Exhibit 1.1
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
(ITERATIVE)
SG MORTGAGE SECURITIES, LLC
[
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Contract]
Pass-Through Certificates, Series [
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Class A-[2]
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Class A-[4]
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Class M-1 Certificates
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Class M-2 Certificates
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Class M-3 Certificates
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Class M-4 Certificates
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Class M-5 Certificates
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Class M-6 Certificates
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Class M-7 Certificates
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Class M-8 Certificates
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Class M-9 Certificates
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Class M-10 Certificates
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[DATE]
[SG Americas Securities,
LLC]
[
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
SG Mortgage Securities, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”),
proposes to sell to you (the “Underwriter”) the
respective amounts set forth opposite your name in Schedule I
attached hereto of [
] Mortgage Asset-Backed [and Manufactured Housing Contract]
Pass-Through Certificates, Series [
], Class A-[1], Class A-[2], Class A-[3],
Class A-[4], Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4,
Class M-5, Class M-6,
Class M-7, Class M-8, Class M-9
and Class M-10 Certificates (collectively, the
“Certificates”). The Certificates together with the
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4,
Class SB, Class R-I and Class R-II Certificates of the same series,
will evidence the entire beneficial interest in the Trust Fund (as
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below),
consisting primarily of a pool (the “Pool”) of
adjustable-rate one- to four-family residential mortgage loans (the
“Mortgage Loans”) as described in the Prospectus
Supplement (as hereinafter defined) to be sold by the
Company.
The Certificates will be issued
pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement (the “Pooling
and Servicing Agreement”) to be dated as of [DATE] (the
“Cut-off Date”) among the Company, as depositor, [WELLS
FARGO] (“Master Servicer”), as master servicer, and
[TRUSTEE], as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Certificates
are described more fully in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement (each as hereinafter defined) which the Company has
furnished to the Underwriter.
1.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants .
1.1 The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Underwriter
that:
(a) The
Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) a registration statement (No.
333-[NUMBER]) on Form S-3 for the registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of [
] Mortgage Asset-Backed [and Manufacturing Housing Contract]
Pass-Through Certificates (issuable in series), including the
Certificates, which registration statement has become effective,
and a copy of which, as amended to the date hereof, has heretofore
been delivered to you. The Company proposes to file with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the rules and regulations
of the Commission under the Act (the “1933 Act
Regulations”) a supplement dated [DATE] (the
“Prospectus Supplement”), to the prospectus dated
[DATE] (the “Base Prospectus”), relating to the
Certificates and the method of distribution thereof. Such
registration statement (No. 333-[Number]) including exhibits
thereto and any information incorporated therein by reference, as
amended at the date hereof, is hereinafter called the
“Registration Statement”; and the Base Prospectus and
the Prospectus Supplement and any information incorporated therein
by reference, together with any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto authorized by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date
(as defined herein) for use in connection with the offering of the
Certificates, are hereinafter called the
“Prospectus.”
(b) The
Registration Statement has become effective, and the Registration
Statement as of the effective date (the “Effective
Date,” as defined in this paragraph), and the Prospectus, as
of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, complied in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the 1933
Act Regulations; and the Registration Statement, as of the
Effective Date, did not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined
herein) as of its date did not and at all times
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prior to the date of the Prospectus
Supplement will not, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the
Prospectus Supplement did not and as of the Closing Date will not,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will
not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading (except in the case of any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, any omission with respect to information
included in the definition of Senior Structure Information);
provided , however , that neither the Company nor
Master Servicer makes any representations or warranties as to the
information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto
relating to the information therein that is Excluded Information
(as defined herein); and provided , further , that
neither the Company nor Master Servicer makes any representations
or warranties as to either (i) any information contained in
any Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP (as defined herein) or
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined herein) except, in
each case, to the extent of (x) any information set forth
therein that constitutes Pool Information (as defined below) or
(y) any information accurately extracted from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and included in any Underwriter Prepared Issuer
FWP or Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, or (ii) any
information contained in or omitted from the portions of the
Prospectus identified by underlining or other highlighting as shown
in Exhibit E (the “Underwriter Information”). The
Effective Date shall mean the earlier of the date on which the
Prospectus Supplement is first used and the time of the first
Contract of Sale (as defined herein) to which such Prospectus
Supplement relates. The initial effective date of the Registration
Statement was within three years of the Closing Date. If the third
anniversary of the initial effective date occurs within six months
after the Closing Date, the Company will use best efforts to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to permit the public
offering and sale of the Certificates as contemplated hereunder.
The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter Information
constitutes the only information furnished in writing by you or on
your behalf for use in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and the Underwriter
confirms that the Underwriter Information is correct.
(c) (i) “ABS
Informational and Computational Materials” shall have the
meaning given such term in Item 1101 of Regulation
AB.
(ii) “Approved
Offering Materials” means with respect to any class of
Certificates anticipated to be rated in the highest category by any
Rating Agency, collectively the following documents as most
recently provided by the Company and designated in writing by the
Company as Approved Offering Materials prior to the time of any
Contract of Sale: (i) one or more term sheets, providing
factual information about the Certificates and the structure and
basic parameters thereof (excluding information about the
subdivision of the senior classes into tranches), the basic terms
of the subordination or other credit enhancements if known, factual
information about the Mortgage Loans (which may include parameters
or “stips” or tabular data prepared by the Company),
the identity of and basic information about key parties to the
transaction known to the Company, and the tax, ERISA and SMMEA
characteristics of the Certificates, (ii) a term sheet
supplement, containing risk factors and additional information of
the
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type to appear in the Prospectus
Supplement to the extent known, and (iii) the Base Prospectus,
which may be provided by a weblink. Each of the items described in
(i) and (ii) in the preceding sentence shall constitute
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any additional information
provided by the Underwriter shall constitute an Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus or Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP, as the case
may be. With respect to any class of Certificates anticipated to be
rated in the second highest or a lower category by any Rating
Agency, “Approved Offering Materials” means the
Prospectus.
(iii) “Contract
of Sale” has the same meaning as in Rule 159 of the 1933 Act
Regulations and all Commission guidance relating to Rule
159.
(iv) “Excluded
Information” shall mean, with respect to each of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the information
identified by underlining or other highlighting as shown on Exhibit
D.
(v) “Free
Writing Prospectus” shall have the meaning given such term in
Rules 405 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(vi) “Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean any Free Writing
Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Company and identified
by the Company as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and relating to
the Certificates or the offering thereof.
(vii) “Issuer
Information” shall mean any information of the type specified
in clauses (1) – (5) of footnote 271 of Commission
Release No. 33-8591 (Securities Offering Reform), other than
Underwriter Derived Information. Consistent with such definition,
“Issuer Information” shall not be deemed to include any
information in a Free Writing Prospectus solely by reason of the
Company’s review of the materials pursuant to
Section 4.4(e) below and, consistent with Securities Offering
Reform Questions and Answers, November 30, 2005 promulgated by
the staff of the Commission, “Issuer Information” shall
not be deemed to include any information in a Free Writing
Prospectus solely by reason that the Underwriter has agreed not to
use such Free Writing Prospectus without consent of the
Company.
(viii) “Permitted
Additional Materials” shall mean information that is not ABS
Informational and Computational Materials and (x) that are
referred to in Section 4.4(c) so long as any Issuer
Information provided by the Underwriter pursuant to
Section 4.4(c) is limited to information included within the
definition of ABS Informational and Computational Materials,
(y) that constitute Certificate price, yield, weighted average
life, subscription or allocation information, or a trade
confirmation, or (z) otherwise with respect to which the
Company has provided written consent to the Underwriter to include
in a Free Writing Prospectus.
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(ix)
“Pool Information” means with respect to any Free
Writing Prospectus, the information with respect to the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans and administrative and
servicing fees, as provided by or on behalf of the Company or
Master Servicer to the Underwriter at the time most recent to the
date of such Free Writing Prospectus.
(x) “Senior
Structure Information” shall mean, with respect to each class
of Certificates anticipated to be rated in the highest category by
any Rating Agency (collectively, the “Senior
Certificates”), (i) the Pass-Through Rate if a fixed
rate, or the formula for determining the Pass-Through Rate,
(ii) the terms and the provider of any yield maintenance
agreement, swap agreement or other agreement that provides payments
payable on any class of the Senior Certificates, (iii) the
terms and the provider of any surety bond, financial guaranty
insurance policy, or other insurance policy regarding any class of
the Senior Certificates not known to the Company when the Approved
Offering Materials were prepared, (iv) the allocation to each
class of Senior Certificates of the aggregate amount of the
cashflow payable among the Senior Certificates collectively, and
(v) the allocation to each class of Senior Certificates of the
aggregate amount of any Realized Losses allocable to the Senior
Certificates collectively.
(xi)
“Underwriter Derived Information” shall refer to
information of the type described in clause (5) of footnote
271 of Commission Release No. 33-8591 (Securities Offering
Reform) when prepared by the Underwriter, including traditional
computational and analytical materials prepared by the
Underwriter.
(xii) “Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean all Free Writing
Prospectuses prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter other than
any Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP, including any Permitted
Additional Materials.
(xiii) “Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP” shall mean any Free Writing Prospectus
or portion thereof prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that
contains only a description of the final terms of the Certificates
or of the offering of the Certificates after the final terms have
been established for all classes of Senior Certificates.
(xiv) “Written
Communication” shall have the meaning given such term in Rule
405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(d) The
Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has the requisite power to own its properties and to
conduct its business as presently conducted by it.
(e) The
Company was not, as of any date on or after which a bona fide offer
(as used in Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the
Certificate is made
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an Ineligible Issuer, as such term
is defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations. The Company
shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection
with the use of Free Writing Prospectuses, including but not
limited to Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations and all
Commission guidance relating to Free Writing Prospectuses,
including but not limited to Commission Release
No. 33-8591.
(f) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(g) As of the
Closing Date (as defined herein), the Certificates will conform in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus and the representations and warranties of the Company in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be true and correct in all
material respects.
1.2 Master
Servicer represents and warrants to, and agrees with the
Underwriter that as of the Closing Date the representations and
warranties of Master Servicer in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement will be true and correct in all material
respects.
1.3 The
Underwriter represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company
and Master Servicer that:
(a) The
Underwriter has no present knowledge or expectation that it will be
unable to pay any United States taxes owed by it so long as any of
the Certificates remain outstanding.
(b) The
Underwriter has no present knowledge or expectation that it will
become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long
as any of the Certificates remain outstanding.
(c) The
Underwriter hereby certifies that (i) with respect to any
classes of Certificates issued in authorized denominations or
Percentage Interests of less than $[
] or [ ]%, as the case may be, the
fair market value of each such Certificate sold to any person on
the date of initial sale thereof by the Underwriter will not be
less than $[
] and (ii) with respect to each class of Certificates to be
maintained on the book-entry records of The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”), the interest in each such class of
Certificates sold to any person on the date of initial sale thereof
by the Underwriter will not be less than the minimum denomination
indicated for such class of Certificates in the Prospectus
Supplement.
(d) The
Underwriter will have funds available at the Trustee, in the
Underwriter’s account at such bank at the time all documents
are executed and the closing of the sale of the Certificates is
completed, except for the transfer of funds and the delivery of the
Certificates. Such funds will be available for immediate transfer
into the account of Master Servicer maintained at such
bank.
(e) As of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Underwriter has
complied with all of its obligations hereunder and all information
contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus and in any
Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP as
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used in connection with any Contract
of Sale and all Underwriter Information are accurate in all
material respects (taking into account the assumptions explicitly
set forth in such Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP or Underwriter
Free Writing Prospectus), except to the extent of (x) any
errors therein that are caused by errors or omissions in the Pool
Information or (y) information accurately extracted from any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and included in any Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP or Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus.
(f) Prior to
the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall notify the Company and
Master Servicer of the earlier of (x) the date on which the
Prospectus Supplement is first used and (y) the time of the
first Contract of Sale to which such Prospectus Supplement
relates.
2.
Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions and
in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the
Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, the Certificates
set forth opposite its name in Schedule I hereto, at a price equal
to 100% of the aggregate principal balance of the Class A-[1],
Class A-[2], Class A-[3], Class A-[4], Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5 Class M-6, Class M-7, Class M-8, Class
M-9 and Class M-10 Certificates, as of the Closing Date.
3.
Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the
Certificates shall be made at the office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe
& Maw LLP at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on [DATE] or such
later date as you shall designate, which date and time may be
postponed by agreement between you and the Company (such date and
time of delivery and payment for the Certificates being herein
called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the
Certificates shall be made to you through The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”).
4.
Offering by Underwriter .
4.1 It is
understood that the Underwriter proposes to offer the Certificates
for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus and the
Underwriter agrees that all such offers and sales shall be made in
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Prior to the
date of the first Contract of Sale made based on the Approved
Offering Materials, the Underwriter has not pledged, sold, disposed
of or otherwise transferred any Certificate, Mortgage Loans or any
interest in any Certificate.
4.2 It is
understood that you will solicit offers to purchase the
Certificates as follows:
(a) Prior to
the time you have received the Approved Offering Materials you may,
in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, solicit offers
to purchase Certificates; provided, that you shall not accept any
such offer to purchase a Certificate or any interest in any
Certificate or Mortgage Loan or otherwise enter into any Contract
of Sale for any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any
Mortgage Loan prior to your conveyance of Approved Offering
Materials to the investor.
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(b) any Written Communication
relating to the Certificates made by an Underwriter in compliance
with the terms of this Agreement prior to the time such Underwriter
has entered into a Contract of Sale for Certificates with the
recipient shall prominently set forth the following statements (or
a substantially similar statements approved by the
Company):
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The information in this free
writing prospectus, if conveyed prior to the time of your
contractual commitment to purchase any of the Certificates,
supersedes any information contained in any prior similar materials
relating to the Certificates. The information in this free writing
prospectus is preliminary, and is subject to completion or change.
This free writing prospectus is being delivered to you solely to
provide you with information about the offering of the Certificates
referred to in this free writing prospectus and to solicit an offer
to purchase the Certificates, when, as and if issued. Any such
offer to purchase made by you will not be accepted and will not
constitute a contractual commitment by you to purchase any of the
Certificates, until we have accepted your offer to purchase
Certificates.
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The Certificates referred to in
these materials are being sold when, as and if issued. The issuer
is not obligated to issue such Certificates or any similar security
and the underwriter’s obligation to deliver such Certificates
is subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting
agreement with the issuer and the availability of such Certificates
when, as and if issued by the issuer. You are advised that the
terms of the Certificates, and the characteristics of the mortgage
loan pool backing them, may change (due, among other things, to the
possibility that mortgage loans that comprise the pool may become
delinquent or defaulted or may be removed or replaced and that
similar or different mortgage loans may be added to the pool, and
that one or more classes of Certificates may be split, combined or
eliminated), at any time prior to issuance or availability of a
final prospectus. You are advised that Certificates may not be
issued that have the characteristics described in these materials.
The underwriter’s obligation to sell such Certificates to you
is conditioned on the mortgage loans and Certificates having the
characteristics described in these materials. If for any reason the
issuer does not deliver such Certificates, the underwriter will
notify you, and neither the issuer nor any underwriter will have
any obligation to you to deliver all or any portion of the
Certificates which you have committed to purchase, and none of the
issuer nor any underwriter will be liable for any costs or damages
whatsoever arising from or related to such non-delivery.
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4.3 It is
understood that you will not enter into a Contract of Sale with any
investor until the Approved Offering Materials have been conveyed
to the investor with respect to the Certificates which are the
subject of such Contract of Sale.
4.4 It is
understood that you may prepare and provide to prospective
investors certain Free Writing Prospectuses, subject to the
following conditions:
(a) Unless
preceded or accompanied by a prospectus satisfying the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Act, the Underwriter shall not convey
or deliver any Written Communication to any person in connection
with the initial offering of the Certificates, unless such Written
Communication (i) is made in reliance on Rule 134 under the
Act, (ii) constitutes a prospectus satisfying the requirements
of Rule 430B under the Act or (iii) constitutes a Free Writing
Prospectus (as defined in Section 1.1(c) above) consisting
solely of (x) information of a type included within the
definition of ABS Informational and Computational Materials (as
defined below), (y) Permitted Additional Materials or
(z) information accurately extracted from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and included in any Underwriter Prepared Issuer
FWP or Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus.
(b) The
Underwriter shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations
in connection with the use of Free Writing Prospectuses, including
but not limited to Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations
and all Commission guidance relating to Free Writing Prospectuses,
including but not limited to Commission Release
No. 33-8591.
(c) It is
understood and agreed that all information provided by the
Underwriter to or through Bloomberg or Intex or similar entities
for use by prospective investors, or imbedded in any CDI file
provided to prospective investors, to the extent constituting a
Free Writing Prospectus, shall be deemed an Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus.
(d) All Free
Writing Prospectuses provided to prospective investors, whether or
not filed with the Commission, shall bear a legend including the
following statement (or a substantially similar statement approved
by the Company):
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“THE DEPOSITOR HAS FILED A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING A PROSPECTUS) WITH THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE SEC) FOR THE OFFERING TO WHICH THIS
COMMUNICATION RELATES. BEFORE YOU INVEST, YOU SHOULD READ THE
PROSPECTUS IN THAT REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THE
DEPOSITOR HAS FILED WITH THE SEC FOR MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE DEPOSITOR AND THE OFFERING. YOU MAY GET THESE DOCUMENTS
AT NO CHARGE BY VISITING EDGAR ON THE SEC WEB
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SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.
ALTERNATIVELY, THE DEPOSITOR, ANY UNDERWRITER OR ANY DEALER
PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING WILL ARRANGE TO SEND YOU THE
PROSPECTUS AT NO CHARGE IF YOU REQUEST IT BY CALLING TOLL-FREE
1–8[XX–XXX–XXXX] OR VIA EMAIL AT
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Each of the Underwriter and the Company shall
have the right to request additional specific legends or notations
to appear on any Free Writing Prospectus and shall have the right
to require changes regarding the use of terminology and the right
to determine the types of information appearing therein with the
approval of the other (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
(e) The
Underwriter shall deliver to the Company and its counsel (in such
format as reasonably required by the Company), no later than the
business day prior to the date of the required filing under
Section 5.10, an Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP. To
facilitate filing to the extent required by Section 5.10 or
5.11, as applicable, all Underwriter Derived Information shall be
set forth in a document separate from any Underwriter Prepared
Issuer FWP including Issuer Information.
(f) The
Underwriter shall provide the Company with a letter from
[ACCOUNTING FIRM], certified public accountants, prior to the
Closing Date, satisfactory in form and substance to the Company,
Master Servicer and their respective counsels and the Underwriter,
to the effect that such accountants have performed certain
specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the
Company and the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined
that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical
nature that is included in any Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP,
other than any Pool Information therein and any i