MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. as Depositor and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY as Owner Trustee TRUST AGREEMENT Dated as of February 1, 2007 MSCC HELOC Asset- Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1
EXHIBIT
99.1
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
as
Depositor
and
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
as
Owner
Trustee
_________________________________________
Dated
as
of February 1, 2007
__________________________________________
MSCC
HELOC Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series
2007-1
Page
ARTICLE
I.
Definitions
Section
1.01.
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Definitions.
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Section
1.02.
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Other
Definitional Provisions.
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ARTICLE
II.
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Organization
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Section
2.01.
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Name.
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Section
2.02.
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Office.
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3
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Section
2.03.
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Purposes
and Powers.
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Section
2.04.
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Appointment
of Owner Trustee.
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Section
2.05.
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Initial
Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate.
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Section
2.06.
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Declaration
of Trust.
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Section
2.07.
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Reserved.
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Section
2.08.
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Title
to Trust Property.
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Section
2.09.
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Situs
of Trust.
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Section
2.10.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor.
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Section
2.11.
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Payment
of Trust Fees.
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Section
2.12.
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Federal
Income Tax Allocations.
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ARTICLE
III.
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Conveyance
of the Revolving Credit Loans; Certificates
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Section
3.01.
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Conveyance
of the Revolving Credit Loans.
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Section
3.02.
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Initial
Ownership.
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Section
3.03.
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The
Initial Certificates.
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7
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Section
3.04.
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Authentication
of Certificates.
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Section
3.05.
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Registration
of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates.
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Section
3.06.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
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Section
3.07.
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Persons
Deemed Certificateholders.
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11
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Section
3.08.
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Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.
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11
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Section
3.09.
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
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Section
3.10.
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Cooperation.
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ARTICLE
IV.
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Authority
and Duties of Owner Trustee
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Section
4.01.
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General
Authority.
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Section
4.02.
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General
Duties.
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Section
4.03.
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Action
upon Instruction.
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14
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Section
4.04.
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No
Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or in
Instructions.
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Section
4.05.
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Restrictions.
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Section
4.06.
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Prior
Notice to Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer with Respect
to
Certain Matters.
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Section
4.07.
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Action
by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.
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Section
4.08.
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Action
by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
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Section
4.09.
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Restrictions
on Certificateholders’ Power.
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Section
4.10.
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Majority
Control.
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Section
4.11.
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Doing
Business in Other Jurisdictions.
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ARTICLE
V.
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Application
of Trust Funds
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Section
5.01.
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Distributions.
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Section
5.02.
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Method
of Payment.
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Section
5.03.
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Signature
on Returns.
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Section
5.04.
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Statements
to Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE
VI.
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Concerning
the Owner Trustee
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Section
6.01.
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Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties.
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Section
6.02.
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Furnishing
of Documents.
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Section
6.03.
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Representations
and Warranties.
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Section
6.04.
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Reliance;
Advice of Counsel.
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Section
6.05.
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Not
Acting in Individual Capacity.
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Section
6.06.
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Owner
Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Related Documents.
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Section
6.07.
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Owner
Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes.
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Section
6.08.
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Licenses.
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ARTICLE
VII.
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Compensation
of Owner Trustee
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Section
7.01.
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Owner
Trustee’s Fees and Expenses.
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Section
7.02.
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Indemnification.
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Section
7.03.
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Payments
to the Owner Trustee.
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ARTICLE
VIII.
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Termination
of Trust Agreement
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Section
8.01.
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Termination
of Trust Agreement.
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ARTICLE
IX.
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Successor
Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
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Section
9.01.
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Eligibility
Requirements for Owner Trustee.
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Section
9.02.
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Replacement
of Owner Trustee.
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Section
9.03.
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Successor
Owner Trustee.
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Section
9.04.
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Merger
or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.
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Section
9.05.
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Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
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ARTICLE
X.
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Miscellaneous
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Section
10.01.
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Amendments.
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Section
10.02.
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No
Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate.
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Section
10.03.
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Limitations
on Rights of Others.
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Section
10.04.
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Notices.
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Section
10.05.
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Severability.
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Section
10.06.
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Separate
Counterparts.
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Section
10.07.
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Successors
and Assigns.
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Section
10.08.
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No
Petition.
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Section
10.09.
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No
Recourse.
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Section
10.10.
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Headings.
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Section
10.11.
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GOVERNING
LAW.
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Section
10.12.
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Integration.
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Section
10.13.
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Rights
of Credit Enhancer to Exercise Rights of
Certificateholders.
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Section
10.14.
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Third
Party Beneficiary.
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A-1 - Form of Class L Certificate
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A-1-1
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Exhibit
A-2 - Form of Class O Certificate
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A-2-1
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Exhibit
B - Certificate of Trust of MSCC HELOC Trust 2007-1
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B-1
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Exhibit
C - Form of 144A Investment Representation
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C-1
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Exhibit
D - Form of Investor Representation Letter
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D-1
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Exhibit
E - Form of Transferor Representation Letter
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E-1
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Exhibit
F - Form of Certificate of Non-Foreign Status
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F-1
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Exhibit
G - Form of ERISA Representation Letter
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Exhibit
H - Form of Representation Letter
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H-1
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This
Trust Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2007 (as amended from time to time,
this “Trust Agreement”), between XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC., a
Delaware corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”) and WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”),
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor and
the
Owner Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
Definitions
Section
1.01. Definitions. For all
purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein
or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Appendix A
to
the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2007 (the “Indenture”), between MSCC HELOC
Trust 2007-1, as issuer, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as
indenture trustee. All other capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meanings specified herein.
Section
1.02. Other Definitional
Provisions.
(a) All
terms defined in this Trust Agreement shall have the defined meanings when
used
in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless
otherwise defined therein.
(b) As
used in this Trust Agreement and in any certificate or other document made
or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Trust
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given
to
them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent
that the definitions of accounting terms in this Trust Agreement or in any
such
certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms
under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in
this Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall
control.
(c) The
words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Trust Agreement shall refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not
to
any particular provision of this Trust Agreement; Article, Section and Exhibit
references contained in this Trust Agreement are references to Articles,
Sections and Exhibits in or to this Trust Agreement unless otherwise specified;
and the term “including” shall mean “including without limitation”.
(d) The
definitions contained in this Trust Agreement are applicable to the singular
as
well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the
feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
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(e) Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented
and
includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person
are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
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ARTICLE
II.
Organization
Section
2.01. Name. The trust
created hereby (the “Trust”) shall be known as “MSCC HELOC Trust 2007-1,” in
which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the business of the Trust, make and
execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and
be
sued.
Section
2.02. Office. The office of
the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office
or
at such other address in Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written
notice to the Certificateholders, the Credit Enhancer and the
Depositor.
Section
2.03. Purposes and
Powers. The purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following
activities:
(i) to
issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates pursuant to
this
Trust Agreement and to sell such Notes and the Certificates;
(ii) to
acquire the Home Equity Loans and to pay the organizational, start-up and
transactional expenses of the Trust;
(iii) to
assign, Grant, transfer, pledge and convey the Home Equity Loans pursuant to
the
Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders pursuant
to Section 5.01 any portion of the Home Equity Loans released from the Lien
of,
and remitted to the Trust pursuant to the Indenture;
(iv) to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it
is
to be a party;
(v) to
engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are
necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental
thereto or connected therewith; and
(vi) subject
to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such other activities
as
may be required in connection with conservation of the Owner Trust Estate and
the making of distributions to the Certificateholders and the
Noteholders.
The
Trust
is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. The
Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the
foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Trust
Agreement or the Basic Documents while any Note is outstanding without the
consent of the Holders of a majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest
of
the Certificates, the Credit Enhancer (as evidenced in writing) and the
Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.04. Appointment of Owner
Trustee. The Depositor hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as
trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have all the rights,
powers and duties set forth herein and the Owner Trustee hereby accepts such
appointment.
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Section
2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of
Owner Trust Estate. The Depositor hereby sells, assigns,
transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust, as of the date hereof, the sum
of
$1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the
Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which shall
constitute the initial corpus of the Trust and shall be deposited in the
Certificate Distribution Account. The Owner Trustee also acknowledges
on behalf of the Issuer, the receipt in trust on the Closing Date of the Home
Equity Loans assigned to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.01 and the amounts
deposited into the Additional Loan Account, which shall constitute the Owner
Trust Estate.
Section
2.06. Declaration of
Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it shall hold the
Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein
for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the obligations
of
the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Delaware
Trust Statute and that this Trust Agreement constitute the governing instrument
of such statutory trust. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner
Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the
Delaware Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the
Trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, for income and
franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a security
arrangement, with the assets of the Trust being the Trust Estate and the owners
of the related Trust Estate being the owners of the Certificates. The
parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities,
the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns,
reports and other forms, if any, consistent with the characterization of the
Trust as provided in the preceding sentence for such tax
purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall
have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Delaware Trust
Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The
Owner Trustee shall file a certificate of trust substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto with the Delaware Secretary of State.
Section
2.07. Reserved.
Section
2.08. Title to Trust
Property. Subject to the Indenture, legal title to the Owner
Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal
entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any
part of the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which
case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee
and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.
The
Owners shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust
Estate. No transfer by operation of law or otherwise of any interest
of the Owners shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder
or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of any
part
of the Owner Trust Estate.
Section
2.09. Situs of Trust. The
Trust will be located and administered in the State of Delaware. All
bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall
be
located in the State of Delaware or the State of New York. The Trust
shall not have any employees in any state other than Delaware; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from
having employees within or without the State of Delaware or taking actions
outside the State of Delaware in order to comply with Section
2.03. Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware,
Maryland, Minnesota or New York, and payments will be made by the Trust only
from Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota or New York. The only office of
the Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee in
Delaware.
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Section
2.10. Representations and Warranties of
the Depositor. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to
the Owner Trustee and the Credit Enhancer as of the date hereof and on any
Subsequent Closing Date that:
(i) The
Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority
to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently
owned and such business is presently conducted.
(ii) The
Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Trust
Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and authority
to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with
the Trust as part of the Trust and the Depositor has duly authorized such sale
and assignment and deposit to the Trust by all necessary corporate action;
and
the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.
(iii) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach
of
any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or
lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of
the
Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the
Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of
any
such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic
Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge,
any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of
any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties.
(iv) This
Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
applicable UCC) in the Home Equity Loans in favor of the
Securityholders, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, except
the
Lien of the Indenture, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and
purchasers from the Issuer.
(v) The
Home Equity Loans constitute “instruments” within the meaning of the
UCC.
(vi) The
Depositor owns and has good and marketable title to the Home Equity Loans free
and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person, other than the Lien
of the Indenture.
(vii) The
Depositor has caused or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all
appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest
in
the Home Equity Loans granted to the Securityholders hereunder.
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(viii) Other
than the security interests granted to the Securityholders pursuant to this
Agreement and the Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted
a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Home Equity
Loans. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Depositor that include a
description of collateral covering the Home Equity Loans other than any
financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the
Securityholders hereunder or under the Indenture or that has been terminated.
The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the
Depositor.
(ix) Prior
to the transfer to the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor had in its possession
all original copies of the security certificates that constitute or evidence
the
Home Equity Loans. The security certificates that constitute or
evidence the Home Equity Loans do not have any marks or notations indicating
that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other
than the Securityholders. All financing statements filed or to be
filed against the Depositor in favor of the Securityholders in connection
herewith describing the Home Equity Loans contain a statement to the following
effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this
financing statement will violate the rights of the
Securityholders.”
Section
2.11. Payment of Trust
Fees. The Trust shall pay from the Owner Trust Estate the Trust’s
fees and expenses incurred with respect to the performance of the Trust’s duties
under the Indenture.
Section
2.12. Federal Income Tax
Allocations. Net income of the Trust for any month, as determined
for Federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and
deduction entering into the computation thereof), shall be allocated to the
holders of the Certificates.
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ARTICLE
III.
Conveyance
of the Home Equity Loans; Certificates
Section
3.01. Conveyance of the Home Equity
Loans. The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, does hereby transfer and convey to the Trust, on behalf of
the
Holders of the Notes and the Certificates and the Credit Enhancer, without
recourse, all its right, title and interest in and to the Initial Home Equity
Loans, together with the Depositor's right, title and interest under the Home
Equity Loan Purchase Agreement and in the Additional Loan
Account. The Depositor may sell to the Trust Additional Home Equity
Loans on any Subsequent Closing Date designated by the Depositor on or before
the Latest Subsequent Closing Date upon satisfaction of the conditions specified
in Section 3.15 of the Servicing Agreement. Upon delivery of the
Transfer Document and payment of the purchase price, the Depositor hereby
transfers to the Trust, without recourse, all of its right, title and interest
in and to each Additional Home Equity Loan identified in the Transfer
Document.
The
parties hereto intend that the transaction set forth herein be a sale for
certain non-tax purposes by the Depositor to the Trust of all of its right,
title and interest in and to the Home Equity Loans. In the event that
the transaction set forth herein is not deemed to be a sale for certain non-tax
purposes, the Depositor hereby Grants to the Trust a security interest in all
of
its right, title and interest in, to and under the Owner Trust Estate, all
distributions thereon and all proceeds thereof; and this Trust Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
Section
3.02. Initial
Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the contribution of
the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the conveyance of the Initial
Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section 3.01 and the issuance of the Certificates,
the Depositor shall be the sole Certificateholder.
Section
3.03. The Initial
Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of a Certificate Percentage Interest of 10.0000% and integral
multiples of 0.0001% in excess thereof.
The
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile
signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee and authenticated in
the
manner provided in Section 3.04. Certificates bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures
shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be
validly issued and entitled to the benefit of this Trust Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be
so
authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or
did
not hold such offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such
Certificates. A Person shall become a Certificateholder and shall be
entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder
hereunder upon such Person’s acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in such
Person’s name, pursuant to Section 3.05.
A
transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder and shall be
entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder
hereunder upon such transferee’s acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in
such transferee’s name pursuant to and upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 3.05. No Certificates, except for the
Certificates issued pursuant to this Section 3.03, shall be issued by the Trust
without the prior written consent of the Credit Enhancer.
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Section
3.04. Authentication of
Certificates. Concurrently with the acquisition of the Initial
Home Equity Loans by the Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificates
in an initial Certificate Percentage Interest of 100.00% to be executed on
behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order
of
the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president or any vice
president, without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized
denominations. No Certificate shall entitle its holder to any benefit
under this Trust Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless there shall appear
on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Paying Agent, by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute
conclusive evidence that such Certificate shall have been duly authenticated
and
delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of
their authentication.
Section
3.05. Registration of and Limitations on
Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar
shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant
to
Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for
the
registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as
herein provided. The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as
the initial Certificate Registrar and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts
such
appointment. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the
Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar.
Subject
to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver (or shall cause the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent
to
authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a
like
aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any
authenticating agent. In the event the Owner Trustee receives any
Certificates for re-registration or transfer, the Owner Trustee shall promptly
notify the Certificate Registrar. At the option of a
Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of
authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 3.09.
Every
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to
the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder or such
Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each
Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in
accordance with its customary practice.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Certificates.
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Except
as
described below, each Certificateholder shall establish its non-foreign status
by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the
Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit F hereto.
A
Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its
non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such
Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall
not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar
or
the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Credit Enhancer, that
such
transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will
not
adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the
Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition
of
any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent
that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise
distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If
such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to
such
United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by
the
Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its
non-foreign status that otherwise complies with the foregoing requirements
shall
submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall
resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
No
transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made
unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In
the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor
shall
prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i)
(a) an investment letter in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor) which investment
letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and which
investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own
account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined
under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely
on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act,
provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable
to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the
Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to
an
exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from
said
Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion
of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (b) the
transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter,
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer
and
the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which
representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor
and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and
the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the
Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the
Depositor and (C) an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer,
which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, that such
transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause
the
Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax
purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate
of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel
as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify
the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit
Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer
is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state
laws.
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No
transfer of Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any employee
benefit plan or other retirement plan arrangement, including individual
retirement accounts and annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment
funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans,
accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject to ERISA or Section
4975
of the Code (collectively, “Plan”), any Person acting, directly or indirectly,
on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with “plan
assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation
promulgated at 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101 (“Plan Assets Regulation”) unless the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer
and
the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the
satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Credit Enhancer and the Servicer that the purchase of Certificates is
permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit
Enhancer or the Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations
or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those
undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit
Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a
Person seeking to acquire Certificates may provide a certification in
the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon
without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of
Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial
transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the
Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed
to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing
Plan
Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively
rely
upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall
be a
written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee
as
an affiliate of the Depositor.
In
addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer
shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder,
unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, which
establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not
cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having
more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the
Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a
taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax
purposes.
In
addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a
Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a
representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially
in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the
Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for
any
other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the
transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income
tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the
partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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In
addition, no transfer of any portion of a Class L or a Class O Certificate
shall
be made, and any attempted or purported transfer of a Class L or Class O
Certificate shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported transferee, unless: (i) following such transfer, for federal income
tax purposes, 100% of the Class L and Class O Certificates are treated as owned
by the same person or persons in the same proportions as they are owned, or
(ii)
the transferee provides the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such transfer will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity
level tax for federal income tax purposes.
Section
3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Certificate shall be
surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall
receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Certificate Registrar,
the Owner Trustee and the Credit Enhancer such security or indemnity as may
be
required by them to save each of them and the Issuer from harm, then in the
absence of notice to the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Owner Trustee shall
execute on behalf of the Trust and the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Paying
Agent, as the Trust’s authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and denomination. In
connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.06,
the
Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in
connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 3.06 shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the
Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section
3.07. Persons Deemed
Certificateholders. Prior to due presentation of a Certificate
for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Credit Enhancer or any Certificate Paying Agent may treat the Person in whose
name any Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register as the owner
of
such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or any
Certificate Paying Agent shall be bound by any notice to the
contrary.
Section
3.08. Access to List of
Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses. The Certificate
Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Depositor, the Credit
Enhancer or the Owner Trustee, within 15 days after receipt by the
Certificate Registrar of a written request therefor from the Depositor, the
Credit Enhancer or the Owner Trustee, a list, in such form as the Depositor,
the
Credit Enhancer or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most
recent Record Date. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a
Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Trust, the
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Owner Trustee
accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless
of
the source from which such information was derived. All notices to be
given to the Owner Trustee shall be delivered to its Corporate Trust
Office.
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Section
3.09. Maintenance of Office or
Agency. The Trust shall maintain an office or offices or agency
or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trust in respect of
the
Certificates and the Basic Documents may be served. Such office shall
initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate
Registrar. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the
Depositor, the Credit Enhancer and the Certificateholders of any change in
the
location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
(a) Certificate
Paying Agent. The Certificate Paying Agent shall make
distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution Account
on
behalf of the Trust in accordance with the provisions of the Certificates and
Section 5.01 hereof from payments remitted to the Certificate Paying Agent
by
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture. The
Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as Certificate Paying Agent and
the
Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it
will be bound by the provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the
Certificate Paying Agent and shall:
(i) hold
all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the
Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until
such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(ii) give
the Owner Trustee and the Credit Enhancer notice of any default by the Trust
of
which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made
with respect to the Certificates;
(iii) at
any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of
the Owner Trustee or the Credit Enhancer forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee
on
behalf of the Trust all sums so held in trust by such Certificate Paying
Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as Certificate Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Certificates
if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by the
Certificate Paying Agent at the time of its appointment;
(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Certificates of any applicable withholding taxes
imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in
connection therewith; and
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(vi) deliver
to the Owner Trustee and the Credit Enhancer a copy of the Statement prepared
with respect to each Payment Date by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section
4.01 of the Servicing Agreement.
(b) The
Trust may revoke such power and remove the Certificate Paying Agent if the
Owner
Trustee determines in its sole discretion that the Certificate Paying Agent
shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement in
any
material respect. The Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to resign
as Certificate Paying Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Owner
Trustee; provided the Indenture Trustee is also resigning as Paying Agent under
the Indenture at such time. In the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall no longer be the Certificate Paying Agent under this Trust Agreement
and
Paying Agent under the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor
acceptable to the Credit Enhancer to act as Certificate Paying Agent (which
shall be a bank or trust company) and which shall also be the successor Paying
Agent under the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall cause such
successor Certificate Paying Agent or any additional Certificate Paying Agent
appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver to the Owner Trustee
and
the Credit Enhancer an instrument to the effect set forth in this Section 3.09
as it relates to the Certificate Paying Agent. The Certificate Paying
Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Trust and upon removal of a
Certificate Paying Agent such Certificate Paying Agent shall also return all
funds in its possession to the Trust. The provisions of
Sections 6.01, 6.03, 6.04 and 7.01 shall apply to the Certificate Paying
Agent to the extent applicable. Any reference in this Agreement to
the Certificate Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the
context requires otherwise.
(c) The
Certificate Paying Agent shall establish and maintain with itself the
Certificate Distribution Account in which the Certificate Paying Agent shall
deposit, on the same day as it is received from the Indenture Trustee, each
remittance received by the Certificate Paying Agent with respect to payments
made pursuant to the Indenture. The Certificate Paying Agent shall
make all distributions of the Certificate Distribution Amount on the
Certificates, from moneys on deposit in the Certificate Distribution
Account.
Section
3.10. Cooperation. The
Owner Trustee shall cooperate in all respects with any reasonable request by
the
Credit Enhancer for action to preserve or enforce the Credit Enhancer’s rights
or interest under this Trust Agreement or the Insurance Agreement, consistent
with this Trust Agreement and without limiting the rights of the
Certificateholders as otherwise expressly set forth in this Trust
Agreement.
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ARTICLE
IV.
Authority
and Duties of Owner Trustee
Section
4.01. General
Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to
execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party
and
each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated
by
the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or
other agreement or instrument described herein, in each case, in such form
as
the Owner Trustee shall approve, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner
Trustee’s execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner
Trustee is authorized (but, except as expressly provided hereunder, shall not
be
obligated) to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Basic
Documents.
Section
4.02. General Duties. The
Owner Trustee shall be responsible to administer the Trust pursuant to the
terms
of this Trust Agreement in the interest of the Certificateholders, subject
to
the Basic Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Trust
Agreement. The Trust, or the Servicer acting on behalf of the Trust
pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Servicing Agreement shall: (a) maintain the
Trust’s books and records separate from any other person or entity; (b) maintain
the Trust’s bank accounts separate from any other person or entity; (c) not
commingle the Trust’s assets with those of any other person or entity; (d)
conduct the Trust’s own business in its own name; (e) other than as contemplated
by the Basic Documents and related documentation, pay the Trust’s own
liabilities and expenses only out of its own funds; (f) observe all formalities
required under the Delaware Trust Statute; (g) enter into transactions with
Affiliates or the Depositor only if each such transaction is intrinsically
fair,
commercially reasonable, and on the same terms as would be available in the
arm’s length transaction with a person or entity that is not an Affiliate; (h)
not guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other entity or person;
(i) not hold out the Trust’s credit as being available to satisfy the obligation
of any other person or entity; (j) not acquire the obligations or securities
of
the Trust’s Affiliates or the Depositor; (k) other than as contemplated by the
Basic Documents and related documentation, not make any loans to any other
person or entity or buy or hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other
person or entity; (l) other than as contemplated by the Basic Documents and
related documentation, not pledge the Trust’s assets for the benefit of any
other person or entity; (m) hold the Trust out as a separate entity and conduct
any business only in its own name; (n) correct any known misunderstanding
regarding the Trust’s separate identity; (o) not identify the Trust as a
division of any other person or entity; (p) maintain appropriate minutes or
other records of appropriate actions and shall maintain its office separate
from
the office of the Depositor, the Seller and the Servicer.
Section
4.03. Action upon
Instruction.
(a) Subject
to Section 4.12 hereof and this Article IV and in accordance with the terms
of the Basic Documents, the Class L Certificateholders may by written
instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the
Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written
instruction of the Class L Certificateholders pursuant to this
Article IV.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably
determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely
to
result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the
terms
hereof or of any Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to law.
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(c) Whenever
the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action
permitted or required by the terms of this Trust Agreement or under any Basic
Document, or in the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application
of any provision of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document or any such
provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in
conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Trust
Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is
incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to
take
with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee shall promptly
give
notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the
Class L Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer requesting instruction as
to
the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts
in
good faith in accordance with any written instructions received from the Credit
Enhancer or, with the prior written consent of the Credit Enhancer, the Holders
of the Class L Certificates representing a majority of the Security Balance
thereof, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to
any
Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate
instruction within 10 days of such notice (or within such shorter period of
time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under
the
circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement or the Basic
Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders, and the Owner Trustee shall have no liability to any Person
for such action or inaction.
Section
4.04. No Duties Except as Specified under
Specified Documents or in Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall
not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to,
register, record, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with the Owner Trust
Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in
connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee
is
a party, except as expressly provided herein; and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document
against the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no
responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public
office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any
security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any
Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Trust Agreement or any Basic
Document. Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or
in any other document, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to execute,
deliver or certify on behalf of the Trust, the Servicer, the Depositor or any
other Person any filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments required
by the Commission or required under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of
2002. Notwithstanding any Person’s right to instruct the Owner
Trustee, neither the Owner Trustee nor any agent, employee, director or officer
of the Owner Trustee shall have any obligation to execute any certificates
or
other documents required by the Commission or required pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
and the refusal to comply with any such instructions shall not constitute a
default or breach under this Agreement or any other document in connection
herewith. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its
own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge
any liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from actions by,
or
claims against, the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity that are not
related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust
Estate.
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Section
4.05. Restrictions.
(a) The
Owner Trustee shall not take any action (x) that is inconsistent with the
purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (y) that, to the
actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would result in the Trust becoming
taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. The Class L
Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer shall not direct the Owner Trustee
to
take action that would violate the provisions of this Section 4.05.
(b) The
Owner Trustee shall not convey or transfer any of the Trust’s properties or
assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any Person unless
(a)
it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, to
the
effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence
to the Trust or any Certificateholder and (b) such conveyance or transfer shall
not violate the provisions of Section 3.16(b) of the Indenture.
Section
4.06. Prior Notice to Certificateholders
and the Credit Enhancer with Respect to Certain Matters. With
respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action
unless, at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner
Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer
in
writing of the proposed action and Holders of the Class L Certificates
representing a majority of the Security Balance thereof and the Credit Enhancer
shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day
after such notice is given that such Certificateholders or the Credit Enhancer
have withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the
initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or lawsuits
brought in connection with the collection of cash distributions due and owing
under the Revolving Credit Loans) and the compromise of any action, claim or
lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the
aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of cash distributions due
and
owing under the Revolving Credit Loans);
(b) the
election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless
such amendment is required to be filed under the Delaware Trust
Statute);
(c) the
amendment of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document in circumstances where
the consent of any Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer is required;
(d) the
amendment of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document in circumstances where
the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially
adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders or the Credit
Enhancer;
(e) the
appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, Paying
Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Trust Agreement of a successor
Certificate Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent or the consent to the
assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Indenture Trustee, Certificate
Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent of its obligations under the Indenture
or
this Trust Agreement, as applicable;
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(f) the
consent to the calling or waiver of any default of any Basic
Document;
(g) the
consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee or Servicer of their
respective obligations under any Basic Document;
(h) except
as provided in Article VIII hereof, dissolve, terminate or liquidate the Trust
in whole or in part;
(i) cause
the Trust to incur, assume or guaranty any indebtedness other than as in this
Agreement or the other Basic Documents;
(j) do
any act that conflicts with any other Basic Document;
(k) do
any act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of
the
Trust as described in Section 2.3 hereof;
(l) possess
Trust assets, or assign the Trust’s right to property, for other than a Trust
purpose;
(m) cause
the Trust to lend any funds to any entity;
(n) change
the Trust’s purpose and powers from those set forth in this Trust Agreement;
and
(o) any
other events which may have a materially adverse effect on the interests of
the
Credit Enhancer.
Section
4.07. Action by Certificateholders with
Respect to Certain Matters. The Owner Trustee shall not have the
power, except upon the direction of the Class L Certificateholders evidencing
not less than a majority of the outstanding Security Balance of such
Certificates, and with the consent of the Credit Enhancer, to (a) remove
the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof
or
(b) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Home
Equity Loans after the termination of the Indenture. The Owner
Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon
written instructions signed by the Class L Certificateholders evidencing not
less than a majority of the outstanding Security Balance of such Certificates
and with the written consent of the Credit Enhancer.
Section
4.08. Action by Certificateholders or
Owner Trustee with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner Trustee
shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the 100% of the
Certificateholders and the delivery to the Owner Trustee of each such
Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such Certificateholder
reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent, with the consent of the Credit
Enhancer or upon the direction of the Credit Enhancer and 100% of the
Noteholders, and to the extent otherwise consistent with the Basic Documents,
(a) institute any proceedings to declare or adjudicate the Trust a bankrupt
or
insolvent, (b) consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings against the Trust, (c) file a petition or consent to a petition
seeking reorganization or relief on behalf of the Trust under any applicable
federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (d) consent to the appointment
of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Trust or a substantial part of the property of the Trust,
(e)
make any assignment for the benefit of the Trust’s creditors, (f) cause the
Trust to admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or (g) take any action, or cause the Trust to take any action,
in
furtherance of any of the foregoing (any of the above foregoing actions, a
“Bankruptcy Action”). So long as the Indenture and the Insurance
Agreement remain in effect and no Credit Enhancer Default exists, no
Certificateholder shall have the power to take, and shall not take, any
Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust or direct the Owner Trustee to
take
any Bankruptcy Action with respect to the Trust.
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Section
4.09. Restrictions on Certificateholders’
Power. The Certificateholders and the Credit Enhancer shall not
direct the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain from taking any action if such
action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Trust or the
Owner
Trustee under this Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents or would be
contrary to Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to
follow any such direction, if given.
Section
4.10. Majority
Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any action that may
be taken by the Certificateholders under this Trust Agreement may be taken
by
the Certificateholders evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding
Security Balance of such Certificates. Except as expressly provided
herein, any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to
this
Trust Agreement shall be effective if signed by Certificateholders evidencing
not less than a majority of the outstanding Security Balance of such
Certificates at the time of the delivery of such notice.
Section
4.11. Doing Business in Other
Jurisdictions. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, neither Wilmington Trust Company nor the Owner Trustee shall be
required to take any action in any jurisdiction other than in the State of
Delaware if the taking of such action will, even after the appointment of a
co-trustee or separate trustee in accordance with Section 9.05 hereof,
(i) require the consent or approval or authorization or order of or the
giving of notice to, or the registration with or the taking of any other action
in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or agency of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware; (ii) result in any fee, tax
or other governmental charge under the laws of the State of Delaware becoming
payable by Wilmington Trust Company, or (iii) subject Wilmington Trust
Company to personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other than the State of
Delaware for causes of action arising from acts unrelated to the consummation
of
the transactions by Wilmington Trust Company or the Owner Trustee, as the case
may be, contemplated hereby.
Section
4.12. Credit Enhancer’s Rights Regarding
Actions, Proceedings or Investigations. Until all Notes issued
pursuant to the Indenture have been paid in full, all amounts owed to the Credit
Enhancer have been paid in full, the Insurance Agreement has terminated and
the
Credit Enhancement Instrument has been returned to the Credit Enhancer for
cancellation, the following provisions shall apply:
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(a)
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Subject
to Article VI hereof but notwithwtanding any other provision contained
herein or in the Basic Documents to the contrary, the Credit Enhancer
shall have the right to participate in, to direct the defense of,
and, at
the Credit Enhancer’s sole option, to institute or assume the defense of
any action, proceeding or investigation that could adversely affect
the
Trust, the Trust Estate or the rights or obligations of the Credit
Enhancer hereunder or under the Credit Enhancement Instrument or
the Basic
Documents, including (without limitation) any insolvency or bankruptcy
proceeding in respect of the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor,
the
Trust or any affiliate thereof. Following notice to the Owner
Trustee, the Credit Enhancer shall have exclusive right to determine,
in
its sole discretion, the actions necessary to preserve and protect
the
Trust or the Trust Estate. All costs and expenses of the Credit
Enhancer in connection with such action, proceeding or investigation,
including (without limitation) any judgment or settlement entered
into
affecting the Credit Enhancer or the Credit Enhancer’s interests, shall be
deemed reimbursable as an amount payable to the Credit Enhancer under
the
Insurance Agreement.
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(b)
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In
connection with any action, proceeding or investigation that could
adversely affect the Trust, the Trust Estate or the rights or obligations
of the Credit Enhancer hereunder or under the Credit Enhancement
Instrument or the Basic Documents, including (without limitation)
any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding in respect of the Servicer, the
Seller, the Depositor, the Trust or any affiliate thereof, the Owner
Trustee hereby agrees to cooperate with, and to take such action
as
directed by, the Credit Enhancer, including (without limitation)
entering
into such agreements and settlements as the Credit Enhancer shall
direct,
in its sole discretion, without the consent of any
Certificateholder.
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(c)
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The
Owner Trustee hereby agrees upon actual knowledge thereof to provide
the
Credit Enhancer prompt written notice of any action, proceeding or
investigation that names the Trust, the Trust Estate or the Owner
Trustee
as a party or that could adversely affect the Trust, the Trust Estate
or
the rights or obligations of the Credit Enhancer hereunder or under
the
Credit Enhancement Instrument or the Basic Documents, including (without
limitation) any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding in respect of
the
Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor, the Trust or any affiliate
thereof.
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(d)
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Notwithstanding
anything contained herein or in the Basic Documents to the contrary,
the
Owner Trustee shall not, without the Credit Enhancer’s prior written
consent or unless directed by the Credit Enhancer, undertake or join
any
litigation or agree to any settlement of any action, proceeding or
investigation affecting the Trust, the Trust Estate or the rights
or
obligations of the Credit Enhancer hereunder or under the Credit
Enhancement Instrument or the Basic
Documents.
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(e)
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Each
Certificateholder, by acceptance of its Certificate, and the Owner
Trustee
agree that the Credit Enhancer shall have such rights as set forth
in this
Section 4.12, which are in addition to any rights of the Credit Enhancer
pursuant to the other provisions of the Basic Documents, that the
rights
set forth in this Section 4.12 may be exercised by the Credit Enhancer,
in
its sole discretion, without the need for the consent or approval
of any
Certificateholder or the Owner Trustee, subject to Article VI hereof
but
notwithstanding any other provision contained herein or in any Basic
Document, and that nothing contained in this Section 4.12 shall be
deemed
to be an obligation of the Credit Enhancer to exercise any of the
rights
provided for herein.
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With
respect to the Credit Enhancer
and the Noteholders, the Owner Trustee undertakes to perform or observe only
such of the covenants and obligations of the Owner Trustee as are expressly
set
forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect
to
the Credit Enhancer or the Noteholders shall be read into this Agreement or
the
other Basic Documents against the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the Credit Enhancer or the
Noteholders, and shall not be liable to any such person for the failure of
the
Trust to perform its obligations to such Persons other than as a result of
the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Owner Trustee in the performance
of its express obligations under this Agreement.
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Section
4.13. Restrictions on Trust
Activities. The Trust shall abide by the following
restrictions:
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(a)
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other
than as contemplated by the Basic Documents and related documentation,
the
Trust shall not incur any
indebtedness;
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(b)
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other
than as contemplated by the Basic Documents and related documentation,
the
Trust shall not engage in any dissolution, liquidation, consolidation,
merger or sale of assets;
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(c)
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the
Trust shall not engage in any business activity in which it is not
currently engaged other than as contemplated by the Basic Documents
and
related documentation;
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(d)
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the
Trust shall not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries and
shall
not own or acquire any asset other than as contemplated by the Basic
Documents and related documentation;
and
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other
than as contemplated by the Basic Documents and related documentation, the
Trust
shall not follow the directions or instructions of the Depositor.
Section
4.14. Tax Election.
In
the
event that either the Class O or Class L Certificates are held by more than
one
Holder, or the Trust is successfully recharacterized by the IRS as a
partnership, the Owner Trustee (or its agent) shall file an application with
the
IRS for a taxpayer identification number with respect to the Trust (and, upon
receipt of such number, notify the Indenture Trustee thereof) and prepare or
cause to be prepared and sign and/or file a tax return in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby (the “Tax Return”); provided, however, that the
Owner Trustee (or its agent) shall, upon receipt of a written request, send
or
cause to be sent a copy of the completed Tax Return to the Servicer, the
Depositor, the Certificateholders, the Credit Enhancer and the Indenture Trustee
on or after the due date of the Tax Return. The Servicer, the Depositor, the
Credit Enhancer and any Certificateholders shall each, upon request by the
Owner
Trustee (or its agent), furnish the Owner Trustee (or its agent) with all such
information as may be reasonably required from the Servicer, the Depositor,
the
Credit Enhancer or the Certificateholders in connection with the preparation
of
such Tax Return. The Owner Trustee shall keep copies of the Tax Returns
delivered to or filed by it (or its agent).
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ARTICLE
V.
Application
of Trust Funds
Section
5.01. Distributions.
(a) On
each Payment Date, the Certificate Paying Agent shall distribute to the
Certificateholders all funds on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account
and available therefor (as provided in Section 3.05 of the Indenture), as the
Certificate Distribution Amount for such Payment Date as follows:
(i) With
respect to any Payment Date during the Managed Amortization Period, in the
following order and priority:
A. first,
to the Class L Certificateholders from Seller P&I Collections for such
Payment Date, interest on its Class Principal Balance immediately prior to
that
Payment Date at a rate equal to the weighted average of the Loan Rates on the
Revolving Credit Loans as of the end of the related Billing Cycle minus the
Servicing Fee Rate for such Payment Date;
B. second,
to the Class L Certificateholders from Seller P&I Collections for such
Payment Date, (a) if such Payment Date is during the Managed Amortization
Period, principal in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Net Principal
Collections related to the Revolving Credit Loans over the Investor Principal
Collections related to the Revolving Credit Loans, in each case for that Payment
Date, and if such Payment Date is during the Rapid Amortization Period,
principal in an amount equal to the excess, if any of the Principal Collections
related to the Revolving Credit Loans over the Investor Principal Collections
related to the Revolving Credit Loans, in each case for that Payment Date;
and
C. third,
any remaining amounts, to the Class O Certificateholders.
(ii) With
respect to any Payment Date during the Rapid Amortization Period, in the
following order and priority:
A. first,
to the Class L Certificateholders from Seller P&I Collections for such
Payment Date, interest on its Class Principal Balance immediately prior to
that
Payment Date at a rate equal to the weighted average of the Loan Rates on the
Revolving Credit Loans as of the end of the related Billing Cycle minus the
Servicing Fee Rate for such Payment Date;
B. second,
to the Class L Certificateholders from Seller P&I Collections for such
Payment Date, principal in an amount equal to the excess, if any of the
Principal Collections related to the Revolving Credit Loans over the Investor
Principal Collections related to the Revolving Credit Loans, in each case for
that Payment Date;
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C. third,
to the Class O Certificateholders, any remaining Investor Floating Allocation
Percentage of Interest Collections for such Payment Date, until its Class
Principal Balance is reduced to zero;
D. fourth,
to the Class O Certificateholders, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced
to zero; and
E. fifth,
to the Class L Certificateholders, until its Class Principal Balance is reduced
to zero.
provided,
further, that the Issuer shall cause any Revolving Credit Loans removed from
the
Trust Estate pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Home Equity Loan Purchase Agreement
to be assigned to the Holder of the Class L Certificates and the Class Principal
Balance of the Class L Certificates shall be reduced by the Principal Balance
of
such Revolving Credit Loans (it being understood that, if any such assignment
occurs during the Managed Amortization Period, the Principal Balance of such
Revolving Credit Loans will be offset against the Class Principal Balance of
the
Class L Certificates following commencement of the Rapid Amortization
Period).
All
distributions made pursuant to this Section shall be distributed to the
Certificateholders on a pro rata basis based on the Certificate Percentage
Interests thereof.
(b) In
the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the distributions (or
allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount
otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in accordance with this Section
5.01. The Certificate Paying Agent is hereby authorized and directed
to retain or cause to be retained from amounts otherwise distributable to the
Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally
owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee
from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment
of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect
to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such
Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent
and
remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a
possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution
(such
as a distribution to a non-U.S. Certificateholder), the Certificate Paying
Agent
may in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this
paragraph.
(c) Distributions
to Certificateholders shall be subordinated to the creditors of the Trust,
including the Noteholders.
Section
5.02. Method of
Payment. Subject to Section 8.01(c), distributions required to be
made to Certificateholders on any Payment Date as provided in Section 5.01
shall
be made to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either
by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of such Holder
at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such
Certificateholder shall have provided to the Certificate Registrar and
Certificate Paying Agent appropriate written instructions at least five Business
Days prior to such Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed to such
Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.
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Section
5.03. Signature on
Returns. The Owner Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust the
tax returns, if any, of the Trust forwarded to it in execution
form.
Section
5.04. Statements to
Certificateholders. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall make available to each Certificateholder and the Credit Enhancer the
Statement provided to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Paying Agent by
the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Servicing Agreement with
respect to such Payment Date.
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ARTICLE
VI.
Concerning
the Owner Trustee
Section
6.01. Acceptance of Trusts and
Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and
agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such trusts but only
upon
the terms of this Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee and the
Certificate Paying Agent also agree to disburse all moneys actually received
by
it constituting part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic
Documents and this Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be
answerable or accountable hereunder or under any Basic Document under any
circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence
or
bad faith or grossly negligent failure to act, (ii) in the case of the
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 6.03
expressly made by the Owner Trustee, (iii) for liabilities arising from the
failure of the Owner Trustee to perform obligations expressly undertaken by
it
in the last sentence of Section 4.04 hereof and (iv) for taxes, fees or other
charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation
received by the Owner Trustee. In particular, but not by way of
limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding
sentence):
(a) No
provision of this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document shall require the Owner
Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in
the performance of any of its rights, duties or powers hereunder or under any
Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(b) Under
no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced
by
or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including the principal of and
interest on the Notes;
(c) The
Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the
Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or
validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate, or for or in respect of the validity
or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, the Notes, the Certificates, other than
the certificate of authentication on the Certificates, if executed by the Owner
Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability,
duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Certificateholder, other than
as
expressly provided for herein or expressly agreed to in the Basic
Documents;
(d) The
execution, delivery, authentication and performance by it of this Trust
Agreement will not require the authorization, consent or approval of, the giving
of notice to, the filing or registration with, or the taking of any other action
with respect to, any governmental authority or agency;
(e) The
Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Credit
Enhancer, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer under any of
the
Basic Documents or otherwise and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation
or
liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this Trust Agreement
or
the Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture, the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement or the Seller
under the Home Equity Loan Purchase Agreement; and
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(f) The
Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it or duties imposed by this Trust Agreement, or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation under this Trust Agreement or otherwise or
in
relation to this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order
or
direction of any of the Certificateholders or Credit Enhancer unless the Owner
Trustee has been offered security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the
costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee
therein or thereby. The right of the Owner Trustee to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Trust Agreement or in any Basic Document
shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not be answerable
for other than its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the
performance of any such act.
Section
6.02. Furnishing of
Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Securityholders
and the Credit Enhancer promptly upon receipt of a written reasonable request
therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands,
certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the
Trust under the Basic Documents.
Section
6.03. Representations and
Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to
the Depositor, the Credit Enhancer and the Certificateholders,
that:
(a) It
is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Trust Agreement;
(b) It
has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery
by it of this Trust Agreement, and this Trust Agreement will be executed and
delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver
this Trust Agreement on its behalf;
(c) Neither
the execution nor the delivery by it of this Trust Agreement, nor the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by
it
with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or
Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust
powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or
constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any indenture,
mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which
any of its properties may be bound;
(d) This
Trust Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Owner
Trustee and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation
of
the Owner Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(e) The
Owner Trustee is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any
court
or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or
governmental agency, which default might have consequences that would materially
and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the
Owner Trustee or its properties or might have consequences that would materially
adversely affect its performance hereunder; and
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(f) No
litigation is pending or, to the best of the Owner Trustee’s knowledge,
threatened against the Owner Trustee which would prohibit its entering into
this
Trust Agreement or performing its obligations under this Trust
Agreement.
Section
6.04. Reliance; Advice of
Counsel.
(a) The
Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature,
instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report,
opinion, bond, or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and
believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee
may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other
governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such
resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full
force
and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of determination of
which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all
purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice
president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant
party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate shall constitute full
protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by
it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In
the exercise or administration of the Trust hereunder and in the performance
of
its duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents,
the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents, attorneys,
custodians or nominees (including persons acting under a power of attorney)
pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Owner Trustee
shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, attorneys,
custodians or nominees (including persons acting under a power of attorney)
if
such persons have been selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care,
and
(ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be
selected with reasonable care and employed by it at the expense of the
Trust. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything done,
suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice
of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons and not contrary to
this
Trust Agreement or any Basic Document.
Section
6.05. Not Acting in Individual
Capacity. Except as provided in this Article VI, in
accepting the trusts hereby created Wilmington Trust Company acts solely as
Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons
having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Trust Agreement or any Basic Document shall look only
to
the Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section
6.06. Owner Trustee Not Liable for
Certificates or Related Documents. The recitals contained herein
and in the Certificates (other than the signatures of the Owner Trustee on
the
Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor, and the Owner
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The
Owner Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of
this
Trust Agreement, of any Basic Document or of the Certificates (other than the
signatures of the Owner Trustee on the Certificates) or the Notes, or of any
Related Documents. The Owner Trustee shall at no time have any
responsibility or liability with respect to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust
Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders under this Trust Agreement or the Noteholders under the
Indenture, including, the compliance by the Depositor or the Seller with any
warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in any related
document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation, or any action
of the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.
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Section
6.07. Owner Trustee May Own Certificates
and Notes. The Owner Trustee in its individual or any other
capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates or Notes and may deal
with the Depositor, the Seller, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate
Registrar and the Indenture Trustee in transactions with the same rights as
it
would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
Section
6.08. Licenses. The Owner
Trustee shall cooperate with the Servicer to cause the Trust to use its best
efforts to obtain and maintain the effectiveness of any licenses required in
connection with this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby until such time as the Trust shall terminate
in
accordance with the terms hereof.
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ARTICLE
VII.
Compensation
of Owner Trustee
Section
7.01. Owner Trustee’s Fees and
Expenses. The Owner Trustee shall receive as compensation for its
services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon before the
date
hereof with the Servicer, and the Owner Trustee shall be reimbursed for its
reasonable expenses hereunder and under the Basic Documents, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents,
representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may reasonably employ
in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties
hereunder and under the Basic Documents which shall be payable by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Servicing Agreement.
Section
7.02. Indemnification. The
holder of the majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class
L
Certificates shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and
its
successors, assigns, agents and servants (collectively, the “Indemnified
Parties”) from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, taxes, claims, actions and suits, and any and all reasonable costs,
expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of
any
kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”) which may at any time be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Owner Trustee or any
Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Trust Agreement,
the Basic Documents, the Owner Trust Estate, the administration of the Owner
Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder, provided,
that:
(i) the
holder of the majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class
L
Certificates shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an Indemnified
Party from and against Expenses arising or resulting from the Owner Trustee’s
willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith or as a result of any
inaccuracy of a representation or warranty contained in Section 6.03 expressly
made by the Owner Trustee;
(ii) with
respect to any such claim, the Indemnified Party shall have given the holder
of
the majority of the Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class L Certificates
written notice thereof promptly after the Indemnified Party shall have actual
knowledge thereof;
(iii) while
maintaining control over its own defense, the holder of the majority of the
Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class L Certificates shall consult with
the Indemnified Party in preparing such defense; and
(iv) notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the holder of the majority of the
Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class L Certificates shall not be liable
for settlement of any claim by an Indemnified Party entered into without the
prior consent of the holder of the majority of the Certificate Percentage
Interest of the Class L Certificates which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
The
indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or
termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Trust
Agreement. In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which
indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section 7.02, the Owner Trustee’s
choice of legal counsel, if other than the legal counsel retained by the Owner
Trustee in connection with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement,
shall be subject to the approval of the holder of the majority of the
Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class L Certificates, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld. In addition, upon written notice
to the Owner Trustee and with the consent of the Owner Trustee which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, the holder of the majority of the
Certificate Percentage Interest of the Class L Certificates has the right to
assume the defense of any claim, action or proceeding against the Owner
Trustee.
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Section
7.03. Payments to the Owner
Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this
Article VII shall be deemed not to be a part of the Owner Trust Estate
immediately after such payment.
Section
7.04. Non-recourse
Obligations. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any
Basic Document, the Owner Trustee agrees in its individual capacity and in
its
capacity as Owner Trustee for the Trust that all obligations of the Trust to
the
Owner Trustee individually or as Owner Trustee for the Trust shall be recourse
to the Owner Trust Estate only and specifically shall not be recourse to the
assets of any Certificateholder.
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ARTICLE
VIII.
Termination
of Trust Agreement
Section
8.01. Termination of Trust
Agreement.
(a) This
Trust Agreement (other than this Article VIII) and the Trust shall terminate
and
be of no further force or effect upon the later of (x) the termination of the
Term of the Policy (as defined in the Credit Enhancement Instrument) and all
amounts due to the Credit Enhancer have been paid in full and (y) the earliest
of (i) the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds
of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and
this
Trust Agreement, (ii) the Final Scheduled Payment Date, and (iii) the
purchase by the Servicer of all Home Equity Loans pursuant to Section 8.08(a)
of
the Servicing Agreement. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to
terminate this Trust Agreement or the Trust or (y) entitle such
Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of
all
or any part of the Trust or the Owner Trust Estate or (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations
and liabilities
of the parties hereto.
(b) Except
as provided in Section 8.01(a), neither the Depositor nor any
Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the
Trust.
(c) Notice
of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date upon which
Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to the Certificate Paying
Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
by
the Certificate Paying Agent by letter to Certificateholders and the Credit
Enhancer mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of such
termination from the Owner Trustee, stating (i) the Payment Date upon or
with respect to which final payment of the Certificates shall be made upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Certificate
Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment
and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date
is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender
of
the Certificates at the office of the Certificate Payment Agent therein
specified. The Certificate Paying Agent shall give such notice to the
Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given
to
Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates, the Certificate Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to
Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to
Section 5.01.
In
the
event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates
for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above
mentioned written notice, the Certificate Paying Agent shall give a second
written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds,
if within one year following the Payment Date on which final payment of the
Certificates was to have been made pursuant to Section 3.10, all the
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate
Paying Agent may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning
surrender of their Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of
the
funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this Trust
Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Certificate Distribution
Account after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by the
Certificate Paying Agent to the holder of the majority of the Certificate
Percentage Interest of the Certificates.
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(d) Upon
the winding up of the Trust and its termination in accordance with the Delaware
Trust Statute, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be
cancelled by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State
in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3820 of the Delaware Trust
Statute.
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ARTICLE
IX.
Successor
Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
Section
9.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a corporation
satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Trust Statute;
authorized to exercise corporate trust powers; having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities; and having (or having a parent that has) long-term
debt obligations with a rating of at least A by Moody’s and/or Standard &
Poor’s and being acceptable to the Credit Enhancer. If such
corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually pursuant to
law
or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then
for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any
time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 9.01, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately
in
the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.02.
Section
9.02. Replacement of Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be
discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving 30 days’ prior written
notice thereof to the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly
appoint a successor Owner Trustee with the prior written consent of the Credit
Enhancer which will not be unreasonably withheld, by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no
successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the resigning Owner Trustee or the Credit Enhancer may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee.
If
at any
time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.01 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Indenture Trustee or the Credit Enhancer, or if at any time
the
Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt
or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then the Indenture Trustee may and shall at the
direction of the Credit Enhancer remove the Owner Trustee. If the
Indenture Trustee shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the
immediately preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly appoint
a
successor Owner Trustee acceptable to the Credit Enhancer by written instrument,
in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing
Owner Trustee so removed, one copy to the Credit Enhancer and one copy to the
successor Owner Trustee, and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner
Trustee.
Any
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor
Owner
Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become
effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 9.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the
outgoing Owner Trustee. As a condition to the effectiveness of a
resignation by the Owner Trustee, at least 15 calendar days before the effective
date of that resignation, the Owner Trustee must 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 the Depositor’s
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to the resignation
of the Owner Trustee.
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Section
9.03. Successor Owner
Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to
Section 9.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Indenture
Trustee, the Credit Enhancer and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment under this Trust Agreement, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective,
and such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations
of
its predecessor under this Trust Agreement, with like effect as if originally
named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon
payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all
documents and statements and monies held by it under this Trust Agreement;
and
the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and
do
such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting
and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties
and obligations. If no successor Owner Trustee has been appointed
within thirty (30) days of the notice of resignation or removal, the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor.
No
successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
9.03 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be
eligible pursuant to Section 9.01.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this
Section 9.03, the Certificate Registrar shall mail notice thereof to all
Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Credit Enhancer
and the Rating Agencies. If the Certificate Registrar shall fail to
mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of such appointment by the
successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice
to
be mailed at the expense of the Trust.
Section
9.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner
Trustee. Any Person into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from
any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party,
or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further
act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, that such Person shall be eligible pursuant to
Section 9.01 and, provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail
notice of such merger or consolidation to the Credit Enhancer and the Rating
Agencies.
At
least
15 calendar days before the effective date of any merger or consolidation of
the
Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee will 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 the Depositor’s
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement
Owner Trustee.
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Section
9.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Trust Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements
of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Owner Trust Estate may at the
time
be located, the Owner Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver
all instruments to appoint one or more Persons acceptable to the Credit Enhancer
to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as separate trustee
or
trustees, of all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate, and to vest in such
Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust or any part thereof and,
subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties,
obligations, rights and trusts as the Owner Trustee may consider necessary
or
desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Trust
Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 and no notice of the appointment of
any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to
Section 9.03.
Each
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(a) All
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner
Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee
and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without
the
Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law
of
any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the
Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts,
in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the
holding of title to the Owner Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee
or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
(b) No
trustee under this Trust Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of
any
act or omission of any other trustee under this Trust Agreement;
and
(c) The
Owner Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate
trustee or co-trustee.
Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed
to
have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing
any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Trust Agreement and
the
conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee,
upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates
or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Trust Agreement, specifically including every provision
of
this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of,
or
affording protection to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument
shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Depositor,
the Servicer and the Credit Enhancer.
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Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee as
its
agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Trust
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all
of
its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.
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ARTICLE
X.
Miscellaneous
Section
10.01. Amendments.
(a) This
Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto,
including the Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent if affected
by
such amendment, as specified in this Section 10.01, provided that any amendment,
except as provided in subparagraph (e) below, be accompanied by an Opinion
of
Counsel, to the Owner Trustee, acceptable to the Credit Enhancer to the effect
that such amendment (i) complies with the provisions of this Section and
(ii) will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level
tax.
(b) If
the purpose of the amendment (as detailed therein) is to correct any mistake,
eliminate any inconsistency, cure any ambiguity or deal with any matter not
covered (i.e., to give effect to the intent of the parties), it shall not be
necessary to obtain the consent of any Holders, but the Owner Trustee shall
be
furnished with (A) a letter from the Rating Agencies that the amendment will
not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any
Security if determined without regard to the Credit Enhancement Instrument
and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Credit Enhancer to the effect
that
such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests
of
any Holders, and the prior written consent of the Credit Enhancer shall be
obtained.
(c) If
the purpose of the amendment is to prevent the imposition of any federal or
state taxes at any time that any Security is outstanding (i.e., technical in
nature), it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of any Holder, but
the
Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to
the
Credit Enhancer that such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the
imposition of such taxes and is not materially adverse to any Holder and the
prior written consent of the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained.
(d) If
the purpose of the amendment is to add or eliminate or change any provision
of
the Trust Agreement other than as contemplated in (b) and (c) above, the
amendment shall require (A) the prior written consent of the Credit Enhancer
and
an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Credit Enhancer to the effect that
such
action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Holders and (B) either (a) a letter from the Rating Agency that the amendment
will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned
to
any security if determined without regard to the Credit Enhancement Instrument
or (b) the consent of Holders of the Class L Certificates evidencing a majority
of the Certificate Percentage Interest of such Certificates and the Indenture
Trustee; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any
manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received that are
required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the related
Certificateholder and the Credit Enhancer, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to
any
such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates
then
outstanding.
(e) If
the purpose of the amendment is to provide for the holding of any of the
Certificates in book-entry form, it shall require the consent of Holders of
all
such Certificates then outstanding; provided, that the Opinion of Counsel
specified in subparagraph (a) above shall not be required.
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(f) If
the purpose of the amendment is to provide for the issuance of additional
certificates representing an interest in the Trust, it shall not be necessary
to
obtain the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished
with
(A) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such action will not adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Holders and (B) a letter
from the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not result in the downgrading
or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Security, if determined without
regard to the Credit Enhancement Instrument and the prior written consent of
the
Credit Enhancer shall be obtained.
(g) Promptly
after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall
furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent
to
each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer and each
of
the Rating Agencies. It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 10.01
to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other
consents of Certificateholders provided for in this Trust Agreement or in any
other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements
as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
(h) In
connection with the execution of any amendment to any agreement to which the
Trust is a party, other than this Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall
be
entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable
to the Credit Enhancer to the effect that such amendment is authorized or
permitted by the documents subject to such amendment and that all conditions
precedent in the Basic Documents for the execution and delivery thereof by
the
Trust or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, have been
satisfied.
The
Owner
Trustee may consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) enter
into any amendment which affects its rights, duties and obligations under this
Agreement.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State
of
the State of Delaware.
Section
10.02. No Legal Title to Owner Trust
Estate. The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any
part of the Owner Trust Estate. The Certificateholders shall be
entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided beneficial
interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and VIII. No
transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest
of
the Certificateholders to and in their ownership interest in the Owner Trust
Estate shall operate to terminate this Trust Agreement or the trusts hereunder
or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal
title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate
Section
10.03. Limitations on Rights of
Others. The provisions of this Trust Agreement are solely for the
benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders, the Credit
Enhancer and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee
and
the Noteholders, and nothing in this Trust Agreement (other than
Section 2.07), whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to
any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner
Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Trust Agreement or any covenants,
conditions or provisions contained herein.
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Section
10.04. Notices.
(a) Unless
otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices
shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon receipt, if to the Owner
Trustee, addressed to Wilmington Trust Company, Corporate Trust Administration,
Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Telecopy (000) 000-0000; if to the Depositor, addressed to 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000; if to the Credit Enhancer, addressed to Ambac
Assurance Corporation, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Consumer Asset-Backed
Securities Re: MSCC HELOC Trust 2007-1, Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2007-1,
Confirmation: 212-668-0340, Telecopy No. 000-000-0000 (in
each case in which notice or other communication to the Credit Enhancer refers
to an Event of Default, a claim on the Credit Enhancement Instrument or with
respect to which failure on the part of the Credit Enhancer to respond shall
be
deemed to constitute consent or acceptance, then a copy of such notice or other
communication should also be sent to the attention of the General Counsel and
the Head – Financial Guaranty Group and shall be marked to indicate “URGENT
MATERIAL ENCLOSED”; if to the Certificate Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar,
to Sixth and Marquette, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services-MSCC HELOC 2007-1, Telecopy 000-000-0000; with a copy
to the Indenture Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office; if to the Rating
Agencies, addressed to Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Structured Finance Department
- MBS or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by
such
party in a written notice to each other party.
(b) Any
notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder shall be given
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown
in
the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time
prescribed in this Trust Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such
notice.
(c) A
copy of any notice delivered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust shall also be
delivered to the Depositor and the Credit Enhancer.
Section
10.05. Severability. Any provision of
this Trust Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition
or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and
any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
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Section
10.06. Separate Counterparts. This
Trust Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all
such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section
10.07. Successors and Assigns. All
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein shall
be
binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the Depositor, the Owner
Trustee and its successors and each Certificateholder and its successors and
permitted assigns, all as herein provided and the Credit
Enhancer. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other
instrument or action by a Certificateholder shall bind the successors and
assigns of such Certificateholder.
Section
10.08. No Petition. The Owner Trustee,
by entering into this Trust Agreement and each Certificateholder, by accepting
a
Certificate, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute
against the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the
Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States
federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
to
the Certificates, the Notes, this Trust Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents.
Section
10.09. No Recourse. Each
Certificateholder by accepting a Certificate acknowledges that such
Certificateholder’s Certificates represent beneficial interests in the Trust
only and do not represent interests in or obligations of the Depositor, the
Seller, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and
no
recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be
expressly set forth or contemplated in this Trust Agreement, the Certificates
or
the Basic Documents.
Section
10.10. Headings. The headings of
the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only
and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section
10.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section
10.12. Integration. This Trust
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining
to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understanding pertaining thereto.
Section
10.13. Rights of Credit Enhancer to Exercise Rights of
Certificateholders. By accepting its Certificate, each
Certificateholder agrees that unless a Credit Enhancer Default exists, the
Credit Enhancer shall have the right to exercise all rights of the
Certificateholders under this Agreement without any further consent of the
Certificateholders. Nothing in this Section, however, shall alter or
modify in any way, the fiduciary obligations of the Owner Trustee to the
Certificateholders pursuant to this Agreement, or create any fiduciary
obligation of the Owner Trustee to the Credit Enhancer.
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Section
10.14. Third Party Beneficiary. The
Credit Enhancer is an intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement,
entitled to enforce the provisions hereof as if a party hereto.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee have caused their names
to
be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all
as
of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxx | |
Name Xxxxxxx Xxx | |||
Title Executive Director | |||
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
as
Owner
Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title Sr. Financ ial Services Offixcer | |||
Acknowledged
and Agreed:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
as
Certificate Registrar
and
Certificate Paying Agent
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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EXHIBIT
A-1
FORM
OF CLASS L CERTIFICATE
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE NOTES AS DESCRIBED IN
THE
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN THE CERTIFICATE PERCENTAGE INTEREST
BELOW. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE HEREBY CONSENTS TO ANY CHANGE
IN ITS CERTIFICATE PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
SECTION.
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT
AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.05 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT (THE
“AGREEMENT”).
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (i) A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE
OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RESTRICTIONS
AND THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”), A PERSON ACTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON
BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR A PERSON USING “PLAN ASSETS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION AT 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, TO ACQUIRE THIS
CERTIFICATE (COLLECTIVELY A “PLAN INVESTOR”), OR (ii) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE
UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE PROVISIONS
OF
ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS) AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE DEPOSITOR, THE OWNER
TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER, THE CREDIT ENHANCER OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO
ANY
OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE
AGREEMENT.
THE
TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL
WITHHOLDING TAX UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A
CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS CERTIFYING AS TO THE TRANSFEREE’S STATUS AS A
U.S. PERSON OR CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP UNDER U.S. LAW.
A-1-1
THIS
CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SELLER,
THE
COMPANY, THE SERVICER, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT
OR
THE BASIC DOCUMENTS.
A-1-2
Certificate
No. ____
Cut-off
Date:
February
1, 2007
Date
of
Trust Agreement:
February
1, 2007
First
Payment
Date: Certificate
Percentage Interest of
March
26,
2007 this
Certificate: ____________%]
Assumed
Final Payment
Date: CUSIP
[_____]
MSCC
HELOC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
SERIES
2007-1, CLASS L
evidencing
a fractional undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate,
the property of which consists primarily of the Home Equity Loans, created
by
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC. (hereinafter called the “Depositor,”
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to
below).
This
Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Owner Trust Estate, and
does not represent an obligation of or interest in the Depositor, the Seller,
the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer or the Owner Trustee
or
any of their affiliates. This Certificate is not guaranteed or
insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by the Depositor,
the
Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of
their
affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their affiliates will have
any
obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or
payable from payments on the Certificates.
This
certifies that [name of Holder] is the registered owner of the Security Balance
evidenced by this Certificate (as set forth on the face hereof) in certain
distributions with respect to the Owner Trust Estate, consisting primarily
of
the Home Equity Loans, created by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc. The Trust (as defined herein) was created pursuant to a Trust
Agreement dated as specified above (as amended and supplemented from time to
time, the “Agreement”) between the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as
owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee,” which term includes any successor entity
under the Agreement), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which
is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement. This 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.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day
of
each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately following (the “Payment Date”), commencing on the first Payment Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered
at
the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the month
immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the “Record Date”), in an
amount equal to the pro rata portion evidenced by this Certificate (based on
the
Certificate Percentage Interest stated on the face hereon) of the Certificate
Distribution Amount, if any, required to be distributed to Holders of the Class
L Certificates on such Payment Date. Distributions on this
Certificate will be made as provided in the Agreement by the Certificate Paying
Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in
the
Certificate Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate
or the making of any notation hereon.
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Except
as
otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the Corporate Trust
Office. The initial Security Balance of this Certificate is set forth
above. The Security Balance hereof will be reduced to the extent of
the distributions allocable to principal.
No
transfer of this Certificate will be made unless such transfer is exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
any
applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and
laws. In the event that such a transfer is to be made, (i) the
Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor may require an
opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer
is exempt (describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor) from
or
is being made pursuant to the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of
1933, as amended, and of any applicable statute of any state and (ii) the
transferee shall execute an investment letter in the form described in the
Agreement and (iii) the Certificate Registrar shall require the transferee
to
execute an investment letter and a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status in the
form
described by the Agreement (or if a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status is not
provided, an Opinion of Counsel as described in the Agreement), which investment
letter and certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of
the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or
the
Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to effect such transfer shall,
and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Certificate Registrar against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws. In connection with any
such transfer, the Certificate Registrar (unless otherwise directed by the
Depositor) will also require either (i) a representation letter, in the form
as
described by the Agreement, stating that the transferee is not an employee
benefit or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction restrictions or
the
fiduciary responsibility requirements of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
(“Plan”), any person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such plan
or any person using the “plan assets,” within the meaning of the Department of
Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, to effect such acquisition
(collectively, a “Plan Investor”) or (ii) if such transferee is a Plan Investor,
an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the
Certificate Registrar to the effect that the purchase or holding of the
Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result
in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments) and will not
subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer
or
the Certificate Registrar to any obligation or liability in addition to those
undertaken in the Agreement.
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This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as
Home
Equity Loan-Backed Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein
collectively called the “Certificates”). All terms used in this
Certificate which are defined in the Agreement shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Agreement.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely to the funds on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account
that
have been released from the Lien of the Indenture for payment hereunder and
that
neither the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, the Credit Enhancer nor
the Depositor is personally 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.
The
Certificateholder by its acceptance of this Class L Certificate, agrees to
the
provisions of Section 2.2(c) and Section 2.3 of the Home Equity Loan Purchase
Agreement in all respects as if it were a party to such Agreement.
The
Holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive
distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights
of
the Noteholders as described in the Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2007
between MSCC HELOC Trust 2007-1 (the “Trust”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees
that
such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Depositor,
or
join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar
law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates, the Notes,
the
Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
The
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided that any
amendment be accompanied by the consent of the Credit Enhancer and an Opinion
of
Counsel to the Owner Trustee and acceptable to the Credit Enhancer to the effect
that such amendment complies with the provisions of the Agreement and will
not
cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax. If the purpose
of the amendment is to correct any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency, cure
any ambiguity or deal with any matter not covered, it shall not be necessary
to
obtain the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished
with
a letter from the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Security if
determined without regard to the Credit Enhancement Instrument and the counsel
of the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained. If the purpose of the
amendment is to prevent the imposition of any federal or state taxes at any
time
that any Security is outstanding, it shall not be necessary to obtain the
consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion
of Counsel that such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the imposition
of such taxes and is not materially adverse to any Holder and the consent of
the
Credit Enhancer shall be obtained. If the purpose of the amendment is
to add or eliminate or change any provision of the Agreement, other than as
specified in the preceding two sentences, the amendment shall require the
consent of the Credit Enhancer and either (a) a letter from the Rating Agencies
that the amendment will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
rating then assigned to any Security, if determined without regard to the Credit
Enhancement Instrument or (b) the consent of Holders of a majority of the
Certificate Percentage Interests of the Class L Certificates and the Indenture
Trustee; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any
manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received that are
required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the related
Certificateholder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates
the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment without
the
consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
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As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register
upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Certificate Registrar, accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed
by
the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing
the same Class and aggregate Certificate Percentage Interest will be issued
to
the designated transferee. The initial Certificate Registrar
appointed under the Agreement is the Indenture Trustee.
Except
as
provided in the Agreement, the Certificates are issuable only in minimum
denominations of a 10.0000% Certificate Percentage Interest and in integral
multiples of a 0.0001% Certificate Percentage Interest in excess
thereof. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. This Certificate is issued in the Certificate
Percentage Interest above. The Holder of this Certificate hereby
consents to any change in its Certificate Percentage Interest in accordance
with
such Section.
No
service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a
sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The
Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and any agent
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, or the Certificate Registrar
may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
This
Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of
the State of Delaware.
The
obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates and the
Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the later of (x) the termination
of
the Term of the Policy (as defined in the Credit Enhancement Instrument) and
the
payment in full of all amounts due to the Credit Enhancer and (y) the earliest
of (i) the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds
of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and
the
Agreement, (ii) the Payment Date in [●]
20[●],
and
(iii) the purchase by the Servicer of all Home Equity Loans pursuant to
Section 8.08(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
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Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating agent by manual
signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
By: |
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee
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Dated:
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By:
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Authorized Signatory | |||
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Certificates referred to in the within mentioned
Agreement.
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
not
in
its individual capacity
but
solely as Owner Trustee
By:________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
or_____________________________
as
Authenticating Agent of the Trust
By:________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please
print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the
within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_________________________________*/
Signature
Guaranteed:
_________________________________*/
_________________
*/ NOTICE: The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon
the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration,
enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed
by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust
company.
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DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate
Paying Agent:
Distribution
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
for
the
account of ________________________________________, account number
______________, or, if mailed by check, to ______________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to __________________.
______________________________
Signature
of assignee or agent
(for
authorization of wire
transfer
only)
X-0-00
XXXXXXX
X-0
FORM
OF CLASS O CERTIFICATE
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE NOTES AS DESCRIBED IN
THE
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN THE CERTIFICATE PERCENTAGE INTEREST
BELOW. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE HEREBY CONSENTS TO ANY CHANGE
IN ITS CERTIFICATE PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
SECTION.
THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD
OR
TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT
AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3.05 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT (THE
“AGREEMENT”).
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR
SHALL HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (i) A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE
OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RESTRICTIONS
AND THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”), A PERSON ACTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON
BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR A PERSON USING “PLAN ASSETS,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION AT 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, TO ACQUIRE THIS
CERTIFICATE (COLLECTIVELY A “PLAN INVESTOR”), OR (ii) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO
THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE
UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (OR COMPARABLE PROVISIONS
OF
ANY SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENTS) AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE DEPOSITOR, THE OWNER
TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER, THE CREDIT ENHANCER OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO
ANY
OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE
AGREEMENT.
THE
TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL
WITHHOLDING TAX UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A
CERTIFICATE OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS CERTIFYING AS TO THE TRANSFEREE’S STATUS AS A
U.S. PERSON OR CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP UNDER U.S. LAW.
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THIS
CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE SELLER,
THE
COMPANY, THE SERVICER, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR THE OWNER TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT
OR
THE BASIC DOCUMENTS.
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Certificate
No. ____
Cut-off
Date:
February
1, 2007
Date
of
Trust Agreement:
February
1, 2007
First
Payment
Date: Certificate
Percentage Interest of
March
26,
2007 this
Certificate: ____________%]
Assumed
Final Payment
Date: CUSIP
[_____]
MSCC
HELOC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
SERIES
2007-1, CLASS O
evidencing
a fractional undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate,
the property of which consists primarily of the Home Equity Loans, created
by
XXXXXX XXXXXXX ABS CAPITAL I INC. (hereinafter called the “Depositor,”
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement referred to
below).
This
Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Owner Trust Estate, and
does not represent an obligation of or interest in the Depositor, the Seller,
the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer or the Owner Trustee
or
any of their affiliates. This Certificate is not guaranteed or
insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by the Depositor,
the
Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of
their
affiliates. None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their affiliates will have
any
obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or
payable from payments on the Certificates.
This
certifies that [name of Holder] is the registered owner of the Security Balance
evidenced by this Certificate (as set forth on the face hereof) in certain
distributions with respect to the Owner Trust Estate, consisting primarily
of
the Home Equity Loans, created by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc. The Trust (as defined herein) was created pursuant to a Trust
Agreement dated as specified above (as amended and supplemented from time to
time, the “Agreement”) between the Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company, as
owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee,” which term includes any successor entity
under the Agreement), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which
is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the
Agreement. This 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.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on the 25th day
of
each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
immediately following (the “Payment Date”), commencing on the first Payment Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered
at
the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the month
immediately preceding the month of such distribution (the “Record Date”), in an
amount equal to the pro rata portion evidenced by this Certificate (based on
the
Certificate Percentage Interest stated on the face hereon) of the Certificate
Distribution Amount, if any, required to be distributed to Holders of the Class
O Certificates on such Payment Date. Distributions on this
Certificate will be made as provided in the Agreement by the Certificate Paying
Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in
the
Certificate Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate
or the making of any notation hereon.
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Except
as
otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Certificate Paying Agent of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the Corporate Trust
Office. The initial Security Balance of this Certificate is set forth
above. The Security Balance hereof will be reduced to the extent of
the distributions allocable to principal.
No
transfer of this Certificate will be made unless such transfer is exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
any
applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and
laws. In the event that such a transfer is to be made, (i) the
Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor may require an
opinion of counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer
is exempt (describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor) from
or
is being made pursuant to the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of
1933, as amended, and of any applicable statute of any state and (ii) the
transferee shall execute an investment letter in the form described in the
Agreement and (iii) the Certificate Registrar shall require the transferee
to
execute an investment letter and a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status in the
form
described by the Agreement (or if a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status is not
provided, an Opinion of Counsel as described in the Agreement), which investment
letter and certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of
the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or
the
Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to effect such transfer shall,
and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Certificate Registrar against any
liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws. In connection with any
such transfer, the Certificate Registrar (unless otherwise directed by the
Depositor) will also require either (i) a representation letter, in the form
as
described by the Agreement, stating that the transferee is not an employee
benefit or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction restrictions or
the
fiduciary responsibility requirements of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
(“Plan”), any person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such plan
or any person using the “plan assets,” within the meaning of the Department of
Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, to effect such acquisition
(collectively, a “Plan Investor”) or (ii) if such transferee is a Plan Investor,
an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the
Certificate Registrar to the effect that the purchase or holding of the
Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result
in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments) and will not
subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer
or
the Certificate Registrar to any obligation or liability in addition to those
undertaken in the Agreement.
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This
Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as
Home
Equity Loan-Backed Certificates of the Series specified hereon (herein
collectively called the “Certificates”). All terms used in this
Certificate which are defined in the Agreement shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Agreement.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will
look solely to the funds on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account
that
have been released from the Lien of the Indenture for payment hereunder and
that
neither the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, the Credit Enhancer nor
the Depositor is personally 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.
The
Holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive
distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights
of
the Noteholders as described in the Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2007
between MSCC HELOC Trust 2007-1 (the “Trust”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees
that
such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Depositor,
or
join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar
law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates, the Notes,
the
Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
The
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided that any
amendment be accompanied by the consent of the Credit Enhancer and an Opinion
of
Counsel to the Owner Trustee and acceptable to the Credit Enhancer to the effect
that such amendment complies with the provisions of the Agreement and will
not
cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax. If the purpose
of the amendment is to correct any mistake, eliminate any inconsistency, cure
any ambiguity or deal with any matter not covered, it shall not be necessary
to
obtain the consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished
with
a letter from the Rating Agencies that the amendment will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any Security if
determined without regard to the Credit Enhancement Instrument and the counsel
of the Credit Enhancer shall be obtained. If the purpose of the
amendment is to prevent the imposition of any federal or state taxes at any
time
that any Security is outstanding, it shall not be necessary to obtain the
consent of any Holder, but the Owner Trustee shall be furnished with an Opinion
of Counsel that such amendment is necessary or helpful to prevent the imposition
of such taxes and is not materially adverse to any Holder and the consent of
the
Credit Enhancer shall be obtained. If the purpose of the amendment is
to add or eliminate or change any provision of the Agreement, other than as
specified in the preceding two sentences, the amendment shall require the
consent of the Credit Enhancer and either (a) a letter from the Rating Agencies
that the amendment will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
rating then assigned to any Security, if determined without regard to the Credit
Enhancement Instrument or (b) the consent of Holders of a majority of the
Certificate Percentage Interests of the Class L Certificates and the Indenture
Trustee; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any
manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received that are
required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the related
Certificateholder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates
the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment without
the
consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
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As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register
upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Certificate Registrar, accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed
by
the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing
the same Class and aggregate Certificate Percentage Interest will be issued
to
the designated transferee. The initial Certificate Registrar
appointed under the Agreement is the Indenture Trustee.
Except
as
provided in the Agreement, the Certificates are issuable only in minimum
denominations of a 10.0000% Certificate Percentage Interest and in integral
multiples of a 0.0001% Certificate Percentage Interest in excess
thereof. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. This Certificate is issued in the Certificate
Percentage Interest above. The Holder of this Certificate hereby
consents to any change in its Certificate Percentage Interest in accordance
with
such Section.
No
service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a
sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The
Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate Registrar and any agent
of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, or the Certificate Registrar
may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
This
Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of
the State of Delaware.
The
obligations created by the Agreement in respect of the Certificates and the
Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the later of (x) the termination
of
the Term of the Policy (as defined in the Credit Enhancement Instrument) and
the
payment in full of all amounts due to the Credit Enhancer and (y) the earliest
of (i) the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds
of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and
the
Agreement, (ii) the Payment Date in [●]
20[●],
and
(iii) the purchase by the Servicer of all Home Equity Loans pursuant to
Section 8.08(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
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Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating agent by manual
signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
By: |
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee
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Dated:
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CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Certificates referred to in the within mentioned
Agreement.
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
not
in
its individual capacity
but
solely as Owner Trustee
By:________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
or_____________________________
as
Authenticating Agent of the Trust
By:________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please
print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the
within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
to
transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_________________________________*/
Signature
Guaranteed:
_________________________________*/
_________________
*/ NOTICE: The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon
the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration,
enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed
by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust
company.
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DISTRIBUTION
INSTRUCTIONS
The
assignee should include the following for the information of the Certificate
Paying Agent:
Distribution
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
for
the
account of ________________________________________, account number
______________, or, if mailed by check, to ______________.
Applicable
statements should be mailed to __________________.
______________________________
Signature
of assignee or agent
(for
authorization of wire transfer
only)
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EXHIBIT
B
TO
THE
TRUST AGREEMENT
CERTIFICATE
OF TRUST
OF
This
Certificate of Trust of MSCC HELOC Trust 2007-1 (the “Trust”) is being duly
executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by Wilmington Trust Company, a
Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a statutory trust under the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.)(the
“Act”).
1. Name. The
name of the trust formed hereby is MSCC HELOC Trust 2007-1
2. Delaware
Trustee. The name and the business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North,
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration.
3. Effective
Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be filed on February
[●],
2007
with an effective date of February [●],
2007.
IN
WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of Trust
in
accordance with Section 3811(a) of the Act.
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of
the
Trust
By: __________________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
C
[FORM
OF
RULE 144A INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION]
Description
of Rule 144A Securities, including numbers:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
The
undersigned seller, as registered holder (the “Seller”), intends to
transfer the Rule 144A Securities described above to the undersigned buyer
(the
“Buyer”).
1. In
connection with such transfer and in accordance with the agreements pursuant
to
which the Rule 144A Securities were issued, the Seller hereby certifies the
following facts: Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf
has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Rule 144A
Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar
security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or
other
disposition of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the Rule 144A
Securities or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the
Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security with, any person in any
manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or
in
any other manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a
distribution of the Rule 144A Securities under the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended (the “1933 Act”), or that would render the disposition of the Rule 144A
Securities a violation of Section 5 of the 1933 Act or require registration
pursuant thereto, and that the Seller has not offered the Rule 144A Securities
to any person other than the Buyer or another “qualified institutional buyer” as
defined in Rule 144A under the 0000 Xxx.
2. The
Buyer warrants and represents to, and covenants with, the Owner Trustee, the
Credit Enhancer and the Depositor (as defined in the Trust Agreement (the
“Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2007 between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS
Capital I Inc., as Depositor and Wilmington Trust Company as Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Agreement and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association as indenture trustee), as follows:
a. The
Buyer understands that the Rule 144A Securities have not been registered under
the 1933 Act or the securities laws of any state.
b. The
Buyer considers itself a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor
having such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
it
is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Rule 144A
Securities.
c. The
Buyer has been furnished with all information regarding the Rule 144A
Securities that it has requested from the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer.
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d. Neither
the Buyer nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Rule 144A Securities, any interest in the
Rule
144A Securities or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to
buy
or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Rule 144A Securities,
any interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security from,
or
otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Rule 144A Securities,
any
interest in the Rule 144A Securities or any other similar security with, any
person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that would
constitute a distribution of the Rule 144A Securities under the 1933 Act or
that
would render the disposition of the Rule 144A Securities a violation of Section
5 of the 1933 Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will it act,
nor
has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in such manner with
respect to the Rule 144A Securities.
e. The
Buyer is a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A
under the 1933 Act and has completed either of the forms of certification to
that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. The Buyer is aware
that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. The Buyer
is acquiring the Rule 144A Securities for its own account or the accounts of
other qualified institutional buyers, understands that such Rule 144A Securities
may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed
to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or
for
the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that
the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the 1933 Act.
3. The
Buyer represents that:
(i) either
(a) or (b) is satisfied, as marked below:
________
a.The
Buyer
is not an employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(the “Code”), a Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such
plan or Person acquiring such Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within
the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R.
§2510.3-101; or
______
b.The
Buyer
has provided the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the
Credit Enhancer and the Servicer with an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to
the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer
and
the Servicer, to the effect that the purchase and holding of a Certificate
by or
on behalf of the Buyer is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute
or result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975
of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments) and will
not
subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit
Enhancer or the Servicer to any obligation or liability (including liabilities
under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those undertaken in
the
Trust Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer
or
the Servicer; and
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(i) the
Buyer is familiar with the prohibited transaction restrictions and fiduciary
responsibility requirements of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975
of
the Code and understands that each of the parties to which this certification
is
made is relying and will continue to rely on the statements made in this
paragraph 3.
4. This
document may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall
be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute
one
and the same document.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this document as of the date
set forth below.
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Print Name of Seller | Print Name of Buyer | |||
By:___________________________________
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By:___________________________________
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Name:
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Taxpayer Identification: | Taxpayer Identification: | |||
No.__________________________________ | ||||
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Date:________________________________ | Date:_________________________________ |
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ANNEX
1 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Buyers Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned hereby certifies as
follows in connection with the Rule 144A Investment Representation to which
this
Certification is attached:
1. As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer,
Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the Buyer.
2. In
connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933
(“Rule 144A”) because (i) the Buyer owned and/or invested on a discretionary
basis $______________________1 in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the
end
of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.
___ Corporation,
etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank, savings and
loan association or similar institution), Massachusetts or similar business
trust, partnership, or charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3)
of
the Internal Revenue Code.
___ Bank. The
Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution organized under the laws
of
any State, territory or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the State or territorial
banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or equivalent
institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as
demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
1 Buyer
must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
in
securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer
must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities. |
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___ Savings
and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan association,
building and loan association, cooperative bank, homestead association or
similar institution, which is supervised and examined by a State or Federal
authority having supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings
and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net worth
of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements.
___ Broker-Dealer. The
Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
___ Insurance
Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose primary and
predominant business activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring
of
risks underwritten by insurance companies and which is subject to supervision
by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a State or
territory or the District of Columbia.
___ State
or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and maintained by
a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the
State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its
employees.
___ ERISA
Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ Investment
Adviser. The Buyer is an investment adviser registered
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
___ SBIC. The
Buyer is a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958.
___ Business
Development Company. The Buyer is a business development company
as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of
1940.
___ Trust
Fund. The Buyer is a trust fund whose trustee is a bank or trust
company and whose participants are exclusively (a) plans established and
maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit
of
its employees, or (b) employee benefit plans within the meaning of Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, but is not a trust
fund
that includes as participants individual retirement accounts or H.R. 10
plans.
3. The
term “securities” as used herein does not include (i) securities
of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part
of
an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer,
(iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations,
(v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity
swaps.
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4. For
purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested
on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost of such
securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities referred
to in
the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of
the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated
with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries
are
managed under the Buyer’s direction. However, such securities were
not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of
another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a reporting company under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
5. The
Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that
the
seller to it and other parties related to the Rule 144A Securities are relying
and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more
sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
___
___ Will the
Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A
Yes
No Securities
only for the Buyer’s own account?
6. If
the answer to the foregoing question is “no”, the Buyer agrees that, in
connection with any purchase of securities sold to the Buyer for the account
of
a third party (including any separate account) in reliance on Rule 144A, the
Buyer will only purchase for the account of a third party that at the time
is a
“qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A. In
addition, the Buyer agrees that the Buyer will not purchase securities for
a
third party unless the Buyer has obtained a current representation letter from
such third party or taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A
to
conclude that such third party independently meets the definition of “qualified
institutional buyer” set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of
any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice
is given, the Buyer’s purchase of Rule 144A Securities will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such
purchase.
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Date:_____________________________________ |
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ANNEX
2 TO EXHIBIT C
QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For
Buyers That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The
undersigned hereby certifies as follows in connection with the Rule 144A
Investment Representation to which this Certification is attached:
1. As
indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial Officer
or
Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a “qualified
institutional buyer” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144A”) because Buyer is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In
connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and (ii) as marked
below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies, owned at
least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the excluded securities referred
to
below) as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year. For
purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the Buyer
or the Buyer’s Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was
used.
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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).
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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).
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3. The
term “Family of Investment Companies” as used herein means two or more
registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The
term “securities” as used herein does not include (i) securities of
issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the Buyer’s Family of
Investment Companies, (ii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(iii)
loan participations, (iv) repurchase agreements, (v) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (vi) currency, interest rate and commodity
swaps.
5. The
Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that each of the parties
to which this certification is made are relying and will continue to rely on
the
statements made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in
reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase
for the Buyer’s own account.
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6. The
undersigned will notify each of the parties to which this certification is
made
of any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such
notice, the Buyer’s purchase of Rule 144A Securities will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.
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Date: |
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF
INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER
,
20
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
Ambac
Assurance Corporation
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: MSCC
HELOC Asset-Backed Certificates
Series
2007-1, Class
[ ]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
(the “Purchaser”) intends to purchase from
(the “Seller”) a ___% Certificate Percentage Interest of Certificates of Series
2007-1, Class [ ] (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Trust
Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2007, between Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. as depositor (the “Company”) and Wilmington
Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), as acknowledged and
agreed by Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Registrar
and
Certificate Paying Agent. All terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement. The
Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with,
the
Company, the Credit Enhancer and the Certificate Registrar that:
1. The
Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not been and will not
be
registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)
or any state securities law, (b) the Company is not required to so register
or
qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates may be resold only if registered
and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the Act or any state securities
law,
or if an exemption from such registration and qualification is available, (d)
the Trust Agreement contains restrictions regarding the transfer of the
Certificates and (e) the Certificates will bear a legend to the foregoing
effect.
2. The
Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for its own account for investment
only
and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof
in any manner that would violate the Act or any applicable state securities
laws.
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3. The
Purchaser is (a) a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor having
such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, and, in particular,
in such matters related to securities similar to the Certificates, that it
is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Certificates,
(b) able to bear the economic risks of such an investment and (c) an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated pursuant to the
Act.
4. The
Purchaser has been furnished with, and has had an opportunity to review
(a) a copy of the Trust Agreement and (b) such other information
concerning the Certificates, the Revolving Credit Loans and the Company as
has
been requested by the Purchaser from the Company or the Seller and is relevant
to the Purchaser’s decision to purchase the Certificates. The
Purchaser has had any questions arising from such review answered by the Company
or the Seller to the satisfaction of the Purchaser.
5. The
Purchaser has not and will not nor has it authorized or will it authorize any
person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security
to
any person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition of other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any interest
in
any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d)
make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner or (e) take any other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above)
would constitute a distribution of any Certificate under the Act, that would
render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act
or
any state securities law, or that would require registration or qualification
pursuant thereto. The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer
any of the Certificates, except in compliance with the provisions of the Trust
Agreement.
6. The
Purchaser represents:
(i) that
either (a) or (b) is satisfied, as marked below:
____ a. The
Purchaser is not an employee benefit plan or other benefit plan subject to
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), a Person acting,
directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such plan or Person acquiring such
Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within the meaning of the Department
of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101; or
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____ b. The
Purchaser has provided the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer with an opinion of counsel,
satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar,
the
Credit Enhancer and the Servicer, to the effect that the purchase and holding
of
a Certificate by or on behalf of the Purchaser is permissible under applicable
law, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under Section
406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments) and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer to any obligation
or
liability (including liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in
addition to those undertaken in the Trust Agreement, which opinion of counsel
shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer; and
(ii) the
Purchaser is familiar with the prohibited transaction restrictions and fiduciary
responsibility requirements of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975
of
the Code and understands that each of the parties to which this certification
is
made is relying and will continue to rely on the statements made in this
paragraph 6.
7. The
Purchaser is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting
as
agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such
acquisition;
8. The
Purchaser is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal
income tax purposes, or, if the Purchaser is a partnership, grantor trust or
S
corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more
than
50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S
corporation.
9. The
Purchaser is not a non-United States person.
Very
truly yours,
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
,
20
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration
Ambac
Assurance Corporation
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: MSCC
HELOC Asset-Backed Certificates
Series
2007-1, Class
[ ]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
(the “Purchaser”) intends to purchase from
(the “Seller”) a ___% Certificate Percentage Interest of Class [ ]
Certificates of Series 2007-1 (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Trust
Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2007 between Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc. as depositor (the “Company”) and Wilmington
Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), as acknowledged and
agreed by Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Registrar
and
Certificate Paying Agent. All terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement. The
Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the
Company, the Credit Enhancer and the Certificate Registrar that:
Neither
the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, pledged, sold,
disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any manner,
(b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition or
other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has otherwise
approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner,
(d) has made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in
any other manner, or (e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a)
through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under
the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), that would render the disposition of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law,
or
that would require registration or qualification pursuant
thereto. The Seller will not act, in any manner set forth in the
foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The Seller has
not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except
in
compliance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
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Very
truly yours,
(Seller)
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
F
CERTIFICATE
OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS
This
Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (“certificate”) is delivered pursuant to
Section 3.05 of the Trust Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2007 (the “Trust
Agreement”), between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee, in connection with the acquisition
of, transfer to or possession by the undersigned, whether as beneficial owner
(the “Beneficial Owner”), or nominee on behalf of the Beneficial Owner of the
MSCC HELOC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 (the
“Certificate”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
certificate have the respective meanings given them in the Trust
Agreement.
Each
holder must complete Part I, Part II (if the holder is a nominee), and in all
cases sign and otherwise complete Part III.
In
addition, each holder shall submit with the Certificate an IRS Form W-9 relating
to such holder.
To
confirm to the Trust that the provisions of Sections 871, 881 or 1446 of the
Internal Revenue Code (relating to withholding tax on foreign partners) do
not
apply in respect of the Certificate held by the undersigned, the undersigned
hereby certifies:
Part
I -
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Complete
Either A or B
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A. Individual
as Beneficial Owner
1. I
am (The Beneficial Owner is ) not a non-resident alien for purposes of U.S.
income taxation;
2. My
(The Beneficial Owner’s) name and home address are:
; and
3. My
(The Beneficial Owner’s) U.S. taxpayer identification number (Social Security
Number) is
.
B. Corporate,
Partnership or Other Entity as Beneficial Owner
1.
(Name of the Beneficial Owner) is not a foreign corporation, foreign
partnership, foreign trust or foreign estate (as those terms are defined in
the
Code and Treasury Regulations;
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2. The
Beneficial Owner’s office address and place of incorporation (if applicable)
is
;
and
3. The
Beneficial Owner’s U.S. employer identification number is
.
Part
II
- Nominees
If
the
undersigned is the nominee for the Beneficial Owner, the undersigned certifies
that this certificate has been made in reliance upon information contained
in:
an IRS Form W-9
a form such as this or substantially similar
provided
to the undersigned by an appropriate person and (i) the undersigned agrees
to
notify the Trust at least thirty (30) days prior to the date that the form
relied upon becomes obsolete, and (ii) in connection with change in Beneficial
Owners, the undersigned agrees to submit a new Certificate of Non-Foreign Status
to the Trust promptly after such change.
Part
III
- Declaration
The
undersigned, as the Beneficial Owner or a nominee thereof, agrees to notify
the
Trust within sixty (60) days of the date that the Beneficial Owner becomes
a
foreign person. The undersigned understands that this certificate may
be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by the Trust and any false
statement contained therein could be punishable by fines, imprisonment or
both.
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Under
penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this certificate and to
the
best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete and will
further declare that I will inform the Trust of any change in the information
provided above, and, if applicable, I further declare that I have the authority*
to sign this document.
__________________________________
Name
__________________________________
Title
(if
applicable)
__________________________________
Signature
and Date
*NOTE: If
signed pursuant to a power of attorney, the power of attorney must accompany
this certificate.
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EXHIBIT
G
FORM
OF
ERISA REPRESENTATION LETTER
_____________,
20__
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx
Wilmington
Trust Company
Xxxxxx
Square North
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Credit Corporation
0000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, 0 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Services
Ambac
Assurance Corporation
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Re:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
|
|
HELOC
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, Class
[ ]
|
Dear
Sirs:
__________________________________
(the “Transferee”) intends to acquire from _____________________ (the
“Transferor”) a ___% Certificate Percentage Interest of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS
Capital I Inc. MSCC HELOC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2007-1, Class [ ] (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to a
Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) dated as of February 1, 2007 among
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”) and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.
The Transferee
hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the
Servicer that:
The
Certificates (i) are not being acquired by or on behalf of, and will not be
transferred to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(3)
of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or
other retirement arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and
annuities, Xxxxx plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance
company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or
arrangements are invested, that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) (any of the foregoing, a
“Plan”), (ii) are not being acquired with “plan assets” of a Plan within the
meaning of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulation, 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101,
and (iii) will not be transferred to any entity that is deemed to be investing
in plan assets within the meaning of the DOL regulation, 29 C.F.R. §
2510.3-101.
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The
Transferee is familiar with the prohibited transaction restrictions and
fiduciary responsibility requirements of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and
Section 4975 of the Code and understands that each of the parties to which
this
certification is made is relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein.
Very
truly yours,
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF
REPRESENTATION LETTER
_____________,
200__
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx
Wilmington
Trust Company
Xxxxxx
Square North
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Credit Corporation
0000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, 0 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Services
Ambac
Assurance Corporation
Xxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
|
Re:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Credit Corporation
|
|
HELOC
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, Class
[ ]
|
Dear
Sirs:
__________________________________
(the “Transferee”) intends to acquire from _____________________ (the
“Transferor”) a ___% Certificate Percentage Interest of MSCC HELOC
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, Class [ ]
(the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to a Trust Agreement (the “Trust
Agreement”) dated as of February 1, 2007 among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ABS Capital I
Inc., as depositor (the “Depositor”) and Wilmington Trust Company, as
trustee (the “Owner Trustee”). Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Trust
Agreement.
The Transferee
hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the
Servicer that:
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(1) the
Transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting
as
agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such
acquisition; and
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(2) the
Transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal
income tax purposes, or, if the Transferee is a partnership, grantor trust
or
S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not
more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S
corporation.
Very
truly yours,
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
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