PHH MORTGAGE CAPITAL
LLC
PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-4
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Approximate Initial
Certificate Principal
Balance
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Pass-Through
Rate
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Class
A-1
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Variable
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Class
A-2
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Variable
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Class
A-4
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Variable
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Class
A-5
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0.92%
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Class
A-6
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Variable
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Class
A-7
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Variable
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Class
B-1
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Variable
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Class
B-2
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Variable
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Class
B-3
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Variable
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*Notional
Amount
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AGENCY AGREEMENT
November 27, 2006
William J.
Mayer Securities, LLC
60 Arch
Street
Greenwich, CT
06830
PHH Mortgage Capital LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Depositor”), proposes to engage
you (also referred to herein as the “Agent”) as
placement agent, on a best efforts basis, only pursuant to this
Agency Agreement (the “Agreement”), for all of the
PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-4, Class A-1,
Class A-2, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7, Class B-1,
Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates (collectively, the
“Certificates”), having the aggregate principal or
notional amounts and Pass-Through Rates set forth above. The
Certificates, together with the Class A-3, Class A-8, Class A-9,
Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates (collectively, the
“Private Certificates”) and the Class R-I Certificates
and Class R-II Certificates (together, the “Class R
Certificates”) of the same series, will evidence the entire
beneficial interest in the Trust Fund (as defined in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement referred to below) consisting primarily of
a pool (the “Pool”) of conventional, fixed-rate one- to
four- family residential mortgage loans (the “Mortgage
Loans”) as described in the Prospectus Supplement (as
hereinafter defined) to be sold by the Depositor. The Mortgage
Loans will be purchased by the Depositor from PHH Mortgage (as
defined herein) and Bishop’s Gate Residential Mortgage Trust
(“Bishop’s Gate” and together with PHH Mortgage,
the “Sellers”) pursuant to a mortgage loan purchase
agreement (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”) to
be dated as of November 1, 2006 (the “Cut-off
Date”).
The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a
pooling and servicing agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”) to be dated as of the Cut-off Date among the
Depositor, as depositor, PHH Mortgage Corporation, as master
servicer (“PHH Mortgage” or the “Master
Servicer”) and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the
“Trustee”). The Certificates are described more fully
in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement (each as
hereinafter defined) which the Depositor has furnished to
you.
1. Representations, Warranties and
Covenants.
1.1 The Depositor represents and warrants to, and
agrees with you that as of the date hereof (or as of such other
date as may be specified in the representation and
warranty):
(a) The Depositor has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration
statement (No. 333-131214) on Form S-3 for the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates and Mortgage-Backed Notes
(issuable in series), including the Certificates, which
registration statement has become effective, and a copy of which,
as amended to the date hereof, has heretofore been delivered to
you. The Depositor proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the rules and regulations of the Commission under
the Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) a supplement dated
November 27, 2006 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), to the
prospectus dated November 27, 2006 (the “Base
Prospectus”), relating to the Certificates and the method of
distribution thereof. Such registration statement (No. 333-131214)
including exhibits thereto and any information incorporated therein
by reference, as amended at the date hereof, is hereinafter called
the “Registration Statement”; and the Base Prospectus
and the Prospectus Supplement and any information incorporated
therein by reference, together with any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto authorized by the Depositor on or prior to the
Closing Date for use in connection with the offering of the
Certificates, are hereinafter called the “Prospectus”.
The Depositor further proposes to prepare, after the final terms of
all classes of the Certificates have been established, a Term Sheet
and Term Sheet Supplement (such Term Sheet and Term Sheet
Supplement, together with the Basic Prospectus, the
“Definitive Free Writing Prospectus”). The Definitive
Free Writing Prospectus must be provided to each investor prior to
the time of Contract of Sale (as defined herein).
(b) The Registration Statement has become effective,
and the Registration Statement as of the effective date (the
“Effective Date”) and as of the Closing Date, and the
Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of
the Closing Date, complied in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the 1933 Act Regulations;
and the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date and as of
the date of any amendment thereto, did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and the Prospectus, as of the
date of the Prospectus Supplement, did not, and as of the Closing
Date will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact and
did not and will not 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,
however, that neither the Depositor nor PHH Mortgage makes any
representations or warranties as to (i) any information contained
in or omitted from the portions of the Prospectus set forth under
the caption “Method of Distribution” relating to the
Certificates and the stabilization legend required by Item
502(d)(1) under Regulation S-K of the Act (the “Agent
Information”) as set forth in Exhibit C hereto or (ii) any
decrement or yield tables set forth in the section titled
“Yield on the Certificates” in the Prospectus
Supplement (the “Decrement/Yield Tables”). In addition,
the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus, as of the date thereof and
as of the Closing Date, did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact and did not and will not 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. The effective date shall mean the earlier of the date
by which the Prospectus Supplement is first used and the time of
the first Contract of Sale to which such Prospectus Supplement
relates.
(c) The Depositor has been duly formed and is
validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite
organizational power to own its properties and to conduct its
business as presently conducted by it; and the Depositor is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company in
good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership of
property or the conduct of its business as presently conducted by
it requires such qualification.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Depositor.
(e) As of the Closing Date, the Certificates and the
Private Certificates will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus and the
representations and warranties of the Depositor in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement will be true and correct in all material
respects.
(f) As of the Closing Date, the Class A-1, Class
A-2, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7 and Class B-1
Certificates will be “mortgage related securities” as
such term is defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”).
(g) Each of the Certificates and the Private
Certificates, when validly authenticated, issued and delivered in
accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, will be duly
and validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and immediately prior to the
delivery of the Certificates to the Agent, the Depositor will own
the Certificates, and upon such delivery the Agent will acquire
title thereto, free and clear of any lien, pledge, encumbrance or
other security interest other than one created or granted by the
Agent.
(h) As of the Closing Date, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Depositor and will conform in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus
and, assuming the valid execution thereof by the Trustee and the
Master Servicer, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will
constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Depositor
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
and by general equity principles.
(i) As of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Depositor and the Sellers and will conform in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the
Depositor and the Sellers enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general equity
principles.
(j) Neither the issuance or delivery of the
Certificates and the Private Certificates, nor the consummation of
any other of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
nor compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Agreement,
will conflict with or result in the breach of any material term or
provision of the certificate of formation or bylaws of the
Depositor, and the Depositor is not in breach or violation of or in
default (nor has an event occurred which with notice or lapse of
time or both would constitute a default) under the terms of (i) any
indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement
or other evidence of indebtedness or other agreement, obligation or
instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it or its
properties are bound, or (ii) any law, decree, order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or supervisory,
regulatory, administrative or governmental agency, body or
authority, or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Depositor, or
its properties, the default in or the breach or violation of which
would have a material adverse effect on the Depositor or the
ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement; and neither the delivery of the Certificates, nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated herein
or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, nor the compliance with the provisions of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or this Agreement will result in such a breach, violation
or default which would have such a material adverse
effect.
(k) No filing or registration with, notice to, or
consent, approval, authorization or order or other action of, any
court or governmental authority or agency is required for the
consummation by the Depositor of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement (other than as required under state
securities laws or Blue Sky laws, as to which no representations
and warranties are made by the Depositor), except such as have
been, or will have been prior to the Closing Date, obtained under
the Act, and such recordations of the assignment of the Mortgage
Loans to the Trustee or, if applicable, to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) on behalf of the
Trustee, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that have
not yet been completed.
(l) There is no action, suit or proceeding before or
by any court, administrative or governmental agency, or other
tribunal, domestic or foreign, now pending to which the Depositor
is a party, or to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge
threatened against the Depositor, which could reasonably result
individually or in the aggregate in any material adverse change in
the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, affairs,
regulatory situation or business prospects of the Depositor or
could reasonably interfere with or materially and adversely affect
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
(m) At the time of execution and delivery of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will own the
mortgage notes (the “Mortgage Notes”) being transferred
to the Trust Fund (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, free
and clear of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, encumbrance,
adverse claim or other security interest (collectively,
“Liens”), except to the extent permitted in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, and will not have assigned to any person
other than the Trust Fund any of its right, title or interest in
the Mortgage Notes. The Depositor will have the power and authority
to transfer the Mortgage Notes to the Trust Fund and to transfer
the Certificates to the Agent, and, upon execution and delivery to
the Trustee of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, payment by the
Agent for the Certificates, and delivery to the Agent of the
Certificates, the Trust Fund will own the Mortgage Notes and the
Agent will acquire title to the Certificates, in each case free of
Liens except to the extent permitted by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(n) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges
in connection with the execution, delivery and issuance of this
Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, the Certificates and the Private Certificates
have been or will be paid by the Depositor or prior to the Closing
Date, except for fees for recording assignments of Mortgage Loans
to the Trustee or, if applicable, to MERS on behalf of the Trustee,
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that have not yet
been completed, which fees will be paid by the Depositor in
accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(o) The transfer of the Mortgage Loans and the
related assets to the Trust Estate at the Closing Date will be
treated by the Depositor for financial accounting and reporting
purposes as a sale of assets and not as a pledge of assets to
secure debt.
(p) The Depositor is not, and, after giving effect
to the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the offering
and sale of the Certificates, neither the Depositor nor Trust Fund
will be, an “investment company” as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(q) The Depositor is not, as of the date upon which
it delivers the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus, an Ineligible
Issuer, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act
Regulations.
1.2 PHH Mortgage represents and warrants to, and
agrees with you that as of the date hereof (or as of such other
date as may be specified in the representation and
warranty):
(a) As of the Closing Date the representations and
warranties of PHH Mortgage herein and in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement will be true and correct in all material
respects.
(b) PHH Mortgage has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the State of New Jersey and has the requisite corporate power to
own its properties and to conduct its business as presently
conducted by it; and PHH Mortgage is duly qualified to do business
in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership
of property or the conduct of its business as presently conducted
by it requires such qualification.
(c) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by PHH Mortgage.
(d) As of the Closing Date, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Master Servicer and, assuming the valid execution
thereof by the Trustee and the Depositor, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the
Master Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights and by general equity
principles.
(e) As of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by PHH Mortgage and will constitute a valid and binding
agreement of PHH Mortgage enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general equity
principles.
2. Placement of Certificates.
2.1 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, the Depositor and PHH Mortgage hereby appoint the
Agent as their agent to solicit and receive offers to purchase the
Certificates for settlement on November 29, 2006 (the
“Closing Date”), and the Agent hereby accepts such
appointment and agrees to use reasonable efforts, as your agent and
not as principal, to so solicit and receive offers to purchase the
Certificates. The Agent further agrees to use reasonable efforts to
assist you in connection with the sale of the Certificates to the
purchasers thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor,
in it sole discretion, may accept an offer to purchase any of the
Certificates on a date after the Closing Date, in which case any
such Certificates will be held by PHH Mortgage pending such
settlement date.
2.2 You are not required to place any specific
dollar amount of Certificates, but will use your best efforts to
place the Certificates. The termination of the offering is the
earlier to occur of one year from the date of this Agreement and
the date on which all of the Certificates have been sold. The
Depositor reserves the right to terminate your offering of the
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, as to any Certificates for
which an offer to purchase that is acceptable to the Depositor in
its sole discretion is not obtained by you. In connection with the
foregoing, and in accordance with Section 4 hereof and applicable
law you will: (a) offer the Certificates to prospective investors;
(b) solicit indications of interest to purchase the Certificates;
(c) submit pricing and settlement information for each proposed
sale to the Depositor, which in each case shall be subject to the
Depositor’s approval in its sole discretion; (d) prepare and
deliver a confirmation for each sale in your capacity as agent; (e)
refrain from using any Written Communications except as permitted
by Section 4(d)(1) hereof; and (f) instruct all investors that they
must deposit with Citibank, N.A. the amount of their purchase price
by wire transfer of immediately available funds, which must be
received by Citibank, N.A. no later than 10:00 a.m. New York City
time on the Closing Date (or, if applicable, on any subsequent
settlement date), and that any investor who fails to do so will be
subject to fail costs. All settlements for the sale of the
Certificates will be made through Citibank, N.A. Each confirmed
sale of any of the Certificates by the Depositor to an investor
will not be contingent on any other sale. As used herein, the terms
“offer” and “sale” have the meanings
specified in Section 2(3) of the Act.
The Agent represents and warrants that it has
not offered and will not offer any Certificates in any of the EU
Member States or in Iceland, Liechenstein or Norway.
The Agent may separately engage, at its own
expense and with the prior written approval of the Depositor and
PHH Mortgage, such sub-agents as it may deem necessary or
appropriate.
2.3 The Depositor shall have the sole right to
accept offers to purchase Certificates from it and may reject any
such offer in whole or in part. The Agent also shall have the
right, in its discretion reasonably exercised and without notice to
the Depositor or PHH Mortgage, to reject in whole or in part any
offer to purchase Certificates received by it.
2.4 The Agent may at any time agree to purchase, as
principal, any portion of the Certificates, but has no obligation
whatsoever to do so. The Depositor or PHH Mortgage may at any time
agree to sell to the Agent, as principal, any portion of the
Certificates, but have no obligation whatsoever to do
so.
3.
Delivery and Payment
. Delivery of and payment for the
Certificates shall be made at the office of Thacher Proffitt &
Wood llp at 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on November 29, 2006 or
such later date as you shall designate, which date and time may be
postponed by agreement between you and the Depositor (such date and
time of delivery and payment for the Certificates being herein
called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the
Certificates shall be made to the purchasers thereof through the
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) against payment by the
purchaser thereof of the purchase price therefor to or upon the
order of the Depositor by wire transfer in immediately available
funds.
4.
Offering by Agent
. It is understood that you propose
to offer the Certificates for sale to the public as agent on behalf
of the Depositor and PHH Mortgage as set forth in the
Prospectus.
(a) It is understood that the Agent proposes to
solicit offers for the Certificates for sale to the public as set
forth in the Prospectus and the Agent agrees that all such
solicitations by it shall be made in compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations. Prior to the date hereof, you have not
offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any
Certificate or any security backed by the Mortgage Loans, any
interest in any Certificate or such security or any Mortgage
Loan.
(b) It is understood that the Agent will solicit
offers to purchase the Certificates as follows:
(1) Prior to the time
you have received the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus you may,
in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, solicit offers
to purchase Certificates; provided, that you shall not accept any
such offer to purchase a Certificate or any interest in any
Certificate or Mortgage Loan or otherwise enter into any Contract
of Sale for any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any
Mortgage Loan prior to the investor’s receipt of the
Definitive Free Writing Prospectus.
(2) Any Free Writing
Prospectus (other than the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus)
relating to the Certificates used by the Agent in compliance with
the terms of this Agreement prior to the time the Depositor has
entered into a Contract of Sale for Certificates shall prominently
set forth substantially the following statement:
The
information in this free writing prospectus is preliminary, and
will be superseded by the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus. This
free writing prospectus is being delivered to you solely to provide
you with information about the offering of the Certificates
referred to in this free writing prospectus and to solicit an offer
to purchase the Certificates, when, as and if issued. Any such
offer to purchase made by you will not be accepted and will not
constitute a contractual commitment by you to purchase any of the
Certificates until your offer to purchase Certificates has been
accepted. Any offer by you to purchase Certificates will not be
accepted, and you will not have any contractual commitment to
purchase any of the Certificates until after you have received the
Definitive Free Writing Prospectus. You may withdraw your offer to
purchase Certificates at any time prior to the acceptance of your
offer.
“Written Communication”
has the same meaning as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the
1933 Act Regulations.
(3) Any Free Writing
Prospectus relating to Certificates and used by the Agent in
connection with marketing the Certificates, including the
Definitive Free Writing Prospectus, shall prominently set forth
substantially the following statement:
The
Certificates referred to in these materials are being sold when, as
and if issued. You are advised that Certificates may not be issued
that have the characteristics described in these materials. The
issuing entity’s obligation to sell such Certificates to you
is conditioned on the mortgage loans and certificates having the
characteristics described in these materials. If for any reason
such Certificates are not delivered, we will notify you, and
neither the issuing entity nor any agent or underwriter will have
any obligation to you to deliver all or any portion of the
Certificates which you have committed to purchase, and none of the
issuing entity nor any agent or underwriter will be liable for any
costs or damages whatsoever arising from or related to such
non-delivery.
(c) It is understood that no investor
will enter into a Contract of Sale until the Definitive Free
Writing Prospectus has been conveyed to the investor. For purposes
of this Agreement, Contract of Sale has the same meaning as in Rule
159 of the 1933 Act Regulations and all Commission guidance
relating to Rule 159. The Definitive Free Writing Prospectus shall
prominently set forth substantially the following
statement:
This Definitive Free Writing
Prospectus supersedes the information in any free writing
prospectus previously delivered in connection with this offering,
to the extent that this Definitive Free Writing Prospectus is
inconsistent with any information in any free writing prospectus
delivered in connection with this offering.
(d) It is understood that the Agent may
prepare and provide to prospective investors certain Free Writing
Prospectuses (as defined below), subject to the following
conditions:
(1) Unless preceded or
accompanied by a prospectus satisfying the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Act, the Agent shall not convey or deliver any Written
Communication to any person in connection with the initial offering
of the Certificates, unless such Written Communication either (i)
is made in reliance on Rule 134 under the Act, (ii) constitutes a
prospectus satisfying the requirements of Rule 430B under the Act,
(iii) is the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus, or (iv) both (1)
constitutes a Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) used in
reliance on Rule 164 and (2) includes only information that is
within the definition of ABS Informational and Computational
Materials as defined in Item 1100 of Regulation AB, or Permitted
Additional Materials.
(2) The Agent shall
comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with
the use of Free Writing Prospectuses, including but not limited to
Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations and all Commission
guidance relating to Free Writing Prospectuses, including but not
limited to Commission Release No. 33-8591.
(3) For purposes
hereof, “Free Writing Prospectus” shall have the
meaning given such term in Rules 405 and 433 of the 1933 Act
Regulations. “Issuer Information” shall mean
information included in a Free Writing Prospectus that both (i) is
within the types of information specified in clauses (1) to (5) of
footnote 271 of Commission Release No. 33-8591 (Securities Offering
Reform) as sho
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