Exhibit 1.2
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
(NON-ITERATIVE)
SG MORTGAGE SECURITIES, LLC
[
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Contract]
Pass-Through Certificates, Series [
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Class M-1 Certificates
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[DATE]
[SG Americas Securities,
LLC]
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[
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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 prospectus 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.”
Any preliminary form of the Prospectus Supplement to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) is referred to as a “Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base
Prospectus, and as amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto, a
“Preliminary 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
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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 the Approved Offering
Materials (as defined herein) as of the date of the Approved
Offering Materials did not and as of the Closing Date 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; 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, the Approved Offering Materials 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 the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and included in any Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP, or (ii) any information contained in or
omitted from the portions of the Approved Offering Materials or
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, any Preliminary Prospectus 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 the Preliminary
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 (x) each of the
Registration Statement, the Approved Offering Materials and the
Prospectus, the information identified by underlining or other
highlighting as shown on Exhibit E, and (y) each Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP and each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus,
all information contained therein which is restated in, or is
corrected and superseded by, the Approved Offering
Materials.
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(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.
(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) “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.
(xi) “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.
(xii) “Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP” shall mean any Free Writing Prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that contains any
Issuer
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Information, including 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.
(xiii) “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 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
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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 Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP and Underwriter Information are accurate in all
material respects (taking into account the assumptions explicitly
set forth in such Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP, except for any
Excluded Information and 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 the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus and included in any Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP. The
Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP delivered to the Company, if any,
constitute a complete set of all Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP
furnished to any investor by the Underwriter in connection with the
offering of any Certificates.
(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
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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, you have 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.
(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
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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 the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and included in any Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP or any 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, or in any email or other
electronic message provided to prospective investors, to the extent
constituting a Free Writing Prospectus, shall be deemed for
purposes of this Agreement to be an Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus and shall not be subject to the required consent of the
Company set forth in the third sentence in Section 4.4(e). In
connection therewith, the Underwriter agrees that it shall not
provide any information constituting Issuer Information through the
foregoing media unless (i) such information or substantially
similar information is contained either in an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in an Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP in compliance
with Section 4.4(e) or (ii) to the extent
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such information consists of the
terms of the Certificates, the final version of the terms of the
Certificates or substantially similar information is contained
either in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in an Underwriter
Prepared Issuer FWP in compliance with
Section 4.4(e).
(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 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), prior to the
proposed date of first use thereof, (unless such timing requirement
is waived by the Company), any Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP (as
defined above). 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.
Consent to use of any Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP must be given
by the Company in written or electronic format before the
Underwriter provides the Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP to
investors pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Underwriter shall not be required to deliver or
obtain consent to use an Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP to the
extent that it does not contain substantive changes from or
additions to any Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP previously
approved by the Company. In the event that the Underwriter uses any
Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP without complying with the
foregoing requirements, that Underwriter Prepared Issuer FWP shall
be deemed to be an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus for purposes
of Section 7.1 and 7.2.
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(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