BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION (Approximate) Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2008-1 May 30, 2008 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EXECUTION
COPY
Exhibit
1.1
BANC OF
AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION
$190,472,100
(Approximate)
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
2008-1
May 30,
2008
Banc of
America Securities LLC
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28255
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
SECTION
1. Introductory. Banc
of America Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes
to sell to Banc of America Securities LLC (“BAS” or the “Underwriter”)
approximately $190,472,100 aggregate Class Certificate Balance of its Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates identified in Schedule I hereto
(the “Offered
Certificates”) having the Initial Class Certificate Balances set forth in
Schedule I
(subject to an upward or downward variance, not to exceed 5%, of the precise
Initial Class Certificate Balances). The Offered Certificates,
together with the Class A-2, M-1, M-2, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-6, M-7, M-8, M-9, CE and
P Certificates (the “Non-Offered
Certificates”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Certificates”
and evidence the entire ownership interest in the assets of a trust estate (the
“Trust Estate”)
consisting primarily of a pool of fully amortizing, negatively amortizing and
balloon, fixed and adjustable interest rate mortgage loans having original terms
to maturity of approximately 120 to approximately 480 months as described in
Schedule I (the
“Mortgage
Loans”) to be acquired by the Company pursuant to a mortgage loan
purchase agreement (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement”), dated May 30, 2008, by and between the Company, as
purchaser, and Bank of America, National Association, as seller. As
of the close of business on the date specified in Schedule I as the
cut-off date (the “Cut-off Date”), the
Mortgage Loans will have the aggregate principal balance set forth in Schedule
I. This Underwriting Agreement shall hereinafter be referred
to as the “Agreement.” Elections will be made to treat certain of the
assets of the Trust Estate as multiple separate real estate mortgage investment
conduits (each, a “REMIC”). The
Certificates are to be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement,
dated May 30, 2008 (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”), among the Company, as depositor, U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and LaSalle
Bank National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) and
as securities administrator (the “Securities
Administrator”). The Offered Certificates will be issued in
the denominations specified in Schedule
I. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the
Mortgage
Loan
Purchase Agreement and the purchase agreement, to be dated May 30, 2008, by and
between BAS, as purchaser, and the Company (the “Purchase Agreement”)
are collectively referred to herein as the “Basic Documents.”
Capitalized
terms used herein that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION
2.
Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to the Underwriter as follows:
(a) The
Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Act”) and has filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement on Form S-3 (the file number of which is set forth in
Schedule I
hereto), which has become effective, for the registration under the Act of the
Offered Certificates. Such registration statement, as amended to the
date of this Agreement, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(l) under
the Act and complies in all other material respects with Rule
415(a)(1). The Company proposes to file with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424 under the Act a supplement to the form of prospectus included in
such registration statement relating to the Offered Certificates and the plan of
distribution thereof and a revised form of prospectus (the “Revised Basic
Prospectus”) and has previously advised you of all further information
(financial and other) with respect to the Company to be set forth
therein. Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto,
as amended to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Registration
Statement”; such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the
Registration Statement, as revised by the Revised Basic Prospectus, is
hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus”;
and such supplement to the Basic Prospectus, in the form in which it shall be
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus
Supplement” and, collectively with the Basic Prospectus, the “Final
Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item
12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange
Act”), on or before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the
Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference
herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act
after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus or
the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference.
(b) At or
prior to the filing dates set forth in Schedule II hereto
(the “Relevant
Dates”), the Company prepared the information (collectively, the “Disclosure Package”)
listed in Schedule
II hereto. If, subsequent to the date of this Agreement, the
Company or the Underwriter has determined that such information included an
untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading and have terminated their old purchase
contracts and entered into new purchase contracts with purchasers of the Offered
Certificates, then “Disclosure Package”
will refer to the information available to purchasers at
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the time
of entry into the first such new purchase contract, including any information
that corrects such material misstatements or omissions (“Corrective
Information”).
(c) As of the
date hereof, when the Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Act, when, prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), any amendment
to the Registration Statement becomes effective (including the filing of any
document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), when any
supplement to the Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission and at the
Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time,
and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, will
comply in all material respects with the Act and the respective rules
thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time,
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading, and (iii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented as of any such time, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company
makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the
Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus.
(d) Each item
in the Disclosure Package, at the related Relevant Date did not, and at the
Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to
the information contained in or omitted from the Disclosure Package or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the
Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the
Disclosure Package.
(e) The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate and other power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business, as now conducted by
it, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(f) The
Company is not aware of (i) any request by the Commission for any further
amendment of the Registration Statement or the Basic Prospectus or for any
additional information or (ii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose by the Commission.
(g) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and
each of the other Basic Documents to which the Company is a party, when
delivered by the Company, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company, and will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject,
as to the enforcement of remedies, to
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applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and except as rights to indemnity and
contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or
principles of public policy.
(h) The
Company is not, and on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the
Offered Certificates is made will not be, an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in
Rule 405 under the Act.
(i) On the
Closing Date, the Basic Documents will conform to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure
Package; the Offered Certificates will have been duly and validly authorized
and, when such Offered Certificates are duly and validly executed, issued and
delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and sold to
the Underwriter as provided herein, will be validly issued and outstanding and
entitled to the benefits of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(j) As of the
Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be true and correct.
(k) Neither
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any other of the
Basic Documents nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated herein or therein, nor the issuance of the Offered Certificates or
the public offering thereof as contemplated in the Final Prospectus or the
Disclosure Package will conflict in any material respect with or result in a
material breach of, or constitute a material default (with notice or passage of
time or both) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, pledge, charge, of
the property or assets of the Company (except as required or permitted pursuant
thereto or hereto), pursuant to any material mortgage, indenture, loan
agreement, contract or other instrument to which the Company is party or by
which it is bound, nor will such action result in any violation of any
provisions of any applicable law, administrative regulation or administrative or
court decree, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the
Company. The Company is not in violation of its certificate of
incorporation, in default in any material respect in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease,
trust agreement, transfer and servicing agreement or other instrument to which a
party or by which it may be bound, or to which any material portion of its
property or assets is subject.
(l) No legal
or governmental proceedings are pending to which the Company is a party or of
which any property of the Company is subject, which if determined adversely to
the Company would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations
of the Company; and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings
are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by
others.
(m) Since the
date of which information is given in the Registration Statement, there has not
been any material adverse change in the business or net worth of the
Company.
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(n) Any
taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution and
delivery of the Basic Documents and the execution, delivery and sale of the
Offered Certificates have been or will be paid at or prior to the Closing
Date.
(o) No
consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration, filing or
declaration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required, or will
be required, in connection with (i) the execution and delivery by the Company of
any Basic Document or the performance by the Company of any or (ii) the offer,
sale or delivery of the Offered Certificates except such as shall have been
obtained or made, as the case may be, or will be obtained or made, as the case
may be, prior to the Closing Date, or will not materially adversely affect the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under any Basic
Document.
(p) The
Company possesses, and will possess, all material licenses, certificates,
authorities or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign
regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now conducted by
it and as described in the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, Final Prospectus and
the Disclosure Package, except to the extent that the failure to have such
licenses, certificates, authorities or permits does not have a material adverse
effect on the Offered Certificates or the financial condition of the Company,
and the Company has not received, nor will have received as of each Closing
Date, any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such license, certificate, authority or permit which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would
materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business, operations or
financial condition.
(q) On the
Closing Date, (i) the Company will have good and marketable title to the related
Mortgage Loans being transferred by it to the Trust pursuant thereto, free and
clear of any lien, (ii) the Company will not have assigned to any person any of
its right, title or interest in such Mortgage Loans or in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, and (iii) the Company will have the power and authority to
sell such Mortgage Loans to the Trust, and upon execution and delivery of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Trustee, the Company, the Master Servicer
and the Securities Administrator, the Trust will have good and marketable title
thereto, in each case free of liens.
(r) The
properties and businesses of the Company conform, and will conform, in all
material respects, to the descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus
and the Disclosure Package.
(s) The
Company is not, and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the offering and sale of the Offered
Certificates, neither the Company nor the Trust Fund will be, an “investment
company,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(t) It is not
necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Offered
Certificates in the manner contemplated by this Agreement to qualify the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“1939
Act”).
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(u) Other
than the Final Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives
other than the Underwriter) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved
or referred to and will not make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to
any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Offered
Certificates other than (i) information included in the Disclosure Package, (ii)
any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of
the Act or Rule 134 under the Act or (iii) other written communication approved
in writing in advance by the Underwriter.
(v) Any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Act
and has been, or will be filed in accordance with Rule 433 under the Act (to the
extent required thereby).
SECTION
3.
Purchase, Sale and Delivery
of Offered Certificates. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the
Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, the
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Offered Certificates, at the purchase
price set forth in Schedule I
hereto.
The
Company will deliver the Offered Certificates to the Underwriter, against
payment of the applicable purchase price therefor in same day funds wired to
such bank as may be designated by the Company, or by such other manner of
payment as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriter, at the offices
of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, at 10:00 A.M., Eastern
time, on May 30, 2008, or at such other place or time not later than seven full
business days thereafter as the Underwriter and the Company determine, such time
being referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
The
Offered Certificates so to be delivered will be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the Underwriter requests two full business days
prior to the Closing Date and will be made available at the offices of Banc of
America Securities LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina or, upon the Underwriter’s
request, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company.
SECTION
4.
Offering by the
Underwriter.
(a) It is
understood that the Underwriter proposes to offer the Offered Certificates
subject to this Agreement for sale to the public (which may include selected
dealers) on the terms as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
(b) The
Underwriter represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company,
that:
In
relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member
State”), it has not made and will not make an offer of Certificates to
the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a
prospectus in relation to the Offered Certificates which has been approved by
the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate,
approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent
authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus
Directive, except that it may, with effect from and
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including
the relevant implementation date, make an offer of Certificates to the public in
that Relevant Member State at any time:
(i) to legal
entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets
or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to
invest in securities;
(ii) to any
legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees
during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than
€43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in
its last annual or consolidated accounts; or
(iii) in any
other circumstances which do not require the publication by the issuer of a
prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the
purposes of this representation, the expression an “offer of Certificates to the
public” in relation to any Offered Certificates in any Relevant Member State
means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information
on the terms of the offer and the Certificates to be offered so as to enable an
investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Certificates, as the same may be
varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive
in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means the
European Commission Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing
measure in each Relevant Member State.
It has
only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or
cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment
activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the United Kingdom Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by
it in connection with the issue or sale of the Offered Certificates in
circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the issuing
entity.
It has
complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect
to anything done by it in relation to the Offered Certificates in, from or
otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
SECTION
5.
Covenants of the
Company. The Company hereby covenants and agrees with the
Underwriter that:
(a) Prior to
the termination of the offering of the Offered Certificates, the Company will
not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including
the Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished
the Underwriter a copy for their review prior to filing and will not file any
such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably
objects. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause
the Final Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424. The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly (i) when the
Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424,
(ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Offered
Certificates shall have become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission
for any amendment of the Registration Statement or amendment of or supplement to
the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by
the Commission
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of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Offered Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. 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) If, at
any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates is required to
be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final
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 to amend or supplement the Final
Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules
thereunder, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission,
subject to the first sentence of 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 and will use its best efforts to cause any
required post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing such
amendment to be made effective as soon as possible.
(c) The
Company will furnish to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, without
charge, executed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits
thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to
the Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by the Underwriter or
dealers may be required by the Act, as many copies of the Final Prospectus and
any amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Underwriter may reasonably
request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing all documents
relating to the initial offering, provided that any additional expenses incurred
in connection with the requirement of delivery of a market-making prospectus, if
applicable, will be borne by the Underwriter.
(d) The
Company will furnish such information as may be required and otherwise cooperate
in qualifying the Offered Certificates for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably designate and to maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered
Certificates; provided,
however, that the
Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to
general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now
so subject.
SECTION
6.
Conditions to the
Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the
Underwriter to purchase the Offered Certificates shall be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of the date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of
any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date
(including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as
of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in
any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
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(a) The
Underwriter shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP (i) a letter,
dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants
within the meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter and (ii) if
requested by the Underwriter, a letter dated the Closing Date, updating the
letter referred to in clause (i) above, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter.
(b) All
actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company
under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been duly
taken and made. At and prior to the Closing Date, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted, or to the
knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the
Commission.
(c) Subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred
(i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company, any Servicer
or the Master Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter,
materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any
downgrading in the ratings of the securities of any Servicer or the Master
Servicer by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such
term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public
announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its
ratings of any securities of any Servicer or the Master Servicer (other than an
announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no
implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or
limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or
any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking
moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v)
any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is
involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national
or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the
Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity
or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of
the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates.
(d) The
Underwriter shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of an
executive officer of the Company in which such officer shall state that, to the
best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable inspection, (i) the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Basic Documents
are true and correct with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing
Date and (ii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the
Closing Date.
(e) The
Underwriter shall have received an opinion of reasonably acceptable counsel to
the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, dated the Closing Date, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter.
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(f) The
Underwriter shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special
counsel to the Company and Bank of America, National Association, dated the
Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel
for the Underwriter.
(g) The
Underwriter shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel for the
Company that the Company is required to deliver to any Rating
Agency. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the
Underwriter.
(h) The
Underwriter shall have received from Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special counsel
to the Underwriter, a letter addressed to the Underwriter dated the Closing Date
with respect to the Final Prospectus, substantially to the effect that no facts
have come to such counsel’s attention in the course of its review of the Final
Prospectus which causes it to believe that the Final Prospectus, as of the date
of the Prospectus Supplement or the Closing Date, contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted 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; it being understood
that such counsel need not express any view as to any information incorporated
by reference in the Final Prospectus or as to the adequacy or accuracy of the
financial, numerical, statistical or quantitative information included in the
Final Prospectus.
(i) On or
before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence
satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the
ratings set forth on Schedule I
hereto.
(j) At the
Closing Date, the Certificates and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Final Prospectus.
(k) The
Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior
to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact or
omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is
material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
(l) All
corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization,
form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement
and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in
all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(m) The
Underwriter shall have received a certificate (upon which Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the
Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date of an officer of the Custodian in which
such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge after
reasonable investigation: (i) the Custodian is not an affiliate of any
other entity listed as a transaction party in the Prospectus
Supplement;
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(ii) the
information in the Prospectus Supplement related to the Custodian (the “Custodian
Disclosure”) includes (a) the Custodian’s correct name and form of
organization and (b) a discussion of the Custodian’s procedures for safekeeping
and preservation of the mortgage loans; and (iii) the Custodian Disclosure is
true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her
attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Custodian
Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(n) The
Underwriter shall have received a certificate (upon which Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the
Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date of an officer of the Trustee in which
such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge after
reasonable investigation: (i) the Trustee is not an affiliate of any other
entity listed as a transaction party in the Prospectus Supplement (ii) the
information in the Prospectus Supplement related to the Trustee (the “Trustee Disclosure”)
includes (a) the Trustee’s correct name and form of organization and (b) a
discussion of the Trustee’s experience serving as trustee for asset-backed
securities transactions involving mortgage loans; and (iii) the Trustee
Disclosure is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to
his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the
Trustee Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(o) [Reserved.]
(p) The
Underwriter shall have received a certificate (upon which Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the
Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date of an officer of America Home Mortgage
Servicing, Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (“each a Significant
Servicer”) and the Master Servicer in which such officer shall state
that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable investigation:
(i) such Significant Servicer or Master Servicer is not an affiliate of any
other entity listed as a transaction party in the Prospectus Supplement except
as otherwise disclosed therein; (ii) the information in the Prospectus
Supplement related to such Significant Servicer or Master Servicer (the “Servicer Disclosure”)
includes (a) such Significant Servicer’s or Master Servicer’s correct name and
form of organization, (b) the correct length of time that such Significant
Servicer or Master Servicer has been servicing mortgage loans; and (c) a
discussion of such Significant Servicer’s or Master Servicer’s experience in
servicing mortgage loans; (iii) except as set forth in the Servicer Disclosure,
(a) there are no other servicers responsible for calculating or making
distributions to the holders of the Offered Certificates, performing work-outs
or foreclosures, or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans,
(b) there have been no material changes to such Significant Servicer’s or Master
Servicer’s servicing policies and procedures during the last three years, (c) no
additional information regarding such Significant Servicer’s or Master
Servicer’s financial condition could have a material affect on performance of
the Offered Certificates, (d) no commingling of funds on deposit in collection
accounts will be permitted by such Significant Servicer or Master Servicer, (e)
no additional information with respect to any special or unique factors involved
in servicing the mortgage loans could have a material affect on performance of
the Offered Certificates, and (f) no additional information with respect to such
Significant Servicer’s or Master Servicer’s process for handling delinquencies,
losses, bankruptcies and recoveries could have a material affect on performance
of the Offered
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Certificates;
(iv) for any Significant Servicer or Master Servicer identified in the
Prospectus Supplement as responsible for calculating or making distributions to
the holders of the Offered Certificates, performing work-outs or foreclosures,
or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans, the certifications
in clauses (ii) and (iii) above are made with respect to such Significant
Servicer or Master Servicer; and (v) the Servicer Disclosure is true and correct
in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that
would lead such officer to believe that the Servicer Disclosure contains any
untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. The requirement to
provide a certificate pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be deemed
satisfied if such Significant Servicer or Master Servicer represents and
warrants that the Servicer Disclosure satisfies the relevant provisions of
Regulation AB under the Act.
The
Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriter such conformed
copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter
may reasonably request.
All
opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof
only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for
the Underwriter.
If any
condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by
notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as
provided in Section 7.
SECTION
7.
Reimbursement of the
Underwriter’s Expenses. If the sale of the Offered
Certificates provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriter set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied or
because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by
reason of a default by the Underwriter, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriter upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been reasonably incurred by
the Underwriter in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Offered
Certificates.
SECTION 8. Indemnification and
Contribution.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and any person who
controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which they or either 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 (1) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement for the registration of the Offered Certificates as
originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein,
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in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (2) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information (as defined in Section 12(b))
contained in any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the
Underwriter or in any Free Writing Prospectus which is required to be filed
pursuant to Section 12(e) or Section 12(g), or the omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact required to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, which was not
corrected by information subsequently supplied by the Depositor to the
Underwriter at any time prior to the time of sale, and agrees to reimburse the
Underwriter and any such controlling person for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action and (3) any static pool
information prepared by the Company and incorporated by reference into a Free
Writing Prospectus in connection with the offering of the Offered Certificates,
to the extent not included above; 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 (A) therein in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company 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, and (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Final Prospectus shall not
inure to the benefit of the Underwriter (or any person controlling the
Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or
liability purchased the Offered Certificates which are the subject thereof if
such person did not receive a copy of the Final Prospectus (or the Final
Prospectus as amended or supplemented) excluding documents incorporated therein
by reference at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such Offered
Certificates to such person in any case where such delivery is required by the
Act and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the
Basic Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus
as amended or supplemented). This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The
Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its
directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each
person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the
Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to
the Underwriter, but only with reference to (A) written information
relating to the Underwriter 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, or (B) any Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in
Section 12(a)) prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter, except that no such
indemnity shall be available for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions in respect thereof resulting from any error in any Issuer Information
(as defined in Section 12(b)) (an “Issuer Error”)
furnished by the Company to the Underwriter in writing or by electronic
transmission that was used in the preparation of any Free Writing Prospectus,
other than an Issuer Error as to which, prior to the time of the sale of the
Offered Certificates to the person asserting a claim, the Company notified the
Underwriter in writing of the Issuer Error or provided in written or electronic
form information superseding or correcting such Issuer Error (in any such case,
a “Corrected Issuer
Error”), and the Underwriter failed to notify such person thereof or to
deliver such person corrected Free Writing Prospectus. 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 Prospectus
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Supplement
in the first sentence of the last paragraph on the cover page, in the first
sentence under the subheading “Risk Factors—Limited Liquidity” and in the
second, third and fifth paragraphs under the heading “Method of Distribution”
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriter for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity (other than any Free Writing Prospectus furnished to the Company by
the Underwriter).
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 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 8,
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 8. 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 reasonably 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 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 8 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 Underwriter in the case of subparagraph (a),
representing the indemnified parties under subparagraph (a) who are parties to
such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
reasonably 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) To
provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 8 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 the grounds of policy or
otherwise, the Company or the Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) to which
the Company or the Underwriter may be subject, as follows:
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(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 Free Writing Prospectus, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefit received by the Company or the
Underwriter; 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 Free Writing Prospectus, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriter 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 Free Writing Prospectus results from information
prepared by the Company or the Underwriter 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 paragraph (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 8, 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, and 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 preceding
sentence of this paragraph (d). Any party entitled to contribution
will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may
be made against another party or parties under this paragraph (d), notify such
party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so
notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have
hereunder or otherwise than under this paragraph (d).
SECTION
9. [Reserved.]
SECTION
10. Representations and
Indemnities to Survive.
The
respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Company and its respective officers and of the Underwriter set
forth in or made pursuant to this 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 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered
Certificates. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof and this
Section 10 shall survive the termination or cancellation of this
Agreement.
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SECTION 11.
Effectiveness of Agreement
and Termination. This Agreement shall become effective upon
the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
This
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 Offered Certificates, if prior to such time (i) trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or
minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange, (ii) a banking
moratorium shall have been declared by federal 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 of the United
States is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter,
impracticable to market the Offered Certificates.
SECTION
12. Offering Communications;
Free Writing Prospectuses.
(a) Unless
preceded or accompanied by a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Act, the Underwriter shall not convey or deliver any written
communication to any person in connection with the initial offering of the
Certificates, unless such written communication (i) is made in reliance on Rule
134 under the Act, (ii) constitutes a prospectus satisfying the requirements of
Rule 430B under the Act or (iii) constitutes a Free Writing
Prospectus. Without limitation thereby, without the prior written
consent of the Company (which consent may be withheld for any reason), the
Underwriter shall not convey or deliver in connection with the initial offering
of the Certificates any “ABS informational and computational material,” as
defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Act (“ABS Informational and
Computational Material”), in reliance upon Rules 167 and 426 under the
Act.
(b) (i) The
Underwriter shall deliver to the Company, no later than two business days prior
to the date of first use thereof, (A) any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or
on behalf of the Underwriter that contains any “issuer information,” as defined
in Rule 433(h) under the Act (“Issuer Information”),
and (B) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains only a
description of the final terms of the Certificates.
(ii) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 12(b)(i), any Free Writing Prospectus described
therein that contains only ABS Informational and Computational Material, may be
delivered by the Underwriter to the Company not later than the later of (a) two
business days prior to the due date for filing of the Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act or (b) the date of first use of such Free Writing
Prospectus.
(c) The
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company that the Free Writing
Prospectuses to be furnished to the Company by the Underwriter pursuant to
Section 12(b)(i) or (ii) will constitute all Free Writing Prospectuses of the
type described therein that were furnished to prospective investors by the
Underwriter in connection with its offer and sale of the
Certificates.
(d) The
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company that each Free Writing
Prospectus required to be provided by it to the Company pursuant to Section
12(b)(i) or (ii) did not, as of the date such Free Writing Prospectus was
conveyed or delivered to any prospective investor, include any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be
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stated
therein necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Underwriter
makes no representation to the extent such misstatements or omissions were the
result of any inaccurate Issuer Information supplied by the Company to the
Underwriter which information was not corrected by information subsequently
supplied by the Company to the Underwriter prior to the sale to the investor of
the Certificates which resulted in a loss, claim, damage or liability arising
out of a based upon such misstatement or omission.
(e) The
Company agrees to file with the Commission the following:
(i) Any Free
Writing Prospectus that constitutes an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (“Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus”);
(ii) Any Free
Writing Prospectus or portion thereof delivered by the Underwriter to the
Company pursuant to Section 12(b) hereof; and
(iii) Any Free
Writing Prospectus for which the Company or any person acting on its behalf
provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared and published or
disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Company or any other offering
participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or television
broadcasting or otherwise disseminating communications.
(f) Any Free
Writing Prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Section 12(e) by the Company
may be filed with the Commission not later than the date of first use of the
Free Writing Prospectus, except that:
(i) any Free
Writing Prospectus or portion thereof required to be filed that contains only
the description of the final terms of the Certificates may be filed by the
Company within two days of the later of the date such final terms have been
established for all classes of Certificates and the date of first
use;
(ii) any Free
Writing Prospectus or portion thereof required to be filed that contains only
ABS Informational and Computational Material may be filed by the Company with
the Commission not later than the later of the due date for filing the Final
Prospectus relating to the Certificates pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act or
two business days after the first use of such Free Writing
Prospectus;
(iii) any Free
Writing Prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Section 12(e)(iii) may, if
no payment has been made or consideration has been given by or on behalf of the
Company for the Free Writing Prospectus or its dissemination, be filed by the
Company with the Commission not later than four business days after the Company
becomes aware of the publication, radio or television broadcast or other
dissemination of the Free Writing Prospectus; and
(iv) the
Company shall not be required to file (A) Issuer Information contained in any
Free Writing Prospectus of an offering participant other than the Issuer, if
such information is included or incorporated by reference in a prospectus or
Free Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission that relates to the
offering of
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the
Certificates, or (B) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that
contains a description of the Certificates or the offering of the Certificates
which does reflect the final terms thereof.
(g) The
Underwriter shall file with the Commission any Free Writing Prospectus that is
used or referred to by it and distributed by or on behalf of the Underwriter in
a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad, unrestricted dissemination
not later than the date of the first use of such Free Writing
Prospectus.
(h) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 12(g), the Underwriter shall file with the Commission
any Free Writing Prospectus for which the Underwriter or any person acting on
its behalf provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared and
published or disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the Company or any other
offering participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or television
broadcasting or otherwise disseminating written communications and for which no
payment was made or consideration given by or on behalf of the Company or any
other offering participant, not later than four business days after the
Underwriter becomes aware of the publication, radio or television broadcast or
other dissemination of the Free Writing Prospectus.
(i) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Sections 12(e) and 12(g), neither the Company nor the
Underwriter shall be required to file any Free Writing Prospectus that does not
contain substantive changes from or additions to a Free Writing Prospectus
previously filed with the Commission.
(j) The
Company and the Underwriter each agree that any Free Writing Prospectuses
prepared by the Underwriter shall contain the following legend and any other
legend that the Underwriter shall deem necessary or appropriate:
The
depositor has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the
SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you
invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other
documents the depositor has filed with the SEC for more complete information
about the depositor, the issuing entity and this offering. You may
get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at
xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the depositor, any underwriter or any dealer
participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you
request it by calling toll-free 0-000-000-0000 or you e-mail a request to
xx.xxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx. The securities may not
be suitable for all investors. Banc of America Securities LLC and its
affiliates may acquire, hold or sell positions in these securities, or in
related derivatives, and may have an investment or commercial banking
relationship with the depositor.
The
asset-backed securities referred to in these materials, and the asset pools
backing them, are subject to modification or revision (including the possibility
that one or more classes of securities may be split, combined or eliminated at
any time prior to issuance or availability of a final
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prospectus)
and are offered on a “when, as and if issued” basis. You understand
that, when you are considering the purchase of these securities, a contract of
sale will come into being no sooner than the date on which the relevant class
has been priced and we have confirmed the allocation of securities to be made to
you; any “indications of interest” expressed by you, and any “soft circles”
generated by us, will not create binding contractual obligations for you or
us.
Because
the asset-backed securities are being offered on a “when, as and if issued”
basis, any such contract of sale will terminate, by its terms, without any
further obligation or liability between us, if the securities themselves, or the
particular class to which the contract relates, are not
issued. Because the asset-backed securities are subject to
modification or revision, any such contract also is conditioned upon the
understanding that no material change will occur with respect to the relevant
class of securities prior to the closing date. If a material change
does occur with respect to such class, our contract will terminate, by its
terms, without any further obligation or liability between us (the “Automatic
Termination”). If an Automatic Termination occurs, we will
provide you with revised offering materials reflecting the material change and
give you an opportunity to purchase such class. To indicate your
interest in purchasing the class, you must communicate to us your desire to do
so within such timeframe as may be designated in connection with your receipt of
the revised offering materials.
The
information contained in these materials may be based on assumptions regarding
market conditions and other matters as reflected herein. Banc of
America Securities LLC (the “Underwriter”) makes
no representation regarding the reasonableness of such assumptions or the
likelihood that any such assumptions will coincide with actual market conditions
or events, and these materials should not be relied upon for such
purposes. The Underwriter and its affiliates, officers, directors,
partners and employees, including persons involved in the preparation or
issuance of these materials, may, from time to time, have long or short
positions in, and buy and sell, the securities mentioned herein or derivatives
thereof (including options). Information in these materials is
current as of the date appearing on the material only. Information in
these materials regarding any securities discussed herein supersedes all prior
information regarding such securities. These materials are not to be
construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy any
security in any jurisdiction where such an offer or solicitation would be
illegal.
This free
writing prospectus is being delivered to you solely to provide you with
information about the offering of the securities referred to in this free
writing prospectus and to solicit an offer to purchase the securities, when, as
and if issued. Any such offer to purchase made by you will
not
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be
accepted and will not constitute a contractual commitment by you to purchase any
of the securities until we have accepted your offer to purchase
securities. You may withdraw your offer to purchase securities at any
time prior to our acceptance of your offer.
The
information in this free writing prospectus supersedes information contained in
any prior similar free writing prospectus relating to these securities prior to
the time of your commitment to purchase.
This free
writing prospectus is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy
these securities in any state where such offer, solicitation or sale is not
permitted.
The
Company and the Underwriter each agree that any Free Writing Prospectus prepared
by the Underwriter and that is not an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that
does not contain Issuer Information shall also contain the following
legend:
Neither
the issuer of the securities nor any of its affiliates prepared, provided,
approved or verified any statistical or numerical information presented herein,
although that information may be based in part on loan level data provided by
the issuer or its affiliates.
(k) The
Company and the Underwriter agree to retain all Free Writing Prospectuses that
they have used and that are not required to be filed pursuant to this Section 12
for a period of three years following the initial bona fide offering of the
Certificates.
(l) The
Underwriter covenants with the Depositor that after the final Prospectus is
available the Underwriter shall not distribute any written information
concerning the Offered Certificates to a prospective purchaser of Offered
Certificates unless such information is preceded or accompanied by the final
Prospectus.
SECTION
13.
Notices. All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to BAS shall be directed to Banc of
America Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX0-027-21-04, Charlotte, North
Carolina 28255, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx, with a copy to Bank of
America Legal Department, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
XX0-000-00-00, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Associate General Counsel; notices to the Company shall be
directed to it at Banc of America Funding Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
XX0-000-00-00, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxx, with a copy to: Bank of America Legal Department, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, XX0-000-00-00, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Associate General Counsel.
SECTION
14.
Parties. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, the
Underwriter, any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective
successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person, firm or
corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of
this Agreement or any provision herein contained. No purchaser
of
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Offered
Certificates from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason
merely of such purchase.
SECTION
15.
Applicable
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (BUT WITH REFERENCE TO SECTION
5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, WHICH BY ITS TERMS APPLIES TO
THIS AGREEMENT).
SECTION
16.
No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Offered Certificates pursuant
to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of
the Offered Certificates and any related discounts and commissions, is an
arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriter on the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each
transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction the
Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or
fiduciary of the Company or its affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees
or any other party; (iii) the Underwriter has not assumed, nor will it assume,
an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to
any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising
the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the
obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the Underwriter and its
affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve
interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriter has no
obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any fiduciary or
advisory relationship; and (v) the Underwriter has not provided any legal,
accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and
tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
The
Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
claims that the Company may have against the Underwriter with respect to any
breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
SECTION
17.
Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or
oral) between the Company and the Underwriter with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated except by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of
such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
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(c) This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be
deemed an original, which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
(d) The
headings of the Sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
SECTION
18.
Non-Petition.
The
Underwriter hereby agrees not to cause or participate in the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy against the Company for the non-payment to the
Underwriter of any amounts provided by this Agreement or otherwise until one
year and one day after the payment in full of all amounts due on the
Certificates in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
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If the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign
this Agreement and return it to us.
Very
truly yours,
BANC OF
AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
The
foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed
and accepted as of the date
first
written above.
BANC OF
AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: Principal
BAFC
2008-1 Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE
I
Offered
Certificates:
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Class
A-R and A-1 Certificates.
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Registration
Statement
File
Number:
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333-148403
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Class
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Initial
Class Balance(1)
|
Pass-Through
Rate
|
Ratings
|
||
S&P
|
Fitch
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||||
Class
1-A-R
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$100
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(2)
|
AAA
|
AAA
|
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Class
1-A-1
|
$190,472,000
|
6.000%(3)
|
AAA
|
AAA
|
(1)
|
Approximate.
The initial class balances of the Offered Certificates may vary by a total
of plus or minus 5%.
|
(2)
|
The
Class A-R Certificate will not accrue
interest.
|
(3)
|
Interest
will accrue on these Certificates at a per annum rate equal to the lesser
of (i) the rate specified in the table above and (ii) the Net WAC Cap, as
described in the prospectus supplement under “Description of
Certificate—Certificate Interest
Rates.”
|
Purchase
Price:
|
$191,392,614.67.
|
Classes of
Book-Entry
|
|
Certificates:
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Class
A-1 Certificate.
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Description of
Mortgage
|
|
Loans:
|
A
mortgage pool of fully-amortizing, negatively amortizing and balloon,
fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans having an aggregate
principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of approximately
$276,247,023. The Mortgage Loans are secured by first liens on
one- to four-family residential properties.
|
Denominations:
|
The
Class A-1 Certificate will be issued in book-entry form. Each
such Class A-1 Certificate will be evidenced by one or more certificates
registered in the name of Cede & Co. (“Cede”) in the aggregate amount equal to the
Initial Class Certificate Balance of such Class. Interests in
the Class A-1 Certificate may be purchased by investors in minimum
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1. The Class
A-R Certificate will only be available as a single
certificate.
|
Cut-off
Date:
|
May
1, 2008.
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I-1
SCHEDULE
II
DISCLOSURE
PACKAGE
1.
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None.
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II-1