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding
clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this Section
11.1.
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SECTION
9.2 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This
Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public recording offices
or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Depositor at its expense,
but only upon direction a majority of the Certificateholders to the effect
that
such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
For
the
purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided
and
for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed (by facsimile or otherwise)
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one
and
the same instrument.
SECTION
9.3 Governing Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT (OTHER THAN SECTION 2.1 HEREOF) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH
AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. SECTION
2.1
OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND
TO
BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS UNDER SUCH SECTION SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION
9.4 Intention of Parties.
It
is the
express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Trust Fund
by
the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, absolute sales thereof
to
the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such
conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof by the Depositor to the Trustee. However,
in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are
held to be the property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in such assets, then
(i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance
provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant
by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
of a
security interest in all of the assets that constitute the Trust Fund, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired.
The
Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall, to the extent
consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure
that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Trust
Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest
of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout
the term of the Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform
Commercial Code financing and continuation statements in connection with any
security interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
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SECTION
9.5 Notices.
(a)
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The
Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice to
each
Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual
knowledge:
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(A)
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Any
material change or amendment to this
Agreement;
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(B)
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The
resignation or termination of the Trustee and the appointment of
any
successor; and
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(C)
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The
final payment to
Certificateholders.
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In
addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency upon request
copies of each Monthly Statement.
(b)
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All
directions, demands, authorizations, consents, waivers, communications
and
notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been
duly given when delivered to by first class mail, facsimile or courier
(a)
in the case of the Depositor, First Horizon Asset Securities Inc.,
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx; (b) in
the case
of the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust, Resecuritization Unit
- First
Horizon 2006-RE1, or such other address as the Trustee may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor, and (c) in the case of the Rating Agencies,
the
address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the
name of
such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed
given
when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses
appearing in the Certificate
Register.
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SECTION
9.6 Severability of Provisions.
If
any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement
shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no
way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement
or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION
9.7 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The
death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action
or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the trust
created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities
of
the parties hereto or any of them.
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No
Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided herein)
or in
any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund,
or
the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth
or
contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to constitute
the
Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association;
nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by
reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any
provision hereof.
No
Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself of any
provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of the
occurrence of a default under this Agreement and of the continuance thereof,
as
herein provided, and unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than
25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made
written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding
in
its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses, and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being
understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each
Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that
no
one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever
by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this
Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any
other
of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference
to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except
in
the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 9.8, each
and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief
as
can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION
9.8 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It
is the
intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally
liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund
represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully
paid.
SECTION
9.9 Limitations on Actions; No Proceedings.
(a)
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Other
than pursuant to this Agreement, or in connection with or incidental
to
the provisions or purposes of this Agreement, the trust created hereunder
shall not (i) issue debt or otherwise borrow money, (ii) merge or
consolidate with any other entity reorganize, liquidate or transfer
all or
substantially all of its assets to any other entity, or (iii) otherwise
engage in any activity or exercise any power not provided for in
this
Agreement.
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Notwithstanding
any prior termination of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Depositor
shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after
the
termination of this Agreement, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke
or
cause any Person to invoke the process of any court or government
authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against
the
Depositor or the Trust Fund under any federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of
the Depositor or the Trust Fund or any substantial part of their
respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
the
affairs of the Depositor or the Trust
Fund.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Seller and the Trustee have caused their
names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the day and year first above written.
FIRST
HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.,
as
Depositor
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CITIGROUP
GLOBAL
MARKETS INC.,
as
Seller
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
not
in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
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EXHIBIT
A
[FORM
OF
CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SOLELY
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “REGULAR INTEREST”
IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED,
RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986,
AS
AMENDED (THE “CODE”).
A-1
Certificate
No.
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Closing
Date
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First
Distribution Date
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Initial
Certificate Balance of this Certificate (“Denominations”)
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:
$
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Initial
Certificate
Balances
of all
Certificate
of this
Class
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:
$
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CUSIP
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First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RE1
Class
A-1
evidencing
a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the Certificates of
the
above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
two
classes of mortgage pass-through certificates (each, an “Underlying
Certificate”) evidencing an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a pool of
conventional mortgage loans (the “Underlying Mortgage Loans”) secured by first
liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc., as Depositor
This
certifies that __________________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the denomination
of
this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly
distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Underlying Certificates deposited by First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. (the
“Depositor”). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling Agreement dated
as of the Closing Date specified above (the “Agreement”) by and between the
Depositor and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”). To the extent
not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
Principal
in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as set forth herein.
Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less than the
Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not evidence
an
obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor or
the
Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. None of this
Certificate, the Underlying Certificates or the Underlying Mortgage Loans are
guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or
instrumentality.
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Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
This
Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be
valid
for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of
the
Trustee.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: May __, 0000 | ||
XXX
XXXX XX XXX XXXX,
not
in
its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK | ||
not in its individual capacity, | ||
but solely as Trustee |
Countersigned: | ||
By | ||
Authorized Signatory of |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, | ||
not in its individual capacity, | ||
but solely as Trustee |
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EXHIBIT
B
[FORM
OF
RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE]
SOLELY
FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS ONE OR MORE
“RESIDUAL INTERESTS” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THIS
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE “TAX MATTERS PERSON RESIDUAL INTEREST” ISSUED UNDER
THE POOLING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON
EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION BY THE TRANSFEREE OF THE DUTIES OF
THE
SERVICER UNDER SUCH AGREEMENT.]
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IF SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A
REPRESENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED
TO
HEREIN, OR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. SUCH REPRESENTATION SHALL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE’S ACCEPTANCE OF A
CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER’S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST
IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY
HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF
NO
EFFECT.
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No.
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Distribution Date
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Percentage
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First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RE1
evidencing
a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the Class A-R
Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of two classes
of
mortgage pass-through certificates (each, an “Underlying Certificate”)
evidencing an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a pool of conventional
mortgage loans (the “Underlying Mortgage Loans”) secured by first liens on one-
to four-family residential properties.
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc., as Depositor
This
certifies that _________________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest set forth above in certain residual distributions with respect to
a
Trust Fund consisting of the Underlying Certificates deposited by First Horizon
Asset Securities Inc. (the “Depositor”). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to
a Pooling Agreement dated as of the Closing Date specified above (the
“Agreement”) between the Depositor and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
“Trustee”). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to
which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
This
Certificate has no Class Certificate Balance and it will not accrue any
interest. This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor or the Trustee referred to below
or
any of their respective affiliates. None of this Certificate, the Underlying
Certificates or the Underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by
any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
Any
distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust Fund will
be
made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R Certificate at the
Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee in
New
York, New York. This Class A-R Certificate represents an ownership in the REMIC,
as defined in the Agreement
No
transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall
have
received either (i) a representation [letter] from the transferee of such
Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, nor
a
person acting on behalf of any such plan, which representation letter shall
not
be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor, (ii) if the purchaser is an
insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company
which is purchasing such Certificate with funds contained in an “insurance
company general account” (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (“PTCE 95-60”)) and that the purchase and
holding of such Certificate are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60
or (iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for registration in
the
name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
(or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any
such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, an Opinion
of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the purchase or holding
of such Class A-R Certificate will not result in prohibited transactions under
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the
Trustee or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
in
the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee
or the Depositor. [Such representation shall be deemed to have been made to
the
Trustee by the Transferee’s acceptance of this Class A-R Certificate and by a
beneficial owner’s acceptance of its interest in such Certificate.]
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer
of
a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject
to
ERISA or to the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
as described above shall be void and of no effect.
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Each
Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to be bound
by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not limited to the
restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest
in
this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted Transferee, (ii) no Ownership
Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be transferred without delivery
to
the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the proposed transferee and (b)
a
transfer certificate of the transferor, each of such documents to be in the
form
described in the Agreement, (iii) each person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree to require a transfer
affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to the Trustee as required
pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or acquiring an Ownership
Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not to transfer an Ownership
Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has actual knowledge that the
proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and (v) any attempted or
purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate
in
violation of such restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest
no
rights in the purported transferee.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
This
Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be
valid
for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of
the
Trustee.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: May __, 0000 | ||
XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX, | ||
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee | ||
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK | ||
not in its individual capacity, | ||
but solely as Trustee |
Countersigned: | ||
By | ||
Authorized Signatory of |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, | ||
not in its individual capacity, | ||
but solely as Trustee |
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EXHIBIT
C
[Form
of
Reverse of Certificates]
First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, of the Series specified on the face hereof (herein
collectively called the “Certificates”), and representing a beneficial ownership
interest in the Trust Fund created by the Agreement.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for payment
hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders for
any
amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly
provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This
Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made
to
the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits,
obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights, duties and immunities
of the Trustee.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day
of
each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately following (the “Distribution Date”), commencing on the first
Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose name
this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record
Date
in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this
Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to Holders of Certificates
of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such Distribution Date
pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each Distribution
Date
is the last Business Day of the month next preceding the month of such
Distribution Date.
Distributions
on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have so
notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related
Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the conditions to receive
such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if not, by check mailed
by
first class mail to the address of such Certificateholder appearing in the
Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate will be made
in
like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at
the
Corporate Trust Office or such other location specified in the notice to
Certificateholders of such final distribution.
The
Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Trustee and
the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the
Depositor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite Percentage Interest, as
provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders
of
this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or
in
exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent
is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof,
in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of
the
Certificates.
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As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate Register
of
the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer
at
the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained by the Trustee
in
New York, New York, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by
the
holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest in the
Trust
Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The
Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in
denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable
for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No
service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The
Depositor and the Trustee and any agent of the Depositor or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such
agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The
Certificates are subject to optional termination on any Distribution Date on
which the Underlying Certificates are terminated pursuant to terms of the
Underlying PSA. In the event that no such optional termination occurs, the
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate upon
the later of the maturity or other liquidation of the Underlying Certificates
or
the disposition of all Trust Fund property in respect thereof and the
distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed
pursuant to the Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust created by
the
Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the
last
survivor of the descendants living at the date of the Agreement of a certain
person named in the Agreement.
Any
term
used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the meaning assigned
in
the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed inconsistent with that
meaning.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
______________________________
(Please
insert social security or
other
identifying number of assignee)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
(Please
print or typewrite name and address
including
postal zip code of assignee)
________________________________________________________________________
the
Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby authorizes
the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I
(We)
further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination
and
Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following
address:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Dated: __________________
______________________________________
Signature
by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions
shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds
to
______________________________________, for the account of
_____________________, account number ___________, or, if mailed by check,
to
___________________________. Applicable statements should be mailed to
__________________________.
This
information is provided by ________________________________________, the
assignee named above, or _________________, as its agent.
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EXHIBIT
D
[FORM
OF
CLASS X CERTIFICATE
NEITHER
THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 406 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE
CODE, OR, IF THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO AN ERISA-QUALIFYING
UNDERWRITING, A REPRESENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, OR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. SUCH
REPRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUSTEE BY THE
TRANSFEREE’S ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND BY A BENEFICIAL
OWNER’S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS.
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF
THE UNITED STATES (“BLUE SKY LAWS”), AND SUCH CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF
RULE 144A, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE
144
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE
SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS.
NO
REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY
RULE
144 FOR RESALES OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
Certificate
No.
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Date
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Distribution Date
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Interest of this Certificate
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First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RE1
Class
X
D-1
evidencing
a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the Certificates of
the
above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of
two
classes of mortgage pass-through certificates (each, an “Underlying
Certificate”) evidencing an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a pool of
conventional mortgage loans (the “Underlying Mortgage Loans”) secured by first
liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc., as Depositor
This
certifies that __________________ is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate set forth on the face hereof in certain
distributions with respect to a Separate Interest Trust. The Separate Interest
Trust was created pursuant to a Pooling Agreement dated as of the Closing Date
specified above (the “Agreement”) among the First Horizon Asset Securities Inc.,
as depositor (the “Depositor”), Citigroup Capital Markets Inc., as seller (the
“Seller”), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”). To the extent
not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.
On
each
Distribution Date during the term of the Agreement, the Owner of this
Certificate shall be entitled to receive distributions of Underlying Yield
Supplement Amounts, if any, from the Separate Interest Trust. This Certificate
has no Class Certificate Balance and it will not accrue any interest. This
Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not
guaranteed by the Depositor or the Trustee referred to below or any of their
respective affiliates. None of this Certificate, the Underlying Certificates
or
the Underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental
agency or instrumentality.
This
Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be
valid
for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of
the
Trustee.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: May __, 0000 | ||
XXX
XXXX XX XXX XXXX,
not
in
its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
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not in its individual capacity, | ||
but solely as Trustee |
Countersigned: | ||
By | ||
Authorized Signatory of |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, | ||
not in its individual capacity, | ||
but solely as Trustee |
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EXHIBIT
E
TRANSFER
AFFIDAVIT
First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates
Series
2006-RE1
STATE
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The
undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The
undersigned is an officer of __________, the proposed Transferee of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the “Certificate”) issued pursuant to the
Pooling Agreement, (the “Agreement”), relating to the above-referenced Series,
by and between First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., as depositor (the
“Depositor”), and The Bank of New York, as trustee. Capitalized terms used, but
not defined herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed
to
such terms in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned
to
make this affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The
Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the date of the
Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its Ownership
Interest in the Certificate either (i) for its own account or (ii) as nominee,
trustee or agent for another Person and has attached hereto an affidavit from
such Person in substantially the same form as this affidavit. The Transferee
has
no knowledge that any such affidavit is false. The Transferee does not hold
REMIC residual interests as nominee to facilitate the clearance and settlement
of such interests through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of
participating organizations.
3. The
Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax may be imposed
on
Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not Permitted Transferees;
(ii)
such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if such Transfer is through
an
agent (which includes a broker, nominee or middleman) for a Person that is
not a
Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and (iii) the Person otherwise liable for
the tax shall be relieved of liability for the tax if the subsequent transferee
furnished to such Person an affidavit that such subsequent transferee is a
Permitted Transferee and, at the time of Transfer, such Person does not have
actual knowledge that the affidavit is false.
4. The
Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax may be imposed on
a
“pass-through entity” holding the Certificate if at any time during the taxable
year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee
is
the record holder of an interest in such entity. The Transferee understands
that
such tax will not be imposed for any period with respect to which the record
holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an affidavit that such record holder
is a Permitted Transferee and the pass-through entity does not have actual
knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this purpose, a “pass-through
entity” includes a regulated investment company, a real estate investment trust
or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives
and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations, persons holding
interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another
Person.)
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5. The
Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.2(c) of the Agreement
(attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference) and
understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an Ownership Interest
in the Certificate including, without limitation, the restrictions on subsequent
Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the Transfer and mandatory sales.
The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions
of
Section 5.2(c) of the Agreement and the restrictions noted on the face of the
Certificate. The Transferee understands and agrees that any breach of any of
the
representations included herein shall render the Transfer to the Transferee
contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The
Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any Person to whom the
Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in the Certificate,
and
in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the Transferee is acting
as
nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not Transfer its Ownership
Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be Transferred to any Person that
the Transferee knows is not a Permitted Transferee. In connection with any
such
Transfer by the Transferee, the Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee
a
certificate substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit I to the Agreement
(a
“Transferor Certificate”) to the effect that such Transferee has no actual
knowledge that the Person to which the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted
Transferee.
7. The
Transferee does not have the intention to impede the assessment or collection
of
any tax legally required to be paid with respect to the
Certificate.
8. The
Transferee’s taxpayer identification number is ______.
9. The
Transferee is either a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section 7701(a)(30) or
the
Transferee has furnished the Transferor a properly completed Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8ECI..
10. The
Transferee is aware that the Certificate may represent one or more interests
in
a “noneconomic residual interest” within the meaning of Treasury regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a noneconomic
residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the
income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the transfer
was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The
Transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section
406
of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code, nor
a
person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement, nor using the assets
of
any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer.
12. The
Transferee has historically paid its debts as they came due and the Transferee
will continue to pay its debts as they come due in the future; the Transferee
understands that, as the holder of the Certificate, the Transferee may incur
tax
liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by the Certificate and the
Transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Certificate as
they
become due.
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13. The
Transferee is a domestic corporation taxable as a regular corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes (a “taxable domestic C corporation”) and is not a
real estate investment trust, regulated investment company or REMIC. The
Transferee will not cause income from the Certificate to be attributable, for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, to a non-U.S. permanent establishment or
fixed
base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee
or another U.S. taxpayer. At the time of the Transfer, and at the close of
each
of the Transferee’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the Transfer, the
Transferee’s gross assets for financial reporting purposes exceeded $10 million
(together, the “Asset Requirements”), and the Transferee hereby covenants that
any subsequent Transfer of its Ownership Interest in the Certificate will be
to
another taxable, domestic C corporation satisfying the Asset
Requirements
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be executed on
its
behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its duly authorized
officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, duly attested, this
___
day of _________, 20__.
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Name of Transferee
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By:
Name:
Title:
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Personally
appeared before me the above-named ________________, known or proved to me
to be
the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the
_________________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that he executed the
same
as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Transferee.
Subscribed
and sworn before me this _____ day of ___________, 20____.
NOTARY
PUBLIC
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My
Commission expires the ___ day of
________________,
20___.
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EXHIBIT
1
to EXHIBIT E
Certain
Definitions
“Ownership
Interest”: As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in such Certificate,
including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other
interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.
“Permitted
Transferee”: Any Person other than (i) the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing,
(ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any agency or
instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization (except
certain farmers’ cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code) which is
exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by
section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess
inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(l) of the Code) with respect to any
Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in section
1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an “electing large partnership” as defined in
section 775 of the Code, (vi) a Person that is not (a) a citizen or resident
of
the United States, (b) a corporation, partnership, or other entity created
or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia, (c) an estate whose income from sources without the United
States is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax
purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States or (d) a trust if a court within the United States
is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and
one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust, unless such Person has furnished the transferor and
the
Trustee with a duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or any
applicable successor form, and (vii) any other Person so designated by the
Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Certificate to such Person may cause any REMIC created pursuant
to
the Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates
(as defined in the Agreement) are outstanding; provided, however, that if a
person is classified as a partnership or a disregarded entity under the Code,
such person shall only be a Permitted Transferee if all of its beneficial owners
are described in subclauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) of clause (vi) and the
governing documents of such person prohibits a transfer of any interest in
such
person to any person described in clause (vi). The terms “United States,”
“State” and “International Organization” shall have the meanings set forth in
section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will not be
treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political
subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are subject
to
tax and, with the exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
a
majority of its board of directors is not selected by such government unit.
“Person”:
Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, bank,
joint-stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Transfer”:
Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
“Transferee”:
Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.
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EXHIBIT
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to EXHIBIT E
Section
5.2(c) of the Agreement
(c)
Each
Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest
to
have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly
subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be registered on the Closing
Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer
of any Residual Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required
to
be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall
have
been furnished with an affidavit (a “Transfer Affidavit”) of the initial owner
or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H. The
Transferee does not hold REMIC residual interests as nominee to facilitate
the
clearance and settlement of such interests through electronic book-entry changes
in accounts of participating organizations.
(iii) Each
Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate
shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom
such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such
Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer
of
a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such
Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any
attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 5.2(c) shall be
absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported Transferee.
If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate
in
violation of the provisions of this Section 5.2(c), then the last preceding
Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any
registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted
by Section 5.2(b) and this Section 5.2(c) or for making any payments due on
such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer
was
registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate, and in the case of a Residual Certificate which is also a Private
Certificate, either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter. The Trustee
shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual
Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became
a
Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted
Transferee, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either
such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
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(v) The
Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon receipt of written
request from the Trustee, all information necessary to compute any tax imposed
under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted
Transferee.
The
restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this Section
5.2(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend on a
Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring after
delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall
not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee or the Depositor, to the effect
that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any REMIC created
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are
outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a
Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment
of
this Agreement which, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee,
is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any
beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly
or
indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide
for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held
by a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted
Transferee.
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EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF
TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
_______________,
20___
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re:
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First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RE1, Class
[A-X][A-R]
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we certify that (a)
to
the extent we are disposing of a Private Certificate, we understand that the
Private Certificate has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended (the “Act”), and is being disposed of by us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act, (b) we have not offered
or
sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from,
any
person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect
thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken any other action which
would
result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and (c) to the extent we are
disposing of a Residual Certificate, we have no knowledge the transferee is
not
a Permitted Transferee.
Capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Pooling
Agreement dated as of May 31, 2006, by and between First Horizon Asset
Securities Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant
to
which the Residual Certificates were issued.
Very
truly yours,
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Name of Transferor
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Authorized
Officer
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F-1
EXHIBIT
G
FORM
OF
INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
_____________,
20___
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Re:
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First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RE1, Class [A-X][A-R]
Certificates
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify that (a)
we
understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and are being
transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we are an “accredited investor,”
as defined in Regulation D 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 investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity
to
ask questions of and receive answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase
of the Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional
information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Certificates,
(d)
either (i) we are not an employee benefit plan or arrangement that is subject
to
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or a plan
or
arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement
nor are we using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such
acquisition or (ii) if, in the case of ERISA-Restricted Certificates that have
been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, we are an insurance
company, a representation that we are an insurance company which is purchasing
such Certificates with funds contained in an “insurance company general account”
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 (“PTCE 95-60”)) and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under Sections I and III PTCE 95-60, (e) we are
acquiring the Certificates for investment for our own account and not with
a
view to any distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our
right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in
accordance with clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any
Certificates to, or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person,
or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto,
or
taken any other action which would result in a violation of Section 5 of the
Act, and (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates
unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Act 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 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 Pooling Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
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Name of Transferee
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Authorized
Officer
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G-1
EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF
RULE 144A LETTER
__________,
20__
First
Horizon Asset Securities Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
The
Bank
of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Re:
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First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RE1, Class
[A-X][A-R]
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we certify that (a)
we
understand that the Certificates are not being registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and are being
transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters that we are capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates, (c) we have had the
opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Depositor
concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters relating thereto
or
any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the
Certificates, (d) we are not an employee benefit plan or arrangement that is
subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
or a
plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code
of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement
nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such acquisition,
(e) if an insurance company, in the case of ERISA-restricted Certificates that
have been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, we are purchasing
the
Certificates with funds contained in an “insurance company general account” (as
defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (“PTCE
95-60”)) and our purchase and holding of the Certificates are covered under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, (f) we have not, nor has anyone acting on
our
behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
to,
or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition
of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar
security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
with, any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of
general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that
would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Act or that would
render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the
Act
or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized
or
will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Certificates, (g) we are a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Act (“Rule 144A”) and have completed either of
the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex
2,
(h) we are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A,
and
(i) we are acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant
to Rule 144A and further, understand that such Certificates may be resold,
pledged or transferred only (A) 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 (B)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.
Very
truly yours,
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Name of Transferee
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Authorized
Officer
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ANNEX
1
TO EXHIBIT H
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned (the “Buyer”) hereby certifies as follows to the parties listed in
the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates with
respect to the Certificates described therein:
1.
As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer,
Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the Buyer.
2.
In
connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (“Rule 144A”) because (i) the Buyer owned and/or invested on a
discretionary basis $ ______1
in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end
of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.
___ Corporation,
etc.
The
Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and loan association or
similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership,
or
charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
___ Bank.
The
Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution organized under the laws
of
any State, territory or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the State or territorial
banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent
institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a
copy
of which is attached hereto.
___ Savings
and Loan.
The
Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association, building and loan association,
cooperative bank, homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision
over
any such institutions or is a foreign savings and loan association or equivalent
institution and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a
copy
of which is attached hereto.
___ Broker-dealer.
The
Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
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Buyer
must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in
securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own and/or
invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.
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___ Insurance
Company.
The
Buyer is an insurance company whose primary and predominant business activity
is
the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
companies and which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner
or a
similar official or agency of a State, territory or the District of
Columbia.
___ State
or Local Plan.
The
Buyer is a plan established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA
Plan.
The
Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ Investment
Advisor.
The
Buyer is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act
of
1940.
___ Small
Business Investment Company.
Buyer
is a small business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment
Act
of 1958.
___ Business
Development Company.
Buyer
is a business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
3.
The
term
“securities”
as
used
herein does
not include
(i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is
a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned
but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4.
For
purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested
on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost of such
securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities referred
to in
the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its securities
holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market value, and
(ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those securities has
been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the securities
may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate amount, the
Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but
only
if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if
the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer’s direction.
However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned,
consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a
reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
5.
The
Buyer
acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the seller
to it and other parties related to the Certificates are relying and will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to
the
Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
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6.
Until
the
date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer will notify each of
the
parties to which this certification is made of any changes in the information
and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer’s purchase of the
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the
date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a bank or savings and loan
is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will furnish to such parties updated
annual financial statements promptly after they become available.
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Name of Transferee
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Name:
Title:
Date:
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ANNEX
2
TO EXHIBIT H
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned (the “Buyer”) hereby certifies as follows to the parties listed in
the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates with
respect to the Certificates described therein:
1.
As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer
or
Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”) because Buyer is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2.
In
connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and
(ii)
as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies,
owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year. For
purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the Buyer or the
Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used,
except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies reports
its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market.
___ The
Buyer
owned $ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below)
as
of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
___ The
Buyer
is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in the aggregate $
in
securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end
of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A).
3.
The
term
“Family
of Investment Companies”
as
used
herein means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof)
that have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated
(by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because
one investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the
other).
4.
The
term
“securities”
as
used
herein does not include (i) securities of issuers that are affiliated with
the
Buyer or are part of the Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v)
repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
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5.
The
Buyer
is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the parties listed in the Rule
144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification relates are relying
and
will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales
to
the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only
purchase for the Buyer’s own account.
6.
Until
the
date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned will notify the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such
notice is given, the Buyer’s purchase of the Certificates will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
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Name of Transferee
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Name:
Title:
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Name of Transferee
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EXHIBIT
I
FORM
OF
ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
(Trustee)
Re: First
Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-RE1 (the “Trust”),
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RE1, issued pursuant to the
Pooling Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2006 (the “Pooling
Agreement”),
between First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”)
and
The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”)
I,
[identify the certifying individual], a [title of certifying individual] of
the
Trustee, hereby certify to the Depositor and its officers, directors and
affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this
certification, that:
1. I
have
reviewed the report on assessment of the Trustee’s compliance with the servicing
criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Criteria”),
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)
and
Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing
Assessment”),
and
the registered public accounting firm’s attestation report provided in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section
1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation
Report”)
(collectively, the “Trustee
Information”);
2. Based
upon my knowledge, the Trustee Information, taken as a whole, does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time
covered by the Trustee Information;
3. Based
on
my knowledge, all of the Trustee Information required to be provided by the
Trustee under the Pooling Agreement has been provided to the
Depositor;
4. I
am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee as trustee
under the Pooling Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review
conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in
the
Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Trustee has fulfilled its
obligations under the Pooling Agreement in all material respects;
and
5. The
Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be provided by the
Trustee pursuant to the Pooling Agreement have been provided to the Depositor.
Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been
disclosed to the Depositor. Any material instance of noncompliance with the
Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
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[Signature]
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FORM
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LIST OF ITEM 1119 PARTIES
FIRST
HORIZON ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2006-RE1
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
2006-RE1
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Contact
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