AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT among STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, as Depositor, WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Owner Trustee and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Securities Administrator Dated February 27, 2007 THORNBURG MORTGAGE SECURITIES...
EXECUTION
AMENDED
AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
among
STRUCTURED
ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION,
as
Depositor,
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
as
Owner
Trustee
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as
Securities Administrator
Dated
February 27, 2007
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
MORTGAGE-BACKED
NOTES, SERIES 2007-1
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01. Definitions.
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Section
1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
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5
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ARTICLE
II ORGANIZATION
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Section
2.01. Name.
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6
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Section
2.02. Office.
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6
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Section
2.03. Purpose and Powers.
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6
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Section
2.04. Appointment of the Owner Trustee.
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7
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Section
2.05. Initial Capital Contribution; Declaration of Trust.
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7
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Section
2.06. Initial Beneficiary.
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7
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Section
2.07. Liability of the Holders of the Ownership
Certificates.
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7
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Section
2.08. Situs of Trust.
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7
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Section
2.09. Title to Trust Property.
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8
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Section
2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.
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8
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Section
2.11. Tax Treatment.
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9
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Section
2.12. Investment Company.
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10
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ARTICLE
III THE OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS OF
INTERESTS
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Section
3.01. The Ownership Certificates.
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10
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Section
3.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of the Ownership
Certificates.
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10
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Section
3.03. Registration of and Limitations on Transfers and Exchanges
of the
Ownership Certificates.
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11
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Section
3.04. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Ownership
Certificates.
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14
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Section
3.05. Persons Deemed Certificateholders.
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14
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Section
3.06. Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and
Addresses.
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14
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Section
3.07. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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14
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Section
3.08. Certificate Paying Agent.
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15
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Section
3.09. Derivative Transactions.
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16
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ARTICLE
IV APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
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Section
4.01. Certificate Distribution Account.
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16
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Section
4.02. Application of Trust Funds.
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17
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Section
4.03. Method of Payment.
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18
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Section
4.04. Tax Returns.
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18
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Section
4.05. Segregation of Moneys; No Interest.
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19
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ARTICLE
V AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE; ACTION BY
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
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Section
5.01. General Authority.
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19
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Section
5.02. General Duties.
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19
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Section
5.03. Action Upon Instruction.
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20
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Section
5.04. No Duties Except as Specified under Specified Documents or
in
Instructions.
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20
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Section
5.05. Restrictions.
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21
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Section
5.06. Prior Notice to Holders with Respect to Certain Matters;
Separateness Covenants.
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21
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Section
5.07. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters.
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23
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Section
5.08. Action by the Holders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
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24
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Section
5.09. Restrictions on the Holders’ Power.
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24
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Section
5.10. Majority Control.
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24
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ARTICLE
VI CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE
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Section
6.01. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.
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24
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Section
6.02. Furnishing of Documents.
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25
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Section
6.03. Books and Records.
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25
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Section
6.04. Representations and Warranties.
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25
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Section
6.05. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
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27
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Section
6.06. Not Acting in Individual Capacity.
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Section
6.07. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Ownership Certificates or
Collateral.
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28
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Section
6.08. Owner Trustee May Own Ownership Certificates and
Notes.
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28
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Section
6.09. Licenses.
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29
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Section
6.10. Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions.
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29
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Section
6.11. Reporting Requirements of the Commission.
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ARTICLE
VII INDEMNIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
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Section
7.01. Trust Expenses.
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30
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Section
7.02. Indemnification.
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31
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Section
7.03. Compensation.
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31
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Section
7.04. Lien on Trust Estate.
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31
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ARTICLE
VIII TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
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Section
8.01. Termination of Agreement.
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31
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ARTICLE
IX SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER
TRUSTEES
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Section
9.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.
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33
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Section
9.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee.
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33
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Section
9.03. Successor Owner Trustee.
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34
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Section
9.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.
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34
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Section
9.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
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34
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ARTICLE
X MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
10.01. Supplements and Amendments.
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36
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Section
10.02. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Holders.
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37
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Section
10.03. Pledge of Collateral by Owner Trustee is Binding.
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37
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Section
10.04. Limitations on Rights of Others.
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37
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Section
10.05. Notices.
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37
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Section
10.06. Severability.
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38
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Section
10.07. Separate Counterparts.
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38
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Section
10.08. Successors and Assigns.
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38
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Section
10.09. Headings.
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38
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Section
10.10. Governing Law.
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38
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Section
10.11. No Petition.
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38
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Section
10.12. No Recourse.
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ARTICLE
XI OFFICERS
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Section
11.01. Appointment of Officers.
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Section
11.02. Officers to Provide Information to the Owner
Trustee.
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EXHIBITS:
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Ownership Certificates
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Certificate of Trust
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Exhibit
C-1
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Form
of Rule 144A Investment Letter
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Exhibit
C-2
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Form
of Accredited Investor Investment
Letter
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Exhibit
D
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Owner
Trustee Fee Letter Agreement
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Exhibit
E
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Transaction
Parties
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This
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT dated February 27, 2007, is by and among
STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
“Depositor”), WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner
trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) and XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., a national banking
association, as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”).
WHEREAS,
on February 23, 2007 the Depositor formed Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust
2007-1, as a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) pursuant to (i) the Trust
Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2007 (the “Original Trust Agreement”), among
the Depositor and the Owner Trustee and (ii) a Certificate of Trust filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 23, 2007;
and
WHEREAS,
the parties to this Agreement desire to amend and restate the Original Trust
Agreement in its entirety, and, as evidenced by their signatures hereto, the
parties to this Agreement consent to and the Original Trust Agreement is hereby
amended, restated and replaced in its entirety as of the date first written
above by this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
on the Closing Date pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of
February 1, 2007, Depositor intends to sell, transfer and assign to the Trust
certain Collateral, including Mortgage Loans and related assets, which
Collateral the statutory trust intends to pledge under the Indenture in order
to
secure the issuance of the Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1
Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2007-1 (the “Notes”), the net proceeds of which
would be applied toward the purchase of the Collateral; and
WHEREAS,
the Trust intends to issue its Ownership Certificates to the Depositor, as
additional consideration for the Collateral and the Depositor intends to
transfer the Ownership Certificates to Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. under the terms
of
the Purchase Agreement between the Depositor and Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., dated
February 23, 2007; and
WHEREAS,
the Initial Holder intends to buy the Ownership Certificates; and
WHEREAS,
the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator desire to
enter into this Agreement in order to effect the foregoing.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01. Definitions.
For all
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below.
Actual
Knowledge:
With
respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of
the Owner Trustee responsible for administering the Trust hereunder, or under
the Operative Agreements, who has actual knowledge of an action taken or an
action not taken with regard to the Trust. Actions taken or actions not taken
of
which the Owner Trustee should have had knowledge, or has constructive
knowledge, do not meet the definition of Actual Knowledge hereunder. With
respect to the Securities Administrator, any Responsible Officer of the
Securities Administrator who has actual knowledge of an action taken or an
action not taken with regard to the Trust.Agreement or Trust Agreement: This
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and any amendments or modifications
hereof.
Authorized
Officer:
With
respect to the Trust, any officer of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to
act
for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Trust and who is identified
on
the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture
Trustee and the Securities Administrator on the Closing Date (as such list
may
be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long as the
Administration Agreement is in effect, any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Trust Officer, or more senior officer of the Securities Administrator
who is authorized to act for the Securities Administrator in matters relating
to
the Trust and to be acted upon by the Securities Administrator pursuant to
the
Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized
Officers delivered by the Securities Administrator to the Indenture Trustee
and
the Owner Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or
supplemented from time to time thereafter).Bank: Wilmington Trust Company,
in
its individual capacity and not as Owner Trustee under this
Agreement.
Certificate
Distribution Account:
The certificate distribution account maintained by or on behalf of the
Securities Administrator for the benefit of the Trust
and
the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01.
Certificate
of Trust:
The
Certificate of Trust duly executed and filed by the Owner Trustee on February
23, 2007 for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Delaware Trust Statute
in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
Certificate
Paying Agent:
Initially, the Securities Administrator, in its capacity as Certificate Paying
Agent, or any successor to the Securities Administrator in such
capacity.
Certificate
Register:
The
register maintained by the Certificate Registrar in which the Certificate
Registrar shall provide for the registration of the Ownership Certificates
and
of transfers and exchanges of such Ownership Certificates.
Certificate
Registrar:
Initially, the Securities Administrator, in its capacity as Certificate
Registrar, or any successor to the Securities Administrator in such
capacity.
Certificateholder
or Holder:
The
Person in whose name an Ownership Certificate is registered in the Certificate
Register, except that, any Ownership Certificate registered in the name of
the
Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing of which the Certificate Registrar has actual
acknowledge shall be deemed not to be outstanding and any such Person shall
not
be considered a Certificateholder or Holder for purposes of giving any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture
or this Agreement.
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Collateral:
As
defined in the Indenture.
Corporate
Trust Office:
With
respect to (i) the Owner Trustee, the principal corporate trust office of the
Owner Trustee located at Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, or at such other address in the State of
Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Securities
Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Certificateholders, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address
(which shall be in the State of Delaware) of which the successor owner trustee
will notify the Securities Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the
Certificateholders); (ii) the Securities Administrator, the principal corporate
trust office of the Securities Administrator at which, at any particular time,
its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
hereof for purposes of transfers and exchanges and for presentment and surrender
of the Ownership Certificates and for payment thereof is located at Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Client Manager (Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1), and
for
all other purposes is located at Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, X.X., X.X. Xxx 00, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Group (Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities
Trust 2007-1) (or for overnight deliveries, at 0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Client Manager (Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage
Securities Trust 2007-1)) or such other address or addresses that the Securities
Administrator may designate from time to time by notice to the Owner Trustee,
Indenture Trustee and the Certificateholders; and (iii) the Certificate
Registrar, the principal office of the Certificate Registrar at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office
at the date of execution of this Agreement is located at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Securities Administrator, or at such other address as the
Certificate Registrar may designate from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholders and the Owner Trustee, or the principal corporate trust
office of any successor Certificate Registrar at the address designated by
such
successor Certificate Registrar by notice to the Certificateholders and the
Owner Trustee.
Delaware
Trust Statute:
Chapter
38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del.C. Section 3801 et
seq.,
as the
same may be amended from time to time.
Depositor:
Structured Asset Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
ERISA:
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Indenture:
The
indenture dated as of February 1, 2007, among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
and the Securities Administrator, as such may be amended or supplemented from
time to time.
Indenture
Trustee:
LaSalle
Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee, or any successor in interest.
Initial
Holder:
Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage, Inc.
Liabilities:
The
meaning specified in Section 7.02.
Master
Servicer:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor in interest, as master servicer under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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Net
Proceeds from the Notes:
The
proceeds received by the Trust from time to time from the issuance and sale
of
its Notes, less the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance
and sale of such Notes.
Non-U.S.
Person:
Any
person other than a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of
the Code.
Noteholders:
The
holders from time to time of the Notes.
Notes:
As
defined in the first WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
Officer:
Those
officers of the Trust referred to in Article XI.
Opinion
of Counsel:
One or
more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, be employees of or counsel to the Depositor and who shall
be
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator, which
opinion shall be addressed to the Owner Trustee and the Securities
Administrator.
Original
Trust Agreement:
The
Trust Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2007, between the Depositor and the
Owner Trustee.
Ownership
Certificates:
One or
more equity certificates representing an undivided beneficial ownership interest
in the Trust in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
Owner
Trustee:
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, and any successor
in
interest, not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee under
this
Agreement.
Privately
Offered Notes:
The
Class A-X Notes and the Subordinate Notes.
Proposer:
The
Certificateholder making a written request pursuant to Section
5.07.
Prospective
Holder:
Each
prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of Ownership
Certificates.
Responsible
Officer:
With
respect to (i) the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the
Trust and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom
such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of, and familiarity
with, the particular subject; and (ii) the Securities Administrator, any officer
within the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator with direct
responsibility for the administration of the Trust and also, with respect to
a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of
such officer’s knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular
subject.
Sale
and Servicing Agreement:
The
Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2007, by and among the
Trust, as Issuer, Structured Asset Securities Corporation, as Depositor,
Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Funding, Inc., as Seller, Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Home Loans,
Inc., as initial seller, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer and
Securities Administrator, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture
Trustee, as such may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
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Secretary
of State:
The
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Securities
Act:
The
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities
Administrator:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor in interest as securities administrator
under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Seller:
Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Funding, Inc.
Trust:
The
trust established pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement and the Certificate
of Trust which shall carry on its business operations under the name of
“Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1.”
Section
1.02. Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a) Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the same meanings assigned
to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or in the Indenture, as
applicable.
(b) All
terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
(c) As
used
in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement
or in
any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined
in
this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally
accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting
terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are
inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting
principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document shall control.
(d) The
words
“hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained in this
Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall mean “including without
limitation.”
(e) The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well
as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as the feminine
and neuter genders of such terms.
(f) 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 established under the Original Trust Agreement and the Certificate of
Trust and continued hereunder shall be referred to as “Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1”
in which
name the Owner Trustee and the Officers may conduct the activities contemplated
hereby, including the making and executing of contracts, agreements and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued and, except as limited
herein, exercise all of the powers that a Delaware statutory trust may exercise
under the Delaware Trust Statute.
Section
2.02. Office.
The
principal office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office. The Trust shall also have an office in care of the
Securities Administrator at its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
2.03. Purpose
and Powers.
The
purpose of the Trust is, and the Trust shall have the power and authority,
to
engage in any of the following activities:
(a) to
issue
one or more Classes of Notes pursuant to the Indenture and one or more Ownership
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement and to sell, transfer and exchange
such
Notes and such Ownership Certificates;
(b) with
the
proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the Ownership Certificates, to pay the
organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay
the
balance of the Net Proceeds from the Notes to the Depositor in consideration
of
the transfer to the Trust of the Collateral;
(c) to
assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant
to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders
pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement any portion of the
Collateral released from the lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to,
the
Indenture;
(d) to
enter
into and perform its obligations, or exercise its rights under, the Operative
Agreements (as defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), including the
Yield
Maintenance Agreement, the Auction Swap Agreement and Servicing Agreements
to
which it is to be a party or an assignee of the rights thereunder;
(e) to
engage
in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary,
suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto
or
connected therewith; and
(f) subject
to compliance with the Operative Agreements, to engage in such other activities
as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and
the
making of distributions and payments to the Certificateholders and the
Noteholders.
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The
Trust
is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust shall
not
engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other
than
as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the Operative
Agreements.
Section
2.04. Appointment
of the Owner Trustee. The
Depositor hereby appoints the Bank to act as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”)
of the Trust effective as of the date hereof to have all the rights, powers
and
duties set forth herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the
Trust.
The
Owner
Trustee is hereby authorized to execute this Agreement, the Indenture, the
Administration Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and any other
Operative Agreement on behalf of the Trust. The Owner Trustee is hereby
authorized to take all actions required or permitted to be taken by it in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section
2.05. Initial
Capital Contribution; Declaration of Trust.
(a) The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Trust,
as of the date hereof, the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges
receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the Closing Date, of the foregoing
contribution which shall constitute the initial corpus of the Trust Estate
and
shall be deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account.
(b) The
Owner
Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and
subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the
Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Operative
Agreements. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitutes
a statutory trust under the Delaware Trust Statute and that this Agreement
constitutes the governing instrument of such statutory trust. The execution
and
filing of the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State by the Owner
Trustee is hereby ratified and approved. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the rights of the Certificateholders will be those of beneficial
owners of the Trust.
Section
2.06. Initial
Beneficiary.
Upon the
formation of the Trust by the initial contribution by the Depositor and the
filing of the Certificate of Trust pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the
issuance of the Ownership Certificates, the Depositor shall be the sole
beneficiary of the Trust.
Section
2.07. Liability
of the Holders of the Ownership Certificates.
To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Certificateholder shall have
any
personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust or, except
as
otherwise provided herein, to the Owner Trustee.
Section
2.08. Situs
of Trust.
The
Trust will be located in the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained
by
the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be located in the States of
Delaware, New York or the jurisdiction where the Securities Administrator
maintains bank accounts with respect to collections on the Collateral. The
only
offices of the Trust will be as described in Section 2.02 hereof. The Trust
shall not have any employees; provided,
however,
that
nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having
employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be received
by
the Trust only in Delaware, New York, the jurisdiction in which the Securities
Administrator maintains the Certificate Distribution Account or such other
jurisdiction designated by the Depositor, and payments will be made by the
Trust
only from the Trust Accounts or from Delaware, New York or such other
jurisdiction designated by the Depositor.
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Section
2.09. Title
to Trust Property.
(a) Subject
to the Indenture, title to all of the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times
in the Trust as a separate legal entity until this Agreement terminates pursuant
to Article VIII hereof; provided,
however,
that if
the laws of any jurisdiction require that title to any part of the Trust Estate
be vested in the trustee of the Trust, then title to that part of the Trust
Estate shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee or any co-trustee
or
separate trustee, as the case may be, appointed pursuant to Article IX of this
Agreement.
(b) The
Certificateholders shall have no legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.
No
transfer by operation of law or otherwise of any interest of the
Certificateholders shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts
created hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer
to it of any part of the Trust Estate.
Section
2.10. Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor.
The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee and the Securities
Administrator as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date,
as
follows:
(a) The
Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority
to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently
owned and such business is presently conducted and had at all relevant times,
and now has, power, authority and the legal right to acquire and own the
Mortgage Loans.
(b) The
Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all
jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
its
business shall require such qualifications.
(c) The
Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver any Operative
Agreement to which it is a party and to carry out its terms; the Depositor
has
full power and authority to sell and assign the Collateral to be sold and
assigned to and deposited with the Trust and the Depositor has duly authorized
such assignment and deposit to the Trust by all necessary corporate action;
and
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any other Operative
Agreement to which it is a party has been duly authorized by the Depositor
by
all necessary corporate action and, assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery of each such agreement by the other parties thereto, each such
agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor,
enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
(d) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof do not conflict with, result in
any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation
or
by-laws 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 Operative Agreements); 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.
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(e) There
are
no proceedings or investigations, pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Depositor, threatened before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor
or
its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other
Operative Agreement to which the Depositor is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or
any other Operative Agreement to which the Depositor is a party or (iii) seeking
any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement to which
the
Depositor is a party.
(f) The
Depositor has not failed to obtain any consent, approval, authorization, or
order of, and has not failed to cause any registration or qualification with,
any court or regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Depositor, which consent, approval, authorization, order, registration,
or qualification is required for, and the absence of which would materially
and
adversely affect, the legal and valid execution, delivery, and performance
of
this Agreement by the Depositor. No consent or approval of any other person
or
entity is necessary for the Depositor to perform its obligations hereunder
or,
if any such consent or approval is necessary, such consent or approval has
previously been obtained.
(g) The
representations and warranties of the Depositor made pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement are true and correct.
(h) This
Agreement is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939,
as amended, and the Trust is not required to be registered as an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section
2.11. Tax
Treatment.
It is
the intention of the parties hereto that, for federal and state income and
state
and local franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall not be treated as (i) an
association subject separately to taxation as a corporation, (ii) a “publicly
traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1
promulgated under the Code or (iii) a “taxable mortgage pool” as defined in
Section 7701(i) of the Code. It is also the intention of the parties hereto
that
(i) the Notes (other than the Privately Offered Notes) qualify under applicable
tax laws as indebtedness secured by the Collateral and (ii) the Trust formed
hereby shall be disregarded as an entity separate from the sole Holder of the
Ownership Certificates and the Privately Offered Notes unless and until the
date
when either (a) there is more than one Holder of the Ownership Certificates
and
the Privately Offered Notes or (b) any class of Notes (other than the Privately
Offered Notes) is recharacterized as an equity interest in the Trust for federal
income tax purposes and is owned by a Person other than the holder of the
Ownership Certificates and the Privately Offered Notes, in which case upon
receipt of written notification or actual knowledge that such an event has
occurred, the Securities Administrator shall comply with its obligations under
Section 4.04. In such event, the Trust is intended to be classified as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes. The Depositor, the Owner Trustee,
the Securities Administrator and each Holder of an Ownership Certificate agree
to treat the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the above
stated intentions unless and until determined to the contrary by an applicable
taxing authority, and the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted
to
further the above stated intentions.
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Section
2.12. Investment
Company.
Neither
the Depositor nor any Holder of any Ownership Certificates shall take any action
which would cause the Trust to become an “investment company” which would be
required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
ARTICLE
III
THE
OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
Section
3.01. The
Ownership Certificates.
Initially, there shall be a single Ownership Certificate in definitive, fully
registered form representing a 100% Percentage Interest which shall initially
be
registered in the name of the Initial Holder. No Ownership Certificates shall
be
issued in authorized denominations of less than 10% Percentage Interest and
multiples of 1% in excess thereof. The Ownership 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 3.02.
Any Ownership Certificates bearing the manual signatures of individuals who
were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized
to
sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefit
of this Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall
have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of
such
Ownership Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of
authentication and delivery of such Ownership 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 any Ownership Certificates duly registered in such Person’s name pursuant to
Section 3.03.
Section
3.02. Execution,
Authentication and Delivery of the Ownership Certificates. Concurrently
with the sale of the Collateral to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Ownership Certificates issued
hereunder to be executed and authenticated on behalf of the Trust and delivered
to the Initial Holder 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.
The
Ownership Certificates shall not entitle the Holders to any benefits under
this
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless there shall appear on such
Ownership Certificates a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form
set forth in Exhibit A hereto, executed by the Certificate Registrar, as the
Owner Trustee’s authenticating agent, by manual signature; such authentication
shall constitute conclusive evidence that such Ownership Certificates shall
have
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. An Ownership Certificate shall
be dated the date of its authentication.
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Section
3.03. Registration
of and Limitations on Transfers and Exchanges of the Ownership
Certificates.
The
Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 3.07, a Certificate Register in which, subject
to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar
shall
provide for the registration of the Ownership Certificates and of transfers
and
exchanges of the Ownership Certificates as herein provided; provided,
however,
that no
Ownership Certificate shall be issued in any such transfer and exchange
representing less than a 10% Percentage Interest in the Ownership Certificates.
The Securities Administrator shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If
the
Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee, with the consent
of the Depositor, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar.
Subject
to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Ownership Certificates at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 3.07, the Owner Trustee shall execute,
authenticate and deliver (or 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 Ownership Certificates evidencing
in
aggregate the Percentage Interest of the Ownership Certificates so surrendered
and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar. At the option of the Holder, Ownership Certificates may be exchanged
for other Ownership Certificates evidencing in the aggregate the Percentage
Interest of the Ownership Certificate to be surrendered in such an exchange
at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.07.
Every
Ownership Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or
exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed
by
the Holder or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Ownership
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
the
Ownership 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 the Ownership
Certificates or any other expense arising as a result of any registration of
transfer or exchange.
The
preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Owner Trustee shall
not make and the Certificate Registrar shall not register transfer or exchanges
of any Ownership Certificates for a period of 15 days preceding the due date
for
any payment with respect to the Ownership Certificates.
No
transfer of any Ownership Certificates shall be made unless such transfer 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. Except in the case of the initial transfer to the Initial Holder, in
the
event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall
prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (i) an investment
letter (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1) certifying to the Trust,
the
Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and
the
Depositor that such transferee is a “qualified institutional buyer” under Rule
144A under the Securities Act or (ii) an investment letter (in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C-2) certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that
such
transferee is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) (2), (3) or
(7) of the Securities Act), and any expense associated with the preparation
and
execution of any such investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust,
the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar
or
the Depositor. A Holder of an Ownership Certificate desiring to effect the
transfer of any Ownership Certificates shall, and does hereby agree to,
indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the
Certificate Registrar and the Depositor against any and all liability that
may
result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such
federal and state laws.
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The
Initial Holder will be (i) the initial Certificateholder of a 100%
Percentage Interest in the Ownership Certificates and (ii) the initial Note
Owner of a 100% Percentage Interest in each of the Privately Offered Notes.
The
Initial Holder (or any other Certificateholder or Note Owner of the Privately
Offered Notes) is hereby prohibited from transferring any beneficial ownership
interest in the Ownership Certificate or any Privately Offered Notes, except
as
provided in this Section 3.03 and Sections 2.03 and 2.04 of the
Indenture.
No
sale,
transfer, pledge or other disposition of any beneficial ownership interest
in
the Ownership Certificates may be effectuated, and the Certificate Registrar
shall refuse to register any such sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition
except if (a) the transferee delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel (which shall not
be
an expense of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar) that the sale, transfer or other disposition of the Ownership
Certificates will not result in the Trust becoming subject to tax for federal
income tax purposes or (b) such sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition
is
in conjunction with a simultaneous sale or transfer of an equal Percentage
Interest in all classes of the Privately Offered Notes then Outstanding (as
defined in the Indenture). In connection with any transfer of all or a portion
of the Ownership Certificates pursuant to clause (b) of the immediately
preceding sentence, the transferee shall certify to the Certificate Registrar,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in an investment letter
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 or Exhibit C-2, as
applicable, that such transfer has been made in accordance with clause (b)
and
shall agree to indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor against any liability
that may result if the transfer was made in contravention of clause
(b).
Except
in
the case of the initial transfer to the Initial Holder, no transfer of any
Ownership Certificates shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall
have
received a representation letter (substantially in the form attached hereto
as
Exhibit C-1 or Exhibit C-2, as applicable) from the proposed transferee of
such
Ownership Certificates to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to Section 406
of
ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or any substantially similar applicable
law,
or a Person acting on behalf of or using the assets of any such plan, which
representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee,
the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor.
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The
Trust
shall cause each Ownership Certificate to contain a legend, substantially in
the
form of the applicable legends provided in Exhibit A hereto, stating that
transfer of such Ownership Certificate is subject to certain restrictions and
referring prospective purchasers of the Ownership Certificates to this Section
3.03 with respect to such restrictions.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, no transfer, pledge or encumbrance of any
Ownership Certificates shall be made to any Person unless the Owner Trustee
and
the Certificate Registrar have received an Opinion of Counsel (which shall
not
be an expense of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) to the effect
that such transfer, pledge or encumbrance would not have any adverse effect
of
the status of the Notes (other than the Privately Offered Notes) as debt for
federal income tax purposes and would not result in the Trust’s becoming taxable
for federal income tax purposes.
If
any
purported transferee shall become a Holder in violation of the provisions of
this Section, then upon receipt of written notice to the Certificate Registrar
and the Certificate Paying Agent that the registration of transfer of the
Ownership Certificates to such Holder was not in fact permitted by this Section,
then the transfer to that Holder shall be void
ab
initio
and the
last preceding Holder that was and that continues to be an eligible Holder
in
accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be restored to all rights
as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of such registration of transfer
of
such Ownership Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any Ownership
Certificates that is in fact not permitted by this Section, for making any
payment due on such Ownership Certificate to the Holder thereof or for taking
any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this
Agreement so long as the transfer was registered upon receipt of the Opinion
of
Counsel described in the immediately preceding paragraph.
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Section
3.04. Lost,
Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Ownership Certificates.
If (a)
any mutilated Ownership Certificates are surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or (b) the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its
satisfaction that any Ownership Certificates have been destroyed, lost or
stolen, and there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar proof of ownership
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, together with such security or
indemnity as required by the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee to
save
each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice to the Certificate
Registrar or the Owner Trustee that such Ownership Certificates have been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Owner Trustee shall execute on behalf
of
the Trust, and the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Ownership Certificates, new Ownership Certificates of like tenor
and
Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Ownership
Certificates under this Section 3.04, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expenses
of
the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar (including any fees and expenses
of counsel) and any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith. Any duplicate Ownership Certificates issued pursuant
to
this Section 3.04 shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the
Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Ownership Certificates shall be found at any time.
Section
3.05. Persons
Deemed Certificateholders.
Prior to
due presentation of any Ownership Certificates for registration of transfer,
the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Certificate Paying Agent may
treat the Holder as the owner of such Ownership Certificates for the purpose
of
receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.02 and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar
or any Certificate Paying Agent shall be bound by any notice to the
contrary.
Section
3.06. Access
to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.
The
Certificate Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Depositor,
the Certificate Paying Agent or the Owner Trustee, within 15 days after receipt
by the Certificate Registrar of a written request therefor from the Depositor,
the Certificate Paying Agent or the Owner Trustee, in such form as the
Depositor, the Certificate Paying Agent or the Owner Trustee, as the case may
be, may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of
the
most recent Record Date. A Holder, by receiving and holding any Ownership
Certificates, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Trust,
the
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent or the Owner
Trustee accountable or liable for damages by reason of the disclosure of its
name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.
Section
3.07. Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
The
Certificate Registrar on behalf of the Trust, shall maintain an office or
offices or agency or agencies where any Ownership Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the Ownership Certificates
and the Operative Agreements may be served. The Certificate Registrar shall
give
the Owner Trustee prompt notice, in writing, of any such notice or demand.
The
Certificate Registrar initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the
Securities Administrator located at Sixxx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 xs its office for such purposes. The Certificate
Registrar shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee,
the Certificate Paying Agent and the Certificateholders of any change in the
location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
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Section
3.08. Certificate
Paying Agent.
(a) The
Owner
Trustee may appoint, and hereby appoints, the Securities Administrator as
Certificate Paying Agent under this Agreement. The Certificate Paying Agent
shall make distributions to the Holders from the Certificate Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof and Section 4.05 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and, upon request, shall report the amounts of such
distributions to the Owner Trustee. The Certificate Paying Agent shall have
the
revocable power to withdraw funds from the Certificate Distribution Account
for
the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Securities
Administrator hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will
be
bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement
relating to the Certificate Paying Agent and shall:
(i) hold
all
sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Ownership
Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until
such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(ii) give
the
Owner Trustee notice of any default by the Trust of which a Responsible Officer
of the Securities Administrator has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment required to be made with respect to the Ownership
Certificates;
(iii) at
any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the
Owner Trustee forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust all
sums
so held in Trust by such Certificate Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as Certificate Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Ownership
Certificates if at any time it ceases to meet the standards under this
Section 3.08 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 the Ownership Certificates of any applicable withholding
taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements
in connection therewith; and
(vi) not
institute bankruptcy proceedings against the Trust in connection with this
Agreement.
(b) In
the
event that the Securities Administrator shall no longer be the Certificate
Paying Agent hereunder, the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Depositor,
shall appoint a successor to act as Certificate Paying Agent (which shall be
a
bank or trust company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Certificate
Paying Agent or any additional Certificate Paying Agent appointed by the Owner
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Owner Trustee an instrument in which
such
successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall
agree with the Owner Trustee that as Certificate Paying Agent, such successor
Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent will hold all
sums, if any, held by it for payment in trust for the benefit of the Holders
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The Certificate
Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Owner Trustee, and upon
removal of a Certificate Paying Agent, such Certificate Paying Agent shall
also
return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 5.03, 5.04, 6.01, 6.05, 6.07, 6.08, 7.01 and 7.02 shall apply to the
Securities Administrator, as though it had been named in such sections, also
in
its roles as Certificate Paying Agent and as Certificate Registrar for so long
as the Securities Administrator shall act as Certificate Paying Agent and as
Certificate Registrar and, to the extent applicable, to any other Certificate
Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar appointed hereunder. Any reference in
this
Agreement to the Certificate Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent
unless the context requires otherwise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if the Securities Administrator resigns or is removed as Securities
Administrator and such Securities Administrator is the same entity as the
Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Paying Agent, the Certificate
Registrar and the Certificate Paying Agent shall resign and the Owner Trustee,
at the written direction of the Depositor, shall appoint a successor Certificate
Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent.
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Section
3.09. Derivative
Transactions. The
Trust
is authorized, at the direction and the expense of the Certificateholders,
to
enter into (or cause the Securities Administrator to enter into on its behalf)
(and to pledge to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture) such derivative
transactions for the benefit of any Noteholders as may be deemed desirable
by
the Certificateholders, so long as (i) as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
addressed to the Indenture Trustee and the Trust (at the expense of the
Certificateholders), the inclusion of such derivative in the Trust Estate will
not be inconsistent with the ERISA provisions contained herein or in the
Operative Agreements, (ii) as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered
to
the Indenture Trustee and the Trust (at the expense of the Certificateholders),
such derivative transaction will not adversely affect the tax aspects of the
Notes and (iii) each Rating Agency shall have confirmed in writing that the
inclusion of such derivative would not result in a downgrade of its then current
rating of any Class of Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Opinions
of
Counsel shall not be required with respect to the Yield Maintenance Agreements,
any successor Yield Maintenance Agreements, the Auction Swap Agreement or any
successor Auction Swap Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
APPLICATION
OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section
4.01. Certificate
Distribution Account.The
Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain on behalf of the Trust
and
the Certificateholder, the Certificate Distribution Account.
(a) The
Certificate Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account. If the
Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the
Securities Administrator shall establish a new Certificate Distribution Account
that is an Eligible Account within 10 days and transfer all funds and investment
property on deposit in such existing Certificate Distribution Account into
such
new Certificate Distribution Account. The funds in the Certificate Distribution
Account shall remain uninvested.
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(b) The
Certificate Paying Agent shall withdraw funds from the Certificate Distribution
Account for payments to the Certificateholders in the manner specified in this
Agreement. In addition, the Securities Administrator may prior to making the
payment required pursuant to Section 4.02 from time to time make withdrawals
from the Certificate Distribution Account for the following
purposes:
(i) to
withdraw funds deposited in error in the Certificate Distribution Account;
and
(ii) to
clear
and terminate the Certificate Distribution Account upon the termination of
the
Trust.
(c) All
of
the right, title and interest of the Trust in all funds on deposit from time
to
time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in all proceeds thereof shall
be held for the benefit of the Holders and such other persons entitled to
payments therefrom. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control
of
the Securities Administrator for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.
Section
4.02. Application
of Trust Funds.
(a) The
Owner
Trustee hereby directs the Certificate Paying Agent to distribute on each
Payment Date to the Holders amounts on deposit in the Certificate Distribution
Account and the Certificate Paying Agent hereby acknowledges such direction.
All
distributions of amounts due on or in respect of the Ownership Certificates
shall be made to the Certificateholders, pro
rata,
based
upon their Percentage Interests in the Ownership Certificates.
(b) All
payments to be made under this Agreement by the Certificate Paying Agent shall
be made only from the income and proceeds of the Trust Estate and only to the
extent that the Certificate Paying Agent has received such income or proceeds.
The Certificate Paying Agent shall not be liable to any Holder, the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee for any amounts payable pursuant to this Section
4.02 except to the extent that non-payment is due to the Certificate Paying
Agent’s acts or omissions amounting to willful misconduct or gross
negligence.
(c) In
the
event that any withholding tax is imposed on the distributions (or allocations
of income) to the Certificateholders, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise
distributable to the Certificateholders in accordance with this Section 4.02.
The Certificate Paying Agent, if instructed by the Securities Administrator,
is
hereby authorized and directed to retain or cause to be retained from amounts
otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds (as
determined by the Securities Administrator) 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 own discretion
withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (c). In the event that
the Certificateholder wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding
tax,
the Owner Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in
making such a claim so long as such Certificateholder agrees to reimburse the
Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
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(d) Distributions
to the Holders shall be subordinated to the creditors of the Trust, including,
without limitation, the Noteholders and the Owner Trustee.
Section
4.03. Method
of Payment.
Subject
to Section 8.01(c), distributions required to be made to the Holders on any
Payment Date as provided in Section 4.02 shall be made to the each Person who
was a Holder 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 Holder shall have
provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at least
five Business Days prior to such Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed to
such Holder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.
Section
4.04. Tax
Returns. The
Securities Administrator shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the
books of the Trust on a calendar year basis using the accrual method of
accounting, (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Holder as may be
required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information
as
may be required to enable each Holder to prepare its federal and state income
tax returns, (c) prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed such tax
returns relating to the Trust as may be required by the Code and applicable
Treasury Regulations (making such elections as may from time to time be required
or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statutes, rules or
regulations) and (d) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax
as described in and in accordance with Section 4.02 of this Agreement with
respect to income or distributions to Holders and prepare or cause to be
prepared the appropriate forms relating thereto; provided,
however,
that
the Securities Administrator shall not be required to compute the Trust’s gross
income and provided,
further,
that
the Securities Administrator shall not be required to prepare and file
partnership or corporation income tax returns on behalf of the Trust (or any
additional tax work caused by Section 3.09) unless it receives an Opinion of
Counsel (which shall not be at the Securities Administrator’s expense, but shall
be an expense of the Trust or other party requesting such opinion) as to the
necessity of such filings, and reimbursement for related reasonable expenses
from the Trust not to exceed $10,000 per year. The Owner Trustee, where required
by applicable tax law to do so, shall sign all tax and information returns
prepared or caused to be prepared by the Securities Administrator pursuant
to
this Section 4.04 at the written request of the Securities Administrator, and
in
doing so shall rely entirely upon, and shall have no liability for information
or calculations provided by, the Securities Administrator, or any other Person.
In no event shall the Securities Administrator be liable for any errors or
omissions in preparing or filing the tax returns or errors or omissions in
maintaining the books of the Trust if such errors or omissions were due to
errors or omissions in the information contained in the reports delivered by
the
Servicers to the Master Servicer pursuant to the underlying Servicing
Agreements. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the
Securities Administrator be liable for any errors or omissions in the preparing
or filing of any tax returns or in maintaining the books of the Trust unless
such error or omissions are due to the Securities Administrator’s negligence or
willful misconduct in so preparing, filing or maintaining.
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Section
4.05. Segregation
of Moneys; No Interest.
Moneys
received by or on behalf of the Owner Trustee hereunder and deposited into
the
Certificate Distribution Account will be segregated except to the extent
required otherwise by law or the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Amounts on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account shall not be
invested. The Securities Administrator shall not be liable for payment of any
interest in respect of such moneys.
ARTICLE
V
AUTHORITY
AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE;
ACTION
BY
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section
5.01. General
Authority.
The
Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Notes,
the
Ownership Certificates, and the other Operative Agreements, including each
Yield
Maintenance Agreement, to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate
or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Operative
Agreements to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment or other
agreement or instrument described herein, as evidenced conclusively by the
Owner
Trustee’s execution thereof, and, on behalf of the Trust, to direct the
Securities Administrator to authenticate the Notes. In addition to the
foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to
take
all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Operative
Agreements.
Section
5.02. General
Duties.
(a) It
shall
be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all
of
its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other
Operative Agreements to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust
in the interest of the Certificateholders, subject to the Operative Agreements
and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties
and
responsibilities hereunder and under the Operative Agreements to the extent
the
Securities Administrator or the Depositor has agreed in the Administration
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Agreement, respectively,
to
perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee or the Trust
hereunder or under any Operative Agreement, and the Owner Trustee shall not
be
held liable for the default or failure of the Securities Administrator or the
Depositor to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement,
this
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any other Operative Agreement,
respectively; and
(b) It
shall
be the duty of the Depositor under the Administration Agreement to obtain and
preserve the Trust’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which
such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate. It shall be the duty
of
the Owner Trustee to cooperate with the Depositor with respect to such
matters.
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Section
5.03. Action
Upon Instruction.
(a) Subject
to this Article V and, in particular, Section 5.07 and in accordance with the
terms of the Operative Agreements, a majority in interest of the Holders may
by
written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust,
but
only to the extent consistent with the limited purpose of the Trust. Such
direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Holders
pursuant to this Article V.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any Operative Agreement if the Owner Trustee shall have
reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action
is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary
to the terms hereof or of any Operative Agreement or is otherwise contrary
to
law.
(c) Whenever
the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action
permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under any other
Operative Agreement, or in the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to
the
application of any provision of this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement
or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears
to
be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this
Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is
incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to
take
with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may promptly give
notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the
Holders requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and
to
the extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written
instruction of a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Holders of the
Ownership Certificates, except as provided in Section 5.06, 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 reasonably shorter period of time as may be specified
in
such notice or as reasonably may be necessary under the circumstances) it may,
but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not
inconsistent with this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement, as it shall
deem to be in the best interests of the Holders, and the Owner Trustee shall
have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
Section
5.04. 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
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
or the Trust is a party, except as expressly provided (i) in accordance with
the
powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant
to
this Agreement, and (ii) in accordance with any document or instruction
delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement; and no implied duties
or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Operative Agreement
against the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for
filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any
time
or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest
or
lien granted to the Trust or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange
Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any Operative
Agreement or to prepare or file any tax return for the Trust. The Owner Trustee
nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take
all
action as may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Trust
Estate that result from actions by, or claims against the Bank that are not
related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate.
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Section
5.05. 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 Holders shall not direct the
Owner Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section
5.05.
(b) The
Owner
Trustee shall not, except as provided herein and as provided in the Granting
Clause of the Indenture, convey or transfer any of the Trust’s properties or
assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any person unless
(x) it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Trust
or
any Holder and (y) such conveyance or transfer shall not violate the provisions
of the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section
5.06. Prior
Notice to Holders with Respect to Certain Matters; Separateness
Covenants.
With
respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless
at least 30 days before the taking of such action (which time may be waived
by
Holders holding 100% of the Percentage Interests in the Ownership Certificates),
the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Holders in writing of the proposed
action and the Holders holding in aggregate a 100% Percentage Interest in the
Ownership Certificates shall have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior
to
the 30th day after such notice is given that such Holders have consented to
such
action 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 Collateral) 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
Collateral);
(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 the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or of this Agreement
or
any other Operative Agreement in circumstances where the consent of any
Noteholder is required;
(d) The
amendment or other change of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture or of
this Agreement, any Yield Maintenance Agreement, the Auction Swap Agreement
or
any other Operative Agreement in circumstances where the consent of any
Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially adversely affects
the
interests of the Holders;
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(e) The
amendment of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in circumstances where the consent
of any Securityholder is required;
(f) The
amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, except to
cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add
any provision that would not materially and adversely affect the interests
of
the Holders;
(g) The
appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, Paying
Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Agreement of a successor
Certificate Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent or the consent to the
assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Indenture Trustee, Certificate
Registrar or Certificate Paying Agent of its obligations under the Indenture
or
this Agreement, as applicable;
(h) The
consent to the calling or waiver of any default of any Operative
Agreement;
(i) The
consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under
any
Operative Agreement;
(j) Except
as
provided in Article VIII hereof, the dissolution, termination or liquidation
of
the Trust in whole or in part;
(k) The
merger, conversion or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other entity,
or conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of the Trust’s assets to
any other entity;
(l) The
incurrence, assumption or guaranty by the Trust of any indebtedness other than
as set forth in this Agreement or the Operative Agreements;
(m) The
taking of any action which conflicts with any Operative Agreement or would
make
it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Trust or change the
Trust’s purpose and powers set forth in this Agreement;
(n) The
confession of a judgment against the Trust;
(o) The
possession of the Trust assets, or assignment of the Trust’s right to property,
for other than a Trust purpose; or
(p) The
lending of funds by the Trust to any entity.
The
Owner
Trustee shall not be obligated to procure any required written consent of the
Noteholders to any such action and to the extent such consent is required and
is
not provided to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee shall be under no
obligation to take, or refrain from taking, any such action with respect to
such
matters.
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In
addition, the Trust shall not commingle its assets with those of any other
entity. The Trust shall maintain its financial and accounting books and records
separate from those of any other entity. Except as expressly set forth herein,
the Trust shall pay its indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities from
its own funds, and the Trust shall neither incur any indebtedness nor pay the
indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities of any other entity nor
guarantee nor become obligated for the debts of any other person. Except as
expressly set forth herein, the Trust shall not engage in any dissolution,
liquidation, consolidation, merger or sale of assets. The Trust shall maintain
appropriate minutes or other records of all appropriate actions and shall
maintain its office and bank accounts separate from the offices and bank
accounts of the Depositor or any of its Affiliates. The Trust shall not engage
in any business activity in which it is not currently engaged other than as
contemplated by the Operative Agreements and related documentation. The Trust
shall not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries and shall not own or
acquire any asset other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements and
related documentation. Other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements
and related documentation, the Trust shall not follow the directions or
instructions of the Depositor. The Trust shall hold itself out as a separate
entity from the Depositor, the Certificateholders, and any of their Affiliates,
conduct its own business in its own name and use stationery, invoices, checks
or
other business forms under its own name and not that of any Certificateholder,
Affiliate, or other person. The Trust shall observe all formalities required
under the Delaware Trust Statute. The Trust shall not hold out its credit as
being available to satisfy the obligations of any other person or entity. The
Trust shall not acquire the obligations or securities of its Affiliates or
the
Seller. Other than as contemplated by the Operative Agreements and related
documentation, the Trust shall not pledge its assets for the benefit of any
other person or entity. The Trust shall correct any known misunderstanding
regarding its separate identity. The Trust shall not identify itself as a
division of any other person or entity. The Trust shall maintain adequate
capital in light of its contemplated business operations. The Trust shall
conduct business with its Affiliates on an arm’s-length basis.
For
accounting purposes, the Trust shall be treated as an entity separate and
distinct from the Holders. The pricing and other material terms of all
transactions and agreements to which the Trust is a party shall be intrinsically
fair to all parties thereto. This Agreement is and shall be the only agreement
among the parties thereto with respect to the creation, operation and
termination of the Trust.
Section
5.07. Action
by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. The
Owner
Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of Holders
holding in the aggregate a 100% Percentage Interest in the Ownership
Certificates, to (i) remove the Securities Administrator under the
Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 9 thereof, (ii) appoint a successor
Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 9 of the Administration Agreement,
(iii) remove or replace the Indenture Trustee, (iv) institute a bankruptcy
against the Trust, or (v) except as expressly provided in the Indenture, to
sell
the Collateral after the termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall
take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written
instructions signed and authorized by Holders holding in the aggregate a 100%
Percentage Interest in the Ownership Certificates. So long as the Indenture
remains in effect, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Holders shall
have no power to commence, and shall not commence, any bankruptcy with respect
to the Trust or direct the Owner Trustee to commence any bankruptcy with respect
to the Trust.
(b) Upon
the
written request of any Certificateholder (a “Proposer”), the Owner Trustee shall
distribute promptly to all Certificateholders any request for action or consent
of Certificateholders submitted by such Proposer, with a copy to the Securities
Administrator. The Owner Trustee shall provide a reasonable method for
collecting responses to such request and shall tabulate and report the results
thereof to the Certificateholders and the Securities Administrator. The Owner
Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty to determine if any such proposed
action or consent is permitted under the terms of this Agreement or applicable
law. The Proposer shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred by the Owner
Trustee under this Section 5.07.
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Section
5.08. Action
by the Holders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
The
Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence or consent to a bankruptcy
relating to the Trust without the unanimous approval of the Holders and the
delivery to the Owner Trustee by each such Holder of a certificate certifying
that such Holder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent. This paragraph
shall survive for one year and one day following termination of this Agreement.
So long as the Indenture remains in effect, the Holders shall not have the
power
to institute, and shall not institute, any bankruptcy with respect to the Trust
or direct the Owner Trustee to take such action.
Section
5.09. Restrictions
on the Holders’ Power.
The
Holders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain from taking
any
action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the
Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Operative
Agreements or would be contrary to Section 2.03 nor shall the Owner Trustee
be
obligated to follow any such direction, if given. The Holders shall not
guarantee any obligations of the Trust.
Section
5.10. Majority
Control. Except
as
expressly provided herein, any action that may be taken by the
Certificateholders under this Agreement may be taken by the Holders of Ownership
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Percentage
Interests of the Ownership Certificates. Except as expressly provided herein,
any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be effective if signed by Holders of Ownership Certificates
evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Percentage Interests
of
the Ownership Certificates at the time of the delivery of such
notice.
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 the same
but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee also agrees to
disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust
Estate upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be
answerable or accountable hereunder or under any other Operative Agreements
under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, gross
negligence or bad faith, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 6.04, (iii) for liabilities
arising from the failure by the Owner Trustee to perform obligations expressly
undertaken by it in the last sentence of Section 5.04, or (iv) for taxes, fees
or other charges based on or measured by any fees, commissions or compensation
received by the Bank in connection with any of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement, any other Operative Agreements or the Notes. In particular,
but
not by way of limitation:
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(a) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee;
(b) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by the Owner Trustee in accordance with the instructions of the
Holders;
(c) No
provision of this Agreement shall require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of
the Owner Trustee’s rights or powers hereunder or under any other Operative
Agreements if the Bank shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is
not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) Under
no
circumstance shall the Owner Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by
or
arising under any of the Operative Agreements, including the principal of and
interest on the Notes;
(e) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer,
the
Indenture Trustee, any Officer or the Certificate Paying Agent or Certificate
Registrar under this Agreement or any other Operative Agreement or otherwise
and
the Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to perform or monitor the performance
of any obligations or duties under this Agreement or the other Operative
Agreements which are to be performed by the Certificate Paying Agent or
Certificate Registrar under this Agreement, the Securities Administrator or
the
Depositor under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture or by any other Person under any of the Operative Agreements;
and
(f) The
Owner
Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the recitals herein,
the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by
the
Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or
validity of any of the Trust Estate or for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of the Operative Agreements, other than the certificate of
authentication on the Ownership Certificates, and the Owner Trustee shall in
no
event assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder,
the
Depositor or to the Holders, other than as expressly provided for
herein.
Section
6.02. Furnishing
of Documents.
The
Owner Trustee will furnish to the Securities Administrator (for distribution
to
the Holders), promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates
or
copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial
statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee hereunder
or
under the Operative Agreements unless the Securities Administrator shall have
already received the same.
Section
6.03. Books
and Records.
The
Owner Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept proper books of record and account
of all the transactions under this Agreement, including a record of the name
and
address of the Holders. The Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have complied
with
this Section 6.03 by the appointment of the Securities Administrator and the
Certificate Paying Agent to perform the duties hereunder.
Section
6.04. Representations
and Warranties.
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(a) The
Bank
represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit of the Holders, as
follows:
(i) the
Bank
is a banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Depositor
and
the Securities Administrator), has the power and authority as Owner Trustee
to
execute and deliver the Operative Agreements and to perform its obligations
thereunder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof
by
the other parties hereto, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Bank or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, enforceable
against the Bank or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, in accordance with
its terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating
to creditors’ rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought;
(ii) the
Bank
has no reason to believe that anyone authorized to act on its behalf has offered
any interest in and to the Trust for sale to, or solicited any offer to acquire
any of the same from, anyone;
(iii) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, either in its individual
capacity or as Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of the Operative Agreements
will not result in any violation of, or be in any conflict with, or constitute
a
default under any of the provisions of any indenture, mortgage, chattel
mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, lease, note or bond
purchase agreement, license, judgment, order or other agreement to which the
Bank is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound;
(iv) the
execution and delivery by the Bank of this Agreement, and the performance of
its
duties as Owner Trustee hereunder, do not require the consent or approval of,
the giving of notice to, or the registration with, or the taking of any other
action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency of the State of
Delaware (except as may be required by the Delaware securities laws or the
Delaware Trust Statute or as may be required to enforce the lien of the
Indenture); and
(v) there
are
no pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened actions or proceedings
against the Bank before any court, administrative agency or tribunal which,
if
determined adversely to it, would materially and adversely affect its ability,
either in its individual capacity or as Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Operative
Agreements.
(b) Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as Securities Administrator, hereby represents and warrants
to
the Depositor, for the benefit of the Holders, that:
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(i) it
is a
national banking association duly organized and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the United States, and has the power and authority
to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties
hereto, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the
Securities Administrator, enforceable against the Securities Administrator
in
accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar
laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject
to
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought;
(ii) it
has
taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of
this
Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its
officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its
behalf; and
(iii) neither
the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement nor the consummation
by
it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of
the
terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal, governmental rule or
regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Securities Administrator
or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its
charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement
or
instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be
bound.
Section
6.05. Reliance;
Advice of Counsel.
(a) Except
as
provided in Section 6.01, 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 or partnership entity as
conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body
and
that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the manner
of ascertainment of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner
Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the
president or any vice president (or the general partner, in the case of a
partnership) and by the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or the secretary
or
any assistant secretary of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and
such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for
any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance
thereon.
(b) In
its
exercise or administration of the trusts and powers hereunder and in the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, including its
obligations under Section 5.02(b), or the other Operative Agreements, the Owner
Trustee may employ agents and attorneys and enter into agreements (including
the
Administration Agreement) with any of them, and the Owner Trustee shall not
be
answerable for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys if
such
agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee with
reasonable care. If, and to the extent, the Holders shall have failed to
reimburse the Owner Trustee for all reasonable expenses and indemnities incurred
pursuant to this Section 6.05(b), as provided in Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the
Owner Trustee may seek reimbursement therefor from the Trust
Estate.
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(c) In
the
administration of the trusts and performance of its duties hereunder, the Owner
Trustee may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled Persons to
be
selected and employed by it, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for
anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the
reasonable advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other skilled
Persons. If, and to the extent, the Holders shall have failed to reimburse
the
Owner Trustee for all reasonable expenses and indemnities incurred pursuant
to
this Section 6.05(c), as provided in Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Owner Trustee
may seek reimbursement therefor from the Trust Estate.
Section
6.06. Not
Acting in Individual Capacity.
Except
as provided in this Article VI, in accepting the trusts hereby created the
Owner
Trustee acts solely as trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity,
and
all persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements shall look only to the
Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section
6.07. Owner
Trustee Not Liable for Ownership Certificates or Collateral.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Ownership Certificates (other than the
signature and authentication of the Owner Trustee on the Ownership Certificates)
shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor, and the Owner Trustee assumes
no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any
Operative Agreement or of the Ownership Certificates (other than the signature
and authentication of the Owner Trustee on the Ownership Certificates) or the
Notes, or of any Collateral or related documents. The Owner Trustee shall at
no
time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality,
validity and enforceability of any Collateral, or the perfection and priority
of
any security interest created by any Collateral or the maintenance of any such
perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust
Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture,
including, without limitation: the existence, condition and ownership of any
Collateral; the existence and enforceability of any insurance thereon; the
existence and contents of any Collateral on any computer or other record
thereof; the validity of the assignment of any Collateral to the Trust or of
any
intervening assignment; the completeness of any Collateral; the performance
or
enforcement of any Collateral; the compliance by the Depositor with any warranty
or representation made under any Operative Agreements or in any related document
or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation or any action of the
Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee taken in the name of the
Owner
Trustee.
Section
6.08. Owner
Trustee May Own Ownership Certificates and Notes.
The
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity may become the Holder or the owner
or
pledgee of Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Securities Administrator
and the Indenture Trustee in banking transactions with the same rights as it
would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
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Section
6.09. Licenses.
The
Depositor shall cause the Trust to use its best efforts to obtain and maintain
the effectiveness of any licenses required in connection with this Agreement
and
the other Operative Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby until such time as the Trust shall terminate in accordance with the
terms hereof. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to cooperate with the
Depositor with respect to such matters.
Section
6.10. Doing
Business in Other Jurisdictions.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Bank
nor
the Owner Trustee shall be required to take any action in any jurisdiction
other
than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action will (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 any jurisdiction or any political subdivisions thereof in
existence on the date hereof other than the State of Delaware becoming payable
by the Bank or the Owner Trustee; or (iii) subject the Bank or the Owner Trustee
to personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware
for causes of action arising from acts unrelated to the consummation of the
transactions by the Bank or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated
hereby. The Owner Trustee shall be entitled to obtain advice of counsel (which
advice shall be an expense of the Trust) to determine whether any action
required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement results in the consequences
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence. In the event
that such counsel advises the Owner Trustee that such action will result in
such
consequences, the Owner Trustee will appoint a co-trustee pursuant to Section
9.05 hereof to proceed with such action.
Section
6.11. Reporting
Requirements of the Commission. The
Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Owner Trustee acknowledge and
agree that the purpose of this Section 6.11 is to facilitate compliance by
the
Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB. Neither the Depositor nor the
Securities Administrator shall exercise its right to request delivery of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good
faith, or for purposes other than the Depositor’s compliance with Regulation AB.
The Owner Trustee agrees to cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request
made by the Depositor or the Securities Administrator for information regarding
the Owner Trustee which is required in order to enable the Depositor to comply
with the provisions of Regulation AB, including, without limitation, Items
1109(a), 1109(b), 1117 and 1119(a) and (b) of Regulation AB as it relates to
the
Owner Trustee or to the Owner Trustee’s obligations under this Trust
Agreement.
(b) For
so
long as the Depositor is required to file reports with respect to the Notes
under Regulation AB, the Owner Trustee shall, as promptly as practicable, notify
the Depositor and the Securities Administrator, in writing, of: (i) the
commencement of or, if applicable, the termination of, any and all legal
proceedings pending against the Owner Trustee or any and all proceedings of
which any property of the Owner Trustee is the subject, that is material to
Securityholders; and (ii) any such proceedings known to be contemplated by
governmental authorities. The Owner Trustee shall also notify the Depositor
and
the Securities Administrator in writing, as promptly as practicable following
notice to or discovery by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee of any
material changes to proceedings described in the preceding sentence. In
addition, the Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Depositor and the Securities
Administrator, in writing, the necessary disclosure regarding the Owner Trustee
describing such proceedings required to be disclosed under Item 1117 of
Regulation AB, for inclusion in reports filed by or on behalf of the Depositor
with the Commission.
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For
so long as the Notes are outstanding and the Depositor is required to report
under Regulation AB with respect to the Notes, the Owner Trustee shall, no
later
than January 31st
of each calendar year, provide to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator
such information regarding the Owner Trustee as is required for the purpose
of
compliance with Items 1109(a), 1109(b), 1119(a) and 1119(b) of Regulation AB;
and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by a
Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee of any changes to such information,
provide to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator, in writing, such
updated information. Such information shall include, at a minimum:
(A) the
Owner Trustee’s name and form of organization;
(B) a
description of the extent to which the Owner Trustee has had prior experience
serving as a trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving mortgage
backed securities; and
(C) a
description of any affiliation between the Owner Trustee and any of the parties
identified in Exhibit E.
In
addition, the Owner Trustee shall provide a description of whether there is,
and
if so the general character of, any business relationship, agreement,
arrangement, transaction or understanding between the Owner Trustee and any
of
the parties identified in Exhibit E that is entered into outside the ordinary
course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s
length transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from this transaction,
that currently exists or that existed during the past two years and that is
material to an investor’s understanding of the Notes.
With
respect to the information required to be provided under this Section 6.11(b),
the Owner Trustee shall not be required to provide such information in the
event
that there has been no change to the information previously provided by the
Owner Trustee to the Depositor. In connection with each report on Form 10-K
with
respect to the Notes and each report on Form 10-D with respect to the Notes
filed by or on behalf of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to
represent and warrant, as of March 15th
for the
report on Form 10-K and as of the related Payment Date for the report on Form
10-D, that any information previously provided by the Owner Trustee under this
Section 6.11 is materially correct and does not contain any material omissions
unless the Owner Trustee has provided an update to such information.
ARTICLE
VII
INDEMNIFICATION
AND COMPENSATION
Section
7.01. Trust
Expenses.
The
Initial Holder shall pay the organizational expenses of the Trust as they may
arise or shall, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the
Owner Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee in connection
therewith. The Owner Trustee shall be reimbursed from amounts on deposit in
the
Collection Account in accordance with Section 8.05 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement for the reasonable expenses of the Owner Trustee hereunder (other
than
the annual fees paid pursuant to Section 7.03), including, without limitation,
the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents,
representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in
connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and duties under
the
Operative Agreements.
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Section
7.02. Indemnification.
Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage, Inc. agrees to assume liability for, and indemnify the
Bank
and its successors, assigns, agents and servants, against and from, any and
all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions, suits, costs,
expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of
any
kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”) which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted at any time against the Bank (whether or not indemnified
against by other parties) in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement, any Operative Agreement, the Collateral, the administration of the
Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except
only that Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage, Inc. shall not be required to indemnify the Bank
for Expenses arising or resulting from any of the matters described in clauses
(i) through (iv) of the third sentence of Section 6.01; provided,
however,
the
Bank agrees not to seek indemnification from Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage, Inc. for
matters for which the Bank is indemnified pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement until sixty (60) days after request for indemnification has been
made
by the Bank to the appropriate party thereunder and adequate funds have not
been
received by the Bank from the appropriate party in connection therewith. The
Bank agrees that to the extent funds are received under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement with respect to an indemnification claim for which the Bank has also
received funds from Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage, Inc., the Bank shall refund to Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage, Inc. funds equal to such amount received under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The indemnities contained in this Section 7.02 shall survive the
resignation or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this
Agreement. In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity
will be sought pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee’s choice of legal
counsel shall be subject to the approval of Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage, Inc., which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section
7.03. Compensation.
The Bank
shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder as Owner Trustee such
fees as are agreed by the Owner Trustee and Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Home Loans,
Inc.
from the Master Servicer pursuant to the terms of a separate fee
agreement.
Section
7.04. Lien
on Trust Estate.
The Bank
shall have a lien on the Trust Estate for any compensation or indemnity due
hereunder, such lien to be subject only to prior liens of the Indenture. The
Bank shall not bring any proceedings to foreclose on such lien if and to the
extent the Trust Estate is subject to the lien of the Indenture. Any amount
paid
to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VII shall be deemed not to be
part
of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT
Section
8.01. Termination
of Agreement.
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(a) This
Agreement (other than Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.04) shall terminate and the
trusts created hereby shall dissolve and terminate and the Trust Estate shall,
subject to the Indenture and Sections 4.01 and 7.04 of this Agreement and
Section 3808 of the Delaware Trust Statute, be distributed to the Holders
pro
rata
based on
their Percentage Interests in the Ownership Certificates, and this Agreement
shall be of no further force or effect, upon the earlier of (i) the full payment
of principal and interest due on all Classes of the Notes; and (ii) the sale
or
other final disposition by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the
case may be, of all the Trust Estate and the final distribution by the
Securities Administrator or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, of all moneys
or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 4.02. The
bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of any Holder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement, nor entitle such Holder’s legal representatives to
claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of the Trust Estate, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Except
as
provided in Section 8.01(a), neither the Depositor nor the Holders shall be
entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust established hereunder prior to payment
in full of the Notes.
(c) Notice
of
any termination of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date upon which the Holders
shall surrender their Ownership 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 the Holders and the Rating Agencies mailed
within five Business Days of receipt of notice of the final payment on the
Notes
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the Payment Date
upon
or with respect to which final payment of the Ownership Certificates shall
be
made upon presentation and surrender of the Ownership 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 Ownership Certificates at the office of the Certificate Paying
Agent therein specified. The Certificate Paying Agent shall give such notice
to
the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is
given
to the Holders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Ownership Certificates,
the Certificate Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to the Holders
pro
rata
based on
their Percentage Interests in the Ownership Certificates amounts distributable
on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iv) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
In
the
event that all of the Holders shall not surrender their Ownership 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 Holders to surrender their Ownership
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 Ownership
Certificates was to have been made pursuant to the Section 4.05 and section
5.01(a)(iv) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all the Ownership 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 Holders concerning surrender of their Ownership
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in
the
Certificate Distribution Account after exhaustion of such remedies shall be
distributed by the Certificate Paying Agent to the Trust and thereafter the
Holders of the non-cancelled Ownership Certificates shall look only to the
Trust
for payment on a pro
rata
basis.
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(d) Upon
the
winding up of the Trust and its termination, and written notice thereof by
the
Certificate Paying Agent to the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee shall cause
the
Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a certificate of cancellation
with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810
of
the Delaware Trust Statute.
ARTICLE
IX
SUCCESSOR
OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
Section
9.01. Eligibility
Requirements for Owner Trustee.
The
Owner Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions
of
Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate
powers; having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities; and
having (or having a parent which has) a short-term debt rating of at least
“A-1”
or the equivalent by, or which is otherwise acceptable to, each Rating Agency.
If such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with
the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately
in
the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.02.
Section
9.02. Resignation
or Removal 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 Depositor and the
Indenture Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor
shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor
Owner
Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee.
If
at any
time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.01 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Depositor, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally
unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of
the
Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer
shall
take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor
may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Depositor shall remove the Owner Trustee
under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Depositor shall
promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument in duplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee
so
removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee and payment of all fees
owed
to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
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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. The Securities Administrator shall provide notice of
such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to the Rating
Agencies.
Section
9.03. Successor
Owner Trustee.
Any
successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 9.02 shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator and
to
its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under
this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor
Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner Trustee without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement,
with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner
Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor
Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this
Agreement; and the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the predecessor
Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and
confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties,
and
obligations.
No
successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be
eligible pursuant to Section 9.01.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section,
the Securities Administrator shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner
Trustee to all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and
the Rating Agencies. If the Securities Administrator fails to mail such notice
within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee,
the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense
of the Securities Administrator.
Section
9.04. 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,
provided
such
Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.01, without the execution or
filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section
9.05. Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part
of the Trust Estate or any Collateral may at the time be located, and for the
purpose of performing certain duties and obligations of the Owner Trustee with
respect to the Trust and the Certificates under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver
all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Owner Trustee
to
act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the 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 Agreement shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor 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.
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The
Owner
Trustee hereby appoints the Securities Administrator for the purpose of
establishing and maintaining the Certificate Distribution Account and making
investments and the distributions therefrom to the Persons entitled thereto
pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Agreement.
Each
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provision and
conditions:
(a) all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner
Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee
and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without
the
Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law
of
any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the
Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts,
in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the
holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction)
shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee,
but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
(b) no
trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act
or
omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(c) the
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 the separate trustees and co-trustees, as if given to each
of
them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee, other
than
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement and to the conditions of this
Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
appointment, shall be vested with the estates specified in its instrument of
appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be
provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically
including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of,
affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Owner Trustee.
Each
such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given
to the Securities Administrator.
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee as
its
Agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a
new
or successor trustee.
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ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.01. Supplements
and Amendments.
This
Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and
the
Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Holders and with prior written notice
to
the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the
Indenture Trustee, to (a) cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement
or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Holders or
(b)
to comply with Regulation AB under Section 6.11 hereof; provided,
however, that
such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in
any
material respect the interests of any Noteholder or any Holder or adversely
affect the tax status of the Trust. An amendment shall not be deemed to
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or
any
Holder and no opinion referred to in the preceding proviso shall be required
to
be delivered if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter from each
Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the downgrading
or
withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to each Class of Notes.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an opinion shall be required with
respect to tax matters as set forth in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, neither an Opinion of Counsel nor any letters from any Rating Agency
referred to above shall be required if such amendment is made pursuant to (b)
above.
This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and the Owner Trustee, with the prior written consent of the
Rating Agencies and with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee,
the
Holders (as defined in the Indenture) of Notes evidencing more than 66⅔% of the
Outstanding Balance (as defined in the Indenture) of the Notes, and the consent
of Holders of 66⅔% of the Percentage Interest in the Ownership Certificates, for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Holders; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect
the tax status of the Trust; and provided,
further,
that no
such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Collateral
or
payments that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders
or
the Holders or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding
Balance of the Notes and the Percentage Interests of Holders of the Ownership
Certificates required to consent to or to waive the requirement for the Holders
to consent to any such amendment, in either case of clause (a) or (b)
without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes and Ownership
Certificates, respectively.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no provision of Sections 2.03 or 5.06 hereof may be amended
in
any manner unless (i) 100% of the Outstanding Balance of the Noteholders have
consented in writing thereto, (ii) the Rating Agencies have consented in writing
thereto or (iii) the Notes have been paid in full and the Indenture has been
discharged.
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Promptly
after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall
furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent
to
the Holders, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders, the Noteholders 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 the Holders provided for in this Agreement or in any
other
Operative Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by the Holders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as
the
Owner Trustee may prescribe.
Promptly
after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of
State.
Prior
to
the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Trust,
the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to receive
and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Trust, stating that
the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be obligated
to
enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or Securities
Administrator’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or
otherwise.
Section
10.02. No
Legal Title to Trust Estate in Holders.
The
Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate and shall
only be entitled to receive distributions pursuant to Section 4.02 once all
amounts then owing with respect to the Notes have been paid in accordance with
the Indenture. No transfer, by operation of law of any right, title and interest
of the Holders in and to its undivided beneficial interest in the Trust Estate
or hereunder shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder
or entitle any successor transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to
it of
legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.
Section
10.03. Pledge
of Collateral by Owner Trustee is Binding.
The
pledge of the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee by the Trust made under the
Indenture and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall bind the Holders
and
shall be effective to transfer or convey the rights of the Trust and the Holders
in and to such Collateral to the extent set forth in the Indenture. No purchaser
or other grantee shall be required to inquire as to the authorization,
necessity, expediency or regularity of such pledge or as to the application
of
any proceeds with respect thereto by the Owner Trustee.
Section
10.04. Limitations
on Rights of Others.
Nothing
in this Agreement, whether express or implied (except for Section 7.04), shall
be construed to give to any Person other than the Owner Trustee and the Holders
any legal or equitable right in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of
this
Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained
herein.
Section
10.05. Notices.
Unless
otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices
shall be in writing and delivered by hand, by courier or mailed by certified
mail, postage prepaid, (a) if to the Owner Trustee or the Trust, addressed
to it
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee or to such other address
as
the Owner Trustee may have set forth in a written notice to the Holders
addressed to them at the addresses set forth for such Certificateholders in
the
Certificate Register and to the Depositor; (b) if to the Securities
Administrator, addressed to it at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities
Administrator located at X.X. Xxx 00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000; and (c) if
to
the Certificate Registrar, addressed to it at the Corporate Trust office of
the
Certificate Registrar; and (d) if to the Depositor, addressed to it at
Structured Asset Securities Corporation, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Mortgage Finance, Xxxxxxxxx 2007-1. Whenever any
notice in writing is required to be given by the Owner Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, such notice shall be deemed given and such requirement satisfied
if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as
provided above.
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Section
10.06. Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
Section
10.07. Separate
Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section
10.08. Successors
and Assigns.
All
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein shall
be
binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Owner Trustee and its successors
and assigns and the Depositor and each Holder and its respective successors,
all
as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other
instrument or action by any Holder shall bind the successors of such
Holder.
Section
10.09. 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
10.10. Governing
Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICT OF
LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
PERFORMANCE, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. SECTION 3540 OF TITLE 12
OF
THE DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE TRUST.
Section
10.11. No
Petition.
(a) The
Owner
Trustee and the Securities Administrator, by entering into this Agreement,
the
Holders, by accepting the Ownership Certificates, and the Indenture Trustee
and
each Noteholder, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant
and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Depositor or
the
Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any
bankruptcy under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in
connection with any obligations relating to the Ownership Certificates, the
Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Operative Agreements.
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(b) The
Depositor shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Securities
Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Certificate
Paying Agent under any of the Operative Agreements or otherwise and the
Depositor shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations
of
the Trust under this Agreement or the Operative Agreements that are required
to
be performed by the Securities Administrator under the Administration Agreement
or the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
Section
10.12. No
Recourse.
Each
Holder by accepting any Ownership Certificates acknowledges that such Ownership
Certificate represents a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust only and
does not represent an interest in or an obligation of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee, any co-trustee, the Bank or any
Affiliate thereof (other than the Trust) and no recourse may be had against
such
parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated
in
this Agreement, the Ownership Certificates or the other Operative
Agreements.
ARTICLE
XI
OFFICERS
Section
11.01. Appointment
of Officers.
The
Trust may have one or more Officers who are hereby empowered to take and are
responsible for performing all ministerial duties on behalf of the Trust
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, including,
without limitation, the execution of Officers’ Certificates (as defined in the
Indenture), Issuer Orders (as defined in the Indenture), Issuer Requests (as
defined in the Indenture), the annual compliance report required under Section
3.09 of the Indenture, and any annual reports, documents and other reports
which
the Trust is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Each of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, each Senior Vice President and each Vice President of the Depositor
is hereby appointed as an Officer of the Trust. The Depositor shall promptly
deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a list of its officers
who shall become the Officers of the Trust pursuant to this Section
11.01.
Section
11.02. Officers
to Provide Information to the Owner Trustee.
It shall
be the duty of each Officer to keep the Owner Trustee reasonably and promptly
informed as to material events relating to the Trust, including, without
limitation, all claims pending or threatened against the Trust, the purchase
and
sale of any material portion of the Trust Estate and the execution by such
Officer on behalf of the Trust of any material agreements or
instruments.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be
duly
executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day
and year first above written.
STRUCTURED
ASSET SECURITIES
CORPORATION,
as Depositor
By: /s/
Xxxx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx
Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
not
in
its individual capacity but solely as
Owner
Trustee
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Senior Financial Services Officer
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.,
not
in
its individual capacity but solely as Securities
Administrator
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Acknowledged
and Agreed, solely
for
purposes of Section 7.02:
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
EXHIBIT
A
[FORM
OF
OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATES]
[Face]
THIS
OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE. THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR
SOLD
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (INCLUDING PLEDGED) BY THE HOLDER HEREOF ONLY TO (A)
A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT, IN A
TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT PURSUANT
TO
RULE 144A OR (B) AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH
(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE
OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN
CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE ACT. NO PERSON IS
OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE UNDER THE ACT OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE CERTIFICATE
REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF
THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A PERSON ACTING
ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN.
ANY
SALE
OR TRANSFER OF ANY BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THIS OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE
MAY ONLY BE EFFECTUATED IF (I) THE TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE,
THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT
THE
SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF SUCH OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE WILL NOT
RESULT IN THE TRUST BECOMING SUBJECT TO TAX FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES
OR
(II) SUCH SALE OR TRANSFER IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SIMULTANEOUS SALE OR
TRANSFER OF AN EQUAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN ALL CLASSES OF THE PRIVATELY OFFERED
NOTES THEN OUTSTANDING.
THIS
OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE
DEPOSITOR, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
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THIS
OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THE
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
Certificate
No. _________
|
Percentage
Interest: ___%
|
First
Payment Date: March 26, 2007
|
CUSIP:
_____________
|
Evidencing
a fractional undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Trust, the property
of which consists primarily of the Collateral in Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities
Trust 2007-1 (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust formed by Structured
Asset Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as Depositor (the
“Depositor”), pursuant to the Agreement referred to below.
This
certifies that [insert name of Holder] is the registered owner of the Percentage
Interest in the Ownership Certificates referred to above.
The
Trust
was created pursuant to a trust agreement, dated February 23, 2007, as amended
and restated by that amended and restated trust agreement dated February 27,
2007 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement” or “Trust
Agreement”), among the Depositor, Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee
(the “Owner Trustee”, which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Xxxxx Fargo Bank”), as securities
administrator (in such capacity, the “Securities Administrator”), a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereinafter. This
Ownership Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions
and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Ownership
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder
is bound, as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Distributions on
this Ownership Certificate shall be made by Xxxxx Fargo Bank in its capacity
of
Certificate Paying Agent under the Agreement and as Securities Administrator
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement referred to below.
This
Ownership Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Ownership
Certificates (herein called the “Ownership Certificates”) issued under the
Agreement to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights thereunder of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Holders of the
Ownership Certificates and the terms upon which the Ownership Certificates
are
executed and delivered. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement
or
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2007 (as amended
and
supplemented from time to time, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), by and
among the Trust, the Seller, the Initial Seller, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator and LaSalle Bank National Association,
as
Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). The rights of the Holders of the
Ownership Certificates are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of the
Notes as set forth in the Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2007 (the
“Indenture”), among the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator.
There
will be distributed on the 25th
day of
each month or, if such 25th
day is
not a Business Day, the next Business Day (each, a “Payment Date”), commencing
in March 2007, to the Person in whose name this Ownership Certificate is
registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month of such Payment Date (the “Record Date”), such
Certificateholder’s Percentage Interest (as shown in the face of this Ownership
Certificate) in the amount to be distributed to Certificateholders on such
Payment Date, all as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Ownership 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 none of the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator,
or
the Certificate Paying Agent in their individual capacities or the Depositor
is
personally liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this
Ownership Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in
the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.
The
Holder of this Ownership Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights
to
receive distributions in respect of this Ownership Certificate are subordinated
to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture.
The
Depositor and each Certificateholder, by acceptance of an Ownership Certificate,
agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the
Ownership Certificates for federal, state and local income tax purposes as
an
equity interest in the Trust.
Each
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of an Ownership Certificate, covenants
and
agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the
Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or
the
Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the
Ownership Certificates, the Notes, the Agreement or any other of the Operative
Agreements.
Distributions
on this Ownership 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 Ownership Certificate or the making of any notation hereon.
Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding the above,
the
final distribution on this Ownership 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 Ownership Certificate at the office
or
agency maintained by the Certificate Registrar for that purpose by the
Trust.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Ownership Certificate set
forth
on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have
the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, or an authenticating agent by manual
signature, this Ownership Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to
any
benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS
OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS, AND
THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Ownership Certificate to be duly
executed.
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
By: WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
________________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
Dated:
__________
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
the Ownership Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate
Registrar
By:
________________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
Dated:
__________
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[REVERSE
OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE]
The
Ownership Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in,
the
Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Bank or any Affiliates of any of them and no recourse may
be
had against any such parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth
or
contemplated herein or in the Agreement or the other Operative Agreements.
In
addition, this Ownership Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental
agency or instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries with respect to the Collateral, all as more
specifically set forth herein. A copy of the Agreement may be examined by any
Certificateholder upon written request during normal business hours at the
principal office of the Depositor and at such other places, if any, designated
by the Depositor.
The
Agreement permits the amendment thereof as specified below, provided that any
amendment be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
amendment complies with the provisions of the Agreement and would 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 or to comply with the requirements of Regulation
AB,
it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of any Noteholder or the
Indenture Trustee. 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
sentence, the amendment shall require the consent of the Holders of 66⅔% of the
Percentage Interest in the Ownership Certificates, the consent of Noteholders
evidencing more than 66⅔% of the Outstanding Balance of the Notes and the
Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the time
of, payments received that are required to be distributed to any
Certificateholder or Noteholder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Certificateholders and Noteholders which are required to consent to any such
amendment, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), without the consent of
the
holders of all the outstanding Notes and Certificates, as
applicable.
As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Ownership Certificate is registerable in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Ownership Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained
by
the Trust, 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 Ownership
Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate interest
in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Agreement is the Securities
Administrator.
The
Ownership Certificates are issuable only in a minimum Percentage Interest of
10%
and multiples of one (1%) in excess thereof. As provided in the Agreement and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Ownership Certificates are
exchangeable for new Ownership Certificates evidencing in the aggregate the
Percentage Interest of the Ownership Certificate surrendered in the exchange,
as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made
for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or
the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax
or governmental charge payable in connection therewith or any expense incurred
thereby.
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The
Owner
Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Securities Administrator, the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent, the Securities Administrator and the Certificate Registrar may treat
the
Person in whose name this Ownership Certificate is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Paying
Agent, the Securities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or any such
agent
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement and the Trust created
thereby shall terminate upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture
pursuant to Section 4.01 thereof and the termination of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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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 Ownership Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing
to
transfer said Ownership Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar,
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
___________________________________*/
Signature Guaranteed:
Signature Guaranteed:
___________________________________*/
*/
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Ownership Certificate in every particular,
without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must
be
guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial
bank
or trust company.
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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
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
XXXXXXXXX
MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1
This
Certificate of Trust of Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1 (the “Trust”)
is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as owner trustee, to form
a
statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C.§§
3801
et seq.
(the
“Act”).
1. Name.
The
name of the statutory trust formed hereby is Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities
Trust
2007-1.
2. Delaware
Trustee.
The
name and the business address of the trustee of the Trust with a principal
place
of business in the State of Delaware and County of New Castle is Wilmington
Trust Company, Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
3. Effective
Date.
This
Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the owner trustee of the Trust, has
duly
executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of
the
Act.
Wilmington
Trust Company,
as
Owner
Trustee
By:
______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
C-1
FORM
OF
RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
__________________
Date
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
as
Certificate Registrar and Securities Administrator
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Wilmington
Trust Company
as
Owner Trustee
Xxxxxx
Square North
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Structured
Asset Securities Corporation
as
Depositor
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Department
Re:
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1 Ownership
Certificates
|
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
In
connection with our acquisition of Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1
Ownership Certificates (the “Certificates”), we certify that (a) we understand
that the Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933,
as amended (the “Act”), or any state securities laws and is being transferred to
us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act
and any such laws, (b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of
investment in the Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions
of and receive answers from Structured Asset Securities Corporation (the
“Depositor”) concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all matters
relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision
to purchase the Certificates, (d) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our
behalf, offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the
Certificates or any interest in the Certificates, or solicited any offer to
buy,
transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Certificates or any interest in
the
Certificates from any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation
by
means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action
that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Act or that
would render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of
the
Act or any state securities laws or require registration pursuant thereto,
and
we will not act, or authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect
to
the Certificates and (e) we are a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term
is defined in Rule 144A under the Act (“Rule 144A”). We are aware that the sale
to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.
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We
are
acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule
144A and understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred
only (1) to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified institutional buyer
that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer
is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (2) pursuant to another exemption
from
registration under the Act.
We
hereby
acknowledge that under the terms of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
among Structured Asset Securities Corporation, as Depositor, Wilmington Trust
Company, as Owner Trustee, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as Securities
Administrator, dated February 27, 2007, no transfer of the Certificates shall
be
permitted to be made to any person unless (i) except in the case of transfers
of
Certificates in conjunction with a simultaneous sale or transfer of an equal
Percentage Interest in all classes of the Privately Offered Notes outstanding
(and any sale or transfer of any beneficial ownership interest in the Privately
Offered Notes may only be effectuated in conjunction with a simultaneous sale
or
transfer of an equal Percentage Interest in (x) all other classes of Privately
Offered Notes then outstanding and (y) the Certificates) unless we or any
prospective transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar an opinion of
counsel concluding that the transfer will not cause the Trust to become subject
to federal income tax as a corporation and (ii) only if the Certificate
Registrar has received a certificate from such transferee in the form hereof.
We
also hereby acknowledge that, under the terms of the Trust Agreement, no
transfer of less than a 10% Percentage Interest in the Certificates shall be
permitted.
In
addition, we hereby certify that we are not an employee benefit plan subject
to
Section 406 or Section 407 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), the trustee of any such plan or a person acting
on behalf of any such plan nor a person using the assets of any such
plan.
We
hereby
indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may
result to any of them if our transfer or other disposition of the Certificates
(or any interest therein) is not exempt from the registration requirements
of
the Act and any applicable state securities laws or is not made in accordance
with such federal and state laws, the provisions of this certificate or the
applicable provisions of the Trust Agreement.
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Very
truly yours,
[Name
of
Transferee]
By:
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX
1
TO EXHIBIT C-1
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.
___ 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 units 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.
__________________________
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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___ STATE
OR
LOCAL PLAN. The Buyer is a plan established and maintained by a State, its
political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the State or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA
PLAN. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ INVESTMENT
ADVISOR. The Buyer is an investment 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 of H.R. 10 plans.
3.
The
term “Securities” as used herein DOES NOT INCLUDE (i) securities of issuers that
are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold
allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer, (iii)
bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v)
repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
4. For
purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned and/or invested
on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost of such
securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities referred
to in
the preceding paragraph. Further, in determining such aggregate amount, the
Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but
only
if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if
the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer’s direction.
However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned,
consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a
reporting company under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.
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5. The
Buyer
acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the seller
to it and other parties related to the 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.
____
Yes
|
____
No
|
Will
the Buyer be purchasing the Rule 144A Securities only for the Buyer’s own
account?
|
6. If
the
answer to the foregoing question is “no”, the Buyer agrees that, in connection
with any purchase of securities sold to the Buyer for the account of a third
party (including any separate account) in reliance on Rule 144A, the Buyer
will
only purchase for the account of a third party that at the time is a “qualified
institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A. In addition, the Buyer
agrees that the Buyer will not purchase securities for a third party unless
the
Buyer has obtained a current representation letter from such third party or
taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to conclude that such
third party independently meets the definition of “qualified institutional
buyer” set forth in Rule 144A.
7. The
Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer’s purchase of Rule 144A Securities will constitute a reaffirmation of
this certification as of the date of such purchase.
_______________________________________________
Print
Name of Buyer
By:
____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:____________________________________________
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ANNEX
2
TO EXHIBIT C-1
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 of the Buyer’s family of
Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used.
____ The
Buyer
owned $__________ in securities (other that the excluded securities referred
to
below) as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
____ The
Buyer
is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in the aggregate
$__________ in securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below)
as of the end of the Buyer’s most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The
term
“Family of Investment Companies” as used herein means two or more registered
investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same investment advisor
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.
______________________________________________
PRINT
NAME OF BUYER
BY:
___________________________________________
NAME:
TITLE:
IF
AN
ADVISER:
_______________________________________________
PRINT
NAME OF BUYER
DATE:
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EXHIBIT
C-2
FORM
OF
INVESTMENT LETTER FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS
______________________
Date
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
as
Certificate Registrar and Securities Administrator
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Wilmington
Trust Company
as
Owner Trustee
Xxxxxx
Square North
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Structured
Asset Securities Corporation
as
Depositor
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Department
Re:
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1, Ownership Certificates
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
________________________
(the “Purchaser”) intends to purchase from ________________ (the “Seller”),
ownership certificates issued by Xxxxxxxxx Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1
(the
“Certificates”), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the
“Trust Agreement”), dated February 27, 2007, among Structured Asset Securities
Corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as
securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”) and Wilmington Trust
Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) evidencing a ___% Percentage
Interest. All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Purchaser hereby certifies,
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and the Owner Trustee that:
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1. The
Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not been and will not
be
registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)
or any state securities law, (b) the Depositor is not required to so register
or
qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates may be resold only if registered
and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the Act or any state securities
law,
or if an exemption from such registration and qualification is available, (d)
the Trust Agreement contains restrictions regarding the transfer of the
Certificates and (e) the Certificates will bear a legend to the foregoing
effect.
2. The
Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for its own account for investment
only
and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof
in any manner that would violate the Act or any applicable state securities
laws.
3. The
Purchaser is (a) a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor (or an
entity all of the equity owners of which are substantial sophisticated
institutional investors) having such knowledge and experience in financial
and
business matters, and, in particular, in such matters related to securities
similar to the Certificates, such that it is capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of investment in the Certificates, (b) able to bear the economic
risks
of such an investment and (c) an “accredited investor” within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated pursuant to the Act.
4. The
Purchaser has been furnished with, and has had an opportunity to review a copy
of the Trust Agreement and such other information concerning the Certificates,
the Mortgage Loans and the Depositor as has been requested by the Purchaser
from
the Depositor or the Seller and is relevant to the Purchaser’s decision to
purchase the Certificates. The Purchaser has had any questions arising from
such
review answered by the Depositor or the Seller to the satisfaction of the
Purchaser.
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
Certificates, any interest in any Certificates 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 Certificates, any interest in any
Certificates or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Certificates, any interest
in any Certificates 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 Certificates under the Act, that
would render the disposition of any Certificates 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 acknowledges that under the terms of the Trust Agreement no transfer
of the Certificates shall be permitted to be made to any person unless (i)
except in the case of transfers of Certificates in conjunction with a
simultaneous sale or transfer of an equal Percentage Interest in all classes
of
the Privately Offered Notes outstanding (and any sale or transfer of any
beneficial ownership interest in the Privately Offered Notes may only be
effectuated in conjunction with a simultaneous sale or transfer of an equal
Percentage Interest in (x) all other classes of Privately Offered Notes then
outstanding and (y) the Certificates) unless we or any prospective transferee
furnishes to the Certificate Registrar an opinion of counsel concluding that
the
transfer will not cause the Trust to become subject to federal income tax as
a
corporation and (ii) only if the Certificate Registrar has received a
certificate from such transferee in the form hereof. We also hereby acknowledge
that, under the terms of the Trust Agreement, no transfer of less than a 10%
Percentage Interest in the Certificates shall be permitted.
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7. In
addition, we hereby certify that we are not an employee benefit plan subject
to
Section 406 or Section 407 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), the trustee of any such plan or a person acting
on behalf of any such plan nor a person using the assets of any such
plan
We
hereby
indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may
result to any of them if our transfer or other disposition of the Certificates
(or any interest therein) is not exempt from the registration requirements
of
the Act and any applicable state securities laws or is not made in accordance
with such federal and state laws, the provisions of this certificate or the
applicable provisions of the Trust Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
_______________________________________
[Name
of
Transferee]
By
_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
D
OWNER
TRUSTEE FEE LETTER AGREEMENT
[Retained
on file at:
Wilmington
Trust Company
Xxxxxx
Square North
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000]
D-1
EXHIBIT
E
TRANSACTION
PARTIES
Depositor
|
Structured
Asset Securities Corporation
|
Indenture
Trustee
|
LaSalle
Bank National Association
|
Owner
Trustee
|
Wilmington
Trust Company
|
Securities
Administrator
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
Certificate
Registrar
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
Master
Servicer
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
Custodian
|
LaSalle
Bank National Association
|
Yield
Maintenance Counterparty
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
Auction
Swap Counterparty
|
Credit
Suisse International
|
Auction
Administrator
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
Servicer
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Home Loans, Inc. and various other
originators
|
Subservicer
|
Cenlar
FSB
|
Originators
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Home Loans, Inc. and various other banks, savings and loan
associations and other mortgage lending
institutions
|
Sponsor
and Initial Seller
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Home Loans, Inc.
|
Seller
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Mortgage Funding, Inc.
|