GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. GSAA HOME EQUITY TRUST 2007-S1 MORTGAGE PASS- THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-S1 Underwriting Agreement Dated as of February 22, 2007
EXHIBIT
1.1
GS
MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-S1
_______________________________________
Dated
as
of February
22,
2007
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
New
York,
New York 10004
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
GS
Mortgage Securities Corp. (the “Company”)
proposes to cause GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-S1 (the “Trust”)
to
issue its Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-S1 (the “Certificates”),
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2007
(the
“Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”),
by
and among the Company, as depositor, Specialized
Loan Servicing LLC,
as a
servicer (“SLS”),
Ocwen
Loan Servicing, LLC, as a servicer (“Ocwen”),
Avelo
Mortgage, L.L.C., as a servicer (“Avelo”
and
together with SLS and Ocwen, the “Servicers”),
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (the “Master
Servicer”),
U.S.
Bank National Association, as a custodian, and Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as trustee
(the
“Trustee”),
and
proposes to sell to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. (the “Underwriter”)
the
Certificates specified on Schedule I hereto pursuant to this Underwriting
Agreement (the “Agreement”).
The
Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-IO Certificates identified on Schedule I
hereto are the “Publicly
Offered Certificates.”
The
Publicly Offered Certificates and the Class X, Class X-1, Class R and Class
P
Certificates will represent in the aggregate the entire beneficial ownership
interest in the assets of the Trust primarily consisting of a segregated pool
of
mortgage loans and certain other related assets.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Mortgage Company (“GSMC”)
purchased certain mortgage loans (the “M&T
Mortgage Loans”)
from
M&T Mortgage Corporation (“M&T
Mortgage”),
pursuant to that certain Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of November 1, 2005 (the “M&T
Purchase Agreement”),
between GSMC and M&T Mortgage, certain mortgage loans (the “Xxxxx
Mortgage Loans”)
from
Xxxxx Union Bank and Trust Company (“Xxxxx”)
pursuant to that certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement,
dated as of September 1, 2006 (the “Xxxxx
Purchase Agreement”),
between GSMC and Xxxxx, certain mortgage loans (the “Impac
Mortgage Loans”)
from
Impac Funding Corporation (“Impac”)
pursuant to that certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2006 (the “Impac
Purchase Agreement”),
between GSMC and Impac, certain mortgage loans (the “New
Century Mortgage Loans”)
from
New Century Mortgage Corporation (“New
Century”)
pursuant to that certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement,
dated as of March 1, 2006 (the “New
Century Purchase Agreement”),
between GSMC and New Century, certain mortgage loans (the “GreenPoint
Mortgage Loans”)
from
GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. (“GreenPoint”)
pursuant to that certain Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and Warranties Agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2006 (the “GreenPoint
Purchase Agreement”),
between GSMC and GreenPoint, certain mortgage loans (the “Accredited
Mortgage Loans”)
from
Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. (“Accredited”),
pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Flow Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Warranties Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005 (the “Accredited
Purchase Agreement”),
between GSMC and Accredited, and certain mortgage loans (the “Conduit
Mortgage Loans”;
collectively with the M&T Mortgage Loans, the Xxxxx Mortgage Loans, the
Impac Mortgage Loans, the New Century Mortgage Loans, the GreenPoint Mortgage
Loans and the Accredited Mortgage Loans, the “Mortgage
Loans”)
from
various original loan sellers under GSMC’s mortgage conduit
program.
The
Company will acquire the Mortgage Loans from GSMC, pursuant to a Bill of Sale,
to be dated as of February 28, 2007 (the “Bill
of Sale”),
between the Company and GSMC.
At
or
prior to the time when sales to investors of the Publicly Offered Certificates
were first made (the “Time
of Sale”),
the
Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time
of Sale Information”):
the
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-S1 Free Writing Prospectus dated February
22,
2007
(the
“Preliminary
Free Writing Prospectus”),
the
GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-S1 Term Sheet dated February
22, 2007
(the
“Term
Sheet”)
and
any other “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the
Act (as defined herein)) (a “Free
Writing Prospectus”)
listed
on Schedule IV hereto. If, subsequent to the date of this Agreement, the Company
and the Underwriter have 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
Publicly Offered Certificates, then “Time of Sale Information” will refer to the
information available to purchasers at the time of entry into the first such
new
purchase contract, including any information that corrects such material
misstatements or omissions (“Corrective
Information”).
Certain
Mortgage Loan documents, including the mortgage notes and mortgages, will be
held by the Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The
Publicly Offered Certificates are described more fully in Schedule I hereto
and
in
the Time
of Sale Information and
the
Prospectus (as defined herein). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
1. The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter
that:
(a) A
registration statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-139817), including
a
form of prospectus and such amendments thereto as may have been required to
the
date hereof, relating to the Publicly Offered Certificates and the offering
thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities
Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
and
such registration statement, as amended, has become effective. Such registration
statement, as amended at the Effective Time (as defined herein), including
the
exhibits thereto and any material incorporated by reference therein, are
hereinafter referred to as the “Registration
Statement,”
and
the prospectus (including the base prospectus and any prospectus supplement)
relating to the Publicly Offered Certificates, as last filed, or mailed for
filing, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule
424(b)”)
under
the Act is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.”
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Effective
Time”
means
the date and time as of which such Registration Statement, or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereto, is declared effective by the Commission,
and
“Effective
Date”
means
the date of the Effective Time;
(b) On
the
Effective Date, the Registration Statement did conform in all material respects
to the requirements of the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange
Act”),
where
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act or
the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and did not, as of the Effective Date, 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;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to
any
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter for use in the
Registration Statement;
(c) On
the
date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement conforms, and at the time
of
the last filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (the “Rules
and Regulations”),
and,
except as aforesaid, neither of such documents includes, or will include, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the
Underwriter for use in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus;
(d) The
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they were filed
with
the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and any further documents
so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents
are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to
any
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter for use in the
Prospectus;
(e) The
Time
of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale 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 or warranty with respect to any statements
or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating
to
the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly
for use in such Time of Sale Information;
(f) Other
than the Preliminary Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company
(including its agents and representatives other than the Underwriter in its
capacity as such) 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 Publicly Offered Certificates
other than (i) the Term Sheet (the Term Sheet and each such communication by
the
Company or its agents and representatives that constitutes an “issuer free
writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (other than a
communication referred to in clause (ii) below), an “Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus”),
(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) the documents listed on Schedule
IV
hereto and other written communication approved in writing in advance by the
Underwriter. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material
respects with the Act, has been filed in accordance with Section 11 (to the
extent required thereby) and did not at the Time of Sale, and at the Closing
Date will not, contain any untrue statements of a material fact or (when read
in
conjunction with the other Time of Sale Information) 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 any statements
or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating
to
the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly
for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;
(g) Since
the
date as of which information is given in the Time
of
Sale Information or the Prospectus,
there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting
the
general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results
of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Time
of
Sale Information or the Prospectus;
(h) The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and to conduct
its business as described in
the Time
of Sale Information and
the
Prospectus;
(i) At
the
Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and Bill of Sale will have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered and will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement,
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
principles of equity;
(j) When
the
Certificates are issued, executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates will have
been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will
be
entitled to the benefits of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the
Certificates and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will conform to the
descriptions thereof in the Time
of
Sale Information and the Prospectus;
(k) The
issue
and sale of the Certificates, the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Bill
of Sale and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated, will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which
the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action result in
any
violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws
of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court
or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of
its
properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is
required for the issue and sale of the Publicly Offered Certificates or the
consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Bill of Sale except such
as have been obtained under the Act, and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution
of
the Publicly Offered Certificates by the Underwriter;
(l) The
statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of the
Certificates,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of
the Certificates and insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of
the
documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
(m) Other
than as set forth or contemplated in
the Time
of Sale Information or
the
Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which
the
Company is a party or of which any property of the Company is the subject that,
if determined adversely to the Company, would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, affairs, business, properties or prospects 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;
(n) The
Company will, at the Time of Delivery, own the Mortgage Loans, free and clear
of
any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance,
and,
at the Time of Delivery, the Company will have full power and authority to
sell
and deliver the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and at the Time of Delivery will have duly authorized such assignment
and delivery to the Trustee by all necessary action;
(o) Any
taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
Bill of Sale and the Publicly Offered Certificates will have been paid at or
prior to the Time of Delivery;
(p) At
the
Time of Delivery, the Mortgage Loans will have been duly and validly assigned
and delivered by the Company to the Trustee;
(q) The
Company is not, and on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the
Publicly Offered Certificates is made will not be, an “ineligible issuer”, as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
(r) The
Trust
created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will not at the Time of Delivery
be required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “Investment
Company Act”);
and
(s) The
Company is not and at the Time of Delivery will not be an “investment company,”
as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
2. The
Underwriter represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company,
that:
(a) In
relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant
Member State”),
the
Underwriter 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 Publicly 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 including the relevant
implementation date, make an offer of Certificates to the public in that
Relevant Member State at any time:
(A) 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;
(B) 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
(C) 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 provision, the expression an “offer of Certificates to the
public” in relation to any 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.
(b) The
Underwriter 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 Certificates in
circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the
issuer.
(c) The
Underwriter has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of
the
FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Certificates in,
from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
3. Subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to
the
Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, at a
purchase price determined in accordance with Schedule II hereto, the principal
amount of the Publicly Offered Certificates. Upon the authorization by you
of
the release of the Publicly Offered Certificates, the Underwriter proposes
to
offer the Publicly Offered Certificates for sale to the public (which may
include selected dealers) upon the terms and conditions set forth in
the Time
of Sale Information and
the
Prospectus.
4. (a)
The
Class A-1 Certificates and Class A-IO Certificates to be purchased by the
Underwriter will be represented by one or more definitive global Certificates
in
book-entry form, which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with
The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)
or its
designated custodian. The Company will deliver such Certificates to the
Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of the Underwriter of the purchase
price therefor by wire transfer to the Company of Federal (same day) funds,
by
causing DTC to credit such Certificates to the account of the Underwriter at
DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing such Certificates
to
be made available to the Underwriter for checking at least twenty-four hours
prior to the Time of Delivery at an office designated by the Underwriter (the
“Designated
Office”).
The
time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on February
28, 2007,
or such
other time and date as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date are herein called the “Time
of Delivery”
and
such date is herein called the “Closing
Date.”
(b) The
documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties
hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the
Publicly Offered Certificates and any additional documents requested by the
Underwriter pursuant to Section 7(k) hereof, will be delivered at the offices
of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx llp
(“TPW”)
at Two
World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281 (the “Closing
Location”),
and
the Publicly Offered Certificates will be delivered at the Designated Office,
all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location
at
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding
the
Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be
delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by
the
parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New
York Business Day”
shall
mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day
on
which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The
Company agrees with the Underwriter:
(a) If
required, to file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 424(b) not later than the time specified
therein,
and,
subject to Section 11, to file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent
required by Rule 433 under the Act.
The
Company will advise the Underwriter promptly of any such filing pursuant to
Rule
424(b)
or Rule
433;
(b) To
make
no amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented,
or to
prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, in each case
prior to
the Closing Date, without furnishing the Underwriter with a copy of the proposed
form thereof and providing the Underwriter with a reasonable opportunity to
review the same; and during such same period to advise the Underwriter, promptly
after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement
to
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any amended Prospectus has been
filed or mailed for filing
or any
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been prepared, used, authorized,
approved, referred to or filed,
of the
issuance of any stop order by the Commission, of the suspension of the
qualification of any of the Publicly Offered Certificates for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
any
such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement,
the
Prospectus or an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or for additional information; and, in
the
event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Publicly Offered
Certificates or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best
efforts to obtain its withdrawal;
(c) Promptly
from time to time to take such action as the Underwriter may reasonably request
in order to qualify the Publicly Offered Certificates for offering and sale
under the securities laws of such states as the Underwriter may request and
to
continue such qualifications in effect so long as necessary under such laws
for
the distribution of such Certificates; provided, that in connection therewith
neither the Trust nor the Company shall be required to qualify to do business,
or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction, and
provided, further, that the expense of maintaining any such qualification more
than one year from the Closing Date with respect to such Certificates shall
be
at the Underwriter’s expense;
(d) To
furnish the Underwriter with copies of the Registration Statement (including
exhibits) and copies of the Prospectus and
each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as
amended or supplemented in such quantities as the Underwriter may from time
to
time reasonably request; and if, before a period of six months shall have
elapsed after the Closing Date and the delivery of a prospectus shall be at
the
time required by law (or
required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Act) in
connection with sales of any Publicly Offered Certificates, either (i) any
event
shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus or
an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (ii) for any other
reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement
the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, or
an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to
notify
the Underwriter and upon its request to prepare and furnish without charge
to
the Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the
Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request an amendment or a
supplement to the Prospectus or
an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, which
will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case
the Underwriter is required by law to deliver a prospectus in connection with
sales of any of such Publicly
Offered Certificates
at any time six months or more after the Closing Date, upon the Underwriter’s
request, but at its own expense, to prepare and deliver to the Underwriter
as
many copies as the Underwriter may request of an amended or supplemented
prospectus complying with the Act;
(e) The
Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain
copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Act.
(f) To
make
generally available upon request to Holders of the Publicly Offered Certificates
as soon as practicable, but in any event no later than eighteen months after
the
Closing Date, an earnings statement of the Company complying with Rule 158
under
the Act and covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning
after the Closing Date;
(g) So
long
as any of the Publicly Offered Certificates are outstanding, to furnish the
Underwriter copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other)
furnished to Holders of Certificates, and to deliver to the Underwriter during
such same period, (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports
and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission; (ii) copies
of
each amendment to any of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Bill of
Sale; and (iii) such additional information concerning the business and
financial condition of the Company or the Trust as the Underwriter may from
time
to time reasonably request; and
(h) Not
to be
or become an open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end
investment company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required
to
be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.
6. The
Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that the Company will pay
or
cause to be paid the following: (i) the Commission’s filing fees with respect to
the Publicly Offered Certificates; (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses
of
counsel and accountants for the Company in connection with the issue of the
Certificates and all other expenses in connection with the preparation and
printing of all amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivery
of copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers; (iii) the cost of printing
or
producing this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any Blue Sky
Supplement and any term sheets, computational materials, preliminary and final
prospectus supplements and any other document produced in connection with the
offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Publicly Offered Certificates;
(iv)
all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Publicly Offered
Certificates for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided
in
Section 5(c) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriter in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky Supplement; (v) any fees charged by securities rating services for
rating the Certificates; (vi) the cost of preparing the Certificates; (vii)
the
fees and expenses of the Trustee and of any agent of the Trustee and the fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Pooling
and
Servicing Agreement and the Certificates; (viii) any cost incurred in connection
with the designation of the Certificates for trading in PORTAL; and (ix) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the Company’s
obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this
Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section
6,
Section 8 and Section 12 hereof, the Underwriter will pay all of its own costs
and expenses, including the fees of its counsel, transfer taxes on resale of
any
of the Publicly Offered Certificates by it and any advertising expenses
connected with any offers it may make.
7. The
obligations of the Underwriter hereunder shall be subject, in its discretion,
to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements
of
the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct,
the
condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional
conditions:
(a) The
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Bill of Sale and all of the other
agreements identified in such agreements shall have been duly entered into
by
all of the respective parties;
(b) TPW,
counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriter its written
opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Underwriter;
(c) In-house
counsel for the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a written
opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Underwriter;
(d) Counsel
for each of the Servicers and the Master Servicer satisfactory to the
Underwriter shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinions,
dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter;
(e) Counsel
for the Trustee satisfactory to the Underwriter shall have furnished to the
Underwriter its written opinion, dated as of the Time of Delivery, in form
and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter;
(f) The
independent accountants of the Company or other accountants acceptable to the
Underwriter shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter or letters, dated
on the date hereof, and a letter or letters, dated the Time of Delivery,
respectively, containing statements and information of the type customarily
included in accountants’ “comfort letters” and “agreed upon procedures letters”
with respect to certain financial information contained in the Prospectus,
in
each case as to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request and
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter;
(g) (i)
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since
the
date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Time
of
Sale Information or the Prospectus
as amended prior to the Time of Delivery any loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered
by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time
of
Sale Information or the Prospectus
as amended prior to the Time of Delivery, and (ii) since the respective dates
as
of which information is given in the Time
of
Sale Information or the Prospectus
as amended prior to the Time of Delivery there shall not have been any change
in
the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or
any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as
set
forth or contemplated in the Time
of
Sale Information or the Prospectus
as amended prior to the Time of Delivery, the effect of which, in any such
case
described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Underwriter so
material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with
the offering or the delivery of the Publicly Offered Certificates on the terms
and in the manner contemplated in
the Time
of Sale Information or
the
Prospectus as first amended or supplemented;
(h) On
or
after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the
Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Act,
and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
any
of the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock;
(i) On
or
after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the following:
(i) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the
New
York Stock Exchange; (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
in New York declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or any
material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance
services in the United States; or (iii) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States
of a national emergency or war; or (iv) the occurrence of any other calamity
or
crisis or any change in the financial, political or economic conditions in
the
United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause
(iii) or (iv) in the judgment of the Underwriter makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Publicly
Offered Certificates on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Time
of
Sale Information or the Prospectus;
(j) The
Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriter at
the
Time of Delivery certificates of its officers satisfactory to the Underwriter
as
to the accuracy in all material respects of its representations and warranties
herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance of all of
its
obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery,
as
to the matters set forth in Section 7(a) above and as to such other matters
as
the Underwriter may reasonably request;
(k) The
Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Publicly
Offered Certificates are rated in the rating category or categories specified
on
Schedule I hereto by the rating agency or agencies specified on Schedule I
hereto;
(l) All
opinions, certificates and other documents incident to, and all proceedings
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Bill
of
Sale and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be satisfactory in form
and
substance to the Underwriter and its special counsel; and
(m) The
Registration Statement shall be effective under the Act and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued
and
no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the
Commission; and
(n) The
Policy, for the benefit of the Class A-1 Certificateholders, shall have been
issued by CIFG Assurance North America, Inc.
The
Underwriter and its special counsel shall have received copies of all documents
and other information as they may reasonably request, in form and substance
satisfactory, to the Underwriter and its special counsel, with respect to such
transactions and the taking of all proceedings in connection
therewith.
8. (a)
The
Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Underwriter
may
become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out
of or are based upon (1)
an
untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other
offering material relating to the Publicly Offered Certificates, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or in any static pool information, 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 not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriter for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim,
or (2)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in
the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Information (as defined in Section
11(b)) contained in any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of
the
Underwriter (an “Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus”)
or
contained in any Free Writing Prospectus which is required to be filed pursuant
to Section 11(e)(iii) or Section 11(h), or the omission or alleged omission
to
state a material fact required to make the statements therein (when read in
conjunction with the other Time of Sale Information), in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, which was not
corrected by Corrective Information subsequently supplied by the Company to
the
Underwriter at any time prior to the Time of Sale, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with (i) information with respect to which
each
Underwriter has agreed to indemnify the Company pursuant to Section
8(b);
provided,
however, that the Company shall 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
an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in any such document in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in
the
Registration Statement,
any
Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or
Prospectus.
(b) The
Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under
the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the
Registration Statement,
any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information
or
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any other offering material relating
to
the Publicly Offered Certificates or any amendment 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 not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to
the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or
alleged omission was made (i)
in
any
such document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein; and
will
reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the
Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim
as such expenses are incurred,
or (ii)
in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (in the case of an omission or an
alleged omission, when read in conjunction with the Time of Sale Information);
provided, that the Underwriter shall not be obligated to so indemnify and hold
harmless (A) with respect to information that is also contained in the Time
of
Sale Information or (B) to the extent such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities are caused by a misstatement or omission resulting from an error
or
omission in the Issuer Information to the Underwriter which was not corrected
by
Corrective Information subsequently supplied by the Company to the Underwriter
at any time prior to the Time of Sale.
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if
a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise
than
under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and,
to
the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory
to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the
indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice
from
the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel
or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified
party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation.
(d) If
the
indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other from the offering
of
the Publicly Offered Certificates to which such loss, claim, damage or liability
(or actions in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided
by
the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if
the
indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable
by
such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only
such relative benefits but also 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 benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as
the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriter. 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 relates to
information supplied 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. The Company and
the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro
rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of
the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to
above
in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount
in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Publicly Offered
Certificates underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered
to
the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. 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.
(e) The
obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter
within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriter with
respect to any Publicly Offered Certificates under this Section 8 shall be
in
addition to any liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of
the
Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of the Act.
9. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company and the Underwriter as set forth in this Agreement,
shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or
any
statement as to the results thereof) made in connection with the issuance of
Certificates by or on behalf of the Underwriter or any controlling person of
the
Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person
of
the Company and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Publicly Offered
Certificates.
10. If
for
any reason the Certificates are not delivered by or on behalf of the Trustee
as
provided herein, other than by the Underwriter’s failure to comply with its
obligations hereunder, the Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all
out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriter in making preparations for the purchase, sale and
delivery of the Publicly Offered Certificates, but the Company shall be under
no
further liability to the Underwriter with respect to such Certificates except
as
provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof.
11. (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
Publicly Offered Certificates, unless such written communication (1) is made
in
reliance on Rule 134 under the Act, (2) constitutes a prospectus satisfying
the
requirements of Rule 430B under the Act or (3) constitutes a Free Writing
Prospectus. Without the Company’s prior written consent, the Underwriter shall
not convey or deliver in connection with the initial offering of the Publicly
Offered 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) The Underwriter
shall deliver to the Company, no later than two business days prior to the
date
of first use thereof, (a) any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus 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 Publicly Offered Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Free Writing Prospectus that contains only
ABS Informational and Computational Materials 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 11(b) will constitute all Free Writing Prospectuses of the type
described therein that were furnished to prospective purchasers of Publicly
Offered Certificates by the Underwriter in connection with its offer and sale
of
the Publicly Offered 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
11(b), when read together with all other Time of Sale Information, did not,
as
of the Time of Sale, and will not as of the Closing Date, include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit any material fact 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 Corrective Information subsequently
supplied by the Company to the Underwriter prior to the Time of
Sale.
(e) The
Company agrees to file with the Commission the following: (i)
any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; (ii) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion
thereof delivered by the Underwriter to the Company pursuant to Section 11(b);
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 11(e) by the Company
shall 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 Publicly Offered Certificates shall be filed by the Company with
the Commission within two days of the later of the date such final terms have
been established for all classes of Publicly Offered 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 shall
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 Publicly Offered
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 11(e)(iii) shall, 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 the Underwriter
or any other offering participant other than the Company, 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 the
Publicly Offered Certificates, or (B) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion
thereof that contains a description of the Publicly Offered Certificates or
the
offering of the Publicly Offered Certificates which does not 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 11(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 11(e) and 11(g), neither the Issuing Entity 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 it shall contain the following legend:
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 trust 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.
(k) In
the
event that the Underwriter becomes aware that, as of the Time of Sale, any
Issuer Information contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus and
delivered to a purchaser of a Publicly Offered Certificate was not correctly
reflected in such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus such that it caused the
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus to contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they
were made, when read together with all other Time of Sale Information not
misleading (such Free Writing Prospectus, a “Defective
Free Writing Prospectus”),
the
Underwriter shall notify the Company thereof within one business day after
discovery and shall, if requested by the Company.
(i) Prepare
a
Free Writing Prospectus with Corrective Information that corrects the material
misstatement in or omission from the Defective Free Writing Prospectus (such
corrected Free Writing Prospectus, a “Corrected
Free Writing Prospectus”);
(ii) Deliver
the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus to each purchaser of a Publicly Offered
Certificate which received the Defective Free Writing Prospectus prior to
entering into an agreement to purchase any Publicly Offered
Certificates;
(iii) Notify
such purchaser in a prominent fashion that the prior agreement to purchase
Publicly Offered Certificates has been terminated, and of such purchaser’s
rights as a result of termination of such agreement; and
(iv) Provide
such purchaser with an opportunity to affirmatively agree to purchase such
Publicly Offered Certificates on the terms described in the Corrected Free
Writing Prospectus.
(l) The
Underwriter covenants with the Company that after the final Prospectus is
available the Underwriter shall not distribute any written information
concerning the Publicly Offered Certificates that contains Issuer Information
to
a prospective purchaser of Publicly Offered Certificates unless such information
is preceded or accompanied by the final Prospectus.
12. All
statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing
or by
telegram if promptly confirmed in writing, and shall be sufficient in all
respects, if delivered or sent by registered mail to the Underwriter, to the
address of the Underwriter, Attention: Registration Department, set forth above;
if to the Company, to the address of the Company set forth in the Prospectus,
Attention: President.
13. This
Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of the
Underwriter, the Company and, to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof, the
officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company
or the Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right
under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Publicly
Offered Certificates from the Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign
merely by reason of such purchase.
14. Time
shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
15. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This
Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
17. The
Company is authorized, subject to applicable law, to disclose any and all
aspects of this potential transaction that are necessary to support any U.S.
federal income tax benefits expected to be claimed with respect to such
transaction, and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other
tax
analyses) related to those benefits, without the Underwriter imposing any
limitations of any kind.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign
and return to the undersigned two counterparts hereof, whereupon this letter
and
your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and
the
Underwriter.
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Very
truly yours,
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GS
MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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Accepted
as of the date hereof:
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XXXXXXX,
XXXXX & CO.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
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SCHEDULE
I
PUBLICLY
OFFERED CERTIFICATES
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Class
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Approximate
Initial Class Principal Balance(1)
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Pass-Through
Rate
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Type
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Ratings
(S&P/Xxxxx’x)
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A-1
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$ 277,251,000
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Variable(3)
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Senior
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AAA/Aaa
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A-IO
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$ 114,658,000
(2)
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6.00%(4)
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Senior
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AAA/Aaa
|
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(1)
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Subject
to a variance of +/-10%.
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(2)
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The
Class A-IO certificates are interest only certificates, will have
no
principal balance and will accrue interest on their notional amount,
which
initially is $114,658,000. The Class A-IO notional amount for each
distribution date will be equal to the lesser of (1) a scheduled
notional
balance and (2) the current aggregate stated principal balance of
the
mortgage loans. After the distribution date in August 2008, the Class
A-IO
notional amount will be zero.
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(3)
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The
Class A-1 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the
lesser
of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.170% per annum (0.340% per annum after
the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is
exercisable), and (ii) the WAC Cap, as described in this prospectus
supplement under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions of
Interest and Principal.”
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(4)
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The
Class A-IO certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the
lesser
of (i) 6.00% per annum and (ii) the WAC
Cap.
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SCHEDULE
II
PURCHASE
PRICE
The
purchase price for the Publicly Offered Certificates shall equal 99.77% of
the
aggregate class principal balance of
the
Publicly Offered Certificates set forth on Schedule I.
SCHEDULE
III
[RESERVED]
SCHEDULE
IV
TIME
OF
SALE INFORMATION
[On
file
with Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.]
