EXECUTION
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
(Issuable in Series)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
PaineWebber Incorporated New York, New York
1285 Avenue of the Americas April 24, 0000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey
(the "Company"), may offer for sale to you (the "Underwriter")
from time to time its Pass-Through Certificates evidencing
interests in pools of mortgage loans (the "Certificates"). The
Certificates may be issued in various series, and within each
series, in one or more classes, in one or more offerings on terms
determined at the time of sale (each such series, a "Series" and
each such class, a "Class"). Each Series of the Certificates will
be issued under a separate Pooling and Servicing Agreement (each,
a "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") to be dated as of the
respective cut-off date (each, a "Cut-off Date") between the
Company, as seller and servicer, and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Certificates issued under each Pooling and
Servicing Agreement will represent the entire beneficial
ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund") established
by such Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The assets of each Trust
Fund will consist primarily of a pool of conventional, fixed
rate, first lien, fully amortizing, one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the
original terms to maturity specified in the related Terms
Agreement referred to hereinbelow. If so specified in the related
Terms Agreement, one or more elections may be made to treat the
assets of each Trust Fund as a real estate mortgage investment
conduit (each, a "REMIC") for federal income tax purposes.
Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of
Certificates (each, a "Certificate Offering") pursuant to this
Agreement through you, it will enter into an agreement with you
(the "Terms Agreement") providing for the sale of specified
Classes of Offered Certificates (as defined below) to, and the
purchase and public offering thereof by, you. Each such
Certificate Offering which the Company elects to make pursuant to
this Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement, as
supplemented by the related Terms Agreement. Each Terms
Agreement, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, shall specify, among other things, the Classes of
Certificates to be purchased by the Underwriter (the "Offered
Certificates"), the principal balance or balances of the Offered
Certificates, each subject to any stated variance, and the price
or prices at which such Offered Certificates are to be purchased
by the Underwriter from the Company.
1. Representations and Warranties. (a) The Company
represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriter, as of
the date of the related Terms Agreement, that:
(i) The registration statement specified in
the related Terms Agreement, on Form S-3, including a
prospectus, has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), of pass-through certificates
issuable in series, which registration statement has
been declared effective by the Commission. Such
registration statement, as amended to the date of the
related Terms Agreement, including any documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 under the Act which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), on or before the effective date of the
Registration Statement, is hereinafter called the
"Registration Statement," and such prospectus, as such
prospectus is supplemented by a prospectus supplement
relating to the Offered Certificates of the related
Series, each in the form first filed after the date of
the related Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act, including any documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under
the Act which were filed under the Exchange Act on or
before the date of such Prospectus Supplement (other
than any such incorporated documents that relate to
Collateral Term Sheets (as defined herein)) (such
prospectus supplement, including such incorporated
documents (other than those that relate to Collateral
Term Sheets), in the form first filed after the date of
the related Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule 424(b) is
hereinafter called the "Prospectus Supplement"), is
hereinafter called the "Prospectus". Any reference
herein to the terms "amend," "amendment" or
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"supplement" with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement
shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of
any document under the Exchange Act after the effective
date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of
the Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement, as the case
may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act.
(ii) The related Registration Statement, at
the time it became effective, and the prospectus
contained therein, and any amendments thereof and
supplements thereto filed prior to the date of the
related Terms Agreement, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder; on the
date of the related Terms Agreement and on each Closing
Date (as defined in Section 3 below), the related
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, and
any amendments thereof and supplements thereto, will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; such Registration Statement, at the time it
became effective, did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; such Prospectus, on
the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on
each Closing Date, will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not misleading; and the Detailed Description
referred to in such Prospectus, on each Closing Date
and the date of any filing thereof under cover of Form
8-K, will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any information which
such Prospectus states will be included in such
Detailed Description; provided, however, that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to
the information contained in or omitted from (A) such
Registration Statement or such Prospectus (or any
supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or
on behalf of the Underwriter specifically for use in
the preparation thereof or (B) any Current Report (as
defined in Section 5(b) below), or in any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, incorporated by
reference in such Registration Statement or such
Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto).
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(iii) The Certificates of the related Series
will conform to the description thereof contained in
the related Prospectus; will each, if rated at the time
of issuance in one of the two highest rating categories
by a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, be when issued a "mortgage related
security" as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(41)
of the Exchange Act, and will each on the related
Closing Date be duly and validly authorized, and, when
validly executed, countersigned, issued and delivered
in accordance with the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and sold to you as provided herein and in the
related Terms Agreement, will each be validly issued
and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(iv) Neither the issuance nor sale of the
Certificates of the related Series nor the consummation
of any other of the transactions herein contemplated,
nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or of the
related Terms Agreement, will conflict with any
statute, order or regulation applicable to the Company
of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company
or with any organizational document of the Company or
any instrument or any agreement under which the Company
is bound or to which it is a party.
(v) This Agreement and the related
Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(vi) At or prior to the related Closing
Date, the Company will have entered into the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee, such Pooling and Servicing Agreement (on such
Closing Date) will constitute the valid and binding
agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject as to enforceability, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights and to general principles
of equity (regardless of whether the enforceability of
such Pooling and Servicing Agreement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the execution of
the Terms Agreement for a particular Certificate Offering and
subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and
such Terms Agreement, the Company agrees to sell to the
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Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the
Company, all, but not less than all, of the related Offered
Certificates at the purchase price therefor set forth in such
Terms Agreement (the "Purchase Price").
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for
the Offered Certificates of a Series shall be made at the offices
of Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, New York, New York, at
10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date specified in
the related Terms Agreement, which date and time may be postponed
by agreement between the Underwriter and the Company (such date
and time being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of
such Offered Certificates shall be made to the Underwriter
against payment by the Underwriter of the Purchase Price thereof
to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer in federal
or other immediately available funds or by check payable in
federal funds, as the Company shall specify no later than five
full business days prior to such Closing Date. Unless delivery is
made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, the
Offered Certificates shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Underwriter may request not
less than two full business days in advance of each Closing Date.
The Company agrees to notify the Underwriter at least
two business days before each Closing Date of the exact principal
balance evidenced by the Offered Certificates and to have such
Offered Certificates available for inspection, checking and
packaging in New York, New York, no later than 12:00 noon on the
business day prior to such Closing Date.
4. Offering by the Underwriter. It is understood that
the Underwriter proposes to offer the Offered Certificates of the
related Series for sale to the public as set forth in the related
Prospectus.
5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the
Underwriter that:
(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus as
supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement relating to the
Offered Certificates to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Act and will promptly advise the Underwriter when such
Prospectus as so supplemented has been so filed, and prior
to the termination of the Certificate Offering to which such
Prospectus relates also will promptly advise the Underwriter
(i) when any amendment to the related Registration Statement
specifically relating to such Offered Certificates shall
have become effective or any further supplement to such
Prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of such Registration Statement
or Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
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the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for that
purpose and (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any
written notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of such Offered Certificates for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company will not file any
amendment of the related Registration Statement or
supplement to the related Prospectus (other than any
amendment or supplement specifically relating to one or more
Series of pass-through certificates other than the Series
that includes the related Offered Certificates) unless the
Company has furnished the Underwriter with a copy for its
review prior to filing. The Company will use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and,
if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
(b) The Company will cause any Computational
Materials and any Structural Term Sheets (each as defined in
Section 8 below) with respect to the Offered Certificates of
a Series that are delivered by the Underwriter to the
Company pursuant to Section 8 to be filed with the
Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K (a "Current
Report") pursuant to Rule 13a-11 under the Exchange Act on
the business day immediately following the later of (i) the
day on which such Computational Materials and Structural
Term Sheets are delivered to counsel for the Company by the
Underwriter prior to 10:30 a.m. and (ii) the date on which
this Agreement is executed and delivered. The Company will
cause one Collateral Term Sheet (as defined in Section 9
below) with respect to the Offered Certificates of a Series
that is delivered by the Underwriter to the Company in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9 to be filed with
the Commission on a Current Report pursuant to Rule 13a-11
under the Exchange Act on the business day immediately
following the day on which such Collateral Term Sheet is
delivered to counsel for the Company by the Underwriter
prior to 10:30 a.m. In addition, if at any time prior to the
availability of the related Prospectus Supplement the
Underwriter has delivered to any prospective investor a
Collateral Term Sheet that reflects, in the reasonable
judgement of the Underwriter and the Company, a material
change in the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans for the
related Series from those on which a Collateral Term Sheet
with respect to the related Series previously filed with the
Commission was based, the Company will cause any such
Collateral Term Sheet that is delivered by the Underwriter
to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section
9 to be filed with the Commission on a Current Report on the
business day immediately following the day on which such
Collateral Term Sheet is delivered to counsel for the
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Company by the Underwriter prior to 10:30 a.m. In each case,
the Company will promptly advise the Underwriter when such
Current Report has been so filed. Each such Current Report
shall be incorporated by reference in the related Prospectus
and the related Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
five preceding sentences, the Company shall have no
obligation to file any materials provided by the Underwriter
pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 which, in the reasonable
determination of the Company after making reasonable efforts
to consult with the Underwriter, are not required to be
filed pursuant to the Xxxxxx Letters or the PSA Letter (each
as defined in Section 8 below), or which contain erroneous
information or contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or, when read in conjunction with the Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; it being understood,
however, that the Company shall have no obligation to review
or pass upon the accuracy or adequacy of, or to correct, any
Computational Materials, Structural Term Sheets or
Collateral Term Sheets provided by the Underwriter to the
Company pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9 hereof.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to
the Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be
delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of
which the related Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
would include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein in light of the circumstances under which
they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary
at any time to amend or supplement the related Prospectus to
comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company
promptly will prepare and file with the Commission, subject
to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or
an amendment which will effect such compliance; provided,
however, that the Company will not be required to file any
such amendment or supplement with respect to any
Computational Materials, Structural Term Sheets or
Collateral Term Sheets incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus other than any amendments or supplements of such
Computational Materials or Structural Term Sheets that are
furnished to the Company by the Underwriter pursuant to
Section 8(e) hereof or any amendments or supplements of such
Collateral Term Sheets that are furnished to the Company by
the Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof which the
Company determines to file in accordance therewith.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriter
and counsel for the Underwriter, without charge, as many
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signed copies of the related Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a
prospectus by the Underwriter or dealer may be required by
the Act, as many copies of the related Prospectus and any
supplements thereto (other than exhibits to the related
Current Report) as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(e) The Company will furnish such information,
execute such instruments and take such actions as may be
reasonably requested by the Underwriter to qualify the
Offered Certificates of a Series for sale under the laws of
such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate, to
maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of such Offered Certificates and to
determine the legality of such Offered Certificates for
purchase by institutional investors; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business
in any jurisdiction where it is not qualified on the date of
the related Terms Agreement or to take any action which
would subject it to general or unlimited service of process
in any jurisdiction in which it is not, on the date of the
related Terms Agreement, subject to such service of process.
(f) So long as the Offered Certificates of a
Series are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the
Underwriter copies of the annual independent public
accountants' servicing report furnished to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.13 of the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(g) Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby and by the related Terms Agreement shall be
consummated, the Company shall be responsible for the
payment of any costs and expenses for which details are
submitted, in connection with the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement, including, without limitation, (a) the cost and
expenses of printing or otherwise reproducing the related
Registration Statement or Prospectus, this Agreement, the
related Terms Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Offered Certificates, and (b) the cost of
delivering the related Offered Certificates to the office of
the Underwriter, insured to the satisfaction of the
Underwriter (it being understood that, except as provided in
this paragraph (f) and in Section 7 hereof, the Underwriter
will pay all its own costs and expenses, including the fees
of Xxxxx & Xxxx, counsel for the Underwriter, transfer taxes
on resale of any Offered Certificates by it, advertising
expenses connected with any offers that it may make, the
fees of KPMG Peat Marwick with respect to its letters
furnished pursuant to Section 6(i) of the Agreement and any
letter furnished pursuant to the last sentence of Section
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6(h) hereof, the fees of any firm of public accountants
selected by the Underwriter with respect to their letter
furnished pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Agreement and any
other costs and expenses specified in the related Terms
Agreement as "Additional Expenses").
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter.
The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Offered
Certificates of any Series shall be subject to the accuracy in
all material respects of the representations and warranties on
the part of the Company contained in this Agreement, as
supplemented by the related Terms Agreement, as of the respective
dates thereof and the related Closing Date, to the accuracy of
the statements of the Company made in any applicable officers'
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement and such Terms Agreement and to the following
additional conditions applicable to the related Certificate
Offering:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the related Registration Statement shall have been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or threatened.
(b) Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriter an
opinion, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) this Agreement and the related
Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(ii) the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and
binding agreement of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms;
(iii) the issuance of the Certificates of the
related Series and sale of the related Offered
Certificates has been duly authorized by the Company
and the Certificates of such Series, when duly
countersigned by the Trustee in accordance with the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, will be
validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the
benefits of such Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(iv) the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is not required to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the trust
created thereunder is not required to be registered
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under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(v) the related Registration Statement has
become effective under the Act, and, to the best of the
knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or contemplated by the
Commission under the Act; such Registration Statement
and the related Prospectus, and each amendment or
supplement thereto (except the financial statements and
schedules and other financial and statistical data
included therein and the documents incorporated by
reference therein) applicable to the related Offered
Certificates and the obligations of the Company
relating thereto, as of their respective effective or
issue dates, appeared on their face to be appropriately
responsive in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
and no information has come to the attention of such
counsel that causes it to believe that (A) such
Registration Statement (except any document
incorporated by reference therein), as of the date it
became effective, or such Registration Statement
(except as aforesaid, and except the financial
statements and schedules and statistical data included
therein and the documents incorporated by reference
therein) as of the date the most recent post-effective
amendment thereto, if any, became effective, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or (B) such Prospectus (except any document
incorporated by reference therein) or any amendment or
supplement thereto (except as aforesaid, and except the
financial statements and schedules and statistical data
included therein and the documents incorporated by
reference therein), as of their respective issue dates
or at the related Closing Date, contained or contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(vi) the statements set forth under the
heading "Description of the Certificates" in the
related Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport
to summarize certain provisions of the related Pooling
and Servicing Agreement and the related Offered
Certificates, provide a fair summary of such
provisions;
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(vii) the statements in the related
Prospectus under the headings "Certain Legal Aspects of
the Mortgage Loans and Contracts -- The Mortgage
Loans", "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences"
(insofar as they relate specifically to the purchase,
ownership and disposition of the related Offered
Certificates) and "ERISA Considerations" (insofar as
they relate specifically to the purchase, ownership and
disposition of such Offered Certificates), to the
extent that they constitute matters of law or legal
conclusions, provide a fair summary of such law or
conclusions;
(viii) assuming compliance with the provisions
of the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement, for
federal income tax purposes, (A) if any election is
made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC:
the related Trust Fund (and any specified subgrouping
therein) will qualify as a REMIC pursuant to Section
860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), each Class of Certificates of the related
Series, other than the related Residual Class or
Classes, will constitute a class of "regular interests"
in the related REMIC within the meaning of the Code,
and each Class of such Certificates specified in the
related Prospectus as a Class of Residual Certificates
will constitute the "residual interest" in the related
REMIC within the meaning of the Code; (B) if no such
REMIC election is made: the Trust Fund will be treated
as a "grantor trust"; and
(ix) assuming that some or all of the
Offered Certificates of the related Series shall be
rated at the time of issuance in one of the two highest
rating categories by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, each Offered
Certificate so rated will be at the time of issuance, a
"mortgage related security" as such term is defined in
Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act.
Such opinion may express its reliance as to factual matters
on the representations and warranties made by, and on
certificates or other documents furnished by, officers of
the parties to this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement
or the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such opinion
may assume the due authorization, execution and delivery of
the instruments and documents referred to therein by the
parties thereto other than the Company. Such opinion may be
qualified, insofar as it concerns the enforceability of the
documents referred to therein, to the extent that such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
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enforcement of creditors' rights in general and by
general equity principles (regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law). Such opinion may be further qualified as expressing no
opinion as to (x) the statements in the related Prospectus
under the heading "Certain Legal Aspects of the Mortgage
Loans and Contracts -- The Mortgage Loans" except insofar as
such statements relate to the laws of the State of New York
and the laws of the United States, and (y) the statements in
such Prospectus under the headings "ERISA Considerations"
and "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences" except insofar
as such statements relate to the laws of the United States.
In addition, such opinion may be qualified as an opinion
only on the laws of the State of New York and the laws of
the United States.
(c) The General Counsel for the Company shall have
furnished to the Underwriter an opinion, dated the related
Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey,
with corporate power to own its properties, to conduct
its business as described in the related Prospectus and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement, the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificates of
the related Series;
(ii) The Company has full power and
authority to sell and service the related Mortgage
Loans as contemplated herein and in the related Pooling
and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or
order of any court or governmental agency or body is
required for the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated herein or in the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except such as may be
required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction
and such other approvals as have been obtained;
(iv) Neither the issuance of the
Certificates of the related Series nor delivery of the
related Offered Certificates, nor the consummation of
any other of the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement or the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, nor the fulfillment of
the terms of the related Certificates, the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or the
related Terms Agreement will conflict with or violate
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any term or provision of the articles of incorporation
or by-laws of the Company or any statute, order or
regulation applicable to the Company of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Company and will not
conflict with, result in a breach or violation or the
acceleration of or constitute a default under the terms
of any indenture or other agreement or instrument known
to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound; and
(v) There are no actions, proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the best knowledge of
such counsel, threatened before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (i) asserting
the invalidity of this Agreement, the related Terms
Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or the related Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent
the issuance of the Certificates of the related Series
or the consummation by the Company of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, such Terms
Agreement or such Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or
(iii) which might materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, such
Terms Agreement, such Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or the related Certificates.
In rendering her opinion such counsel may rely as to matters
of fact, to the extent deemed proper and as stated therein,
on certificates of responsible officers of the Company or
public officials. In addition, such opinion may be qualified
as an opinion only on the laws of the State of New Jersey.
(d) The Underwriter shall have received from Xxxxx
& Wood, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or
opinions, dated the related Closing Date, with respect to
the issuance and sale of the Certificates of the related
Series, the related Registration Statement, the related
Prospectus and such other related matters as the Underwriter
may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished
to such counsel such documents as the Underwriter may
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
upon such matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the
Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the
President or any Vice President and the Senior Vice
President-Finance or the principal financial or accounting
officer of the Company, dated the related Closing Date, to
the effect that the signers of such certificate have
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carefully examined the related Registration Statement
(excluding any Current Reports and any other documents
incorporated by reference therein), the related Prospectus,
the Detailed Description referred to in such Prospectus
(excluding any related Current Report), this Agreement and
the related Terms Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of
the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the related Closing
Date with the same effect as if made on such Closing
Date, and the Company has complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part
to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such
Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to their knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) nothing has come to their attention
that would lead them to believe that such Registration
Statement (excluding any Current Report) contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, that the related Prospectus (excluding any
related Current Report) contains any untrue statement
of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or that the
Detailed Description referred to in such Prospectus
includes any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state any information which the Prospectus
states will be included in such Detailed Description.
(f) Peabody & Xxxxxx, counsel for the Trustee,
shall have furnished to the Underwriter an opinion, dated
the related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Trustee has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts with corporate power to own its
properties and conduct its business as presently
conducted by it, to conduct business as a trustee and
to enter into and perform its obligations under the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) the related Pooling and Servicing
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Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Trustee and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Trustee enforceable
against the Trustee in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and to judicial discretion, and general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(iii) the Trustee has duly accepted its
appointment as trustee under the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
(iv) no consent, approval, authorization or
order of any Massachusetts or federal court or
government agency or body is required on the part of
the Trustee for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated in the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, except such as may be required under any
federal or state securities law; and
(v) the performance on the part of the
Trustee of any of the transactions contemplated in the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement does not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
term or provision of, or constitute a default under,
the Articles of Organization, as amended, or By-Laws of
the Trustee, or any Massachusetts or federal statute or
regulation applicable to the Trustee, or to such
counsel's knowledge, any indenture or other agreement
or instrument to which the Trustee is a party or by
which it is bound, or, to such counsel's knowledge, any
order of any state or federal court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Trustee.
In addition, such counsel shall furnish to the Underwriter
such opinions as to the treatment of the Trust Fund for
purposes of Massachusetts tax law as are reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(g) KPMG Peat Marwick shall have furnished to the
Underwriter a letter, dated as of the date of the related
Terms Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter, stating in effect that they have performed
certain specified procedures as a result of which they have
determined that such information as the Underwriter may
reasonably request of an accounting, financial or
statistical nature (which is limited to accounting,
financial or statistical information derived from the
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general accounting records of the Company) set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement under the caption "Delinquency
and Foreclosure Experience of the Company" agrees with the
accounting records of the Company, excluding any questions
of legal interpretation.
(h) KPMG Peat Marwick shall have furnished to the
Underwriter a letter, dated as of the related Closing Date,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter,
stating in effect that they have performed certain specified
procedures as a result of which they have determined that
such information as the Underwriter may reasonably request
of an accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is
limited to accounting, financial or statistical information
derived from the general accounting records of the Company
and which is obtained from an analysis of a sample of the
Mortgage Loans included in the related pool) set forth in
the related Prospectus Supplement under the caption
"Description of the Mortgage Pool and the Mortgaged
Properties" or "Description of the Mortgage Pools and the
Mortgaged Properties", as the case may be, and in the
Detailed Description relating to such Prospectus Supplement
is mutually consistent and agrees with the accounting
records of the Company and, where applicable, the related
Mortgage Loan files of the Company, excluding any questions
of legal interpretation. In addition, if applicable, such
accountants shall have furnished to the Underwriter a
letter, dated as of the related Closing Date, which shall
include a statement or statements to the effect that based
upon the assumptions and methodology agreed to by the
Company (and which is consistent with the manner in which
any final PAC Balances, TAC Balances, Scheduled Balances,
Maximum and Minimum Scheduled Balances or any other
scheduled balances are to be calculated as set forth in the
related Prospectus), all of which shall be described by
reference in such letter, such accountants shall have
verified the mathematical accuracy of any final PAC Balances
Table, TAC Balances Table, Scheduled Balances Table, Maximum
or Minimum Scheduled Balances Table or other scheduled
balances table attached as an exhibit to the related Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
(i) KPMG Peat Marwick shall have furnished to the
Underwriter and the Company a letter or letters, dated as of
the date of the related Terms Agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and the Company,
including, without limitation, statements, if applicable, to
the effect that:
(i) based upon the assumptions and
methodology set forth in the related Prospectus, all of
which shall be described by reference in such letter,
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they recomputed the percentages of initial principal
balance outstanding as of each of the Distribution
Dates (as defined in such Prospectus) indicated and the
weighted average lives of each Class of Offered
Certificates at each of the indicated percentages of
the applicable Prepayment Assumption, and they compared
the recomputed percentages and weighted average lives
to the corresponding percentages and weighted average
lives set forth in the related tables and found them to
be in agreement;
(ii) based upon the assumptions and
methodology set forth in such Prospectus, all of which
shall be described by reference in such letter, they
have verified the mathematical accuracy of any
Scheduled Final Distribution Dates for the Offered
Certificates, PAC Balances, TAC Balances, Scheduled
Balances, Maximum and Minimum Scheduled Balances or any
other scheduled balances set forth in such Prospectus
for each indicated Distribution Date, and have verified
the mathematical accuracy of any initial Effective
Ranges of any PAC Certificates, Scheduled Certificates
or other scheduled Certificates set forth in such
Prospectus; and
(iii) based upon the assumptions and
methodology set forth in such Prospectus, all of which
shall be described by reference in such letter, they
have verified the mathematical accuracy of the pre-tax
yields to maturity and, if applicable, aggregate cash
flows of any Class of Certificates for which such
pre-tax yields and, if applicable, aggregate cash flows
are set forth in such Prospectus at the indicated
percentages of the Prepayment Assumption and, if
applicable, at the indicated values of COFI, LIBOR or
any other index, as applicable.
(j) The Offered Certificates of the related Series
shall have received the ratings specified in the related
Terms Agreement (the "Required Ratings").
(k) Prior to the related Closing Date, the Company
shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further
information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter
may reasonably request.
(l) If any Certificates of the related Series are
to be sold to any other underwriter and/or offered in
reliance upon an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Act, the sale at or prior to the related
Closing Date of such Certificates to the purchaser thereof
shall have occurred.
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(m) Subsequent to the date of the related Terms
Agreement, there shall not have been any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the business or properties of the Company which the
Underwriter concludes in its judgment, after consultation
with the Company, materially impairs the investment quality
of the Offered Certificates of the related Series so as to
make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of such Offered Certificates
as contemplated by the related Prospectus.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6
shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects with
respect to the particular Offered Certificates of a Series when
and as provided in this Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned
above or elsewhere in this Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and its
counsel, this Agreement (with respect to the related Offered
Certificates) and the related Terms Agreement and all obligations
of the Underwriter hereunder (with respect to the related Offered
Certificates) and thereunder may be canceled at, or at any time
prior to, the related Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by
telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each
person who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of the Act
or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them
may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act, or other
Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement relating to the
Offered Certificates of the applicable Series as it became
effective or in any amendment or supplement thereof, or in such
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof, or in the Detailed Description referred to in
such Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission (in the case of any Computational Materials and
ABS Term Sheets in respect of which the Company agrees to
indemnify the Underwriter, as set forth below, when such are read
in conjunction with the related Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement) to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
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damage, liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission made therein (A) in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company as herein stated by or on behalf of the Underwriter
specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof
or (B) in any Current Report or any amendment or supplement
thereof, except to the extent that any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement therein or omission therefrom results
(or is alleged to have resulted) directly from an error (a
"Mortgage Pool Error") in the information concerning the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans furnished by the Company to
the Underwriter in writing or by electronic transmission that was
used in the preparation of either (x) any Computational Materials
or ABS Term Sheets (as defined in Section 9 below) (or amendments
or supplements thereof) included in such Current Report (or
amendment or supplement thereof) or (y) any written or electronic
materials furnished to prospective investors on which the
Computational Materials (or amendments or supplements) were
based, (ii) such indemnity with respect to any Corrected
Statement (as defined below) in such Prospectus (or supplement
thereto) shall not inure to the benefit of the Underwriter (or
any person controlling the Underwriter) from whom the person
asserting any loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
Certificates of the related Series that are the subject thereof
if such person did not receive a copy of a supplement to such
Prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such
Certificates and the untrue statement or omission of a material
fact contained in such Prospectus (or supplement thereto) was
corrected (a "Corrected Statement") in such other supplement and
such supplement was furnished by the Company to the Underwriter
prior to the delivery of such confirmation, and (iii) such
indemnity with respect to any Mortgage Pool Error shall not inure
to the benefit of the Underwriter (or any person controlling the
Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any loss, claim,
damage or liability received any Computational Materials or ABS
Term Sheets (or any written or electronic materials on which the
Computational Materials are based) that were prepared on the
basis of such Mortgage Pool Error, if, prior to the time of
confirmation of the sale of the applicable Certificates to such
person, the Company notified the Underwriter in writing of the
Mortgage Pool Error or provided in written or electronic form
information superseding or correcting such Mortgage Pool Error
(in any such case, a "Corrected Mortgage Pool Error"), and the
Underwriter failed to notify such person thereof or to deliver to
such person corrected Computational Materials (or underlying
written or electronic materials) or ABS Term Sheets. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
the Company may otherwise have.
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(b) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers
who signs the Registration Statement relating to the Offered
Certificates of the applicable Series, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or the
Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnities from
the Company to the Underwriter, but only with reference to (A)
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
the Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation of the
documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity with respect to
the related Series, or (B) any Computational Materials or ABS
Term Sheets (or amendments or supplements thereof) furnished to
the Company by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 and
incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereof (except
that no such indemnity shall be available for any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, resulting
from any Mortgage Pool Error, other than a Corrected Mortgage
Pool Error). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company
acknowledges that the statements set forth in the second sentence
of the ante-penultimate paragraph, the first sentence of the
penultimate paragraph, and in the last paragraph appearing on the
cover page of the related Prospectus Supplement as such
statements relate to such Offered Certificates and the second
sentence of the first paragraph under the heading "Plan of
Distribution" in such Prospectus Supplement as such statements
relate to such Offered Certificates constitute the only
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriter for inclusion in the related Prospectus (other than
any Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or amendments or
supplements thereof) furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter), and the Underwriter confirms that such statements
are correct.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party
under Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 7. In case
any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and
to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to
the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid
notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party;
provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action
include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and
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the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there
may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available
to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall
have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal
defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon
receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and
approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying
party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 7 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof
unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate
counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in
accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it
being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not
be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel
approved by the indemnified party in the case of subparagraph (a)
or (b), representing the indemnified parties under subparagraph
(a) or (b), who are parties to such action), (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory
to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party
within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the
action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the
employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of
the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii)
is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the
counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii).
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section 7 is due in accordance with its terms
but is for any reason held by a court to be unavailable from the
Company or the Underwriter, on grounds of policy or otherwise, or
if the indemnified party failed to give notice under paragraph
(c) of this Section 7 in respect of a claim otherwise subject to
indemnification in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section 7, the Company and the Underwriter shall contribute to
the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending same) to which the Company and the
Underwriter may be subject, as follows:
(i) in the case of any losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) which do not
arise out of or are not based upon any untrue statement or
omission of a material fact in any Computational Materials
or ABS Term Sheets (or any amendments or supplements
thereof), in such proportion so that the Underwriter is
responsible for that portion represented by the difference
between the proceeds to the Company in respect of the
Offered Certificates appearing on the cover page of the
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Prospectus Supplement for the related Series and the total
proceeds received by the Underwriter from the sale of such
Offered Certificates (the "Underwriting Discount"), and the
Company is responsible for the balance; provided, however,
that in no case shall the Underwriter be responsible under
this subparagraph (i) for any amount in excess of such
Underwriting Discount applicable to the Offered Certificates
purchased by the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement and
the related Terms Agreement; and
(ii) in the case of any losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) which arise out
of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission of a
material fact in any Computational Materials or ABS Term
Sheets (or any amendments or supplements thereof) or in any
written or electronic materials on which the Computational
Materials are based, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriter on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission
or alleged omission to state a material fact in such
Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or any
amendments or supplements thereof or such written or
electronic materials) results from information prepared by
the Company on the one hand or the Underwriter on the other
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7(d), no
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person
who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act
or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
the Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer
of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement
and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the
immediately preceding sentence of this paragraph (d).
8. Computational Materials and Structural Term
Sheets. (a) Not later than 10:30 a.m., New York time, on the
business day before the date on which the Current Report relating
to the Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be filed
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by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 5(b)
hereof, the Underwriter shall deliver to the Company five
complete copies of all materials provided by the Underwriter to
prospective investors in such Offered Certificates which
constitute (i) "Computational Materials" within the meaning of
the no-action letter dated May 20, 1994 issued by the Division of
Corporation Finance of the Commission to Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Acceptance Corporation I, Xxxxxx, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, and
Xxxxxx Structured Asset Corporation and the no-action letter
dated May 27, 1994 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance
of the Commission to the Public Securities Association (together,
the "Xxxxxx Letters"), the filing of which material is a
condition of the relief granted in such letter (such materials
being the "Computational Materials"), and (ii) "Structural Term
Sheets" within the meaning of the no-action letter dated February
17, 1995 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the
Commission to the Public Securities Association (the "PSA
Letter"), the filing of which material is a condition of the
relief granted in such letter (such materials being the
"Structural Term Sheets"). Each delivery of Computational
Materials and Structural Term Sheets to the Company pursuant to
this paragraph (a) shall be effected by delivering four copies of
such materials to counsel for the Company on behalf of the
Company at the address specified in Section 3 hereof and one copy
of such materials to the Company.
(b) The Underwriter represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Company, as of the date of the related Terms
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) the Computational Materials furnished to the
Company pursuant to Section 8(a) constitute (either in
original, aggregated or consolidated form) all of the
materials furnished to prospective investors by the
Underwriter prior to the time of delivery thereof to
the Company that are required to be filed with the
Commission with respect to the related Offered
Certificates in accordance with the Xxxxxx Letters, and
such Computational Materials comply with the
requirements of the Xxxxxx Letters;
(ii) the Structural Term Sheets furnished to the
Company pursuant to Section 8(a) constitute all of the
materials furnished to prospective investors by the
Underwriter prior to the time of delivery thereof to
the Company that are required to be filed with the
Commission as "Structural Term Sheets" with respect to
the related Offered Certificates in accordance with the
PSA Letter, and such Structural Term Sheets comply with
the requirements of the PSA Letter;
(iii) on the date any such Computational Materials
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or Structural Term Sheets with respect to such Offered
Certificates (or any written or electronic materials
furnished to prospective investors on which the
Computational Materials are based) were last furnished
to each prospective investor and on the date of
delivery thereof to the Company pursuant to Section
8(a) and on the related Closing Date, such
Computational Materials (or such other materials) or
Structural Term Sheets did not and will not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or, when read in
conjunction with the related Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading;
(iv) the Underwriter has not represented to any
prospective investor that any Computational Materials
or Structural Term Sheets with respect to any Series
were prepared or disseminated on behalf of the Company,
and, except as otherwise disclosed by the Underwriter
to the Company in writing prior to the date hereof, all
Computational Materials and Structural Term Sheets
furnished to prospective investors (and all written and
electronic materials furnished to prospective investors
on which the Computational Materials are based)
included a disclaimer to the effect set forth in
Section 8(d); and
(v) at the time any Computational Materials (or any
written or electronic materials furnished to
prospective investors on which the Computational
Materials are based) with respect to such Offered
Certificates were furnished to a prospective investor
and on the date of the related Terms Agreement, the
Underwriter possessed, and on the date of delivery of
such materials to the Company pursuant to this Section
8 and on the related Closing Date, the Underwriter will
possess, the capability, knowledge, expertise,
resources and systems of internal control necessary to
ensure that such Computational Materials conform to the
representations and warranties of the Underwriter
contained in subparagraphs (i) and (iii) above of this
paragraph (b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriter makes no
representation or warranty as to whether any Computational
Materials or Structural Term Sheets (or any written or electronic
materials on which the Computational Materials are based)
included or will include any untrue statement resulting directly
from any Mortgage Pool Error (except any Corrected Mortgage Pool
Error, with respect to materials prepared after the receipt by
the Underwriter from the Company of notice of such Corrected
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Mortgage Pool Error or materials superseding or correcting such
Corrected Mortgage Pool Error).
(c) The Underwriter shall cause a firm of public
accountants to furnish to the Company a letter, dated as of the
date on which the Underwriter delivers any Computational
Materials (which term shall be deemed to include, for purposes of
this paragraph (c), calculated statistical information delivered
to prospective investors in the form of a Structural Term Sheet)
to the Company pursuant to Section 8(a), in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company, stating in effect that they have
verified the mathematical accuracy of any calculations performed
by the Underwriter and set forth in such Computational Materials.
(d) The Underwriter acknowledges and agrees that the
Company has not authorized and will not authorize the
distribution of any Computational Materials (or any written or
electronic materials on which the Computational Materials are
based) or Structural Term Sheets to any prospective investor, and
agrees that any Computational Materials or Structural Term Sheets
with respect to any Series of Certificates furnished to
prospective investors from and after the date hereof shall
include a disclaimer in form satisfactory to the Company to the
effect that such materials have been prepared and disseminated
solely by and on behalf of the Underwriter, and that the Company
has not reviewed or participated in the preparation or
dissemination of such materials and is not responsible for the
contents or accuracy thereof. The Underwriter agrees that it will
not represent to prospective investors that any Computational
Materials or Structural Term Sheets were prepared or disseminated
on behalf of the Company.
(e) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be delivered
under the Act, it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the
related Prospectus as a result of an untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Computational Materials or
Structural Term Sheets provided by the Underwriter pursuant to
this Section 8 or the omission to state therein a material fact
required, when considered in conjunction with the related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, when read in
conjunction with the related Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend
or supplement any Current Report relating to any Computational
Materials or Structural Term Sheets to comply with the Act or the
rules thereunder, the Underwriter promptly will prepare and
furnish to the Company for filing with the Commission an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or
omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. The
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company, as of the
date of delivery of such amendment or supplement to the Company,
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that such amendment or supplement will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or, when read in conjunction with
the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The Company shall have no
obligation to file such amendment or supplement if the Company
determines that (i) such amendment or supplement contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or, when read in conjunction
with the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; it being
understood, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to
review or pass upon the accuracy or adequacy of, or to correct,
any such amendment or supplement provided by the Underwriter to
the Company pursuant to this paragraph (e) or (ii) such filing is
not required under the Act.
9. Collateral Term Sheets. (a) Prior to the delivery of
any "Collateral Term Sheet" within the meaning of the PSA Letter,
the filing of which material is a condition of the relief granted
in such letter (such material being the "Collateral Term
Sheets"), to a prospective investor in any Offered Certificates,
the Underwriter shall, in order to facilitate the timely filing
of such material with the Commission, notify the Company and its
counsel by telephone of its intention to deliver such materials
and the approximate date on which the first such delivery of such
materials is expected to occur. Not later than 10:30 a.m., New
York time, on the business day immediately following the date on
which any Collateral Term Sheet was first delivered to a
prospective investor in such Offered Certificates, the
Underwriter shall deliver to the Company five complete copies of
all materials provided by the Underwriter to prospective
investors in such Offered Certificates which constitute
"Collateral Term Sheets." Each delivery of a Collateral Term
Sheet to the Company pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be
effected by delivering four copies of such materials to counsel
for the Company on behalf of the Company at the address specified
in Section 3 hereof and one copy of such materials to the
Company. (Collateral Term Sheets and Structural Term Sheets are,
together, referred to herein as "ABS Term Sheets.") At the time
of each such delivery, the Underwriter shall indicate in writing
that the materials being delivered constitute Collateral Term
Sheets, and, if there has been any prior such delivery with
respect to the related Series, shall indicate whether such
materials differ in any material respect from any Collateral Term
Sheets previously delivered to the Company with respect to such
Series pursuant to this Section 9(a) as a result of the
occurrence of a material change in the characteristics of the
related Mortgage Loans.
(b) The Underwriter represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Company as of the date of the related Terms
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Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) The Collateral Term Sheets furnished to
the Company pursuant to Section 9(a) constitute all of the
materials furnished to prospective investors by the
Underwriter prior to time of delivery thereof to the Company
that are required to be filed with the Commission as
"Collateral Term Sheets" with respect to the related Offered
Certificates in accordance with the PSA Letter, and such
Collateral Term Sheets comply with the requirements of the
PSA Letter;
(ii) On the date any such Collateral Term
Sheets with respect to such Offered Certificates were last
furnished to each prospective investor and on the date of
delivery thereof to the Company pursuant to Section 9(a) and
on the related Closing Date, such Collateral Term Sheets did
not and will not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or, when read in conjunction with the Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; and
(iii) the Underwriter has not represented to
any prospective investor that any Collateral Term Sheets
with respect to any Series were prepared or disseminated on
behalf of the Company, and, except as otherwise disclosed by
the Underwriter to the Company in writing prior to the date
hereof, all Collateral Term Sheets previously furnished to
prospective investors included a disclaimer to the effect
set forth in Section 8(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriter makes no
representation or warranty as to whether any Collateral Term
Sheet included or will include any untrue statement or material
omission resulting directly from any Mortgage Pool Error (except
any Corrected Mortgage Pool Error, with respect to materials
prepared after the receipt by the Underwriter from the Company of
notice of such Corrected Mortgage Pool Error or materials
superseding or correcting such Corrected Mortgage Pool Error).
(c) The Underwriter acknowledges and agrees that any
Collateral Term Sheets with respect to any Series of Certificates
furnished to prospective investors from and after the date hereof
shall include a disclaimer in form satisfactory to the Company to
the effect set forth in Section 8(d) hereof, and to the effect
that the information contained in such materials supersedes the
information contained in any prior Collateral Term Sheet with
respect to such Series of Offered Certificates and will be
superseded by the description of the related Mortgage Loans in
the related Prospectus Supplement and in the Detailed Description
relating to such Prospectus Supplement to be filed under cover of
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Form 8-K. The Underwriter agrees that it will not represent to
prosective investors that any Collateral Term Sheets were
prepared or disseminated on behalf of the Company.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be delivered
under the Act, it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the
related Prospectus as a result of an untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Collateral Term Sheets provided by
the Underwriter pursuant to this Section 9 or the omission to
state therein a material fact required, when considered in
conjunction with the related Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, when read in conjunction with the related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, not misleading, or if it
shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Current Report
relating to any Collateral Term Sheets to comply with the Act or
the rules thereunder, the Underwriter promptly will prepare and
furnish to the Company for filing with the Commission an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or
omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. The
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company, as of the
date of delivery of such amendment or supplement to the Company,
that such amendment or supplement will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or, when read in conjunction with
the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The Company shall have no
obligation to file such amendment or supplement if the Company
determines that (i) such amendment or supplement contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or, when read in conjunction
with the related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; it being
understood, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to
review or pass upon the accuracy or adequacy of, or to correct,
any such amendment or supplement provided by the Underwriter to
the Company pursuant to this paragraph (d) or (ii) such filing is
not required under the Act.
10. Termination. This Agreement (with respect to a
particular Certificate Offering) and the related Terms Agreement
shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the
Underwriter, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of
and payment for the related Offered Certificates, if prior to the
related Closing Date (i) trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially
limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either federal
or New York State authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred
any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other
calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets
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of the United States is such as to make it, in the reasonable
judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable to market such Offered
Certificates.
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive
Delivery. The agreements, representations, warranties,
indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers
and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement will remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers,
directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the related Offered
Certificates. The provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive
the termination or cancellation of this Agreement and the related
Terms Agreement.
12. Successors. This Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and
the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in
Section 7 hereof, and their successors and assigns, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder or thereunder.
No purchaser of any Offered Certificate from the Underwriter
shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason of such purchase.
13. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATED
TERMS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS
MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN.
14. Miscellaneous. This Agreement, as supplemented by
the related Terms Agreement, supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous agreements and understandings relating to the
subject matter hereof. This Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement or any term of each may not be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated except by an affirmative written
agreement made by the party against whom enforcement of the
change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. The headings
in this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement are for
purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof or thereof.
15. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in
writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the
Underwriter, will be delivered to it at the address first above
written; or if sent to the Company, will be delivered to GE
Capital Mortgage Services, Inc., Three Executive Campus, Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxx 0000, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention:
General Counsel.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your
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understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Company and the Underwriter.
Very truly yours,
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written.
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
REMIC MULTI-CLASS PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES ____-__
TERMS AGREEMENT
(to Underwriting Agreement,
dated April 24, 1995
between the Company and the Underwriter)
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. New York, New York
Three Executive Campus [Date]
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
PaineWebber Incorporated (the "Underwriter") agrees,
subject to the terms and provisions herein and of the captioned
Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), to
purchase such Classes of Series ____-__ Certificates specified in
Section 2(a) hereof (the "Offered Certificates"). This letter
supplements and modifies the Underwriting Agreement solely as it
relates to the purchase and sale of the Offered Certificates
described below. The Series ____-__ Certificates are registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by means of an
effective Registration Statement (No. 33-___). Capitalized terms
used and not defined herein have the meanings given them in the
Underwriting Agreement.
Section 1. The Mortgage Pool: The Series ____-__
Certificates shall evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in a mortgage pool (the "Mortgage Pool") of
conventional, fixed rate, fully amortizing one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the
following characteristics as of ________ __, ____ (the "Cut-off
Date"):
(a) Aggregate Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pool: $[
] aggregate principal balance as of the Cutoff Date, subject
to [an upward or downward variance of up to [ ]%, the
precise aggregate principal balance to be determined by the
Company][a permitted variance such that the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance thereof will be not less than $[
] or greater than $[ ]].
(b) Original Terms to Maturity: The original term to
maturity of each Mortgage Loan included in the Mortgage Pool
shall be between ___ and ___ years.
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Section 2. The Certificates: The Offered
Certificates shall be issued as follows:
(a) Classes: The Offered Certificates shall be issued
with the following Class designations, interest rates and
principal balances, subject in the aggregate to the variance
referred to in Section 1(a)[and, as to any particular Class,
to an upward or downward variance of up to [ ]%]:
Class Principal Interest Class Purchase
Balance Rate Price Percentage
(b) The Offered Certificates shall have such other
characteristics as described in the related Prospectus.
Section 3. Purchase Price: The Purchase Price for each
Class of the Offered Certificates shall be the Class Purchase
Price Percentage therefor (as set forth in Section 2(a) above) of
the initial Class Certificates Principal Balance thereof plus
accrued interest at the rate of [ ]% per annum from and including
the Cut-off Date up to, but not including, _________ __, ____
(the "Closing Date").
Section 4. Required Ratings: The Offered
Certificates shall have received Required Ratings of at least
[ ] from [ ].
Section 5. Tax Treatment: [One or more elections
will be made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.]
[The Trust Fund will be treated as a "grantor trust" for federal
income tax purposes.]
[Section 6. Additional Expenses:]*
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* to be inserted if applicable.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Underwriter and the Company.
Very truly yours,
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written.
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
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