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EXHIBIT 99.3
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EXECUTION COPY
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CWABS MASTER TRUST
Issuer
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BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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INDENTURE
Dated as of March 28, 2003
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 1.01. Definitions...................................................................2
Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.............................2
Section 1.03. Other Terms...................................................................2
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.........................................................3
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form..........................................................................4
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication, and Delivery.......................................4
Section 2.03. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange...........................5
Section 2.04. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Notes...................................6
Section 2.05. Persons Considered Owner......................................................7
Section 2.06. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.........................7
Section 2.07. Cancellation..................................................................8
Section 2.08. Book-Entry Notes..............................................................9
Section 2.09. Notices To Depository.........................................................9
Section 2.10. Definitive Notes.............................................................10
Section 2.11. Tax Treatment................................................................10
Section 2.12. Transfer Restrictions; Restrictive Legends...................................10
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest............................................12
Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................................12
Section 3.03. Money For Payments To Be Held in Trust.......................................13
Section 3.04. Existence....................................................................14
Section 3.05. Protection of the Collateral.................................................14
Section 3.06. Opinions About Collateral....................................................15
Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations...................................................16
Section 3.08. Negative Covenants...........................................................17
Section 3.09. Annual Compliance Statement..................................................18
Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms..........................19
Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee......................................................19
Section 3.12. Further Instruments and Acts.................................................19
Section 3.13. Compliance with Laws.........................................................20
Section 3.14. Master Servicer as Agent and Bailee of the Indenture Trustee.................20
Section 3.15. Investment Company Act.......................................................20
Section 3.16. Representations. ............................................................20
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture......................................20
Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money...................................................21
Section 4.03. Subrogation and Cooperation..................................................22
Section 4.04. Release of Collateral........................................................22
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of Default............................................................23
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment...........................24
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee............................................................25
Section 5.04. Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...................................26
Section 5.05. Remedies; Priorities.........................................................27
Section 5.06. Optional Preservation of the Collateral......................................28
Section 5.07. Limitation of Suits..........................................................29
Section 5.08. Unconditional Right to Receive Principal and Interest........................29
Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies...........................................29
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative...............................................30
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver...............................................30
Section 5.12. Control by Credit Enhancer or Noteholders....................................30
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults......................................................30
Section 5.14. Undertaking For Costs........................................................31
Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.............................................31
Section 5.16. Rapid Amortization Events....................................................31
Section 5.17. Sale of Collateral...........................................................33
Section 5.18. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations...........................33
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee..................................................34
Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults...........................................................35
Section 6.03. Rights of Indenture Trustee..................................................35
Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee Not Responsible for Certain Things.........................36
Section 6.05. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.......................................37
Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust..........................................................37
Section 6.07. Compensation.................................................................37
Section 6.08. Eligibility..................................................................38
Section 6.09. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.............................38
Section 6.10. Replacement of Indenture Trustee.............................................38
Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.......................................39
Section 6.12. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger........................................39
Section 6.13. Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture
Trustee......................................................................40
Section 6.14. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee..........................41
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ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Names and Addresses of Noteholders.........................41
Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications..................................42
Section 7.03. Reports of Issuer............................................................42
Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee.................................................42
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS, AND RELEASES
Section 8.01. Accounts.....................................................................44
Section 8.02. Withdrawals from the Collection Account......................................44
Section 8.03. Payments.....................................................................46
Section 8.04. Calculation of the Note Rate.................................................48
Section 8.05. Claims on the Policy; Policy Payments Account................................48
Section 8.06. Replacement Policy...........................................................49
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.......................50
Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders..........................51
Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.........................................52
Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture.............................................52
Section 9.05. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures................................52
Section 9.06. Tax Opinion..................................................................53
ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 10.01. Redemption...................................................................53
Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice....................................................54
Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date.............................................54
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc....................................55
Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.............................56
Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders..........................................................57
Section 11.04. Notices, etc.................................................................58
Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver...............................................59
Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions......................................59
Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................................59
Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.....................................60
Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns.......................................................60
Section 11.10. Separability.................................................................60
Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture........................................................60
Section 11.12. Legal Holidays...............................................................60
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Section 11.13. Governing Law................................................................60
Section 11.14. Counterparts.................................................................60
Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture.......................................................61
Section 11.16. No Petition..................................................................61
Section 11.17. Act on Instructions from Credit Enhancer.....................................61
Section 11.18. Trust Obligation.............................................................61
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - FORM OF NOTE ................................................................A-1
ANNEX 1 - DEFINITIONS....................................................................ANN-1-1
ANNEX 2 - ADOPTION ANNEX.................................................................ANN-2-1
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of March 28, 2003, between CWABS MASTER TRUST, a
Delaware statutory trust, and THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, as indenture trustee,
WITNESSETH THAT
Each party agrees for the benefit of the other party and for the benefit
of the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer as follows.
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer Grants to the Indenture Trustee for the series referred to in
the Adoption Annex at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit
of the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer, all of the Issuer's interest
existing now or in the future in:
o the Mortgage Loans including their Asset Balances (including all
Additional Balances) and the related Mortgage Files and all property
that secures the Mortgage Loans and all property that is acquired by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, and all collections
received on each Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (excluding
payments due by the Cut-off Date);
o the Issuer's rights under hazard insurance policies;
o the interest of the Issuer in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
the Purchase Agreement (including the Issuer's right to cause
Mortgage Loans to be repurchased);
o all rights under any guaranty executed in connection with the
Mortgage Loans;
o the segregated account maintained to hold collections and its
contents; and
o all present and future claims, demands, causes of action, and choses
in action regarding any of the foregoing and all payments on and all
proceeds from any of the foregoing, including all proceeds of their
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid
property, all cash proceeds, accounts, notes, drafts, acceptances,
chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds,
condemnation awards, rights to payment of every kind, and other
forms of obligations, instruments, and other property that at any
time constitute any part of or are included in the proceeds of any
of the foregoing (collectively, the "Collateral").
The Notes will have the benefit of the Insurance policy issued by the
Credit Enhancer.
This Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal and
interest on, and any other amounts owing on, the Notes, without prejudice,
priority, or distinction, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this
Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
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The foregoing Grant shall inure to the benefit of the Credit Enhancer to
the extent of draws made on the Policy and amounts owing under the Insurance
Agreement, and shall continue for the benefit of the Credit Enhancer until all
amounts owed the Credit Enhancer have been repaid in full.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders
and the Credit Enhancer, acknowledges the Grant, accepts the trusts under this
Indenture in accordance with this Indenture, and agrees to perform its duties
required in this Indenture in accordance with its terms and the terms of the
Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms are
used in this Indenture as defined in Annex 1.
Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference into this Indenture. The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Indenture
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute, or defined by Commission rule
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.03. Other Terms.
Defined terms that are used only in one section or only in another
definition may be omitted from the list of defined terms in Annex 1. Defined
terms used in this Indenture are sometimes defined after their first use
without a reference such as "(as hereinafter defined)." Defined terms include,
as appropriate, all genders and the plural as well as the singular.
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Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture or unless the
context otherwise clearly requires:
(a) References to designated articles, sections, subsections, exhibits,
and other subdivisions of this Indenture, such as "Section 6.12 (a)," refer to
the designated article, section, subsection, exhibit, or other subdivision of
this Indenture as a whole and to all subdivisions of the designated article,
section, subsection, exhibit, or other subdivision. The words "herein,"
"hereof," "hereto," "hereunder," and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular article, section, exhibit,
or other subdivision of this Indenture.
(b) Any term that relates to a document or a statute, rule, or regulation
includes any amendments, modifications, supplements, or any other changes that
may have occurred since the document, statute, rule, or regulation came into
being, including changes that occur after the date of this Indenture except in
the case of the TIA.
(c) Any party may execute any of the requirements under this Indenture
either directly or through others, and the right to cause something to be done
rather than doing it directly shall be implicit in every requirement under
this Indenture. Unless a provision is restricted as to time or limited as to
frequency, all provisions under this Indenture are implicitly available and
things may happen from time to time.
(d) The term "including" and all its variations mean "including but not
limited to." Except when used in conjunction with the word "either," the word
"or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or
B or both," not "either A or B but not both").
(e) A reference to "a thing" or "any of a thing" does not imply the
existence or occurrence of the thing referred to even though not followed by
"if any," and "any of a thing" is any and all of it. A reference to the plural
of anything as to which there could be either one or more than one does not
imply the existence of more than one (for instance, the phrase "the obligors
on a note" means "the obligor or obligors on a note"). "Until something
occurs" does not imply that it must occur, and will not be modified by the
word "unless." The word "due" and the word "payable" are each used in the
sense that the stated time for payment has past. The word indemnify is used to
include its dictionary sense of hold harmless. The word "accrued" is used in
its accounting sense, i.e., an amount paid is no longer accrued. In the
calculation of amounts of things, differences and sums may generally result in
negative numbers, but when the calculation of the excess of one thing over
another results in zero or a negative number, the calculation is disregarded
and an "excess" does not exist. Portions of things may be expressed as
fractions or percentages interchangeably.
(f) All accounting terms used in an accounting context and not otherwise
defined, and accounting terms partly defined in this Indenture, to the extent
not completely defined,
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shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this
Indenture are inconsistent with their meanings under generally accepted
accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Indenture shall
control. Capitalized terms used in this Indenture without definition that are
defined in the UCC are used in this Indenture as defined in the UCC.
(g) In the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a
later specified date or an open-ended period, the word "from" or "beginning"
means "from and including," the words "to" or "until" mean "to but excluding,"
and the word "through" means "to and including." Likewise, in setting
deadlines or other periods, "by" means "on or before." The words "preceding,"
"following," and words of similar import, mean immediately preceding or
following. References to a month or a year refer to calendar months and
calendar years.
(h) Any reference to the enforceability of any agreement against a party
means that it is enforceable, subject as to enforcement against the party, to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, and other similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form.
The Notes, together with the Indenture Trustee's certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A, with any
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations
required or permitted by this Indenture. The Notes may have any letters,
numbers, or other marks of identification and any legends or endorsements
placed on them that the officers executing them determine appropriate and that
are consistent with this Indenture, as evidenced by their execution of the
Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be on its reverse.
The Notes may be typewritten, printed, lithographed, or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved
borders), all as determined by the officers executing them, as evidenced by
their execution of them.
The terms of the Notes are part of the terms of this Indenture.
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication, and Delivery.
(a) The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its
Authorized Officers. The signature of any Authorized Officer on the Notes may
be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind
the Issuer, notwithstanding that they may have
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ceased to hold their offices before the authentication and delivery of the
Notes or did not hold their offices at the date of the Notes.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Order authenticate and
deliver for original issue the Notes in the amounts reflected in the Adoption
Annex. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not
exceed those amounts except as provided in Section 2.04. Each Note shall be
dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as
registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $25,000 and in integral
multiples of $1,000 above that.
(c) No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be a
valid obligation of the Issuer for any purpose, unless a certificate of
authentication appears on it executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories. A certificate of
authentication on any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that it has been duly authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
Section 2.03. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Issuer shall cause a register (the "Note Register") to be kept in
which the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the
registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be
the "Note Registrar" for registering Notes and transfers of Notes. Upon any
resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor or, if it elects not to, it shall assume the duties of Note
Registrar. If the Issuer appoints a person other than the Indenture Trustee to
be Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt notice of
the appointment of the Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in
the location, of the Note Register. The Indenture Trustee may inspect the Note
Register at all reasonable times and obtain copies of it. The Indenture
Trustee may rely on a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by
one of its Authorized Officers as to the names and addresses of the
Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of the Notes.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office
or agency of the Issuer to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.02, if the
requirements of this Indenture and Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the
designated transferees, new Notes of the same Class in any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
(c) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes
of the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at the office or
agency of the Issuer maintained pursuant to Section 3.02. Whenever any Notes
are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 8-401(a) of
the UCC are met the Issuer shall execute, and the
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Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the
Indenture Trustee, the Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
(d) All Notes issued on any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange.
(e) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by,
its Holder or any attorney for its Holder duly authorized in writing. The
endorsement signature shall be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which
requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer
Agent's Medallion Program ("STAMP") or any other "signature guarantee program"
chosen by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the Exchange Act.
(f) No Holder shall incur a service charge for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
on any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.04 or 9.05 not involving any transfer.
(g) The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Note
Registrar need not register and the Issuer need not make transfers or
exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or transfers or exchanges of any
Note during the 15 days preceding the due date for any payment on it.
Section 2.04. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, or Stolen Notes.
If (i) the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss, or theft of any Note and the Indenture Trustee receives the
security or indemnity it requires to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
harmless, or (ii) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee,
then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar, or the
Indenture Trustee that the Note has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser,
and if the requirements of Section 8-406 of the UCC are met and subject to
Section 8-405 of the UCC, the Issuer shall execute, and on its request the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for the Note, a
replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount. If the mutilated,
destroyed, lost, or stolen Note is, or within seven days becomes, payable, or
is called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note the Issuer may
pay the mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Note when payable or on its
redemption date. If, after the delivery of the replacement Note or payment of
a destroyed, lost, or stolen Note pursuant to the preceding sentence, a
Protected Purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which the replacement Note
was issued presents it for payment, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
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may recover the replacement Note (or the payment) from the person to whom it
was delivered or any person taking the replacement Note from the person to
whom the replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of that person, except
a Protected Purchaser, and may recover on the security or indemnity provided
for it to the extent of any expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee in connection with it.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer
may require the payment by the Holder of the Note of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed on it and any other
reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee)
in connection with it.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of
any mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost, or stolen Note is enforceable by anyone at any time, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any other Notes duly issued under this Indenture.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude all other
rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost, or stolen Notes.
Section 2.05. Persons Considered Owner.
Before due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee may treat the person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the
day of determination) as the owner of the Note for the purpose of receiving
payments of principal and interest on the Note and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not the Note is overdue. None of the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, or any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.06. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.
(a) The Notes shall accrue interest on their Outstanding balance at their
Note Rate before and after maturity. Interest shall be payable on each Payment
Date as specified in Section 8.03 or 5.05, subject to Section 3.01. Any
installment of interest or principal payable on a Note that is punctually paid
or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment Date shall be
paid to the person in whose name the Note (or its predecessor Note) is
registered on the Record Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the account designated by the Holder at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities, if the Holder has so notified the Indenture Trustee in
writing at least five Business Days before the Record Date and is either the
Depository or owner of record of Notes having an aggregate principal amount of
at least $1,000,000, and otherwise by check mailed first-class postage prepaid
to the Holder's address as it appears on the Note Register on the Record Date,
or by any other
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means the Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee agree to, except for the final
installment of principal payable on the Note on a Payment Date, a redemption
date, or the Scheduled Maturity Date (and except for the redemption price for
any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01) which shall be
payable as provided below.
(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable, if not previously paid,
on the related Scheduled Maturity Date in the manner specified in Section
8.03. All principal payments on the Notes shall be made pro rata to the
Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall send a notice to each person in whose
name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date
preceding the Scheduled Maturity Date. The notice shall be sent by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile (promptly confirmed by mail) not later
than ten days before the Scheduled Maturity Date to each Holder of Notes as of
the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Scheduled Maturity
Date, at the Holder's address or facsimile number appearing in the Note
Register, and shall specify that the principal of the Note will be payable
only on presentation and surrender of the Note and shall specify the place
where the Note may be presented and surrendered for payment. Notices in
connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as
provided in Section 10.02.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the
Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on the defaulted interest
to the extent lawful) at the applicable Note Rate in any lawful manner. The
Issuer may pay the defaulted interest to the persons who are Noteholders on a
subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least five Business
Days before the payment date. The Issuer shall fix the special record date and
payment date, and, at least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuer
shall mail to each Noteholder a notice that states the special record date,
the payment date, and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
Section 2.07. Cancellation.
All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange, or
redemption shall, if surrendered to any person other than the Indenture
Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled
by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture that the Issuer may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated instead of or in exchange
for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by
the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal
policy as in effect at the time unless before their disposal the Issuer
directs by an Issuer Order that they be returned to it.
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Section 2.08. Book-Entry Notes.
(a) The Notes, on original issuance, will be issued by the Issuer in the
form of typewritten Notes representing the book-entry Notes, to the Depository
Trust Company, the initial Depository. The book-entry Notes shall be
registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the
nominee of the initial Depository, and no Note Owner will receive a definitive
Note representing its interest in a Note, except as provided in Section 2.10.
Until definitive, fully registered Notes have been issued to the Note Owners
pursuant to Section 2.10:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee may deal with the
Depository for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of
principal and interest on the Notes and accepting instructions under this
Indenture) as the sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation
to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that this Section conflicts with any other
provisions of this Indenture, this Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the
Depository and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between the Note Owners and the Depository;
(v) until definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.10, the
Depository will make book-entry transfers among the Depository's
participants and receive and transmit payments of principal and interest
on the Notes to the Depository's participants;
(vi) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken
based on instructions from Holders of Notes evidencing a specified
percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the Depository shall be treated as
representing that percentage only to the extent that it has received
instructions to that effect from Note Owners owning the required
percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered the
instructions to the Indenture Trustee; and
(vii) the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on information
furnished by the Depository about its participants and furnished by the
participants about indirect participating firms and persons shown on the
books of the indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Note
Owners.
(b) The book-entry Notes may not be transferred except as a whole and
then only by the Depository to its nominee or by its nominee to the Depository
or another nominee of the Depository, or by the Depository or its nominee to a
successor to the Depository or the successor's nominee.
Section 2.09. Notices To Depository.
Whenever a communication to the Noteholders is required under this
Indenture, until definitive Notes have been issued to the Note Owners pursuant
to Section 2.10, the
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Indenture Trustee shall communicate with the Depository as Holder of the
Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners.
Section 2.10. Definitive Notes.
If
(i) the Issuer advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge its responsibilities
properly with respect to the book-entry Notes and the Issuer is unable to
locate a qualified successor,
(ii) the Issuer at its option advises the Indenture Trustee in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the
Depository, or
(iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners of
not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount advise the
Depository in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Note
Owners,
then the Depository shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee of
the occurrence of the event and of the availability of definitive Notes to
Note Owners requesting them. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the
book-entry Notes by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions,
the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver the definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the
Depository. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar, or the Indenture Trustee
shall be liable for any delay in delivery of the instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, the instructions.
On the issuance of definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the definitive Notes as Noteholders.
Section 2.11. Tax Treatment.
The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes will be issued,
with the intention that, for all purposes including federal, State, and local
income, single business, and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as
indebtedness secured by the Collateral. The Issuer, by entering into this
Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acquisition of a Note (and each Note
Owner by its acquisition of an interest in a book-entry Note), agree to treat
the Notes for all purposes including federal, State, and local income, single
business, and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness.
Section 2.12. Transfer Restrictions; Restrictive Legends.
(a) [Deleted]
(b) No Note may be purchased with plan assets of a plan if the issuer,
the master servicer, a servicer, the indenture trustee, any underwriter of the
Notes, or any of their respective affiliates (i) has investment or
administrative discretion with respect to those plan assets; (ii) has
authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment advice
with respect to those plan assets, for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or
understanding that the
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advice will serve as a primary basis of investment decisions with respect to
those plan assets, and will be based on the particular investment needs for
the employee plan; or (iii) unless Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTCE") 90-1, PTCE 91-38, or PTCE 95-60 applies to the investment, is an
employer maintaining or contributing to the employee plan. Each transferee or
purchaser of a Note that is a plan or is investing plan assets shall represent
(or, in the case of a book-entry Note, shall be deemed to represent) that the
investment and holding of the Note satisfy the conditions for exemptive relief
under PTCE 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38, PTCE 95-60, PTCE 96-23, or a similar
exemption. A "plan" is an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of
ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan (as defined in section
4975(e)(1) of the Code) and any entity whose underlying assets include plan
assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity or otherwise.
(c) Unless the Indenture Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that it is no longer appropriate, each definitive Note shall bear the
following legend on its face:
This Note may not be purchased with plan assets of a plan if the issuer,
the master servicer, a servicer, the indenture trustee, any underwriter of the
Notes, or any of their respective affiliates (i) has investment or
administrative discretion with respect to those plan assets; (ii) has
authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment advice
with respect to those plan assets, for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or
understanding that the advice will serve as a primary basis of investment
decisions with respect to those plan assets, and will be based on the
particular investment needs for the employee plan; or (iii) unless Prohibited
Transaction ("PTCE") 90-1, PTCE 91-38, or PTCE 95-60 applies to the
investment, is an employer maintaining or contributing to the employee plan.
Each transferee or purchaser of this Note that is a plan or is investing plan
assets, by acceptance of this Note or an interest in this Note, represents
that the investment and holding of this Note satisfy the conditions for
exemptive relief under PTCE 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38, PTCE 95-60, PTCE
96-23, or a similar exemption. A "plan" is an employee benefit plan (as
defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan
(as defined in section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) and any entity whose underlying
assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity or
otherwise.
Any transfer in violation of either of the foregoing will be void ab
initio, and will not operate to transfer any rights to the transferee,
notwithstanding any instructions to the contrary.
(d) Each book-entry Note shall bear the following legend on its face:
"Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange,
or payment, and any Note issued in exchange for this Note is registered in the
name of the Depository or in another name requested by an authorized
representative of the
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Depository (and any payment on this Note is made to the Depository or to
another entity requested by an authorized representative of the Depository),
any transfer, pledge, or other use of this Note for value or otherwise by or
to any person is wrongful inasmuch as the registered owner of this Note, the
Depository, has an interest in this Note."
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal and interest and
other amounts payable on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes
and this Indenture. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or other
applicable tax laws by any person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest
or principal or other amounts shall be considered to have been paid by the
Issuer to the Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
The Notes are non-recourse obligations of the Issuer and are limited in
right of payment to amounts available from the related subtrust of the Trust.
The Issuer shall not otherwise be liable for payments on the Notes.
Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and where notices to and demands on the Issuer regarding
the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer initially appoints the
Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for these purposes. The Indenture
Trustee will give prompt notice to the Issuer of the location, and of any
change in the location, where the Indenture Trustee maintains this office or
agency. If the Issuer ever fails to maintain the required office or agency,
then surrenders, notices, and demands may be made or served at the Corporate
Trust Office.
Section 3.03. Money For Payments To Be Held in Trust.
All payments of amounts payable on any Notes that are to be made from
amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.03 shall
be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying
Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account for payments of
Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section.
The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which the
Paying Agent agrees with the Indenture Trustee that it will, and the Indenture
Trustee hereby agrees in its capacity as Paying Agent that it will:
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(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due on the
Notes in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to them until they
are paid to the persons entitled to them or otherwise disposed of as
provided in this Indenture, and pay them to the persons entitled to them
as provided in this Indenture;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee and the Credit Enhancer notice of any
payment default by the Issuer on the Notes of which it has actual
knowledge;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any payment default on
the Notes, at the request of the Indenture Trustee, immediately pay to
the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by it for the payment of the
Notes;
(iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and immediately pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes
if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a
Paying Agent at the time of its appointment;
(v) be bound by Section 11.16; and
(vi) comply with all requirements of the Code to withhold from any
payments made by it on any Notes any applicable withholding taxes imposed
on them and comply with any applicable reporting requirements.
To obtain the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any
other purpose, the Issuer may at any time by Issuer Order direct any Paying
Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust. Those sums
shall be held by the Indenture Trustee on the same trusts as those on which
the sums were held by the Paying Agent. On payment by a Paying Agent to the
Indenture Trustee, it shall be released from all further liability with
respect to that money.
Subject to applicable laws on abandoned property, any money held in trust
by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of any amount due
on any Note remaining unclaimed for two years after it has become payable
shall be discharged from the trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer
Request. After that the Holder of the unpaid Note shall look only to the
Issuer for its payment as an unsecured general creditor (but only to the
extent of the amounts paid to the Issuer). On its payment to the Issuer all
liability of the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent with respect to that
trust money shall cease. The Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, before
being required to make the payment to the Issuer, shall at the expense and
direction of the Issuer cause to be published once a notice that the money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified in the notice not less than
30 days from the date of the publication, any unclaimed balance of the money
then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The notice shall be published in
a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York. The Indenture
Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuer,
any other reasonable means of notification of the repayment (including mailing
notice of the repayment to their last address
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of record to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been
surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in moneys payable but
not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of
any Paying Agent).
Section 3.04. Existence.
The Issuer will preserve its existence, rights, and franchises as a
Delaware statutory trust (unless it or any successor becomes organized under
the laws of any other State or of the United States, in which case the Issuer
will preserve its existence, rights, and franchises under the laws of that
other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business in each jurisdiction in which qualification to do business is
necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral, and each other material agreement of the Issuer.
Section 3.05. Protection of the Collateral.
(a) The Issuer intends the Security Interest Granted pursuant to this
Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and
the Credit Enhancer to be before all other liens on the Collateral (except as
otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents). The Issuer shall take all
actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer, a first priority
perfected Security Interest in the Collateral (except as otherwise provided in
the Transaction Documents). The Issuer will execute and deliver any
supplements and amendments to this Indenture and any Financing Statements,
Continuation Statements, instruments of further assurance, and other
instruments and will take any other action appropriate to:
(i) Grant more effectively any portion of the Collateral;
(ii) preserve the Security Interest (and its priority) created by
this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes of this
Indenture;
(iii) perfect, publish notice of, or protect the validity of any
Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce any rights with respect to any of the Collateral;
(v) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of
the Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer, and the Noteholders in the
Collateral against all adverse claims; or
(vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed on the
Collateral when due.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture or the other
Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall not remove any portion of
the Collateral that consists of money or is evidenced by an instrument,
certificate, or other writing from the jurisdiction in which it was held at
the date of the most recent Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section
3.06 unless the Indenture Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
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the lien and Security Interest created by this Indenture will continue to be
maintained on any removed property after giving effect to its removal.
(c) The Issuer designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute any Financing Statement, Continuation Statement,
or other instrument required to be executed pursuant to this Section. The
Issuer authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file Financing Statements or
Continuation Statements, and amendments to them, relating to any part of the
Collateral without the signature of the Issuer where permitted by law. A
carbon, photographic, or other reproduction of this Indenture or any filed
Financing Statement covering the Collateral or any part of it shall be
sufficient as a Financing Statement where permitted by law. The Indenture
Trustee will promptly send to the Issuer any Financing Statements or
Continuation Statements that it files without the signature of the Issuer. Any
Financing Statement filed relating to any part of the Collateral will state in
bold-faced type that a purchase of the Mortgage Loans included in the
collateral covered by the Financing Statement from the debtor will violate the
rights of the secured party and its assignee.
Section 3.06. Opinions About Collateral.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in its opinion, all action
has been taken
(i) with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any
indentures supplemental to this Indenture, and any other requisite
documents and
(ii) with respect to the execution and filing of any Financing
Statements and Continuation Statements
necessary to perfect the Security Interest of this Indenture in the
Collateral, and reciting the details of the action, or stating that, in its
opinion, no action is necessary to perfect the Security Interest of this
Indenture in the Collateral.
(b) By the date specified in the Adoption Annex in each calendar year
beginning in the year specified in the Adoption Annex, the Issuer shall
furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in
its opinion, all action has been taken
(i) with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording, and
refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, and any other requisite documents and
(ii) with respect to the execution and filing of any Financing
Statements and Continuation Statements necessary to maintain the
perfected Security Interest created by this Indenture in the Collateral
and reciting the details of the action,
or stating that, in its opinion, no action is necessary to maintain the
perfected Security Interest of this Indenture in the Collateral. The Opinion
of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording, and
refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this Indenture, and
any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any Financing
Statements and Continuation Statements that will, in counsel's opinion, be
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required to maintain the perfected Security Interest of this Indenture in the
Collateral until the date specified in the Adoption Annex in the following
calendar year.
Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations.
(a) The Issuer will not take any action (and will not permit others to
take any action) that would release any person from any of their material
obligations under any of the Transaction Documents, that would create any
Security Interests that are not provided for in the Transaction Documents, or
that would change or impair the validity or effectiveness of the Transaction
Documents or any Security Interest granted under them, except as expressly
provided in the Transaction Documents. The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of
the Mortgage Loans and an assignee of the Issuer's rights under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement may exercise all of the rights of the Issuer to direct the
actions of the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Unless granted or permitted by the Credit Enhancer, the Issuer may not waive
any default by the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or
terminate the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other persons to assist it in performing
its duties under this Indenture, and the performance of those duties by a
person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate shall
be considered to be action taken by the Issuer.
(c) The Issuer will punctually perform all of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents, including properly filing all Financing Statements and
Continuation Statements required to be filed by the Transaction Documents. The
Rating Agency Condition must be satisfied in connection with any amendment,
termination or material change in a Transaction Document. The Issuer shall not
amend, terminate, or otherwise change any Transaction Document without the
consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Credit Enhancer. The Issuer will
provide notice of any termination, amendment or material change in any
Transaction Document to the Rating Agencies. The consent of the Indenture
Trustee will not be required if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with
respect to the proposed action.
(d) Without derogating from the Grant to the Indenture Trustee under this
Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, the
Issuer agrees
(i) that it will not, without the prior consent of the Credit
Enhancer and either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of not less than
51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount, change or waive, or agree to or
otherwise permit any change to or waiver of, the terms of any Collateral
(except to the extent otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement); and
(ii) that any change in the terms of any Collateral shall not (A)
increase or reduce the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the
Noteholders (except as may be incidental to changes or waivers allowed
under (d)(i)) or (B) reduce the percentage of the
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Notes that is required to consent to any change in the terms of any
Collateral without the consent of the Holders of all the Outstanding
Notes.
If the Credit Enhancer and either the Indenture Trustee or the requisite
percentage of Holders consent to any change in the terms of any Collateral,
the Issuer agrees, promptly following a request by the Indenture Trustee to do
so, to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, any
documents the Indenture Trustee deems appropriate under the circumstances.
Section 3.08. Negative Covenants.
So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(a) dispose of any of the Collateral or other properties or assets of the
Issuer in the same subtrust with the Collateral, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, unless directed to do
so by the Indenture Trustee with the consent of the Credit Enhancer;
(b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or
interest or other amounts payable on, the Notes (other than amounts properly
withheld from payments under the Code or applicable State law) or assert any
claim against any present or former Noteholder for the payment of the taxes
levied or assessed on any part of the Collateral;
(c) (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be
impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be changed (except as
otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), or permit any person
to be released from any obligations on the Notes or under this Indenture
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, (ii) permit any lien, charge,
excise, claim, Security Interest, mortgage, or other encumbrance (other than
the lien of this Indenture and as otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement) to affect any part of the Collateral, or any interest in it or its
proceeds, or (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid
first priority Security Interest in the Collateral; or
(d) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part;
(e) make any distributions on any ownership interest in the Issuer
relating to the subtrust containing the Collateral (except as expressly
provided for in the Transaction Documents), redeem, purchase, or otherwise
retire or acquire for value any ownership interest in the Issuer relating to
the subtrust containing the Collateral (except as expressly provided for in
the Transaction Documents), or set aside any amounts for any of these
purposes;
(f) engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning,
selling, and managing the Collateral; issuing the Notes; and activities
incidental to those contemplated businesses, in each case, in the manner
contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
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(g) issue, incur, assume, guarantee, or otherwise have the subtrust
containing the Collateral become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness except for its liabilities under the Transaction Documents and
other expenses for which the Issuer is entitled to reimbursement under this
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(h) make any loan or advance of credit to, or guarantee (directly or
indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another's payment
or performance on any obligation), endorse (except for endorsement of
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), or otherwise
become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the
obligations, stocks, or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase, or acquire
(or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets, or securities
of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other
person out of the subtrust containing the Collateral;
(i) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise)
for capital assets; or
(j) subject to the Master Servicer's servicing the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, waive or impair, or fail to
assert rights under, the Mortgage Loans, or effect impairment of the Issuer's
interest in the Mortgage Loans, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any other
Transaction Document, if the action would materially and adversely affect the
interests of the Noteholders or the Credit Enhancer.
Section 3.09. Annual Compliance Statement.
Within 120 days after the end of each year (commencing with the year
specified in the Adoption Annex) the Issuer will deliver to the Indenture
Trustee and the Credit Enhancer an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the
Authorized Officer signing the Officer's Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the year and of
its performance under this Indenture and the Trust Agreement has been
made under the Authorized Officer's supervision; and
(ii) to the best of the Authorized Officer's knowledge, based on that
review, the Issuer has complied with all its obligations under this
Indenture and the Trust Agreement throughout that year or, if there has
been a default in its compliance with any obligation, specifying each
default known to the Authorized Officer and its nature and status.
Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into or transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person, unless:
(i) the person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving the
consolidation or merger or to which the transfer is made is organized and
existing
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under the laws of the United States or any State and expressly assumes
the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes
and the performance of every obligation under each Transaction Document
on the part of the Issuer to be performed by an indenture supplemental to
this Indenture, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Credit Enhancer;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Incipient
Default has occurred and is continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied with respect to
the transaction;
(iv) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Credit Enhancer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the transaction
will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer or any
Noteholder, with a copy to the Credit Enhancer;
(v) any action that is necessary to maintain the Security Interest
created by this Indenture has been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Credit Enhancer an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each
stating that the consolidation or merger and the supplemental indenture
comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent in this
Indenture relating to the transaction have been complied with (including
any filing required by the Exchange Act).
Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee.
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer or transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets in accordance with Section 3.10,
the person formed by or surviving the consolidation or merger (if other than
the Issuer) or to which the transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right of, the Issuer under this
Indenture with the same effect as if it had been named as the Issuer in this
Indenture.
Section 3.12. Further Instruments and Acts.
On request of the Indenture Trustee or the Credit Enhancer, the Issuer
will execute and deliver any further instruments and do any further acts that
may be appropriate to carry out more effectively the purpose of this
Indenture.
Section 3.13. Compliance with Laws.
The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of all laws the
non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially
and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations
under the Notes or any Transaction Document.
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Section 3.14. Master Servicer as Agent and Bailee of the Indenture
Trustee.
Solely for the purposes of perfection under Section 9-313(c) of the UCC
or other similar applicable law, rule, or regulation of the state in which
property is held by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer is acting as
agent and bailee of the Indenture Trustee in holding amounts subject to
deposit to the Collection Account, as well as its agent and bailee in holding
any Mortgage File released to the Master Servicer, and any other items of
Collateral that come into the possession of the Master Servicer. By the Master
Servicer's execution of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee, as a secured party of the Mortgage Loans, has possession of these
items for the purposes of Section 9-313(c) of the UCC of the state in which
the Issuer is organized.
Section 3.15. Investment Company Act.
The Issuer shall not become an "investment company" or under the
"control" of an "investment company" as those terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations under it (taking
into account not only the general definition of the term "investment company"
but also any available exceptions to the general definition). The Issuer shall
be in compliance with this Section 3.15 if it obtains an order exempting it
from regulation as an "investment company" so long as it is in compliance with
the conditions imposed in the order.
Section 3.16. Representations.
(a) The Issuer represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee and the
Credit Enhancer that as of the Closing Date, unless specifically stated
otherwise:
(i) This Indenture creates a valid and continuing Security Interest
in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee. The Security
Interest created by this Indenture is a first priority perfected Security
Interest and it is enforceable as such against creditors of, and
purchasers from, the Issuer.
(ii) The Mortgage Notes are "instruments" as defined in the UCC.
(iii) Prior to the Grant of the Security Interest pursuant to the
Granting Clause of this Indenture, the Issuer owns, and has good and
marketable title to, the Mortgage Loans free and clear of any lien,
claim, or encumbrance of any person.
(iv) By the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans and
within 10 days of the applicable date of substitution with respect to any
Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Issuer will file Financing
Statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdiction to
perfect the Security Interest in the Collateral Granted hereunder.
(v) The Issuer has received a written acknowledgement from the
Custodian that the Custodian is acting solely as agent of the Indenture
Trustee.
(vi) The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of
any Financing Statements against the Issuer that include a description of
collateral
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covering the Collateral other than any financing statement (A) relating
to the Security Interests granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
this Indenture, (B) that has been terminated, or (C) that names the
Indenture Trustee as secured party.
(vii) The Mortgage Notes that constitute or evidence the Collateral
do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned, or otherwise conveyed to any person other than the
Indenture Trustee. All Financing Statements filed or to be filed against
the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection with this
Indenture describing the Collateral contain a statement to the following
effect: "A purchase of the Mortgage Loans included in the collateral
covered by this financing statement will violate the rights of the
Indenture Trustee."
(b) The representations and warranties in this Section 3.16 shall survive
delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement and the termination of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) The Indenture Trustee and the Credit Enhancer shall not, without the
prior written consent of the Rating Agencies, waive any of the representations
and warranties in Section 3.16(a).
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
Except for rights of conversion or transfer or exchange of Notes
expressly provided for, the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section
6.07, the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries of this Indenture with
respect to property deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to any of
them, and the rights of the Credit Enhancer as subrogee of the Noteholders,
this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, and the Indenture Trustee,
on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
the option of the Transferor Certificateholder to redeem the Notes as
described in Section 10.01 is exercised or, if not exercised then:
(i) either:
(A) all Notes previously authenticated and delivered have been
delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation (other than (1)
Notes that have been destroyed, lost, or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.04 and (2) Notes for whose
payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Issuer and later
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repaid to the Issuer or discharged from the trust, as provided in
Section 3.03); or
(B) all Notes not previously delivered to the Indenture Trustee
for cancellation:
(1) have become payable,
(2) will become payable at their Scheduled Maturity Date
within one year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the
giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of (1), (2), or (3) above, has
irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States (which
will mature before the date the amounts are payable), in trust for
these purposes, in an amount sufficient to pay the entire
indebtedness when due on the Notes not previously delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation to the applicable Scheduled
Maturity Date or redemption date (if Notes have been called for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), as the case may be;
(ii) the Issuer has paid all other sums payable under this Indenture
by the Issuer; and
(iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, and (if required by the TIA, the
Indenture Trustee, or the Credit Enhancer) an Independent Certificate
from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.01, each stating that all conditions precedent
provided for in this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money.
All money deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the Notes and
this Indenture, to the payment to the Holders of the particular Notes for the
payment or redemption of which the money has been deposited with the Indenture
Trustee, of all sums due and to become due on them for principal and interest.
That money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required in this Indenture or required by law.
Section 4.03.Subrogation and Cooperation.
(a) To the extent the Credit Enhancer makes payments of principal or
interest on the Notes under the Policy, the Credit Enhancer will be fully
subrogated to the rights of the Noteholders to receive that principal and
interest from the Mortgage Loans and any other
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Collateral, and the Credit Enhancer shall be paid that principal and interest,
but only from the sources and in the manner provided in this Indenture and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement for the payment of that principal and interest.
Any payment of principal or interest on the Notes made with moneys received
under the Policy shall not be considered payment of the Notes from the Trust
and shall not result in the payment of or the provision for the payment of the
principal or interest on the Notes under Section 4.01. The Credit Enhancer
shall be paid principal and interest from Mortgage Loans only from the sources
and in the manner provided in this Indenture and in the Insurance Agreement.
The Indenture Trustee shall cooperate in all respects with any reasonable
request or direction by the Credit Enhancer to take any of the following
actions to preserve or enforce the Credit Enhancer's interest under this
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, consistent with this Indenture
and without limiting the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture,
including upon the occurrence and continuance of a Credit Enhancer Default:
(i) institute Proceedings for the collection of all amounts then
payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect to the Notes
and all amounts payable under the Insurance Agreement and to enforce any
judgment obtained and collect from the Issuer monies adjudged due;
(ii) sell any part of Collateral or interests in it at one or more
public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by
law;
(iii) file or record all Assignments of Mortgage that have not
previously been recorded;
(iv) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or
partial foreclosure of this Indenture; and
(v) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take
any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the interests of the
Credit Enhancer under this Indenture.
Following the payment in full of the Notes, the Credit Enhancer shall
continue to have all the rights given to it under this Section and in all
other provisions of this Indenture, until all amounts owing to the Credit
Enhancer have been paid in full.
Section 4.04. Release of Collateral.
(a) Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section
4.01 and otherwise as permitted by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall
execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or
convey the Indenture Trustee's interest in the property, in a manner and under
circumstances that are not inconsistent with this Indenture. No party relying
on an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Section
shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into
the satisfaction of any conditions precedent, or see to the application of any
moneys.
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(b) When no Notes are Outstanding, the Indenture Trustee shall release
any remaining Collateral that secured the Notes from the lien of this
Indenture and release to the Issuer any funds then on deposit in any account
other than funds held in trust for the satisfaction of Notes that have not
been surrendered for payment. The Indenture Trustee shall release property
from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section only on receipt of an
Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer's Certificate.
(c) Whenever a Mortgage Loan has been substituted for in accordance with
Section 2.01(f) or 2.02(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, purchased in
accordance with Section 3.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or
designated for transfer in accordance with Section 2.06 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall execute appropriate documents
to release the Mortgage Loan from the lien of this Indenture and deliver the
Mortgage File to the appropriate party.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this
Indenture only on receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, and Independent Certificates in accordance
with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(l) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of
Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any
Independent Certificates.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of Default.
Any one of the following events is an "Event of Default" whatever the
reason:
(i) default by the Issuer in the payment of any interest on any Note
when it becomes payable, and the default continues for five days; or
(ii) default by the Issuer in the payment of the principal of any
Note when it becomes payable and the default continues for five days; or
(iii) default in the performance of any obligation of the Issuer
under this Indenture (other than an obligation specifically dealt with
elsewhere in this Section), or any representation or warranty of the
Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection with this Indenture proves to have been
materially incorrect as of the time when it was made, and the default or
the circumstance making the representation or warranty incorrect has not
been cured within 60 days after notice to the Issuer by the Indenture
Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Credit Enhancer
(or, if a Credit Enhancer Default exists, by the Holders of at least 25%
of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes) by registered or certified mail
specifying the default or incorrect representation or warranty and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that the notice is a notice of
default under this Indenture; or
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(iv) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Issuer.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Credit Enhancer,
within five days after its occurrence, notice in the form of an Officer's
Certificate of any Incipient Default under clause (iii), its status, and what
action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect to the event.
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Indenture
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount, in either case with the consent of the Credit Enhancer, or the Credit
Enhancer may declare all the Notes to be immediately payable, by a notice in
writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders),
and upon that declaration the unpaid principal amount of the Notes, together
with accrued interest on them through the date of acceleration, shall become
immediately payable.
At any time after the declaration of acceleration of maturity has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Indenture Trustee, the Holders of not less than 51% of the
aggregate Outstanding Amount, with the consent of the Credit Enhancer, or the
Credit Enhancer, by notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may
rescind the declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all payments of principal and interest on the Notes and all
other amounts that would then be due under this Indenture or on the
Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to the acceleration had
not occurred; and
(B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee under
this Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements, and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents
and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal or interest of the Notes that have become due solely by the
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent to it.
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Issuer covenants that if the Notes are accelerated following an
Event of Default, then the Issuer will pay to the Indenture Trustee on demand,
for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Credit Enhancer if the Credit
Enhancer has made a payment on the Notes under the Policy, the whole amount
then payable on the Notes and, in addition, any further
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amount needed to cover the expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation and expenses of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) If the Issuer fails to pay those amounts immediately on demand, the
Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, subject
to Section 11.16 may, and at the direction of the Credit Enhancer shall,
institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums due, and may prosecute
the Proceeding to final decree, and may enforce the judgment against the
Issuer (or other obligor on the Notes) and collect in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Issuer (or other obligor on the Notes) wherever
situated, the moneys determined to be payable.
(c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee subject to Section 11.16 may in its discretion with the consent of the
Credit Enhancer (subject to Section 5.04), and at the direction of the Credit
Enhancer shall, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of
the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer, by Proceedings the Indenture Trustee
deems most effective to protect and enforce those rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other
proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by
this Indenture or by law.
(d) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of this Indenture to which the
Indenture Trustee is a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to
represent all the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer, and it shall not be
necessary to make any Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer a party to the
Proceedings.
(e) All rights of action and assertion of claims under this Indenture,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any of the Notes may be enforced by the
Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or their
production in any Proceedings regarding them. Any Proceedings instituted by
the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust. Any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the
expenses, disbursements, and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each
predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their agents and counsel, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer.
Section 5.04. Indenture Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
(a) If
(1) Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, or other
similar law are pending relating to the Issuer or any other obligor on
the Notes or any person having or claiming an ownership interest in the
Collateral, or
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(2) a receiver, assignee, or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, or liquidator, sequestrator, or similar official has been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or the
other obligor or person, or
(3) any other comparable judicial Proceedings are pending relating
to the Issuer or other obligor on the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or the other obligor,
then, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes is then payable as
expressed in them or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Indenture Trustee has made any demand pursuant to this Section, with the
consent of the Credit Enhancer the Indenture Trustee is authorized by
intervention in the Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove claims for the entire amount of principal and
interest and other amounts owing on the Notes and to file any other
documents appropriate to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee, the
Credit Enhancer, and of the Noteholders allowed in the Proceedings
(including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee
and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents and
counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred,
and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith);
(ii) to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a
trustee, a standby trustee, or person performing similar functions in the
Proceedings; and
(iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable on
any claims and to distribute all amounts received on the claims of the
Noteholders, the Credit Enhancer, and of the Indenture Trustee on their
behalf;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other similar official in
any Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee and, if the Indenture Trustee consents to
the Noteholders receiving payments directly, to pay to the Indenture Trustee
amounts sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee,
each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents and counsel,
and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of
negligence or bad faith, and to pay all amounts due to the Credit Enhancer.
(b) Nothing contained in this Indenture authorizes the Indenture Trustee
to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Noteholder
or the Credit Enhancer or authorizes the Indenture Trustee to vote on the
claim of any Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer in any such proceeding except
to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person.
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Section 5.05. Remedies; Priorities.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee subject to Section 11.16 may with the consent of the Credit Enhancer,
and at the direction of the Credit Enhancer shall, do any of the following
(subject to Section 5.11):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes
or under this Indenture, whether by declaration or otherwise, and all
amounts payable under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and enforce any
judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor on
the Notes moneys adjudged due;
(ii) institute Proceedings for the complete or partial foreclosure of
this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;
(iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and
take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights of
the Indenture Trustee, the Credit Enhancer, and the Noteholders;
(iv) exercise all rights of the Issuer in connection with the
Purchase Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement against the
Sponsor, the Depositor, or the Master Servicer or otherwise; and
(v) sell any portion of the Collateral or interests in it as
directed by the Credit Enhancer, at one or more public or private sales
called and conducted in any manner permitted by law.
The Indenture Trustee, however, may not sell or otherwise liquidate Collateral
following an Event of Default unless (A) the Indenture Trustee obtains the
consent of the Credit Enhancer and the Holders of 100% of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, (B) the proceeds of the sale or liquidation
distributable to the Noteholders and the Credit Enhancer are sufficient to
discharge in full all amounts then due on the Notes and to reimburse the
Credit Enhancer for any unreimbursed Credit Enhancer Draw Amounts and any
other amounts due the Credit Enhancer under the Insurance Agreement, or (C)
the Indenture Trustee determines that the Collateral will not continue to
provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and
payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Credit Enhancer
and the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Notes. In determining the sufficiency or insufficiency under clause (B) and
(C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion
of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation
as to the feasibility of the proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the
Collateral for the purpose. If a Credit Enhancer Defaults exists at the time
any consent is required or direction may be given under this Section 5.05(a),
the consent or direction shall be by Holders representing at least 66 2/3% of
the Outstanding Amount instead of by the Credit Enhancer.
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(b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property under this
Article, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for the fee of the Indenture Trustee
(separately agreed to between the Master Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee) then due and any expenses incurred by it in connection with the
enforcement of the remedies under this Article and to the Owner Trustee
for the fee of the Owner Trustee (separately agreed to between the Master
Servicer and the Owner Trustee) then due and any expenses due to the
Owner Trustee under any of the Transaction Documents;
SECOND: any premium owing to the Credit Enhancer;
THIRD: to the Noteholders for interest due on the Notes, pro rata
according to the amounts due on the Notes for interest;
FOURTH: to the Noteholders for amounts due on the Notes for
principal, pro rata according to the principal due on the Notes until the
Note Principal Balance of the Notes is reduced to zero;
FIFTH: to the Credit Enhancer, any other amounts owed to the Credit
Enhancer under the Insurance Agreement; and
SIXTH: to the Issuer for distribution in accordance with the Trust
Agreement.
Section 5.06. Optional Preservation of the Collateral.
If the Notes have been declared to be due under Section 5.02 following an
Event of Default and the declaration and its consequences have not been
annulled, the Indenture Trustee may with the consent of the Credit Enhancer,
but need not unless so directed by the Credit Enhancer, elect to maintain
possession of the Collateral. The parties and the Noteholders want sufficient
funds to exist at all times for the payment of principal of and interest on
the Notes and other obligations of the Issuer including payments to the Credit
Enhancer, and the Indenture Trustee shall take that into account when
determining whether or not to maintain possession of any Collateral. In
determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture
Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of the proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral
for the purpose.
Section 5.07. Limitation of Suits.
No Noteholder may institute any Proceeding with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy under this Indenture, unless the Credit Enhancer has consented and
subject to Section 11.16:
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(i) the Holder has previously given notice to the Indenture Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount have requested the Indenture Trustee in writing to institute a
Proceeding with respect to the Event of Default in its own name as
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture;
(iii) the Holders have offered the Indenture Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs and liabilities to be incurred in complying
with the request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of the
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute Proceedings;
(v) no direction inconsistent with the request has been given to the
Indenture Trustee during the 60-day period by the Holders of not less
than 51% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount; and
(vi) the Holders have obtained the consent of the Credit Enhancer.
No Holders of Notes shall have any right in any ma






