NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
Mortgage Backed Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated
_____________
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Acting on behalf of itself and, if
applicable, as the Representative of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule I
to the Terms Agreement (in either such
capacity sometimes herein the
"Representative"
2 World Financial Center, Building B
New York, New York 10281
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. INTRODUCTORY.
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the
"DEPOSITOR"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein, to
sell its Mortgage Backed Notes (the "NOTES") and Mortgage Backed
Certificates
(the "CERTIFICATES"), and together with the Notes, the
"SECURITIES") from time
to time in one or more series (each, a "SERIES"). Each Series,
which may include
one or more classes of Notes and/or one or more classes of
Certificates, will be
issued by a trust formed with respect to such Series (each, a
"TRUST"). Each
Series of Certificates will represent indebtedness in the related
Trust. Each
Series of Notes will represent indebtedness of the related Trust.
The assets of
the Trust (the "TRUST PROPERTY") may include, among other things,
one or more
pools of various types of single family and/or multi-family
mortgage loans (the
"MORTGAGE LOANS"), unsecured home improvement installment sales
contracts and
installment loans, manufactured housing installment sale contracts
or
installment loan agreements, beneficial interest therein,
pass-through or
participation certificates issued or guaranteed by the Government
National
Mortgage Association or Fannie Mae or the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage
Corporation, letters of credit, insurance policies, guarantees,
reserve funds or
other types of credit support, currency or interest rate exchange
agreements and
other financial assets, and/or monies on deposit in one or more
trust accounts.
The Securities are more fully described in the Registration
Statement
(as defined herein). Each Series of Securities and any classes of
Securities
(each, a "CLASS") within such Series may vary as to, among other
things, number
and types of Classes, principal or notional amount, interest rate,
the
percentage interest, if any, evidenced by each Class in the
payments of
principal of and interest on, or with respect to, the Trust
Property, priority
of payment among Classes, credit enhancement with respect to the
related Trust
Property or Securities, the Classes of such Series subject to this
Underwriting
Agreement, and any other terms contemplated by the Terms Agreement
(as defined
herein) with respect to the Securities of such Series.
Each offering of the Securities to which this Underwriting
Agreement
applies will be made pursuant to the Registration Statement through
the
Representative or through an underwriting syndicate managed by
the
Representative. Whenever the Depositor determines to form a Trust
and to make
such an offering of Securities of a Series, it will enter into an
appropriate
agreement (the "TERMS AGREEMENT"), a form of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit
A, providing for the sale of certain classes of such Securities to,
and the
purchase and offering thereof by, the Representative and such
other
underwriters, if any, as have authorized the Representative to
enter into such
Terms Agreement on their behalf (the "UNDERWRITERS," which term
shall include
the Representative, whether acting alone in the sale of such
Securities, in
which case any reference herein to the Representative shall be
deemed to refer
to the Representative in its individual capacity as Underwriter of
the
Securities, or as a member of an underwriting syndicate). Such
Terms Agreement
shall specify the undivided interest, principal or notional amount
of each Class
of the Securities to be issued, the Classes of Securities subject
to this
Underwriting Agreement, the price at which such Classes of
Securities are to be
purchased by the Underwriters from the Depositor and the initial
public offering
price or prices or the method by which the price or prices at which
such
Securities are to be sold will be determined.
Each such offering of Securities as to which Nomura Securities
International, Inc. is the sole underwriter or acts as the
Representative of the
several Underwriters will be governed by this Underwriting
Agreement, as
supplemented by the applicable Terms Agreement, and this
Underwriting Agreement
and such Terms Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon each
Underwriter participating in the offering of such Securities.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Depositor represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each
Underwriter, as of the date of the related Terms Agreement,
that:
(a) The registration statement specified in the related Terms
Agreement, on Form S-3, including a prospectus, has been filed with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") for the
registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "ACT"), of the
Securities, which
registration statement has been declared effective by the
Commission. Such
registration statement, as amended to the date of the related Terms
Agreement,
including any documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant
to Item 12 of
Form S-3 under the Act which were filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), on or before the effective
date of the
Registration Statement (as such date is defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act,
the "EFFECTIVE DATE"), is hereinafter called the "REGISTRATION
STATEMENT," and
such prospectus, as such prospectus is supplemented by a prospectus
supplement
relating to the Securities of the related Series, each in the form
first filed
after the date of the related Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the
Act, including any documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item
12 of Form S-3 under the Act which were filed under the Exchange
Act on or
before the date of such prospectus supplement (such prospectus
supplement,
including such incorporated documents, in the form first filed
after the date of
the related Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule 424(b) is hereinafter
called the
"PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT"), is hereinafter called the "PROSPECTUS"
(except where
the context requires otherwise). Any reference herein to the terms
"amend,"
"amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration
Statement, the
Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to
and include
the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the
Effective Date or
the issue date of the Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement, as the
case may be,
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3
under the Act. The Depositor further proposes to prepare, after the
final terms
of all classes of the Securities have been established, a Free
Writing
Prospectus that will contain substantially all information that
will appear in
the Prospectus Supplement, to the extent that such information is
known at that
time and minus specific sections including the "Method of
Distribution" section
(such Free Writing Prospectus, together with the Basic Prospectus,
the
"Definitive Free Writing Prospectus").
(b) The related Registration Statement, at the time it became
effective, and the prospectus contained therein, and any amendments
thereof and
supplements thereto filed prior to the date of the related Terms
Agreement,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act
and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "RULES AND
Regulations"); on
the date of the related Terms Agreement and on the related Closing
Date (as
defined herein), the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the
related
Prospectus Supplement, and any amendments thereof and supplements
thereto, will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
the Rules
and Regulations; such Registration Statement, at the time it became
effective,
did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements
therein not misleading; such Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement,
on the date
of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the related Closing
Date, will not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances
under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that
the Depositor
makes no representations or warranties as to the information
contained in or
omitted from (A) such Registration Statement or such Prospectus (or
any
supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information
furnished to the Depositor by or on behalf of the Underwriters
specifically for
use in the preparation thereof as specified in the related Terms
Agreement or
(B) any ABS Filing (as defined herein), or in any amendment thereof
or
supplement thereto, incorporated by reference in such Registration
Statement or
such Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto).
In addition,
any Issuer Information (as defined below) contained in the
Definitive Free
Writing Prospectus, as of the date thereof, did not contain an
untrue statement
of a material fact and did 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. The Effective Date shall mean the
earlier of the
date on which the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus is first used
and the time
of the first Contract of Sale to which such Prospectus Supplement
relates. As
used herein, "Pool Information" means all loan level data with
respect to the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans and administrative and
servicing fees, as
provided by or on behalf of the Depositor. The Depositor
acknowledges that
except for any Computational Materials, the Underwriters'
Information (as
defined in Exhibit C) and the decrement/yield tables constitute 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 you
confirm that the Underwriters' Information is correct with respect
to you and
the Securities such Underwriter underwrites.
(c) The Depositor is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing
and in good standing under the laws of the state of its
incorporation, and is
duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction
in the United States of America in which the conduct of its
business or the
ownership of its property requires such qualification, with
corporate power to
own, lease and operate its property and conduct its business as it
is currently
conducted.
(d) The Depositor has, and will have, the requisite power to
execute
and deliver this Underwriting Agreement, each pooling and servicing
agreement,
to be entered into among the Depositor, the servicer specified
therein (the
"SERVICER"), and the trustee specified therein (the "P&S
TRUSTEE"); each trust
agreement, to be entered into between the Depositor and the trustee
specified
therein (the "OWNER TRUSTEE"); each indenture, to be entered into
among the
Trust and the trustee specified therein (the "INDENTURE TRUSTEE"
and together
with the P&S Trustee and the Owner Trustee, the "TRUSTEE");
each transfer and
servicing agreement, transfer agreement or other document executed
by the
Depositor in connection with the issuance and sale of the related
Securities
(each of the above-referenced agreements, an "AGREEMENT"), and
Terms Agreement
and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(e) The Depositor is not aware of (i) any request by the Commission
for
any further amendment of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for any
additional information, (ii) the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, or (iii) any
notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities
for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such
purpose.
(f) Each of the Agreements, Terms Agreements and this
Underwriting
Agreement has been, or will be, duly and validly authorized,
executed and
delivered by the Depositor, and each of the Agreements (as
applicable), Terms
Agreements and this Underwriting Agreement constitutes, or will
constitute, the
valid, legal and binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable
against the
Depositor in accordance with its terms.
(g) The Securities of each Series conform, or will conform as of
the
related Closing Date, to the description thereof contained in the
Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, and the related Prospectus Supplement;
and the
Securities of such Series, on the related Closing Date, will have
been duly and
validly authorized and, when such Securities are duly and validly
executed,
issued and delivered in accordance with the related Agreement, and
sold to the
Underwriters as provided herein and in the related Terms Agreement,
will each be
validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of such
Agreement.
(h) As of the related Closing Date, the representations and
warranties
of the Depositor set forth in the related Agreement will be true
and correct.
(i) Neither the execution and delivery by the Depositor of any
Agreement (as applicable), Terms Agreement or this Underwriting
Agreement nor
the consummation by the Depositor of the transactions contemplated
herein or
therein, nor the issuance of the Securities of a Series or the
public offering
thereof as contemplated in the Prospectus and the applicable
Prospectus
Supplement, will conflict in any material respect with or result in
a material
breach of, or constitute a material default (with notice or passage
of time or
both) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, pledge,
charge,
encumbrance, adverse claim or other security interest of any other
person
(collectively, "LIENS") upon any of the property or assets of the
Depositor
(except as required or permitted pursuant thereto or hereto),
pursuant to any
material mortgage, indenture, loan agreement, contract or other
instrument to
which the Depositor is party or by which it is bound, nor will such
action
result in any violation of any provisions of any applicable law,
administrative
regulation or administrative or court decree, the certificate of
incorporation
or by-laws of the Depositor. The Depositor is not in violation of
its
certificate of incorporation, in default in any material respect in
the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
covenant or
condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement, note,
lease, trust agreement, transfer and servicing agreement or other
instrument to
which it is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any
material
portion of its property or assets is subject.
(j) No legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which
the
Depositor is a party or of which any property of the Depositor is
the subject,
which if determined adversely to the Depositor would, individually
or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial
position,
shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Depositor; and
to the best
of the Depositor's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated
by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
(k) Since the date as of which information is given in the
Registration
Statement, there has not been any material adverse change in the
business or net
worth of the Depositor.
(l) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection
with
the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement, the
related Terms
Agreement or the related Agreement and the execution, delivery and
sale of the
Securities have been or will be paid at or prior to the related
Closing Date.
(m) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
registration,
filing or declaration with, any court or governmental agency or
body is
required, or will be required, in connection with (i) the execution
and delivery
by the Depositor of any Agreement (as applicable), Terms Agreement
or this
Underwriting Agreement or the performance by the Depositor of any
Agreement (as
applicable), Terms Agreement or this Underwriting Agreement or (ii)
the offer,
sale or delivery of the Securities of any Series, except such as
shall have been
obtained or made, as the case may be, or will be obtained or made,
as the case
may be, prior to the applicable Closing Date, or will not
materially adversely
affect the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations
under any
Agreement (as applicable), Terms Agreement or this Underwriting
Agreement.
(n) Depositor possesses, and will possess, all material
licenses,
certificates, authorities or permits issued by the appropriate
state, federal or
foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the
business now
conducted by it and as described in the Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement,
except to the extent that the failure to have such licenses,
certificates,
authorities or permits does not have a material adverse effect on
the Securities
of any Series or the financial condition of the Depositor, and the
Depositor has
not received, nor will have received as of each Closing Date, any
notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
license,
certificate, authority or permit which, singly or in the aggregate,
if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would
materially and
adversely affect the conduct of its business, operations or
financial condition.
(o) On the related Closing Date, (i) the Depositor will have good
and
marketable title to the related Mortgage Loans being transferred by
it to the
Trust pursuant thereto, free and clear of any Lien, except to the
extent
permitted in the applicable Agreement, (ii) the Depositor will not
have assigned
to any person any of its right, title or interest in such Mortgage
Loans or in
the applicable Agreement, and (iii) the Depositor will have the
power and
authority to sell such Mortgage Loans to the Trust, and upon
execution and
delivery of the applicable Agreement by the Trustee and Servicer
(as
applicable), the Trust will have good and marketable title thereto,
in each case
free of Liens other than any Lien created by an Underwriter.
(p) The properties and businesses of the Depositor conform, and
will
conform, in all material respects, to the descriptions thereof
contained in the
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplements.
(q) The
Depositor is not, as of the commencement of the offering, an
Ineligible Issuer, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the 1933
Act
Regulations.
(r) Neither the Issuer nor the Trust Funds are or, as a result of
the
offer and sale of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement
will become,
an "investment company" or "controlled" by an "investment company"
within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the relationship
between
itself and the Underwriter is an arms-length commercial
relationship that
creates no fiduciary duty on the part of the Underwriter, and each
party
expressly disclaims any fiduciary relationship.
3. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF SECURITIES.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements
contained in this Underwriting Agreement and in the Terms Agreement
for a
particular offering of Securities, but subject to the terms and
conditions set
forth in this Underwriting Agreement and subject to the execution
of such Terms
Agreement, the Depositor agrees to sell to each Underwriter,
severally and not
jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase
from the Depositor, the respective original principal amounts of
the related
Securities set forth in the related Terms Agreement opposite the
name of such
Underwriter, plus any additional original principal amount of
Securities which
such Underwriter may be obligated to purchase pursuant to Section
12 hereof, at
the purchase price therefor set forth in such Terms Agreement.
(b) The parties hereto agree that settlement for all securities
sold
pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement shall take place on the
terms set forth
herein and not as set forth in Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange
Act.
(c) Against payment of the purchase price specified in the
applicable
Terms Agreement in same day funds drawn to the order of the
Depositor (or paid
by such other manner as may be agreed upon by the Depositor and
the
Representative), the Depositor will deliver the related Securities
of a Series
to the Underwriters at the address set forth in the related Terms
Agreement, at
such time as shall be specified in such Terms Agreement, or at such
other place
and time as the Representative and the Depositor shall agree upon,
each such
time being herein referred to as a "CLOSING DATE." The Securities
of each Series
will initially be in definitive, fully registered form or will be
maintained
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, as
indicated in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement.
(d) With respect to the purchase of Securities of a Series by
the
Underwriters, the Depositor hereby agrees to pay each Underwriter
the
compensation, if any, specified in the related Terms Agreement.
4. PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES.
(a) It is understood by the parties hereto that, after the
Registration
Statement becomes effective, the Underwriters propose to offer the
Securities
for sale to the public (which may include selected dealers), as set
forth in the
Prospectus and the Underwriters agree that all such offers,
solicitations and
sales by them 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
Definitive Free Writing Prospectus, the Representative has not sold
any
Securities or any security backed by the Mortgage Loans, any
interest in any
Securities or any such security of any Mortgage Loan.
(b) It is understood that the Underwriters will solicit offers
to
purchase the Securities as follows:
(i) Prior to the time you have received the Definitive Free
Writing Prospectus you may, in compliance with the provisions of
this
Agreement, solicit offers to purchase Securities; provided, that
you
shall not accept any such offer to purchase a Securities or any
interest in any Securities or Mortgage Loan or otherwise enter into
any
Contract of Sale for any Securities, any interest in any Securities
or
any Mortgage Loan prior to the investor's receipt of the
Definitive
Free Writing Prospectus.
(ii) Any Free Writing Prospectus (other than the Definitive
Free
Writing Prospectus) relating to the Securities used by any
Underwriter in compliance with the terms of this Agreement prior to
the
time such Underwriter has entered into a Contract of Sale for
Securities shall prominently set forth the following statement:
The information in this free writing prospectus is preliminary,
and
will be superseded by the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus. This
free
writing prospectus is being delivered to you solely to provide you
with
information about the offering of the Securities referred to in
this
free writing prospectus and to solicit an offer to purchase the
Securities, 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 Securities until we
have
accepted your offer to purchase Securities. We will not accept
any
offer by you to purchase Securities, and you will not have any
contractual commitment to purchase any of the Securities until
after
you have received the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus. You
may
withdraw your offer to purchase Securities at any time prior to
our
acceptance of your offer.
"Written Communication" has the same meaning as that term is
defined in
Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(iii) Any Free Writing Prospectus relating to Securities and
used by any Underwriter in connection with marketing the
Securities,
including the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus, shall prominently
set
forth the following statement:
The Securities referred to in these materials are being sold when,
as
and if issued. The Underwriters are advised that Securities may not
be
issued that have the characteristics described in these materials.
Our
obligation to sell such Securities to the Underwriters is
conditioned
on the mortgage
loans and notes having the characteristics described in
these materials. If for any reason we do not deliver such
Securities,
we will notify the Underwriters, and neither the issuer nor any
underwriter will have any obligation to you to deliver all or
any
portion of the Securities 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.
(c) It is understood that you will not enter into a Contract of
Sale
with any investor until the investor has received the Definitive
Free Writing
Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, Contract of Sale has
the same
meaning as in Rule 159 of the 1933 Act Regulations and all
Commission guidance
relating to Rule 159, including without limitation the Commission's
statement in
Securities Act Release No. 33-8501 that "a contract of sale can
occur under the
federal securities laws before there is a bilateral contract under
state law,
for example when a purchaser has taken all actions necessary to be
bound but a
seller's obligations remain conditional under state law." The
Definitive Free
Writing Prospectus shall prominently set forth the following
statement:
This Definitive Free Writing Prospectus supersedes the information
in
any free writing prospectus previously delivered in connection
with
this offering, to the extent that this Definitive Free Writing
Prospectus is inconsistent with any information in any free
writing
prospectus previously delivered in connection with this
offering.
(d) It is understood that you may prepare and provide to
prospective
investors certain Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined below),
subject to the
following conditions:
(i) Unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus satisfying
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act, the Underwriters
shall
not convey or deliver any Written Communication to any person
in
connection with the initial offering of the Securities, unless
such
Written Communication either (i) is made in reliance on Rule 134
under
the Act, (ii) constitutes a prospectus satisfying the requirements
of
Rule 430B under the Act, (iii) is the Definitive Free Writing
Prospectus, or (iv) both (1) constitutes a Free Writing Prospectus
(as
defined below) used in reliance on Rule 164 and (2) includes
only
information that is within the definition of ABS Informational
and
Computational Materials as defined in Item 1100 of Regulation
AB.
(ii) Each 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.
(iii) For purposes hereof, "Free Writing Prospectus" shall
have the meaning given such term in Rules 405 and 433 of the 1933
Act
Regulations. "Issuer Information" shall mean information included
in a
Free Writing Prospectus that both (i) is within the types of
information specified in clauses (1) to (5) of footnote 271 of
Commission Release No. 33-8591 (Securities Offering Reform) as
shown in
Exhibit B hereto
and (ii) has been either prepared by, or has been
reviewed and approved by, the Depositor. "Underwriter Derived
Information" shall refer to information of the type described in
clause
(5) of such footnote 271 when prepared by an Underwriter.
(iv) All Free Writing Prospectuses provided to prospective
investors, whether or not filed with the Commission, shall bear
a
legend on each page including the following statement:
"THE
DEPOSITOR HAS FILED A REGISTRATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING A
PROSPECTUS) WITH 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 ISSUER HAS FILED
WITH
THE SEC FOR MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND THE
OFFERING. YOU MAY GET THESE DOCUMENTS AT NO CHARGE BY VISITING
EDGAR ON
THE SEC WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV [NOMURADEALS.COM OR AT
UNDERWRITER'S
WEBSITE]. ALTERNATIVELY, THE ISSUER, 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].
The
Depositor shall have the right to require additional specific
legends or notations to appear on any Free Writing Prospectus, the
right to
require changes regarding the use of terminology and the right to
determine the
types of information appearing therein.
(v) The Underwriters shall deliver to the Depositor and its
counsel, no later than two business days prior to the proposed date
of
first use thereof, (i) any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or
on
behalf of the
Underwriters that contains any information that, if
reviewed and approved by the Depositor, would be Issuer
Information,
and (ii) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that
contains
only a description of the final terms of the Securities after
such
terms have been established for all classes of Securities being
publicly offered. No information in any Free Writing Prospectus
shall
consist of information of a type that is not included within
the
definition of ABS Informational and Computational Materials. To
facilitate filing to the extent required by Section 5(l) or 5(m),
as
applicable, all Underwriter Derived Information shall be set forth
in a
document separate from the document including Issuer Information.
The
Underwriters shall provide to the Depositor, for filing as provided
in
Section 5.10, copies (in such format as required by the Depositor)
of
all Free Writing Prospectuses. All Free Writing Prospectuses
described
in this subsection (e) must be approved by the Depositor before
the
Underwriters provide the Free Writing Prospectus to investors
pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement.
(vi) Each Underwriter agrees that all information included in
the Free Writing Prospectuses shall be prepared, to the extent
possible, based on the information contained in the
Registration
Statement and anticipated to be included in the Prospectus. None of
the
information in the Free Writing Prospectuses may conflict with
the
information contained in the Prospectus or the Registration
Statement.
(vii) The Depositor shall not be obligated to file any Free
Writing Prospectuses that have been determined to contain any
material
error or omission, unless the Depositor is required to file the
Free
Writing Prospectus pursuant to Section 5(l) below. In the event
that an
Underwriter becomes aware that, as of the date on which an
investor
entered into an agreement to purchase any Securities, any Free
Writing
Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters and
delivered
to such investor contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under
which
they were made, not misleading, such Underwriter shall notify
the
Depositor thereof as soon as practical but in any event within
one
business day after discovery.
(viii) If the Underwriters do not provide any Free Writing
Prospectuses to the Depositor pursuant to subsection (e) above,
the
Underwriters shall be deemed to have represented, as of the
Closing
Date, that they did not provide any prospective investors with
any
information in written or electronic form in connection with
the
offering of the Securities that is required to be filed with
the
Commission by the Depositor as a Free Writing Prospectus (other
than
the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus) in accordance with the 1933
Act
Regulations.
(ix) In the event of any delay in the delivery by the
Underwriters to the Depositor of any Free Writing Prospectuses
required
to be delivered in accordance with subsection (e) above, or in
the
delivery of the accountant's comfort letter in respect thereof
pursuant
to subsection (f) above, the Depositor shall have the right to
delay
the release of the Prospectus to investors or to the Underwriters,
to
delay the Closing Date and to take other appropriate actions in
each
case as necessary in order to allow the Depositor to comply with
its
agreement set forth in Section 5.10 to file the Free Writing
Prospectuses by the time specified therein.
(x) Each Underwriter represents that it has in place, and
covenants that it shall maintain internal controls and procedures
which
it reasonably believes to be sufficient to ensure full compliance
with
all applicable legal requirements of the 1933 Act Regulations
with
respect to the generation and use of Free Writing Prospectuses
in
connection with the offering of the Securities. In addition,
each
Underwriter shall, for a period of at least three years after the
date
hereof, maintain written and/or electronic records of the
following:
(A) Any written communications in respect of the
Securities not deemed a Prospectus or a Free Writing
Prospectus because its content is limited to the statements
permitted by Rule 134 of the Securities Act;
(B) any Free Writing Prospectus used to solicit
offers to purchase Securities;
(C) regarding each Free Writing Prospectus delivered
to a prospective investor, the date of such delivery and
identity of such prospective investor;
(D) regarding each
offer to purchase Securities
received by such Underwriter, the identity of the offeror, the
date the offer was made and the proposed terms and allocation
of the Securities offered to be purchased; and
(E) regarding each Contract of Sale entered into by
such Underwriter, the date, identity of the investor and the
terms of such Contract of Sale, including the amount and price
of Securities subject to such Contract of Sale.
(xi) Each Underwriter covenants with the Depositor that after
the final Prospectus is available such Underwriter shall not
distribute
any written information concerning the Securities to a
prospective
investor unless such information is preceded or accompanied by
the
final Prospectus.
(xii) Each Underwriter agrees to provide written notice to the
Depositor of the date it first enters into any Contract of Sale for
a
Securities.
(e) Each Underwriter further agrees that (i) it will include in
every
confirmation sent out the notice required by Rule 173 informing the
investor
that the sale was made pursuant to the Registration Statement and
that the
investor may request a copy of the Prospectus from such
Underwriter; (ii) if a
paper copy of the Prospectus is requested by a person who receives
a
confirmation, such Underwriter shall deliver a paper copy of such
Prospectus;
(iii) if an electronic copy of the Prospectus is delivered by an
Underwriter for
any purpose, such copy shall be the same electronic file containing
the
Prospectus in the identical form transmitted electronically to such
Underwriter
by or on behalf of the Depositor specifically for use by such
Underwriter
pursuant to this Section 4.6; for example, if the Prospectus is
delivered to an
Underwriter by or on behalf of the Depositor in a single electronic
file in .pdf
format, then such Underwriter will deliver the electronic copy of
the Prospectus
in the same single electronic file in .pdf format; and (iv) it has
not used, and
during the period for which it has an obligation to deliver a
"prospectus" (as
defined in Section 2(a)(10) of the Act) relating to the Securities
(including
any period during which the Underwriters have such delivery
obligation in its
capacity as a "dealer" (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Act))
it will not
use any internet website or electronic media containing information
for
prospective investors, including any internet website or electronic
media
maintained by third parties, in connection with the offering of the
Securities,
except in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Each
Underwriter
further agrees that (i) if it delivers to an investor the
Prospectus in .pdf
format, upon such Underwriters' receipt of a request from the
investor within
the period for which delivery of the Prospectus is required, such
Underwriter
will promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the investor,
without charge,
a paper copy of the Prospectus and (ii) it will provide to the
Depositor any
Free Writing Prospectuses, or portions thereof, which the Depositor
is required
to file with the Commission in electronic format and will use
reasonable efforts
to provide to the Depositor such Free Writing Prospectuses, or
portions thereof,
in either Microsoft Word(R) or Microsoft Excel(R) format and not in
a PDF,
except to the extent that the Depositor, in its sole discretion,
waives such
requirements.
(f) In the event that an Underwriter uses a road show (as defined
in
Rule 433) in connection with the offering of the Securities, all
information in
the road show will be provided orally only, and not as a Written
Communication.
Each Underwriter agrees that any slideshow used in connection with
a road show
(i) will only be provided as part of the road show and n