for the Franklin Credit
Trusts
FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE,
Dated as of December 15,
2008
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SECTION 1.1 Capitalized Terms
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SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions
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SECTION 2.1 Trust Business
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SECTION 2.3 Purposes and Powers
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SECTION 2.4 Appointment of Trustees;
Authority
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SECTION 2.5 Transfer of Transferred Assets to
Trust Estate
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SECTION 2.6 Release of Transferred Assets from
Trust Estate
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SECTION 2.7 Declaration of Trust
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SECTION 2.8 Title to Trust Property
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SECTION 2.9 Situs of Trust
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SECTION 2.10 Representations and Warranties of
the Depositors
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SECTION 2.11 The Delaware Trustee
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SECTION 2.12 Creation of Trusts
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SECTION 2.13 Liability of Owners
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TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF
INTERESTS
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SECTION 3.1 Initial Ownership
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SECTION 3.2 The Trust Certificates
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SECTION 3.3 Execution, Authentication and
Delivery of Trust Certificates
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SECTION 3.4 Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Trust Certificates
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SECTION 3.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Trust Certificates
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SECTION 3.6 Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 3.7 Access to List of Owners’
Names and Addresses
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SECTION 3.8 Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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SECTION 3.10 Restrictions on Transfer of Trust
Certificates
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SECTION 4.1 Prior Notice to Majority
Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters;
Covenants
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SECTION 4.3 Restrictions on Owners’
Power
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SECTION 4.4 Majority Control
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SECTION 5.1 Reimbursement of Trustee
Fees
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SECTION 5.4 Federal Information Returns and
Reports to Certificateholders; Trust Administration
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SECTION 5.5 Administrators
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AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEES
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SECTION 6.1 General Authority
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SECTION 6.2 General Duties
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SECTION 6.3 Action Upon Instruction
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SECTION 6.4 No Duties Except as Specified in
this Master Trust Agreement or in Instructions
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SECTION 6.5 No Action Except Under Specified
Documents or Instructions
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SECTION 7.1 Acceptance of Trusts and
Duties
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SECTION 7.2 Furnishing of Documents
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SECTION 7.3 Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 7.4 Reliance; Advice of
Counsel
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SECTION 7.5 Not Acting in Individual
Capacity
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SECTION 7.6 Trustee Not Liable for Trust
Certificates or Assets
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SECTION 7.7 Limitation of Liability
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SECTION 8.1 Fees and Expenses
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SECTION 8.2 Indemnification
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SECTION 8.3 Payments to the Trustees
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SECTION 8.4 Lien on Trust Property
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TERMINATION OF MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT
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SECTION 9.1 Termination of Master Trust
Agreement
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SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL
TRUSTEES
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SECTION 10.1 Eligibility Requirements for
Trustees
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SECTION 10.2 Resignation or Removal of
Trustees
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SECTION 10.3 Successor Trustees
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SECTION 10.4 Merger or Consolidation of
Trustees
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SECTION 10.5 Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee
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SECTION 11.1 Supplements and
Amendments
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SECTION 11.2 No Title to a Trust Estate in
Owners
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SECTION 11.3 Limitations on Rights of
Others
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SECTION 11.5 Severability
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SECTION 11.6 Separate Counterparts
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SECTION 11.7 Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 11.11 GOVERNING LAW
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SECTION 11.12 Entire Agreement
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Schedule of
Lockbox Accounts
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FORM OF TRUST
CERTIFICATE
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
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FORM OF
TRANSFEREE LETTER
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FORM OF ASSET
TRANSFER NOTICE
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FORM OF RELEASE
NOTICE
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FOR THE FRANKLIN CREDIT
TRUSTS
THIS
MASTER TRUST AGREEMENT (the “ Master Trust Agreement
”), dated as of December 15, 2008, among, Franklin
Credit Management Corporation (“ Franklin ”), a
Delaware corporation, as a depositor, Tribeca Lending Corp.
(“ Tribeca ”), a New York corporation, as a
depositor (each of Franklin and Tribeca, a “ Depositor
” and collectively the “ Depositors ”),
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking
association, as Certificate Trustee (not in its individual capacity
but solely as Certificate Trustee, in such capacity, the “
Certificate Trustee ”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware Trustee (not
in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee, in such
capacity, the “ Delaware Trustee ” and,
collectively with the Certificate Trustee, the “
Trustees ”).
Subject
to the terms and conditions contained herein, it is the intention
of the parties hereto that this Master Trust Agreement and the
additional terms more fully described in the related Trust
Certificates, shall constitute a statutory trust under the
Statutory Trust Statute, that this Master Trust Agreement and each
related Trust Certificate shall create one or more separate Trusts
and shall constitute the governing instrument thereof.
For
each Trust, from time to time, a Depositor will transfer the
related Assets to such Trust and shall cause such Transferred
Assets to be conveyed to the Custodian to be held on behalf of the
Trust.
At
the direction of each Depositor, Huntington (as defined below) or
its designee will receive the Trust Certificates from the
Certificate Trustee evidencing the entire beneficial ownership
interest in each Trust, as security for those certain related
guaranty agreements, each dated as of December 19, by such
related Trust in favor of Huntington.
In
consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants herein
contained, the Depositors and the Trustees hereby agree for the
benefit of each of them, the Holders of the Trust Certificates and
the Owners as follows:
SECTION 1.1 Capitalized Terms . For all purposes of
this Master Trust Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
“
Acquisition Date ” shall mean each date on which a
Depositor deposits Assets into a Trust pursuant to this Agreement.
The Depositor shall provide the Certificate Trustee with two (2)
Business Days prior written notice of an anticipated Acquisition
Date (or such lesser notice as shall be acceptable to the
Certificate Trustee).
“
Administrators ” shall mean the Person(s) designated
as such by the Depositors and acceptable to the Majority
Certificateholders in their sole discretion by written notice to
the Trustees, solely in each such Person’s capacity as
Administrator of the Trust and not in such Person’s
individual capacity, or such Administrator’s successor in
interest in such capacity, or any successor appointed as herein
provided.
“
Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person,
any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (together with
the correlative meanings of “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power (a) to vote 10% or more
of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting
power for the directors or managing general partners (or their
equivalent) of such Person, or (b) to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or
otherwise.
“
Aggregate Majority Certificateholders ” shall mean, as
of any date of determination, with respect to all Trusts then
established and in effect, the Holders of more than an aggregate
50% Percentage Interest of all of the related Trust Certificates
for each Trust established and in effect.
“
Asset ” shall mean Record Title of a Loan (as
indicated in the related Asset Transfer Notice) to be transferred
to a Trust pursuant to an Asset Transfer Notice in accordance
herewith.
“
Asset Transfer Notice ” shall mean, with respect to
any Assets to be transferred to a Trust, the related notice in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit D
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“
Beneficial Title ” shall mean any right, title,
interest, claim or share (other than Record Title) in a
Loan.
“
Benefit Plan Investor ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 3.10(b) hereof.
“
Business Day ” shall mean a day other than a day on
which banking institutions in California, New York or Delaware are
authorized or permitted to be closed.
“
Certificate of Trust ” shall mean a Certificate of
Trust in the form of Exhibit B hereto to be filed for
each Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust
Statute.
“
Certificate Register ” and “ Certificate
Registrar ” shall mean the register mentioned and the
registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof.
“
Certificateholder ” or “ Holder ”
shall mean a Person in whose name a Trust Certificate is registered
in the Certificate Register.
“
Closing Date ” shall mean for each Trust, the date on
which the related Trust Certificates shall be executed and
authenticated.
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Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” shall mean, with respect to
the Certificate Trustee, the principal corporate trust office of
the Certificate Trustee, located at Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, 1761 East St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, California
92705-4934, Attention: Trust Administration – FM0801,
telecopy number (714) 247-6478, telephone number
(714) 247-6000; and with respect to Delaware Trustee, the
principal trust office of Delaware Trustee located at Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Delaware, 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200,
Wilmington, Delaware 19805, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration, telecopy number (302) 636-3399, telephone
number: (302) 636-3392; or at such other address as the
respective Trustee may designate by notice to the Owners and the
Depositors, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Trustee (the address (which, in the case of Delaware
Trustee, shall be in the State of Delaware) of which the successor
Trustee will notify the Owners and the Depositors).
“
Custodial Agreement ” shall mean any agreement between
a Depositor (or its subsidiary or Affiliate) and a Custodian
providing for the possession of documents evidencing the related
Assets on behalf of the Trust. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Master Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall have no
responsibility for the selection of the Custodian nor for its
performance under the applicable Custodial Agreement.
“
Custodian ” shall mean the document custodian under
the applicable Custodial Agreement.
“
Depositor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
“
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“
Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
“
Expenses ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 8.2 hereof.
“
Forbearance Agreement ” shall mean (i) that
certain First Amended and Restated Forbearance Agreement and
Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated as of December 19, 2008,
by and among the borrowers listed on the signature pages thereto,
Franklin, Franklin Credit Asset Corporation, Franklin Credit
Holding Corporation and The Huntington National Bank (“
Huntington ”), as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and
(ii) that certain First Amended and Restated Tribeca
Forbearance Agreement and Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated as
of December 19, 2008, by and among the borrowers listed on the
signature pages thereto, Tribeca Lending Corp., Franklin, Franklin
Credit Holding Corporation and Huntington, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 8.2 hereof.
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Loan ” shall mean a residential or commercial mortgage
loan or a mortgage-related receivable.
“
Loan Facility Document ” shall mean any document
relating to any loan facility entered into between Huntington or
any of its Affiliates on the one hand and any Depositor or any of
its respective Affiliates on the other hand relating to the
Forbearance Agreement.
“
Majority Certificateholders ” shall mean, with respect
to any Trust, the Holders of more than an aggregate 50% Percentage
Interest of the related Trust Certificates.
“
Master Trust Agreement ” shall mean this Master Trust
Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“
Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“
Non-U.S. Person ” shall mean a person other than a
“U.S. Person.”
“
Organization ” shall mean any corporation,
partnership, joint venture or enterprise, limited liability
corporation, unincorporated association, trust, estate,
governmental entity or other entity or organization and shall
include the successor (by merger or otherwise) of any entity or
organization.
“
Owner ” shall mean each Holder of a Trust
Certificate.
“
Percentage Interest ” with respect to each Trust
Certificate, the percentage indicated on the face
thereof.
“
Person ” shall mean a natural person or an
Organization.
“
Prospective Owner ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.10(a) hereof.
“
Record Date ” shall mean the 15
th calendar day of each month, or if such 15
th day is not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day.
“
Record Title ” shall mean, with respect to a Loan, the
instrument that is evidence of ownership shown (or to be shown) on
the public record.
“
Related Trust Documents ” shall mean, with respect to
any Trust, collectively, this Master Trust Agreement, the related
Trust Certificates and any related Custodial Agreement.
“
Secretary of State ” shall mean the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware.
“
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
“
Security Agreement and Guaranty ” shall mean those
certain (i) security agreements and (ii) guaranties, each
dated as of December 19, 2008, by and among
Huntington
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and each Trust
created pursuant to this Master Trust Agreement, as amended,
restated supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Servicer ” shall mean the party that services or
collects an Asset.
“
S&P ” shall mean Standard and Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any
successor thereto.
“
Statutory Trust Statute ” shall mean Chapter 38
of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq.,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
“
Transfer Date ” shall mean, with respect to an Asset,
the date on which it is transferred to a Trust, as specified in the
related Trust Certificate.
“
Transferred Assets ” shall mean, for each Trust, the
Assets transferred to the Trust on the related Transfer Date and
listed on Schedule 1 attached to each related Trust
Certificate and the Depositor’s rights under the Related
Trust Documents.
“
Treasury Regulations ” shall mean regulations,
including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the
Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or
temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final
Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.
“
Trust ” shall mean one or more of the Delaware
statutory trusts created by this Master Trust Agreement and the
related Trust Certificates.
“
Trust Certificate ” shall mean any trust certificate
evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in the related Trust,
signed by the Certificate Trustee in the name and on behalf of such
Trust and authenticated by the Certificate Trustee, in
substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A ,
with the blanks therein appropriately completed.
“
Trustee ” shall mean the Certificate Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee (severally and not jointly), as the context may
require, and any successor trustees hereunder.
“
Trust Estate ” shall mean, with respect to any Trust
and as of any date, the Transferred Assets contributed to and held
by such Trust pursuant to the applicable Asset Transfer Notice(s)
as of such date.
“
Trust Officer ” shall mean, with respect to each
Trustee, any managing director, director, associate, principal,
vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary,
assistant treasurer, trust officer, authorized signer or any other
officer of such Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, and
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“
Trustee Fees and Expenses ” shall mean fees and
expenses payable or reimbursable to each of the Trustees in their
respective individual capacities, including, without
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limitation,
fees payable by the Trust to the custodian under any Custodial
Agreement (if applicable), and fees and expenses payable pursuant
to Sections 8.1 and 8.2.
“
U.S. Person ” shall mean a citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created
or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia (except, in the case of a
partnership, to the extent provided in Treasury Regulations issued
pursuant to the authority granted in Section 7701(a)(4) of the
Code) or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal
income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within
the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the
administration of the trust and one or more United States persons
have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the
trust. The term “United States” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions
.
(a) All
terms defined in this Master Trust Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein.
(b) As
used in this Master Trust Agreement and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting
terms not defined in this Master Trust Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined
in this Master Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective
meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting
principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms
in this Master Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under
generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained
in this Master Trust Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document shall control.
(c) The
words “hereof”, “herein”,
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Master Trust Agreement shall refer to this Master Trust
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Master Trust Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained in
this Master Trust Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits
in or to this Master Trust Agreement unless otherwise specified;
and the term “including” and its variations shall be
deemed to be followed by “without
limitation”.
(d) The
definitions contained in this Master Trust Agreement are applicable
to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to
the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such
terms.
(e) Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or
in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith
means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of
agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto
and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are
also to its permitted successors and assigns.
(f) The
words “Trustees” shall be deemed to include the words
“and/or either of them” unless the context otherwise
requires.
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SECTION 2.1 Trust Business . Each Trust created
hereunder in which Franklin is the Depositor shall be known as
“[FRANKLIN CREDIT TRUST SERIES] [ROMAN NUMERIC
IDENTIFIER]”. Each Trust created hereunder in which Tribeca
is the Depositor shall be known as “[TRIBECA LENDING TRUST
SERIES] [ROMAN NUMERIC IDENTIFIER]”. The Trustees (severally
and not jointly) each shall have power and authority, and each is
hereby authorized and empowered to, on behalf of each Trust,
conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and
other instruments, and sue and be sued, in each case, as provided
in this Master Trust Agreement. The Administrators shall have only
those ministerial duties set forth herein with respect to
accomplishing the purposes of the Trust and are not intended to be
trustees or fiduciaries with respect to the Trust or the Holders.
The Trustees shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to
perform those duties assigned to the Administrators.
SECTION 2.2 Office . The office of each Trust shall
be in care of Delaware Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office or at
such other address in Delaware as Delaware Trustee may designate by
written notice to the Owners and the Depositors.
SECTION 2.3 Purposes and Powers . The purpose of each
Trust is and each Trust shall have power and authority, and is
hereby authorized and empowered, without the need for further
action on the part of such Trust,
(a) in
the name and on behalf of the Trust, to do or cause to be done all
acts and things as may be necessary, appropriate, or convenient to
cause the Trust, from time to time, to engage in the following
activities:
2.
to receive and hold the Trust Estate and any proceeds thereof (if
any and to the extent received) and to hold and deliver to the
Owners or their designees any portion (or all) of the Trust Estate
and any proceeds thereof (if any and to the extent received)
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Master Trust
Agreement;
3.
to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection
with conservation of the Trust Estate;
4.
to issue the Trust Certificates in exchange for the related Assets
pursuant to this Master Trust Agreement;
5.
to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust
Estate pursuant to the Security Agreement and Guaranty and to hold
and deliver to the Owners pursuant to the terms of this Master
Trust Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released from the
lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Security
Agreement and Guaranty;
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6.
to enter into, execute, deliver and perform the Trust’s
obligations under the Related Trust Documents and Security
Agreement and Guaranty to which it is a party; and
7.
to engage in those activities, including entering into, executing,
delivering, and performing its obligations under the Related Trust
Documents, the Security Agreement and Guaranty and such other
agreements, documents and other writings that are necessary,
suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are
incidental thereto or connected therewith.
(b) in
the name and on behalf of each Trust to do or cause to be done any
act or thing contemplated by this Section 2.3(b), to do or
cause to be done all acts and things determined by the
Administrators to be necessary, appropriate, or convenient in
exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to
the Trustees or the Administrators, as the case may be, under this
Master Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance
thereof, including the following:
1.
to sell or dispose of the related Trust Estate in whole or in part
at the written direction of the related Majority
Certificateholders; and
2.
to engage, solely at the written direction of the Majority
Certificateholders, in those activities, including entering into,
executing, delivering, and performing its obligations under,
agreements, documents and other writings that are necessary,
suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are
incidental thereto or connected therewith.
(c) each
Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the activities specified in
Section 2.3(a) and Section 2.3(b) hereof. No Trust shall
engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing
or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Master
Trust Agreement or the other Related Trust Documents. The
Administrators shall have the power and authority to direct the
Trustees to perform any act authorized in this Section 2.3.
The Trustees shall have no obligation to monitor any activities of
the Depositors.
SECTION 2.4 Appointment of Trustees; Authority . Each
Depositor hereby appoints the Trustees as trustees of each Trust
effective as of the related Closing Date for each Trust, to have
all the rights, powers, authority, authorization and duties set
forth herein.
SECTION 2.5 Transfer of Transferred Assets to Trust
Estate . A Depositor may, from time to time, following the
initial Acquisition Date for such Trust, deposit, cause to be
deposited or otherwise convey Assets to the Trust pursuant to an
Asset Transfer Notice. Prior to the initial Acquisition Date for
each Trust, a Depositor shall instruct (a) the Delaware
Trustee to prepare each Certificate of Trust and (b) the
Trustees in writing to (i) execute each Certificate of Trust,
(ii) file such Certificate of Trust for such Trust and
(iii) provide the related Depositor with a filed stamped copy
of such Certificate of Trust along with a good standing certificate
issued by the Delaware Secretary of State’s Office. On each
Acquisition Date, the Depositor hereby grants, transfers, conveys
and assigns to the Trust (i) the Assets set forth on the
related Asset Transfer Notice free and clear of all liens other
than liens in favor of
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existence on such Acquisition Date and (ii) all of its rights
under the related Custodial Agreement with respect to the Assets.
At least two (2) Business Days prior to each such Acquisition
Date (or such shorter period of time as shall be acceptable to the
Certificate Trustee), the related Depositor shall deliver an Asset
Transfer Notice to the Certificate Trustee (with a copy to the
Holders) identifying such Assets to be transferred to the Trust,
and such other information as may be required for the proper
administration of the Trust by the Certificate Trustee. The
Certificate Trustee may conclusively rely on the related Asset
Transfer Notice and shall have no duty to verify or independently
determine the accuracy of the information received by it with
respect to the Transferred Assets and their proceeds. The
Certificate Trustee shall maintain a record of the Assets in
accordance with its usual and customary procedures. Such transfer
of Transferred Assets will be effected by delivery by or on behalf
of the related Depositor of the documents evidencing the
Transferred Assets to the Custodian on behalf of the Trust. The
related Depositor shall pay reasonable organizational expenses of
the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the request of a
Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee in its individual capacity
for any such expenses paid by such Trustee in its individual
capacity.
SECTION 2.6 Release of Transferred Assets from Trust
Estate . With respect to any Trust, 100% of the Holders of
such Trust may, at any time, request the release of certain (or
all) Transferred Assets from such Trust to each of the related
Owners’ designee as identified in a writing substantially in
the form of Exhibit E hereto (the “ Release
Notice ”), by providing the Certificate Trustee and the
Custodian with such Release Notice. Upon receipt of such Release
Notice, the Custodian on behalf of the Certificate Trustee shall
release the requested Transferred Assets from the Trust as set
forth in the related Release Notice.
SECTION 2.7 Declaration of Trust . The Certificate
Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate for each
Trust in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein
for the use and benefit of the related Owners; provided ,
however , that it is understood and agreed that the
Custodian shall take physical possession of the Assets for each
Trust on behalf of the Certificate Trustee for the benefit of the
related Owners. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each
Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust
Statute and that an executed counterpart of this Master Trust
Agreement, together with executed Trust Certificates, shall
constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust.
Effective as of the date hereof, each Trustee shall have all
rights, powers and authority set forth herein and, to the extent
not inconsistent herewith, in the Statutory Trust Statute with
respect to accomplishing the purposes of each Trust.
SECTION 2.8 Title to Trust Property .
(a) Title
to the Trust Estate with respect to a Trust shall be vested at all
times in such Trust as a separate legal entity except where
applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of
such Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which
case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Certificate Trustee
and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.
(b) The
Owners of any Trust, in their capacity as such, shall not have
title to any part of any Trust Estate. No transfer by operation of
law or otherwise of any interest of the Owners shall operate to
terminate this Master Trust Agreement or the Trusts hereunder or
entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of
any part of any Trust Estate.
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(c) Each
of the Depositor and the Administrators shall take all commercially
reasonable steps to ensure that legal title to the Trust Estate
shall not be vested in the name of a Trustee unless such
recordation is required by applicable law and/or the related county
recorder or otherwise agreed to by the related Trustee.
SECTION 2.9 Situs of Trust . Each Trust will be
located in the State of Delaware. No Trust shall have any
employees; provided , however , that nothing herein
shall restrict or prohibit the Trustees from having employees
within or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be received
by each Trust only in Delaware or New York. The principal office of
each Trust will be at Delaware Trustee’s Corporate Trust
Office in Delaware. Each Trust will also have an office at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate Trustee.
SECTION 2.10 Representations and Warranties of the
Depositors .
Each Depositor
hereby represents and warrants to the Trustees and the Owners
that:
(a) The
Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Master Trust Agreement and each other Related Trust Document to
which it is a party and to carry out its respective terms; each
Depositor has full power and authority to sell and assign the
property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust
and such Depositor has duly authorized such sale and assignment and
deposit to the Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Master Trust Agreement
and each other Related Trust Document to which it is a party have
been duly authorized by such Depositor by all necessary action of a
corporation.
(b) No
Asset in any Trust is (a)(1) subject to the provisions of the
Homeownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 as amended (“
HOEPA ”) or (2) has an annual percentage rate
(“ APR ”) or total points and fees that are
equal to or exceeds the HOEPA thresholds (as defined in 12 CFR
226.32 (a)(1)(i) and (ii)), (b) a “high cost”
mortgage loan, “covered” mortgage loan, “high
risk home” mortgage loan, or “predatory” mortgage
loan or any other comparable term, no matter how defined under any
federal, state or local law, (c) subject to any comparable
federal, state or local statutes or regulations, or any other
statute or regulation providing for assignee liability to holders
of such mortgage loans, or (d) a High Cost Loan or Covered
Loan, as applicable (as such terms are defined in the then current
Standard & Poor’s LEVELS ® Glossary Revised, Appendix E).
(c) The
Assets that the Depositor will grant, transfer, convey and assign
to the Trust are free and clear of all liens other than liens in
favor of Huntington in existence on the related Acquisition
Date.
SECTION 2.11 The Delaware Trustee . For each
Trust,
(a) Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Delaware (the “ Delaware Trustee
”) is appointed to serve as the trustee of the Trust in the
State of Delaware for the sole purpose of satisfying the
requirement of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute
that the Trust have at least one trustee with a principal place of
business in the State of Delaware. It is understood and agreed by
the parties hereto that the Delaware Trustee shall have none of the
duties or liabilities of the Certificate Trustee.
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(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Master Trust Agreement or any other
Related Trust Documents, the duties of the Delaware Trustee shall
be limited to (i) executing the Certificate of Trust (and
filing the Certificate of Trust requested pursuant to
Section 2.5) and any other document or instrument requiring
the Delaware Trustee’s signature as required under this
Master Trust Agreement, (ii) accepting legal process served on
the Trust in the State of Delaware and (iii) executing
certificates required to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of
State which the Delaware Trustee is required to execute under
Section 3811 of the Statutory Trust Statute. The Delaware
Trustee shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of the
Certificate Trustee. The Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to all
of the same rights, protections indemnities and immunities under
this Master Trust Agreement and with respect to the Trust as the
Certificate Trustee. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Master Trust Agreement which adversely affects the Delaware
Trustee shall be effective against it without its prior written
consent.
SECTION 2.12 Creation of Trusts . A Depositor shall
provide written direction to the Trustees in accordance with
Section 2.5 for the creation of a Trust (which direction shall
include the name of such Trust to be formed and that such Trust
shall be governed by the Master Trust Agreement). The Trustees may
rely conclusively on any direction, consent, notice or other
writing furnished to it by any of the respective Depositors that is
not inconsistent with the terms of this Master Trust Agreement.
Each of the Depositors agree to not provide any direction, consent,
notice or other writing which is inconsistent with the terms and
provisions of this Master Trust Agreement. In addition, any such
written instructions provided to the Trustees by a Depositor in
accordance with this Agreement shall be deemed to be provided by
the appropriate Depositor.
SECTION 2.13 Liability of Owners . The Owners shall
be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended
to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under
the general corporation law of the State of Delaware.
TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER
OF INTERESTS
SECTION 3.1 Initial Ownership . Upon the formation of
a Trust and until the issuance of the related Trust Certificates,
the related Depositor shall be the beneficial owner of such Trust.
The Owners of each Trust shall have recourse only to the
Transferred Assets for such Trust. Separate and distinct records
shall be maintained by each Trust and the assets of each Trust
shall be accounted for in such separate and distinct records by the
Trust separately from the assets of any other Trust created
hereunder.
SECTION 3.2 The Trust Certificates . The Trust
Certificates shall not be issued with a principal amount. The Trust
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of each Trust by manual or
facsimile signature of a Trust Officer of the Certificate Trustee.
Trust Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have
been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the related Trust,
shall be valid and binding obligations of such Trust,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
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have ceased to
be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Trust Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of
authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates.
A
transferee of a Trust Certificate shall become an Owner, and shall
be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of an
Owner hereunder, and shall be bound by this Master Trust Agreement
and such Trust Certificate upon such transferee’s acceptance
of such Trust Certificate duly registered in such
transferee’s name pursuant to Section 3.4
hereof.
SECTION 3.3 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Trust
Certificates . On the Closing Date for each Trust, the
Trust shall issue Trust Certificates representing in the aggregate
100% of the Percentage Interests of such Trust which shall be
executed by the Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Trust,
authenticated by the Certificate Trustee in accordance with this
Master Trust Agreement, and delivered to or upon the written order
of the related Depositor, in authorized denominations of five
percent (5%) or greater of the Percentage Interests of the related
Trust. No Trust Certificate shall entitle its Holder to any benefit
under this Master Trust Agreement, or shall be valid for any
purpose, unless there shall appear on such Trust Certificate a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth
in Exhibit A hereto, executed by the Certificate
Trustee by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute
conclusive evidence that such Trust Certificate shall have been
duly and validly authorized, issued, authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Trust Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication and shall be issued in definitive, fully registered
form.
SECTION 3.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust
Certificates . The Certificate Registrar shall keep or
cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 3.8 hereof, a Certificate Register in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate
Registrar shall provide for the registration of Trust Certificates
and of transfers and exchanges of Trust Certificates as herein
provided. No transfer of any Trust Certificate shall be valid, and
no transfer of any Trust Certificate shall be recognized by the
Certificate Registrar, unless and until such Trust Certificate has
been surrendered to the office designated by the Certificate
Registrar, and (i) a new Trust Certificate has been issued to
the transferee or (ii) such transfer has been recorded in the
Certificate Register. The Certificate Trustee is hereby appointed
the initial Certificate Registrar, and the Certificate Trustee
hereby accepts such appointment.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust Certificate at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8
hereof, the Certificate Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Trust Certificates with the same aggregate
Percentage Interest, dated the date of authentication by the
Certificate Trustee or any authenticating agent.
Every
Trust Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Certificate Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. In addition, each Trust Certificate
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer must be
accompanied by (i) a letter from the Prospective Owner
certifying as to the representations set forth in
Sections 3.10(a) and (ii) a letter as required by
Section 3.10(b) hereof. Each Trust Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled
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disposed of by
the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary
practice. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or elsewhere to
the contrary: each of the Certificate Trustee, the Delaware Trustee
and the Certificate Registrar shall not be personally responsible,
or have any personal liability, for ascertaining whether any
transfer complies with securities or “blue sky” laws,
ERISA, or the Investment Company Act; and in determining whether
the conditions set forth in this Article III have been
satisfied with respect to a transfer of a Trust Certificate, each
of the Certificate Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the
certifications contained in the letters referenced in clauses
(i) and (ii) of this paragraph, and shall have no
personal obligation to investigate the truth and correctness
thereof.
A
Holder may pledge all of its interest in a Trust Certificate
without the consent of the Depositors or the Trustees or delivery
of the items specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of the
immediately preceding paragraph; provided, however, that such
Holder shall deliver the items specified in clauses (i) and
(ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph if the related
pledgee forecloses on such Trust Certificate.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Trust Certificates, but the Certificate Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Trust
Certificates.
The
Certificate Registrar shall not make any transfer or
re-registration of the Trust Certificates if, after such transfer
or re-registration, there would be more than five
Certificateholders with respect to each Trust.
SECTION 3.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust
Certificates . If (a) any mutilated Trust Certificate
shall be surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or if the
Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate and
(b) there shall be delivered to the Certificate Registrar and
the Trustees (in their respective individual capacities) such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to defend and save
each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such
Trust Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected
purchaser, the Certificate Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a
new Trust Certificate of like tenor and denomination. In connection
with the issuance of any new Trust Certificate under this Section,
the Certificate Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Any duplicate Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section
shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as
if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Trust Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 3.6 Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due
presentation of a Trust Certificate for registration of transfer or
exchange, each of the Trustees and the Certificate Registrar may
treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate shall be
registered in the Certificate Register as the owner of such Trust
Certificate for all purposes whatsoever contained
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hereunder, and
none of the Trustees or the Certificate Registrar shall be bound by
any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.7 Access to List of Owners’ Names and
Addresses . With respect to each Trust, the Certificate
Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the related
Majority Certificateholders, within five (5) Business Days
after receipt by Certificate Registrar of a request therefor from
the related Majority Certificateholders in writing, a list, in such
form as the related Majority Certificateholders may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of the most
recent Record Date of such Trust. If a Certificateholder applies in
writing to the Certificate Registrar, and such application states
the applicant’s desire to communicate with other
Certificateholders of such Trust with respect to their rights under
this Master Trust Agreement or under the Trust Certificates and
such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that
such applicant proposes to transmit, then the Certificate Registrar
shall, within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such
application, afford such applicant access during normal business
hours to the current list of Certificateholders. Each Holder, by
receiving and holding a Trust Certificate, shall be deemed to have
agreed not to hold any Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or
either Trustee personally accountable by reason of the disclosure
of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.
SECTION 3.8 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The
Certificate Trustee shall maintain an office or offices or agency
or agencies where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands
to or upon the Certificate Trustee in respect of the Trust
Certificates and the Related Trust Documents may be served. The
Certificate Trustee initially designates Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company c/o DB Services Tennessee, located at 648 Grassmere
Park Road, Nashville, Tennessee 37211-3658 as its principal
corporate trust office for such purposes. The Certificate Trustee
shall give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any
change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such
office or agency.
SECTION 3.10 Restrictions on Transfer of Trust
Certificates .
(a) Each
prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of a Trust
Certificate other than a Depositor or Huntington (or their
respective subsidiary or Affiliate as identified to the Certificate
Trustee in writing) (each, a “ Prospective Owner
”), shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar a transferee
letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
in which it shall, among other things, represent and warrant, in
writing, to the Trustees and the Certificate Registrar and any of
their respective successors that:
1.
Such Person is (A) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
and is aware that the seller of the Trust Certificate may be
relying on the exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act provided by Rule 144A and is acquiring such
Trust Certificate for its own account or for the account of one or
more qualified institutional buyers for whom it is authorized to
act or (B) an institutional “accredited investor”
within the meaning of subparagraph (a)(1),
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(2),
(3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act (an
“ Institutional Accredited Investor ”) that is
acquiring such Trust Certificates for its own account, or for the
account of such an Institutional Accredited Investor, for
investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in
connection with any distribution in violation of the Securities
Act.
2.
Such Person understands that the Trust Certificates have not been
and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may be
offered, sold or otherwise transferred only to a person whom the
seller reasonably believes is (A) a qualified institutional
buyer or (B) an Institutional Accredited Investor, and in
accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the
United States.
3.
Such Person understands that the Trust Certificates bear a legend
to the following effect:
“THE
INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT
BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY THE HOLDER
HEREOF ONLY TO (I) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE ACT, IN A
TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A OR (II) AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING
OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER
THE ACT IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND SUCH LAWS. NO PERSON IS
OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE UNDER THE ACT OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TRANSFERS OF THE INTEREST IN THE TRUST
REPRESENTED BY THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.4 OF THE MASTER TRUST
AGREEMENT. ANY TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH RESTRICTIONS
SHALL BE VOID AB INITIO.”
4.
Such Person shall comply with the provisions of
Section 3.10(b) hereof, as applicable, relating to the ERISA
restrictions with respect to the acceptance or acquisition of such
Trust Certificate.
(b) Each
Prospective Owner, other than a Depositor or Huntington (or their
respective subsidiary or Affiliate as identified to the Certificate
Trustee in writing), shall represent and warrant, in writing, to
the Trustees and the Certificate Registrar and any of their
respective successors that the Prospective Owner is not (A) an
“employee benefit plan” within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA, or (B) a “plan” within
the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (C) an
entity, including an insurance company separate account or general
account, whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a
plan’s investment in the
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entity (each, a
“ Benefit Plan Investor ”) and is not directly
or indirectly purchasing such Trust Certificate on behalf of, as
investment manager of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or
with the assets of a Benefit Plan Investor.
(c) The
Trust Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of
(i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of
ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the
Code or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan
assets by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (each,
a “ Benefit Plan ”). By accepting and holding a
Trust Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
SECTION 4.1 Prior Notice to Majority Certificateholders with
Respect to Certain Matters; Covenants .
(a) With
respect to each Trust and with respect to the following matters,
the Trust shall not take any action, and the related Majority
Certificateholders shall not direct the Trustees to take any
action, unless at least ten (10) calendar days before the
taking of such action, the Trustees shall have notified the related
Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and, prior to
the 10 th
day after such notice is given, the
related Majority Certificateholders shall not have notified the
Trustees in writing that such Majority Certificateholders have
withheld consent or such Majority Certificateholders have provided
alternative direction:
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initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or
lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Assets)
and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or
against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims
or lawsuits for collection of the Assets including third party
lawsuits by the mortgagors);
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the
election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the
Statutory Trust Statute);
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subject to Section 11.1, the
amendment or other change to any Related Trust Document;
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the
appointment pursuant to this Master Trust Agreement of a successor
Certificate Registrar, or the consent to the assignment by the
Certificate Registrar of its obligations under this Master Trust
Agreement;
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consent to the calling or waiver of any default of any Related
Trust Document;
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except as provided in
Article IX hereof, the dissolution, termination or liquidation
of the Trust in whole or in part;
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the
performance of any act that conflicts with the Security Agreement
and Guaranty or any other Related Trust Document;
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performance of any act which would make it impossible to carry on
the ordinary business of the Trust;
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confession of a judgment against the
Trust;
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the
possession of Trust assets, or assignment of the Trust’s
right to property, for other than a Trust purpose; or
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powers from those set forth in this Master Trust
Agreement.
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Trust agrees to abide by the following restrictions, except as
otherwise contemplated by the Security Agreement and
Guaranty:
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Trust shall not incur any indebtedness;
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Trust shall not engage in any dissolution, liquidation,
consolidation, merger or sale of assets; and
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Trust shall not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries and
shall not own or acquire any asset other than the related
Transferred Assets.
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Trust shall, except as otherwise contemplated by (i) the
Related Trust Documents and related documentation and (ii) the
Security Agreement and Guaranty:
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maintain books and records separate
from any other person or entity;
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2.
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maintain its bank accounts separate
from any other person or entity;
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3.
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not
commingle its assets with those of any other person or
entity;
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4.
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conduct its own business in its own
name;
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5.
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pay
its own liabilities and expenses only out of its own
funds;
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observe all formalities required
under the Statutory Trust Statute;
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7.
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not
guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other entity or
person;
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8.
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not
hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligation of
any other person or entity;
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9.
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not
acquire the obligations or securities of its Affiliates or either
Depositor;
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10.
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not
make loans to any other person or entity or buy or hold evidence of
indebtedness issued by any other person or entity;
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11.
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not
pledge its assets for the benefit of any other person or
entity;
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12.
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hold itself out as a separate entity
from the Depositors and not conduct any business in the name of
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