EXHIBIT 99.2
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 1,
2006
(this "Agreement"), is entered into between NOMURA CREDIT &
CAPITAL, INC. (the
"Seller") and WACHOVIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. (the
"Purchaser").
The Seller intends to sell and the Purchaser intends to
purchase
certain multifamily and commercial mortgage loans (the "Mortgage
Loans")
identified on the schedule (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule") annexed
hereto as
Exhibit A. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans,
along with
certain other mortgage loans (the "Other Mortgage Loans"), into a
trust fund
(the "Trust Fund"), the beneficial ownership of which will be
evidenced by
multiple classes (each, a "Class") of mortgage pass-through
certificates (the
"Certificates"). One or more "real estate mortgage investment
conduit" ("REMIC")
elections will be made with respect to most of the Trust Fund. The
Trust Fund
will be created and the Certificates will be issued pursuant to a
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), dated
as of March
1, 2006, among the Purchaser, as depositor, Wachovia Bank, National
Association,
as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), LNR
Partners,
Inc., as special servicer (the "Special Servicer") and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A.,
as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein
(including the Schedules attached hereto) have the respective
meanings set forth
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Agreement to Purchase.
The Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase,
the
Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The
Mortgage Loan
Schedule may be amended to reflect the actual Mortgage Loans
delivered to the
Purchaser pursuant to the terms hereof. The Mortgage Loans are
expected to have
an aggregate principal balance of $897,454,002 (the "Nomura
Mortgage Loan
Balance") (subject to a variance of plus or minus 5.0%) as of the
close of
business on the Cut-Off Date, after giving effect to any payments
due on or
before such date, whether or not such payments are received.
The Nomura Mortgage Loan Balance, together with the aggregate
principal balance of the Other Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date (after
giving effect to any payments due on or before such date whether or
not such
payments are received), is expected to equal an aggregate principal
balance (the
"Cut-Off Date Pool Balance") of $4,229,859,030 (subject to a
variance of plus or
minus 5.0%). The purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall take
place March
7, 2006, or such other date as shall be mutually acceptable to the
parties to
this Agreement (the "Closing Date"). The consideration (the
"Aggregate Purchase
Price") for the Mortgage Loans shall be equal to (i)
% of the Nomura
Mortgage Loan Balance as of the Cut-Off Date, plus (ii) $838,472,
which amount
represents the amount of interest accrued on the Nomura Mortgage
Loan Balance at
the related Net Mortgage Rate for the period from and including the
Cut-Off Date
up to but not including the Closing Date.
The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be paid to the Seller or its
designee by wire transfer in immediately available funds on the
Closing Date.
SECTION 2. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) Effective as of the Closing Date, subject only to receipt by
the
Seller of the Aggregate Purchase Price and satisfaction of the
other conditions
to closing that are for the benefit of the Seller, the Seller does
hereby sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Purchaser,
without
recourse (except as set forth in this Agreement), all the right,
title and
interest of the Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans identified on
the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as of such date, on a servicing released basis,
together with all
of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the proceeds of
any related
title, hazard, primary mortgage or other insurance proceeds.
(b) The Purchaser or its assignee shall be entitled to receive
all
scheduled payments of principal and interest due after the Cut-Off
Date, and all
other recoveries of principal and interest collected after the
Cut-Off Date
(other than in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage
Loans due on or
before the Cut-Off Date). All scheduled payments of principal and
interest due
on or before the Cut-Off Date but collected on or after the Cut-Off
Date, and
recoveries of principal and interest collected on or before the
Cut-Off Date
(only in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans
due on or
before the Cut-Off Date and principal prepayments thereon), shall
belong to, and
shall be promptly remitted to, the Seller.
(c) No later than the Closing Date, the Seller shall, on behalf
of
the Purchaser, deliver to the Trustee, the documents and
instruments specified
below with respect to each Mortgage Loan (each a "Mortgage File").
All Mortgage
Files so delivered will be held by the Trustee in escrow at all
times prior to
the Closing Date. Each Mortgage File shall contain the following
documents:
(i) the original executed Mortgage Note including any power of
attorney
related to the execution thereof, together with any and all
intervening
endorsements thereon, endorsed on its face or by allonge
attached
thereto (without recourse, representation or warranty, express
or
implied)
to the order of "Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee for the
registered
holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial
Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C23" or in blank (or a
lost note
affidavit and indemnity with a copy of such Mortgage Note
attached
thereto);
(ii) an original or copy of the Mortgage, together with any
and all
intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet
returned
by the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording
indicated
thereon or certified by the applicable recording office;
(iii) an original or copy of any related Assignment of Leases
(if such
item is a document separate from the Mortgage), together with
any
and all
intervening assignments thereof, in each case (unless not yet
returned
by the applicable recording office) with evidence of recording
indicated
thereon or certified by the applicable recording office;
(iv) an original executed assignment, in recordable form
(except
for any missing recording information), of (a) the Mortgage,
(b)
any
related Assignment of Leases (if such item is a document separate
from
the
Mortgage and to the extent not already assigned pursuant to
preceding
clause
(a)) and (c) any other recorded document relating to the
Mortgage
Loan
otherwise included in the Mortgage File, in favor of "Wells
Fargo
Bank,
N.A., as trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank
Commercial
Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series
2006-C23", or in blank;
(v) an original assignment of all unrecorded documents
relating
to the Mortgage Loan (to the extent not already assigned
pursuant
to clause
(iv) above), in favor of "Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee
for
the
registered holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Commercial
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-C23", or in
blank;
(vi) originals or copies of any modification, consolidation,
assumption
and substitution agreements in those instances where the terms
or
provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been consolidated
or
modified
or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or consolidated;
(vii) the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of
lender's
title insurance or, if such policy has not been issued or
located,
an original or copy of an irrevocable, binding commitment
(which
may be a
marked version of the policy that has been executed by an
authorized
representative of the title company or an agreement to provide
the same
pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an
authorized
representative of the title company) to issue such title insurance
policy;
(viii) any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or other
evidence
of filing satisfactory to the Purchaser of any prior UCC
Financing
Statements in favor of the originator of such Mortgage Loan or
in favor
of any assignee prior to the Trustee (but only to the extent
the
Seller had
possession of such UCC Financing Statements prior to the
Closing
Date) and, if there is an effective UCC Financing Statement and
continuation statement in favor of the Seller on record with
the
applicable
public office for UCC Financing Statements, an original UCC
Amendment,
in form suitable for filing in favor of "Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as
trustee for the registered holders of Wachovia Bank Commercial
Mortgage
Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2006-C23,
as assignee", or in blank;
(ix) an original or copy of (a) any Ground Lease, Memorandum
of Ground
Lease and ground lessor estoppel, (b) any loan guaranty or
indemnity
and (c) any environmental insurance policy;
(x) any intercreditor agreement relating to permitted debt
(including, without limitation, mezzanine debt) of the
Mortgagor;
(xi) copies of any loan agreement, escrow agreement or
security
agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan;
(xii) a copy of any letter of credit and related transfer
documents
relating to such Mortgage Loan;
(xiii) copies of franchise agreements and franchisor comfort
letters,
if any, for hospitality properties and applicable transfer or
assignment
documents; and
(xiv) with respect to any Companion Loan, all of the above
documents
with respect to such Companion Loan and the related
Intercreditor Agreement; provided that a copy of each Mortgage
Note
relating
to such Companion Loan, rather than the original, shall be
provided,
and no assignments shall be provided.
(d) The Seller shall take all actions reasonably necessary (i)
to
permit the Trustee to fulfill its obligations pursuant to Section
2.01(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) to perform its obligations
described in
Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Without
limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if a draw upon a letter of credit is
required
before its transfer to the Trust Fund can be completed, the Seller
shall draw
upon such letter of credit for the benefit of the Trust pursuant to
written
instructions from the Master Servicer. The Seller shall reimburse
the Trustee
for all reasonable costs and expenses, if any, incurred by the
Trustee for
recording any documents described in Section 2(c)(iv)(c) hereof and
filing any
assignments of UCC Financing Statements described in the proviso in
the third to
last sentence in Section 2.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(e) All documents and records (except draft documents,
privileged
communications and internal correspondence and credit, due
diligence and other
underwriting analysis, documents, data or internal worksheets,
memoranda,
communications and evaluations of the Seller) relating to each
Mortgage Loan and
in the Seller's possession (the "Additional Mortgage Loan
Documents") that are
not required to be delivered to the Trustee shall promptly be
delivered or
caused to be delivered by the Seller to the Master Servicer or at
the direction
of the Master Servicer to the appropriate sub-servicer, together
with any
related escrow amounts and reserve amounts.
(f) The Seller shall take such actions as are reasonably
necessary
to assign or otherwise grant to the Trust Fund the benefit of any
letters of
credit in the name of the Seller which secure any Mortgage
Loan.
SECTION 3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller.
(a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to and covenants
with
the Purchaser, as of the date hereof, that:
(i) The Seller is a corporation organized and validly existing
and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and
possesses
all
requisite authority, power, licenses, permits and franchises to
carry
on its
business as currently conducted by it and to execute, deliver
and
comply
with its obligations under the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed
and delivered by the Seller and, assuming due authorization,
execution
and delivery hereof by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal,
valid
and
binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller
in
accordance
with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium
and other
laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
in
general,
and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and
by
public
policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the
extent
that such
public policy considerations limit the enforceability of the
provisions
of this Agreement which purport to provide indemnification from
liabilities under applicable securities laws;
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Seller and
the Seller's performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement will
not (A) violate the Seller's certificate of incorporation
or bylaws,
(B) violate any law or regulation or any administrative decree
or order
to which it is subject or (C) constitute a material default (or
an event
which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute
a
material
default) under, or result in the breach of, any material
contract,
agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or
by which
the Seller is bound;
(iv) The Seller is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of
any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal,
state,
municipal or other governmental agency or body, which default
might
have
consequences that would, in the Seller's reasonable and good
faith
judgment,
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or
other) or
operations of the Seller or its properties or have consequences
that would
materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder;
(v) The Seller is not a party to or bound by any agreement or
instrument
or subject to any certificate of incorporation, bylaws or any
other
corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction,
decree,
law or regulation that would, in the Seller's reasonable and
good
faith
judgment, materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Seller
to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or that requires the
consent of
any third person to the execution of this Agreement or the
performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement
(except
to the
extent such consent has been obtained);
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and
performance by the Seller of or compliance by the Seller with
this
Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement except as
have previously been obtained, and no bulk sale law
applies to
such transactions;
(vii) No litigation is pending or, to the Seller's knowledge,
threatened
against the Seller that would, in the Seller's good faith and
reasonable
judgment, prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
materially
and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
obligations under this Agreement;
(viii) Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
and for
federal income tax purposes, the Seller will report the
transfer
of the
Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser as a sale of the Mortgage Loans
to
the
Purchaser in exchange for consideration consisting of a cash
amount
equal to
the Aggregate Purchase Price. The consideration received by the
Seller
upon the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser will
constitute
at least reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for
the
Mortgage Loans. The Seller will be solvent at all relevant times
prior
to, and
will not be rendered insolvent by, the sale of the Mortgage
Loans
to the
Purchaser. The Seller is not selling the Mortgage Loans to the
Purchaser
with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of the
creditors
of the
Seller; and
(ix) The Seller has examined the information set forth under
the
caption "Description of the Mortgage Pool--Significant
Originators"
and "--The
Sponsor" (the "Regulation AB Information") in the Preliminary
Prospectus
Supplement (as defined below), the Preliminary Memorandum (as
defined
below), the Prospectus Supplement, (as defined below), to the
accompanying Prospectus (as defined below) and the Memorandum (as
defined
below),
relating to the Certificates. The Regulation AB Information
complies
with all applicable requirements of Regulation AB (as defined
below).
(b) The Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties
contained in Schedule I for the benefit of the Purchaser and the
Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date, with
respect to (and
solely with respect to) each Mortgage Loan, which representations
and warranties
are subject to the exceptions set forth on Schedule II.
(c) With respect to the schedule of exceptions delivered by the
Trustee on the Closing Date, within fifteen (15) Business Days (or,
in the
reasonable discretion of the Controlling Class Representative,
thirty (30)
Business Days) of the Closing Date, with respect to the documents
specified in
clauses (i), (ii), (vii), (ix) (solely with respect to Ground
Leases) and (xii)
of the definition of Mortgage File, the Seller shall cure any
material exception
listed therein (for the avoidance of doubt, any deficiencies with
respect to the
documents specified in clause (ii) resulting solely from a delay in
the return
of the related documents from the applicable recording office,
shall be cured in
the time and manner described in Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and
Servicing
Agreement). If such exception is not so cured, the Seller shall
either (1)
repurchase the related Mortgage Loan, (2) with respect to
exceptions relating to
clause (xii) of the definition of "Mortgage File", deposit with the
Trustee an
amount, to be held in trust in a Special Reserve Account pursuant
to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, equal to the amount of the undelivered
letter of credit
(in the alternative, the Seller may deliver to the Trustee, with a
certified
copy to the Master Servicer and Trustee, a letter of credit for the
benefit of
the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee and upon the same
terms and
conditions as the undelivered letter of credit) which the Master
Servicer on
behalf of the Trustee may use (or draw upon, as the case may be)
under the same
circumstances and conditions as the Master Servicer would have been
entitled to
draw on the undelivered letter of credit, or (3) with respect to
any exceptions
relating to clauses (i), (ii) and (vii), deposit with the Trustee
an amount, to
be held in trust in a Special Reserve Account pursuant to the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, equal to 25% of the Stated Principal Balance
of the related
Mortgage Loan on such date. Any funds or letter of credit deposited
pursuant to
clauses (2) and (3) shall be held by the Trustee until the earlier
of (x) the
date on which the Master Servicer certifies to the Trustee and the
Controlling
Class Representative that such exception has been cured (or the
Trustee
certifies the same to the Controlling Class Representative), at
which time such
funds or letter of credit, as applicable, shall be returned to the
Seller and
(y) thirty (30) Business Days or, if the Controlling Class
Representative has
extended the cure period, forty-five (45) Business Days after the
Closing Date;
provided, however, that if such exception is not cured within such
thirty (30)
Business Days or forty-five (45) Business Days, as the case may be,
(A) in the
case of clause (2), the Trustee shall retain the funds or letter of
credit, as
applicable, or (B) in the case of clause (3), the Seller shall
repurchase the
related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this
Agreement, at which time such funds shall be applied to the
Purchase Price of
the related Mortgage Loan and any letter of credit will be returned
to the
Seller.
If the Seller receives written notice of a Document Defect or a
Breach pursuant to Section 2.03(a) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement
relating to a Mortgage Loan, then the Seller shall not later than
90 days from
receipt of such notice (or, in the case of a Document Defect or
Breach relating
to a Mortgage Loan not being a "qualified mortgage" within the
meaning of the
REMIC Provisions (a "Qualified Mortgage"), not later than 90 days
from the date
that any party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement discovers
such Document
Defect or Breach; provided the Seller receives such notice in a
timely manner),
if such Document Defect or Breach shall materially and adversely
affect the
value of the applicable Mortgage Loan, the interest of the Trust
therein or the
interests of any Certificateholder, cure such Document Defect or
Breach, as the
case may be, in all material respects, which shall include payment
of actual or
provable losses and any Additional Trust Fund Expenses directly
resulting from
any such Document Defect or Breach or, if such Document Defect or
Breach (other
than omissions solely due to a document not having been returned by
the related
recording office) cannot be cured within such 90-day period, (i)
repurchase the
affected Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price not later
than the end
of such 90-day period or (ii) substitute a Qualified Substitute
Mortgage Loan
for such affected Mortgage Loan not later than the end of such
90-day period
(and in no event later than the second anniversary of the Closing
Date) and pay
the Master Servicer for deposit into the Certificate Account, any
Substitution
Shortfall Amount in connection therewith; provided, however, that
unless the
Breach would cause the Mortgage Loan not to be a Qualified
Mortgage, and if such
Document Defect or Breach is capable of being cured but not within
such 90-day
period and the Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding
with the cure
of such Document Defect or Breach within such 90-day period, such
Seller shall
have an additional 90 days to complete such cure (or, failing such
cure, to
repurchase or substitute the related Mortgage Loan); provided,
further, that
with respect to such additional 90-day period the Seller shall have
delivered an
officer's certificate to the Trustee setting forth what actions the
Seller is
pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the
Seller
anticipates that such Document Defect or Breach will be cured
within the
additional 90-day period; provided, further, that no Document
Defect (other than
with respect to a Mortgage Note, Mortgage, title insurance policy,
Ground Lease,
any letter of credit, any franchise agreement, any comfort letter
and (if
required) any comfort letter transfer documents (collectively, the
"Core
Material Documents")) shall be considered to materially and
adversely affect the
value of the related Mortgage Loan, the interests of the Trust
therein or the
interests of any Certificateholder unless the document with respect
to which the
Document Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent
enforcement of
the mortgagee's rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan,
defending
any claim asserted by any borrower or third party with respect to
the Mortgage
Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien or any
collateral
securing the Mortgage Loan or for any immediate significant
servicing
obligations; provided, further, with respect to Document Defects
which
materially and adversely affect the interests of any
Certificateholder, the
interests of the Trust therein or the value of the related Mortgage
Loan, other
than with respect to Document Defects relating to the Core Material
Documents,
any applicable cure period following the initial 90 day cure period
may be
extended by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer if the
document involved
is not needed imminently. Such extension will end upon 30 days
notice of such
need as reasonably determined by the Master Servicer or Special
Servicer (with a
possible 30 day extension if the Master Servicer or Special
Servicer agrees that
the Seller is diligently pursuing a cure). The Seller shall cure
all Document
Defects which materially and adversely affect the interests of
any
Certificateholder, the interests of the Trust therein or the value
of the
related Mortgage Loan, regardless of the document involved, no
later than two
years following the Closing Date; provided that the initial 90 day
cure period
referenced in this paragraph may not be reduced. For a period of
two years from
the Closing Date, so long as there remains any Mortgage File
relating to a
Mortgage Loan as to which there is any uncured Document Defect or
Breach, the
Seller shall provide the officer's certificate to the Trustee
described above as
to the reasons such Document Defect or Breach remains uncured and
as to the
actions being taken to pursue cure. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the delivery
of a commitment to issue a policy of lender's title insurance as
described in
Representation 12 of Schedule I hereof in lieu of the delivery of
the actual
policy of lender's title insurance shall not be considered a
Document Defect or
Breach with respect to any Mortgage File if such actual policy of
insurance is
delivered to the Trustee or a Custodian on its behalf not later
than the 90th
day following the Closing Date.
If (i) any Mortgage Loan is required to be repurchased or
substituted for in the manner described above, (ii) such Mortgage
Loan is
cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with one or more other
Mortgage Loans
(each, a "Crossed Loan"), and (iii) the applicable Document Defect
or Breach
does not constitute a Document Defect or Breach, as the case may
be, as to any
other Crossed Loan in such Crossed Group (without regard to this
paragraph),
then the applicable Document Defect or Breach, as the case may be,
will be
deemed to constitute a Document Defect or Breach, as the case may
be, as to any
other Crossed Loan in the Crossed Group for purposes of this
paragraph, and the
Seller will be required to repurchase or substitute for all of the
remaining
Crossed Loan(s) in the related Crossed Group as provided in the
immediately
preceding paragraph unless such other Crossed Loans in such Crossed
Group
satisfy the Crossed Loan Repurchase Criteria and satisfy all other
criteria for
substitution or repurchase of Mortgage Loans set forth herein. In
the event that
the remaining Crossed Loans satisfy the aforementioned criteria,
the Seller may
elect either to repurchase or substitute for only the affected
Crossed Loan as
to which the related Breach or Document Defect exists or to
repurchase or
substitute for all of the Crossed Loans in the related Crossed
Group. The Seller
shall be responsible for the cost of any Appraisal required to be
obtained by
the Master Servicer to determine if the Crossed Loan Repurchase
Criteria have
been satisfied, so long as the scope and cost of such Appraisal has
been
approved by the Seller (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld).
To the extent that the Seller is required to repurchase or
substitute for a Crossed Loan hereunder in the manner prescribed
above while the
Trustee continues to hold any other Crossed Loans in such Crossed
Group, neither
the Seller nor the Purchaser shall enforce any remedies against the
other's
Primary Collateral, but each is permitted to exercise remedies
against the
Primary Collateral securing its respective Crossed Loans, including
with respect
to the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing Crossed Loans still
held by the
Trustee.
If the exercise of remedies by one party would materially impair
the
ability of the other party to exercise its remedies with respect to
the Primary
Collateral securing the Crossed Loans held by such party, then the
Seller and
the Purchaser shall forbear from exercising such remedies until the
Mortgage
Loan documents evidencing and securing the relevant Crossed Loans
can be
modified in a manner that complies with this Agreement to remove
the threat of
material impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies or some
other
accommodation can be reached. Any reserve or other cash collateral
or letters of
credit securing the Crossed Loans shall be allocated between such
Crossed Loans
in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents, or otherwise on a
pro rata basis
based upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a Crossed Loan included in the Trust Fund is modified
to terminate
the related cross-collateralization and/or cross-default
provisions, as a
condition to such modification, the Seller shall furnish to the
Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel that any modification shall not cause an Adverse
REMIC Event.
Any expenses incurred in good faith by the Purchaser in connection
with such
modification or accommodation (including, but not limited to,
recoverable
attorney fees) shall be paid by the Seller.
(d) In connection with any permitted repurchase or substitution
of
one or more Mortgage Loans contemplated hereby, upon receipt of a
certificate
from a Servicing Officer certifying as to the receipt of the
Purchase Price or
Substitution Shortfall Amount(s), as applicable, in the Certificate
Account, and
the delivery of the Mortgage File(s) and the Servicing File(s) for
the related
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s) to the Custodian and the
Master Servicer,
respectively, if applicable (i) the Trustee shall execute and
deliver such
endorsements and assignments as are provided to it by the Master
Servicer, in
each case without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be
necessary to
vest in the Seller, the legal and beneficial ownership of each
repurchased
Mortgage Loan or substituted Mortgage Loan, as applicable, (ii) the
Trustee, the
Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each
tender to the
Seller, upon delivery to each of them of a receipt executed by the
Seller, all
portions of the Mortgage File and other documents pertaining to
such Mortgage
Loan possessed by it, and (iii) the Master Servicer and the Special
Servicer
shall release to the Seller any Escrow Payments and Reserve Funds
held by it in
respect of such repurchased or deleted Mortgage Loans.
(e) Without limiting the remedies of the Purchaser, the
Certificateholders or the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders pursuant
to this Agreement, it is acknowledged that the representations and
warranties
are being made for risk allocation purposes. This Section 3
provides the sole
remedy available to the Certificateholders, or the Trustee on
behalf of the
Certificateholders, respecting any Document Defect in a Mortgage
File or any
Breach of any representation or warranty set forth in or required
to be made
pursuant to this Section 3. Nothing in this Agreement shall
prohibit the
Purchaser or its assigns (including the Master Servicer and/or the
Special
Servicer) from pursuing any course of action authorized by the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement while the Purchaser asserts a claim or brings a
cause of
action to enforce any rights set forth herein against the
Seller.
(f) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which has become a
Defaulted
Mortgage Loan under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or with
respect to which
the related Mortgaged Property has been foreclosed and which is the
subject of a
repurchase claim under this Agreement, in accordance with Section
2.03 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer with the
consent of the
Controlling Class Representative shall notify the Seller in writing
of its
intention to liquidate such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property
at least 45
days prior to any such action. If (a) the Seller consents to such
sale and
voluntarily agrees to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or
REO Property or
(b) a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Seller is
liable under
this Agreement to repurchase such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO
Property, then
such Seller shall remit to the Purchaser an amount equal to the
difference if
any of the price of such Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO Property as
sold and the
price at which the Seller would have had to repurchase such
Defaulted Mortgage
Loan or REO Property under this Agreement. The Seller shall have 10
Business
Days after receipt of notice to determine whether or not to consent
to such
sale. If the Seller does not consent to such sale, the Special
Servicer shall
contract with a Determination Party (as defined in the Pooling and
Servicing
Agreement) as to the merits of such proposed sale. If the related
Determination
Party determines that such proposed sale is in accordance with the
Servicing
Standard and the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
with respect
to the sale of Defaulted Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and,
subsequent to
such sale, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the
Seller was
liable under this Agreement and required to repurchase such
Defaulted Mortgage
Loan or REO Property in accordance with the terms hereof, then the
Seller shall
remit to the Purchaser an amount equal to the difference (if any)
between the
proceeds of the related action and the price at which the Seller
would have been
obligated to pay had the Seller repurchased such Defaulted Mortgage
Loan or REO
Property prior to the execution of a binding contract of sale with
a third party
in accordance with the terms hereof including the costs related to
contracting
with the related Determination Party; provided that the foregoing
procedure in
this Section 3(f) shall not preclude such Seller from repurchasing
the Defaulted
Mortgage Loan or REO Property prior to the execution of a binding
contract of
sale with a third party in accordance with the other provisions of
this Section
3 (excluding this Section 3(f)). If the related Determination Party
determines
that the sale of the related Defaulted Mortgage Loan or REO
Property is not in
accordance with the Servicing Standards and the provisions of the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to the sale of Defaulted Mortgage
Loans and REO
Properties and the Special Servicer subsequently sells such
Mortgage Loan or REO
Property, then the Seller will not be liable for any such
difference (nor any
cost of contracting with the Determination Party).
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there exists a Breach
relating
to whether or not the Mortgage Loan documents or any particular
Mortgage Loan
document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and
expenses
associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage
Loan
document(s) with respect to matters described in Representations 23
and 43 of
Schedule I hereof, then the Purchaser shall direct the Seller in
writing to wire
transfer to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Certificate
Account, within
90 days of the Seller's receipt of such direction, the amount of
any such costs
and expenses borne by the Purchaser, the Certificateholders, the
Master
Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee on their behalf that
are the
basis of such Breach. Upon its making such deposit, the Seller
shall be deemed
to have cured such Breach in all respects. Provided such payment is
made in
full, this paragraph describes the sole remedy available to the
Purchaser, the
Certificateholders, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and
the Trustee on
their behalf regarding any such Breach and the Seller shall not be
obligated to
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan on account of such Breach or
otherwise
cure such Breach.
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. In
order
to induce the Seller to enter into this Agreement, the Purchaser
hereby
represents and warrants for the benefit of the Seller as of the
date hereof
that:
(a) The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina.
The
Purchaser has the full corporate power and authority and legal
right to acquire
the Mortgage Loans from the Seller and to transfer the Mortgage
Loans to the
Trustee.
(b) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed
and delivered by the Purchaser, all requisite action by the
Purchaser's
directors and officers has been taken in connection therewith, and
(assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Seller)
this Agreement
constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligation of the
Purchaser,
enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms,
except as such
enforcement may be limited by (A) laws relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, receivership or moratorium, (B) other laws relating
to or
affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (C) general equity
principles
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity
or at law).
(c) Except as may be required under federal or state securities
laws
(and which will be obtained on a timely basis), no consent,
approval,
authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice
to, any
governmental authority or court, is required, under federal or
state law, for
the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of or
compliance by the
Purchaser with this Agreement, or the consummation by the Purchaser
of any
transaction described in this Agreement.
(d) None of the acquisition of the Mortgage Loans by the
Purchaser,
the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, or the
execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser, results or will
result in the
creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Purchaser's assets
or property,
or conflicts or will conflict with, results or will result in a
breach of, or
require or will require the consent of any third person or
constitutes or will
constitute a default under (A) any term or provision of the
Purchaser's
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (B) any term or provision
of any
material agreement, contract, instrument or indenture, to which the
Purchaser is
a party or by which the Purchaser is bound, or (C) any law, rule,
regulation,
order, judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any court or
governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or its assets.
(e) Under GAAP and for federal income tax purposes, the
Purchaser
will report the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the
Purchaser as
a sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser in exchange for
consideration
consisting of a cash amount equal to the Aggregate Purchase
Price.
(f) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending
or
to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser
in any court
or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality
which would
materially and adversely affect the validity of this Agreement or
any action
taken in connection with the obligations of the Purchaser
contemplated herein,
or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the
Purchaser to
enter into and/or perform its obligations under the terms of this
Agreement.
(g)
The Purchaser is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any
federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency or body, which default might have
consequences
that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial
or other) or
operations of the Purchaser or its properties or might have
consequences that
would materially and adversely affect its performance
hereunder.
SECTION 5. Closing. The closing of the sale of the Mortgage
Loans
(the "Closing") shall be held at the offices of Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft
LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina on the Closing Date.
The Closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of the Seller set
forth in or made pursuant to Sections 3(a) and 3(b) of this
Agreement and all of
the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in
Section 4 of
this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
as of the
Closing Date;
(b) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement (to the extent it
affects
the obligations of the Seller hereunder) and all documents
specified in Section
6 of this Agreement (the "Closing Documents"), in such forms as are
agreed upon
and acceptable to the Purchaser, the Seller, the Underwriters, the
Initial
Purchasers and their respective counsel in their reasonable
discretion, shall be
duly executed and delivered by all signatories as required pursuant
to the
respective terms thereof;
(c) The Seller shall have delivered and released to the Trustee
(or
a Custodian on its behalf) and the Master Servicer, respectively,
all documents
represented to have been or required to be delivered to the Trustee
and the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement;
(d) All other terms and conditions of this Agreement required to
be
complied with on or before the Closing Date shall have been
complied with in all
material respects and the Seller shall have the ability to comply
with all terms
and conditions and perform all duties and obligations required to
be complied
with or performed after the Closing Date;
(e) The Seller shall have paid all fees and expenses payable by
it
to the Purchaser or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement as of the
Closing Date;
and
(f) The letters shall have been received from the independent
accounting firm KPMG LLP, in form satisfactory to the Purchaser,
relating to
certain information regarding the Mortgage Loans and Certificates
as set forth
in the Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary
Memorandum and the
Memorandum.
Both parties agree to use their best efforts to perform their
respective obligations hereunder in a manner that will enable the
Purchaser to
purchase the Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date.
SECTION 6. Closing Documents. The Closing Documents shall consist
of
the following:
(a) This Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser and the
Seller;
(b) A certificate of the Seller, executed by a duly authorized
officer of the Seller and dated the Closing Date, and upon which
the Purchaser,
the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may rely, to the effect
that: (i)
the representations and warranties of the Seller in this Agreement
are true and
correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with
the same
effect as if made on such date; and (ii) the Seller has, in all
material
respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on
its part that are required under this Agreement to be performed or
satisfied at
or prior to the Closing Date;
(c) An officer's certificate from an officer of the Seller
(signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and
upon which the
Purchaser may rely, to the effect that each individual who, as an
officer or
representative of the Seller, signed this Agreement or any other
document or
certificate delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection
with the
transactions contemplated herein, was at the respective times of
such signing
and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly elected or
appointed,
qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the
signatures of
such persons appearing on such documents and certificates are their
genuine
signatures;
(d) An officer's certificate from an officer of the Seller
(signed
in his/her capacity as an officer), dated the Closing Date, and
upon which the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers may rely, to
the effect
that with respect to the Seller, the Mortgage Loans, the related
Mortgagors and
the related Mortgaged Properties (i) such officer has carefully
examined the
Specified Portions of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
together with all
other Time of Sale Information delivered prior to the Time of Sale
and nothing
has come to his attention that would lead him to believe that the
Specified
Portions of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement together with all
other Time
of Sale Information delivered prior to the Time of Sale, as of the
Time of Sale,
or as of the Closing Date, included or include any untrue statement
of a
material fact relating to the Mortgage Loans or omitted or omit to
state therein
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein
relating to
the Mortgage Loans, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made,
not misleading, (ii) such officer has carefully examined the
Specified Portions
of the Prospectus Supplement and nothing has come to his attention
that would
lead him to believe that the Specified Portions of the Prospectus
Supplement, as
of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, or as of the Closing
Date, included or
include any untrue statement of a material fact relating to the
Mortgage Loans
or omitted or omit to state therein a material fact necessary in
order to make
the statements therein relating to the Mortgage Loans, in light of
the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iii)
such officer has
examined the Specified Portions of the Memorandum and nothing has
come to his
attention that would lead him to believe that the Specified
Portions of the
Memorandum, as of the date thereof or as of the Closing Date,
included or
include any untrue statement of a material fact relating to the
Mortgage Loans
or omitted or omit to state therein a material fact necessary in
order to make
the statements therein related to the Mortgage Loans, in the light
of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
"Specified
Portions" of the Prospectus Supplement shall consist of Annex A
thereto, the
diskette which accompanies the Prospectus Supplement (insofar as
such diskette
is consistent with such Annex A) and the following sections of the
Prospectus
Supplement (exclusive of any statements in such sections that
purport to
summarize the servicing and administration provisions of the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement): "Summary of Prospectus Supplement--The
Parties--The
Mortgage Loan Sellers," "Summary of Prospectus Supplement--The
Mortgage Loans,"
"Risk Factors--The Mortgage Loans," and "Description of the
Mortgage
Pool--General," "--Mortgage Loan History," "--Certain Terms and
Conditions of
the Mortgage Loans," "--Assessments of Property Condition,"
"--Co-Lender Loans,"
"--Additional Mortgage Loan Information," "--Twenty Largest
Mortgage Loans,"
"--The Mortgage Loan Sellers," "--Underwriting Standards," and
"--Representations and Warranties; Repurchases and Substitutions."
The
"Specified Portions" of the Memorandum shall consist of the
Specified Portions
of the Prospectus Supplement and the first and second full
paragraphs on page
"v" of the Memorandum.
(e) The resolutions of the requisite committee of the Seller's
board
of directors authorizing the Seller's entering into the
transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation
and by-laws of
the Seller, and an original or copy of a certificate of good
standing of the
Seller issued by the State of Delaware not earlier than sixty (60)
days prior to
the Closing Date;
(f) A written opinion of counsel for the Seller (which opinion
may
be from in-house counsel, outside counsel or a combination
thereof), reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser, its counsel and the Rating Agencies,
dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Purchaser, the Trustee, the
Underwriters, the
Initial Purchasers and each of the Rating Agencies, together with
such other
written opinions as may be required by the Rating Agencies; and
(g) Such further certificates, opinions and documents as the
Purchaser may reasonably request.
SECTION 7. Indemnification.
(a) The Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser,
the
Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, their respective officers and
directors,
and each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser, any
Underwriter or any
Initial Purchasers within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or Section 20 of the
Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), against any and all
losses, expenses
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel),
claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become
subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state
statutory law
or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise
out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact
contained in (A) the Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary
Memorandum, the
Memorandum, the Diskette or in any revision or amendment of or
supplement to any
of the foregoing, (B) any Time of Sale Information or any Issuer
Information
contained in any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf
of the
Underwriters (an "Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus") or
contained in any Free
Writing Prospectus which is required to be filed in accordance with
the terms of
the Underwriting Agreement, (C) any items similar to Free Writing
Prospectuses
forwarded by the Seller to the Initial Purchasers, or in any
revision or
amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing or (D) the
summaries,
reports, documents and other written and computer materials and all
other
information regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Seller furnished by
the Seller
for review by prospective investors (the items in (A), (B), (C) and
(D) above
being defined as the "Disclosure Material"), (ii) arise out of or
are based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state therein (in the case of
Free Writing
Prospectuses, when read in conjunction with any Time of Sale
Information, in the
case of any items similar to Free Writing Prospectuses, when read
in conjunction
with the Memorandum) and in the case of any summaries, reports,
documents,
written or computer materials, or other information contemplated in
clause (D)
above, when read in conjunction with the Memorandum and in the case
of any Free
Writing Prospectus, when read in conjunction with the other Time of
Sale
Information) a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were
made, not misleading; but, with respect to any Disclosure Material
described in
clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the definition thereof, only if and to
the extent
that (I) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or
alleged omission occurring in, or with respect to, such Disclosure
Material,
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or omission with
respect to
the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors and/or the related
Mortgaged
Properties contained in the Data File (it being herein acknowledged
that the
Data File was and will be used to prepare the Prospectus Supplement
and the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, including without limitation
Annex A thereto,
any other Time of Sale Information, the Preliminary Memorandum, the
Memorandum
and the Diskette with respect to the Registered Certificates and
any items
similar to Free Writing Prospectuses forwarded to prospective
investors in the
Non-Registered Certificates and any Free Writing Prospectus), (II)
any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission of
a material fact occurring in, or with respect to, such Disclosure
Material, is
with respect to, or arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or
omission of a material fact with respect to, the information
regarding the
Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgagors, the related Mortgaged
Properties and/or
the Seller set forth in the Specified Portions of each of the
Prospectus
Supplement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Preliminary
Memorandum
and the Memorandum, (III) any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or with respect to,
such
Disclosure Material, arises out of or is based upon a breach of
the
representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in or made
pursuant to
Section 3 hereof or (IV) any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission occurring in, or with respect to,
such
Disclosure Material, arises out of or is based upon any other
written
information concerning the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans,
the related
Mortgagors or the related Mortgaged Properties furnished to the
Purchaser, the
Underwriters or the Initial Purchasers by the Seller; provided,
that the
indemnification provided by this Section 7 shall not apply to the
extent that
such untrue statement or omission of a material fact was made as a
result of an
error in the manipulation of, or in any calculations based upon, or
in any
aggregation of the information regarding the Mortgage Loans, the
related
Mortgagors and/or the related Mortgaged Properties set forth in the
Data File or
Annex A to the Prospectus Supplement or the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement to
the extent such information was not materially incorrect in the
Data File or
such Annex A, as applicable, including without limitation the
aggregation of
such information with comparable information relating to the Other
Mortgage
Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided
in this
Section 7(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter or
Initial
Purchasers (or to the benefit of any person controlling such
Underwriter or
Initial Purchasers) from whom the person asserting claims giving
rise to any
such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities purchased
Certificates if
(x) the subject untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or
omission made in any Disclosure Material (exclusive of the
Prospectus or any
corrected or amended Prospectus or the Memorandum or any corrected
or amended
Memorandum) is eliminated or remedied in the Prospectus or the
Memorandum or,
with respect to any Time of Sale Information only, by the delivery
of a
Corrected Free Writing Prospectus prior to the Time of Sale (in
each case, as
corrected or amended, if applicable), as applicable, and (y) a copy
of the
Prospectus, Memorandum or Corrected Free Writing Prospectus (in
each case, as
corrected or amended, if applicable), as applicable, shall not have
been sent to
such person at or prior to the Time of Sale of such Certificates,
and (z) in the
case of a corrected or amended Prospectus, Memorandum or Corrected
Free Writing
Prospectus, such Underwriter or Initial Purchasers received
electronically or in
writing notice of such untrue statement or omission and updated
information
concerning the untrue statement or omission at least one Business
Day prior to
the Time of Sale. The Seller shall, subject to clause (c) below,
reimburse each
such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other
expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, "Registration Statement"
shall
mean such registration statement No. 333-127668 filed by the
Purchaser on Form
S-3, including without limitation exhibits thereto and information
incorporated
therein by reference; "Base Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus
dated February
24, 2006, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated
February 24, 2006
(the "Prospectus Supplement" and, together with the Base
Prospectus, the
"Prospectus") relating to the Registered Certificates, including
all annexes
thereto; "Preliminary Prospectus Supplement" shall mean the free
writing
prospectus dated February 13, 2006 consisting of the preliminary
free writing
prospectus, including the base prospectus, dated February , 2006
attached
thereto, as supplemented and corrected by that certain free writing
prospectus
dated February 21, 2006, as further supplemented by that certain
free writing
prospectus dated February 23, 2006; "Preliminary Memorandum" shall
mean the
preliminary private placement memorandum dated February 21, 2006,
relating to
the Non-Registered Certificates, including all annexes thereto;
"Memorandum"
shall mean the private placement memorandum dated February 24,
2006, relating to
the Non-Registered Certificates, including all exhibits thereto;
"Registered
Certificates" shall mean the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class
A-PB, Class
A-4, Class A-5, Class A-1A, Class A-M, Class A-J, Class B, Class C,
Class D,
Class E and Class F Certificates; "Non-Registered Certificates"
shall mean the
Certificates other than the Registered Certificates; "Diskette"
shall mean the
diskette or compact disc attached to each of the Prospectus, the
Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and the Memorandum; and "Data File" shall
mean the
compilation of information and data regarding the Mortgage Loans
covered by the
Agreed Upon Procedures Letters dated March 7, 2006 and rendered by
KPMG LLP (a
"hard copy" of which Data File was initialed on behalf of the
Seller and the
Purchaser). "Free Writing Prospectus" shall mean a "free writing
prospectus" as
such term is defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
"Corrected Free
Writing Prospectus" shall mean a Free Writing Prospectus that
corrects any
previous Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of any
Underwriter and
delivered to any purchaser that contained any untrue statement of a
material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in
which they were
made, not misleading. "Time of Sale" shall mean the time at which
sales to
investors of the Certificates were first made as determined in
accordance with
Rule 159 of the 1933 Act. "Time of Sale Information" shall mean
each free
writing prospectus listed on Exhibit B hereto. "Issuer Information"
shall have
the meaning given to such term in Rule 433(h) under the 1933 Act
(as discussed
by the SEC in footnote 271 of the Commission's Securities Offering
Reform
Release No. 33--8591). "Regulation AB" shall have the meaning as
defined in
Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R.
Secs.229.1100-229.1123 of the 1933 Act, as such may be amended from
time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have
been provided
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in the
adopting
release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No.
33-8518, 70 Fed.
Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may
be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
(c) As promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt by any
person entitled to indemnification under this Section 7 (an
"indemnified party")
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Seller (the
"indemnifying
party") under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any
indemnified party
under Section 7(a) (except to the extent that such omission has
prejudiced the
indemnifying party in any material respect) or from any liability
which it may
have otherwise than under this Section 7. In case any such action
is brought
against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying
party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice
delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
selected by the
indemnifying party and reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party;
provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action
include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party or
parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses
available to it or them and/or other indemnified parties that are
different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the
indemnified
party shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert
such legal
defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action
on behalf of
such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense of such
action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the
indemnifying party
will not be liable for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless
(i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
connection with the
assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the
preceding
sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party
shall not be
liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, approved
by the
Purchaser, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers,
representing all the
indemnified parties under Section 7(a) who are parties to such
action), (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the
indemnifying party
has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party
at the
expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i)
or (iii) is
applicable, such liability shall only be in respect of the counsel
referred to
in such clause (i) or (iii). Unless it shall assume the defense of
any
proceeding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled
with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying
party shall indemnify the indemnified party from and against any
loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have
requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and
expenses of
counsel or any other expenses for which the indemnifying party is
obligated
under this subsection, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall
be liable for
any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by
such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such
indemnifying party
shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with
such request
prior to the date of such settlement. If an indemnifying party
assumes the
defense of any proceeding, it shall be entitled to settle such
proceeding with
the consent of the indemnified party or, if such settlement
provides for an
unconditional release of the indemnified party in connection with
all matters
relating to the proceeding that have been asserted against the
indemnified party
in such proceeding by the other parties to such settlement, which
release does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability
or a failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party without the consent
of the
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 7(a) hereof or
insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to
therein, then
the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, in such proportion
as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified and
indemnifying
parties in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other
relevant equitable
considerations (taking into account the parties' relative knowledge
and access
to information concerning the matter with respect to which the
claim was
asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or
omission or
failure to comply, and any other equitable considerations
appropriate under the
circumstances). The relative fault of the indemnified and
indemnifying parties
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such
parties;
provided that no Underwriter or Initial Purchasers shall be
obligated to
contribute more than its share of underwriting discounts and
commissions and
other fees pertaining to the Certificates less any damages
otherwise paid by
such Underwriter or Initial Purchasers with respect to such loss,
liability,
claim, damage or expense. It is hereby acknowledged that the
respective
Underwriters' and Initial Purchasers' obligations under this
Section 7 shall be
several and not joint. For purposes of this Section, each person,
if any, who
controls an Underwriter or an Initial Purchasers within the meaning
of Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and such
Underwriter's or
Initial Purchasers' officers and directors, shall have the same
rights to
contribution as such Underwriter or Initial Purchaser, as the case
may be, and
each director of the Seller and each person, if any who controls
the Seller
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Seller.
(e) The Purchaser and the Seller agree that it would not be just
and
equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 7(d) were determined
by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of
the considerations referred to in Section 7(d) above. The amount
paid or payable
by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
and
liabilities referred to in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
include, subject to
the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending any such
action or claim, except where the indemnified party is required to
bear such
expenses pursuant to this Section 7, which expenses the
indemnifying party shall
pay as and when incurred, at the request of the indemnified party,
to the extent
that the indemnifying party will be ultimately obligated to pay
such expenses.
If any expenses so paid by the indemnifying party are subsequently
determined to
not be required to be borne by the indemnifying party hereunder,
the party that
received such payment shall promptly refund the amount so paid to
the party
which made such payment. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be
entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of (i)
any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by
the Purchaser,
the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, any of their respective
directors or
officers, or any person controlling the Purchaser, the Underwriters
or the
Initial Purchasers, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of
the
Certificates.
(g) Without limiting the generality or applicability of any
other
provision of this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial
Purchasers and their
directors, officers and controlling parties shall be third-party
beneficiaries
of the provisions of this Section 7.
SECTION 8. Costs. The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse the
Purchaser to the extent that the Purchaser has paid) the Seller's
pro rata
portion of the aggregate of the following amounts (the Seller's pro
rata portion
to be determined according to the percentage that the Nomura
Mortgage Loan
Balance represents as of the Cut-Off Date Pool Balance): (i) the
costs and
expenses of printing and delivering the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the
Certificates; (ii) the costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise
reproducing)
and delivering a final Prospectus, Term Sheet, Preliminary
Prospectus
Supplement, each other Free Writing Prospectus, Preliminary
Memorandum and
Memorandum relating to the Certificates; (iii) the initial fees,
costs, and
expenses of the Trustee (including reasonable attorneys' fees);
(iv) the filing
fee charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for
registration of the
Certificates so registered; (v) the fees charged by the Rating
Agencies to rate
the Certificates so rated; (vi) the fees and disbursements of a
firm of
certified public accountants selected by the Purchaser and the
Seller with
respect to numerical information in respect of the Mortgage Loans
and the
Certificates included in any Free Writing Prospectus, the
Prospectus and the
Memorandum, including in respect of the cost of obtaining any
"comfort letters"
with respect to such items; (vii) the reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and
expenses in connection with the qualification or exemption of the
Certificates
under state securities or "Blue Sky" laws, including filing fees
and reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith, in
connection with
the preparation of any "Blue Sky" survey and in connection with
any
determination of the eligibility of the Certificates for investment
by
institutional investors and the preparation of any legal investment
survey;
(viii) the expenses of printing any such "Blue Sky" survey and
legal investment
survey; and (ix) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
to the
Underwriters or Initial Purchasers; provided, however, Seller shall
pay (or
shall reimburse the Purchaser to the extent that the Purchaser has
paid) the
expense of recording any assignment of Mortgage or assignment of
Assignment of
Leases as contemplated by Section 2 hereof with respect to the
Seller's Mortgage
Loans. All other costs and expenses in connection with the
transactions
contemplated hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such
expense.
SECTION 9. Grant of a Security Interest. It is the express intent
of
the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to
the Purchaser as provided in Section 2 hereof be, and be construed
as, a sale of
the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser and not as a
pledge of the
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or
other
obligation of the Seller. However, if, notwithstanding the
aforementioned intent
of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the
Seller, then,
(a) it is the express intent of the parties that such conveyance be
deemed a
pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to
secure a debt or
other obligation of the Seller, and (b) (i) this Agreement shall
also be deemed
to be a security agreement within the meaning of Article 9 of the
Uniform
Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction; (ii) the conveyance
provided for
in Section 2 hereof shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller to
the Purchaser
of a security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and
interest in and
to the Mortgage Loans, and all amounts payable to the holder of the
Mortgage
Loans in accordance with the terms thereof, and all proceeds of the
conversion,
voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments,
securities or
other property, including, without limitation, all amounts, other
than
investment earnings, from time to time held or invested in the
Certificate
Account, the Distribution Account or, if established, the REO
Account (each as
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) whether in the form
of cash,
instruments, securities or other property; (iii) the assignment to
the Trustee
of the interest of the Purchaser as contemplated by Section 1
hereof shall be
deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created
hereunder; (iv) the
possession by the Trustee or any of its agents, including, without
limitation,
the Custodian, of the Mortgage Notes, and such other items of
property as
constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel
paper shall be
deemed to be possession by the secured party for purposes of
perfecting the
security interest pursuant to Section 9-313 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of
the applicable jurisdiction; and (v) notifications to persons
(other than the
Trustee) holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or
confirmations
from persons (other than the Trustee) holding such property, shall
be deemed
notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations
from, financial
intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the secured
party for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.
The Seller
and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such
actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were
deemed to
create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security
interest would
be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable
law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this
Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 10. Covenants of Purchaser. The Purchaser shall provide
the
Seller with all forms of Disclosure Materials (including the final
form of the
Memorandum and the preliminary and final forms of the Prospectus
Supplement)
promptly upon any such document becoming available.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices, copies, requests, consents,
demands and other communications required hereunder shall be in
writing and
telecopied or delivered to the intended recipient at the "Address
for Notices"
specified beneath its name on the signature pages hereof or, as to
either party,
at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
notice hereunder
to the other party. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
all such
communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when
transmitted by
telecopier or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed
notice, upon
receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.
SECTION 12. Repres