OPTION ONE MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
$1,709,793,000
(Approximate)
Option One Mortgage Loan Trust
2007-1
Asset-Backed Certificates
Series 2007-1
UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
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Lehman Brothers
Inc.
New York, New
York 10019
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Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
4 World
Financial Center
New York, New
York 10080
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Banc of America
Securities LLC
214 North Tryon
Street
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28255
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Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
600 Steamboat
Road
Greenwich,
Connecticut 06830
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H&R Block
Financial Advisors Inc.
719 Griswold
Street
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Option One Mortgage Acceptance Corporation (the
“Depositor”), a Delaware corporation, has authorized
the issuance and sale of Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
2007-1, Class I-A-1 Certificates, Class I-A-2 Certificates, Class
II-A-1 Certificates, Class II-A-2 Certificates, Class II-A-3
Certificates, Class II-A-4 Certificates, Class M-1 Certificates,
Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4
Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class
M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates and Class M-9 Certificates
(collectively, the “Underwritten Certificates”). Also
issued are the Class M-10 Certificates, Class M-11 Certificates,
Class C Certificates, Class P Certificates, Class R Certificates
and Class R-X Certificates (collectively, the “Non-Offered
Certificates”). The Underwritten Certificates and the
Non-Offered Certificates are referred to as the Certificates (the
“Certificates”).
Only the Underwritten Certificates are being
purchased by the Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto, and the
Underwriters are purchasing, severally, only the Underwritten
Certificates set forth opposite their names in Schedule A, except
that the amounts purchased by the Underwriters may change in
accordance with Section 10 of this Agreement.
The Certificates will be issued under a pooling
and servicing agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing
Agreement”), dated as of January 1, 2007 among the Depositor
as depositor, Option One Mortgage Corporation, as servicer (in such
capacity, the “Servicer”) and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as the Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”).
Capitalized but undefined terms shall have the meanings set forth
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Certificates will evidence fractional
undivided interests in the Trust (the “Trust”) formed
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The assets of the
Trust will include, among other things, a pool of fixed-rate and
adjustable-rate mortgage loans (collectively, the “Mortgage
Loans”), the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the Swap
Account and Cap Account (including any payments made under the Swap
Administration Agreement and the Cap Allocation Agreement deposited
in the Trust) and such amounts as may be held by the Trustee in any
other accounts held by the Trustee for the Trust. First and second
deeds of trust or mortgages on one- to four-family residential
properties secure the Mortgage Loans. A form of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
The Certificates are more fully described in a
Registration Statement which the Depositor has furnished to the
Underwriters.
Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, dated January 16, 2007 (the “Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement”), among Option One Mortgage Corporation
(“Option One”), Option One Mortgage Capital
Corporation, Option One Owner Trust 2001-1A, Option One Owner Trust
2001-2, Option One Owner Trust 2002-3, Option One Owner Trust
2003-4, Option One Owner Trust 2003-5, Option One Owner Trust
2005-6, Option One Owner Trust 2005-7, Option One Owner Trust
2005-8 and Option One Owner Trust 2005-9 as sellers (and together
with Option One and Option One Mortgage Capital Corporation, the
“Sellers”) and the Depositor, the Sellers will transfer
to the Depositor all of their right, title and interest in and to
the scheduled principal balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date and interest due after the Cut-off Date and the
collateral securing each Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will transfer to the Trust all
of its right, title and interest in and to the scheduled principal
balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and interest
due after the Cut-off Date and the collateral securing each
Mortgage Loan.
SECTION 1.
Representations and Warranties of
the Depositor . The
Depositor represents and warrants to, and agrees with the
Underwriters that as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date:
(a) A Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-130870), has (i) been prepared by the Depositor in conformity
with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations
(the “Rules and Regulations”) of the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
thereunder, (ii) been filed with the Commission under the
Securities Act and (iii) become effective and is still effective as
of the date hereof under the Securities Act. Copies of such
Registration Statement have been delivered by the Depositor to the
Underwriters. As used in this Agreement, “Effective
Time” means the date and the time as of which such
Registration Statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereto, if any, was declared effective by the Commission;
“Effective Date” means the date of the Effective Time;
“Registration Statement” means such registration
statement, at the Effective Time, including any documents
incorporated by reference therein at such time; “Base
Prospectus” means such final prospectus dated April 3, 2006
and “Prospectus Supplement” means the final prospectus
supplement dated January 16, 2007 relating to the Underwritten
Certificates, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
paragraphs (2), (3) or (5) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations. “Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus
together with the Prospectus Supplement. The Depositor further
proposes to prepare, after the final terms of all classes of the
Underwritten Certificates are established, a Free Writing
Prospectus that contains substantially all information that will
appear in the Prospectus Supplement, to the extent that such
information is known at that time (such Free Writing Prospectus,
together with the Base Prospectus, the “Preliminary
Prospectus”). Reference made herein to the Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act, as of the date of the Prospectus and any reference
to any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document
filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
“Exchange Act”) after the date of the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, as applicable, and incorporated by
reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as
applicable, and any reference to any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to include any report of the Depositor
filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the Effective Time that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
The Commission has not issued any order
preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or the
Preliminary Prospectus or the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement and no proceedings for such purpose are pending or, to
the Depositor's knowledge, threatened by the Commission. There are
no contracts or documents of the Depositor which are required to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement pursuant to the
Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations which have not been so
filed or incorporated by reference therein on or prior to the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement other than such
documents or materials, if any, as any Underwriter delivers to the
Depositor pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof for filing on Form 8-K.
The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General
Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
(b) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus conform, and any further amendments
or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus will conform, when they become
effective, are filed with the Commission or as of the date of the
Contract of Sale, as the case may be, in all respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.
The Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date thereof and of
any amendment thereto, did not contain an 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. The Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented
as of its date or as of the date of the Contract of Sale, and the
Prospectus as of its date, and as amended or supplemented as of the
Closing Date does not and will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in
or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Depositor in writing by
the Underwriters expressly for use therein which shall be limited
to the highlighted information set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the
“Underwriters' Information”) or any Derived
Information.
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as applicable, when they
became effective, were filed with the Commission or as of the date
of the Contract of Sale, as the case may be, conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; and any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents
become effective, are filed with the Commission or as of the date
of the Contract of Sale, as the case may be, will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(d) The Depositor has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is in good standing as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of its business so requires such
standing. The Depositor has all power and authority necessary to
own or hold its properties, to conduct the business in which it is
engaged and to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the “Agreements”) and to cause the
Certificates to be issued.
(e) Except as disclosed in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no actions, proceedings or
investigations pending with respect to which the Depositor has
received service of process before or, to the best of the
Depositor’s knowledge, threatened by any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal to which the Depositor is a
party or of which any of its properties is the subject (a) which if
determined adversely to the Depositor would have a material adverse
effect on the business or financial condition of the Depositor, (b)
asserting the invalidity of any of the Agreements or the
Certificates, (c) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the
transactions contemplated by any of the Agreements or (d) which
might materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of any of the Agreements or the
Certificates.
(f) This Agreement has been, and the other
Agreements when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby and
thereby will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Depositor, and this Agreement constitutes, and the other
Agreements when executed and delivered as contemplated herein will
constitute, legal, valid and binding instruments enforceable
against the Depositor in accordance with their respective terms,
subject as to enforceability to (x) applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally, (y) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding
in equity or at law), and (z) with respect to rights of indemnity
under any of the Agreements, limitations of public policy under
applicable securities laws.
(g) The execution, delivery and performance of the
Agreements by the Depositor and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the issuance and
delivery of the Certificates do not and will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Depositor is a party, by which the Depositor is bound or to which
any of the properties or assets of the Depositor or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, which breach or violation would have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations or financial
condition of the Depositor or its ability to perform its
obligations under any of the Agreements, nor will such actions
result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor or any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Depositor or any of its
properties or assets, which breach or violation would have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations or financial
condition of the Depositor or its ability to perform its
obligations under any of the Agreements.
(h) The direction by the Depositor to the Trustee
to execute, authenticate, issue and deliver the Certificates has
been duly authorized by the Depositor, and, assuming the Trustee
has been duly authorized to undertake such actions, when executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered by the Trustee, in accordance
with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates will be
validly issued and outstanding and the holders of the Certificates
will be entitled to the rights and benefits of the Certificates as
provided by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(i) No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental
agency or body of the United States is required for the issuance of
the Certificates and the sale of the Underwritten Certificates to
the Underwriters, or the consummation by the Depositor of the other
transactions contemplated by the Agreements except such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Underwritten Certificates
by the Underwriters or as have been obtained.
(j) At the time of the execution and delivery of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will: (i) have
equitable title to the interest in the Mortgage Loans conveyed by
the Sellers, free and clear of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge,
encumbrance, adverse claim or other security interest
(collectively, “Liens”); (ii) not have assigned to any
person (other than the Trustee) any of its right, title or interest
in the Mortgage Loans and (iii) have the power and authority to
sell its interest in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee and to sell
the Underwritten Certificates to the Underwriters. Upon execution
and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Trustee,
the Trustee will have acquired beneficial ownership of all of the
Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage
Loans. Upon delivery to the Underwriters of the Underwritten
Certificates, the Underwriters will have good title to the
Underwritten Certificates free of any Liens.
(k) As of the Cut-off Date each of the Mortgage
Loans will meet the eligibility criteria described in the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and will conform to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus.
(l) Neither the Depositor nor the Trust is an
“investment company” within the meaning of such term
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“1940 Act”) and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(m) At the Closing Date, the Underwritten
Certificates and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will conform
in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(n) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges
in connection with the execution, delivery and issuance of the
Agreements and the Certificates have been paid or will be paid at
or prior to the Closing Date.
(o) Since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change in the
general affairs, management, financial condition, or results of
operations of the Depositor or the Originator, otherwise than as
set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as supplemented or
amended as of the Closing Date.
(p) As of the Effective Date and as of the date of
the Contract of Sale, the Depositor is not and will not be as of
the Closing Date, an “ineligible issuer” as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(q) Any certificate signed by an officer of the
Depositor and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with an offering of the Underwritten
Certificates shall be deemed, and shall state that it is, a
representation and warranty as to the matters covered thereby to
each person to whom the representations and warranties in this
Section 1 are made.
(r) As of the date of the Contract of Sale, each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus,
considered together, did not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omission of any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
SECTION 2.
Purchase and Sale
. The several commitments of the
Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Certificates pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of
the representations and warranties herein contained and shall be
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. The Depositor
agrees to instruct the Trustee to issue the Certificates and agrees
to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees (except as
provided in Sections 10 and 11 hereof) severally and not jointly to
purchase from the Depositor, the aggregate initial principal
amounts or percentage interests of the Underwritten Certificates of
each Class, as set forth opposite such Underwriter's name on
Schedule A, at the purchase price or prices set forth on Schedule
A.
SECTION 3.
Delivery and Payment
. Delivery of and payment for the
Underwritten Certificates shall be made at the offices of Thacher
Proffitt & Wood llp, 2 World Financial Center, New York, New
York 10281, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the
Underwriters and the Depositor at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on
January 24, 2007 or at such other time or date as shall be agreed
upon in writing by the Underwriters and the Depositor (such date
being referred to as the “Closing Date”). Payment shall
be made to the Depositor by wire transfer of same day funds payable
to the account of the Depositor. Delivery of the Underwritten
Certificates shall be made to the Underwriters against payment of
the purchase price thereof. The Underwritten Certificates so
delivered will be initially represented by one or more certificates
registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The interests of the
beneficial owners of the Underwritten Certificates will be
represented by book entries on the records of DTC and participating
members thereof. Definitive Certificates will be available only
under the limited circumstances specified in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 4.
Offering by the
Underwriters . It is
understood that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Underwritten Certificates
for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
(a) The Depositor agrees as follows:
(i) To prepare the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters and to file such
Preliminary Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities
Act and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act not later than the Commission's close of business on
the same day on which the Preliminary Prospectus was made available
to the Underwriters and not later than the close of business on the
second Business Day following the availability of the Prospectus,
to the Underwriters, as applicable; to make no further amendment or
any supplement to the Registration Statement, to the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Closing Date except as
permitted herein; to advise the Underwriters, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective prior to
the termination of the offering of the Underwritten Certificates or
any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been
filed and to furnish the Underwriters or their counsel with copies
thereof without charge; to file promptly all reports and any
definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by
the Depositor with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or l5(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the
Prospectus and, for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is
required in connection with the offering or sale of the
Underwritten Certificates; to promptly advise the Underwriters of
their receipt of notice of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order or the institution of or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor, the threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or
of: (i) any order preventing or suspending the use of the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus; (ii) the suspension of
the qualification of the Underwritten Certificates for offering or
sale in any jurisdiction; (iii) the initiation of or threat of any
proceeding for any such purpose or (iv) any request by the
Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for
additional information. In the event of the issuance of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, the Depositor promptly shall use its best efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of such order by the Commission.
(ii) To furnish promptly to the Underwriters and to
counsel for the Underwriters a signed copy of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and of each
amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents
and exhibits filed therewith.
(iii) To deliver promptly to the Underwriters without
charge such number of the following documents as the Underwriters
shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each
amendment thereto (in each case including exhibits); (ii) the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amended or
supplemented Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus and (iii) any
document incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus (including exhibits thereto). If the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine
months after the Closing Date in connection with the offering or
sale of the Underwritten Certificates, and if at such time any
events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is
delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Depositor shall notify
the Underwriters and, upon any Underwriters' request, shall file
such document and prepare and furnish without charge to the
Underwriters and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the
Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request of an amended
Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which corrects such
statement or omission or effects such compliance, and in case the
Underwriters are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection
with sales of any of the Underwritten Certificates at any time nine
months or more after the Effective Time, upon the request of the
Underwriters but at their expense, the Depositor shall prepare and
deliver to the Underwriters as many copies as the Underwriters may
reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus
complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
(iv) To file promptly with the Commission any
amendment to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in
the judgment of the Depositor or the Underwriters, be required by
the Securities Act or requested by the Commission. Neither the
Underwriters' consent to nor their distribution of any amendment or
supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set
forth in Section 6.
(v) To furnish the Underwriters and counsel for the
Underwriters, prior to filing with the Commission, and to obtain
the consent of the Underwriters for the filing of the following
documents relating to the Certificates: (i) any Post-Effective
Amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the
Prospectus, or document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
or (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations.
(vi) To use commercially reasonable efforts, in
cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten
Certificates for offering and sale under the applicable securities
laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States or
elsewhere as the Underwriters may reasonably designate, and
maintain or cause to be maintained such qualifications in effect
for as long as may be required for the distribution of the
Underwritten Certificates. The Depositor will file or cause the
filing of such statements and reports as may be required by the
laws of each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Certificates
have been so qualified; provided, however, that the Depositor shall
not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where
it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would
subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is now so subject.
(vii) Unless the Underwriters shall otherwise have
given their written consent, no collateralized mortgage obligations
or other similar securities representing interests in or secured by
other mortgage-related assets originated or owned by the Originator
or the Seller shall be publicly offered or sold, nor shall the
Originator or the Seller enter into any contractual arrangements
that contemplate the public offering or sale of such securities,
until the earlier to occur of the termination of the syndicate or
the Closing Date.
(viii) So long as the Underwritten Certificates shall
be outstanding the Depositor shall cause the Trustee, pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to deliver to the Underwriters
as soon as such statements are furnished to the Trustee: (i) the
annual statement as to compliance delivered to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 3.20 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the
Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report furnished to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.21 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; (iii) the monthly servicing report furnished to the
Trustee and (iv) the monthly reports to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(ix) In connection with any transaction by this
Agreement, the Depositor and each of its affiliates maintain
customary arm’s-length business relationships with the
Underwriters and each of their respective affiliates, and no
fiduciary duty on the part of the Underwriters or any of their
respective affiliates is thereby or hereby intended or created, and
the express disclaimer of any such fiduciary relationship on the
part of the Underwriters and each of their respective affiliates is
hereby acknowledged and accepted by the Depositor and each of its
affiliates.
(x) The Depositor will approve and file or cause to
be filed with the Commission such Free Writing Prospectus that is
either a Preliminary Prospectus, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
(as defined in Section 5(c) hereof) or contains Issuer Information
as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement,
but in any event, not later than required pursuant to Rules 426 or
433, respectively, of the Securities Act.
(xi) The Depositor shall not be required to file (A)
any Free Writing Prospectus, if the information included therein is
included or incorporated by reference in a prospectus or Free
Writing Prospectus previously filed with the Commission that
relates to the offering of the Certificates, or (B) any Free
Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that contains a description
of the Certificates or the offering of the Certificates which does
not reflect the final terms thereof (so long as such information
does not contain any Issuer Information).
(b) Each Underwriter severally represents, warrants,
covenants and agrees with the Depositor as to itself
that:
(i) Prior to entering into any Contract of Sale, the
Underwriter shall convey the Preliminary Prospectus to each
prospective investor. The Underwriter shall keep sufficient records
to document its conveyance of the Preliminary Prospectus to each
potential investor prior to the related Contract of
Sale.
(ii) Unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus
satisfying the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities 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 (1) is made
in reliance on Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (2) constitutes a
prospectus satisfying the requirements of Rule 430B under the
Securities Act or (3) is a Free Writing Prospectus.
(iii) An Underwriter may convey a Preliminary Term
Sheet to a potential investor prior to entering into a Contract of
Sale with such investor; provided, however, that (x) such
Underwriter shall not enter into a Contract of Sale with such
investor unless the Underwriter has complied with paragraph (i)
above prior to such Contract of Sale, (y) such Underwriter shall
deliver a copy of the proposed Preliminary Term Sheet to the
Depositor and its counsel prior to the anticipated first use and
shall not convey any such Preliminary Term Sheet to which the
Depositor or its counsel reasonably objects.
(iv) An Underwriter may convey Computational
Materials (x) to a potential investor prior to entering into a
Contract of Sale with such investor; provided, however, that (A)
such Underwriter shall not enter into a Contract of Sale with such
investor unless the Underwriter has complied with paragraph (i)
above prior to such Contract of Sale and (B) such Computational
Materials shall not be disseminated in a manner reasonably designed
to lead to their broad unrestricted dissemination; provided,
however, that if such Computational Materials are disseminated in a
manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted
dissemination, such Underwriter shall file with the Commission such
Computational Materials, and (y) to an investor after a Contract of
Sale, provided that the Underwriter has complied with paragraph (i)
above in connection with such Contract of Sale. The Underwriter
shall keep sufficient records of any conveyance of Computational
Materials to potential or actual investors and shall maintain such
records as required by the Rules and Regulations.
(v) If an Underwriter does not furnish a Free
Writing Prospectus to the Depositor’s counsel prior to the
scheduled print date of the Prospectus Supplement, such Underwriter
will be deemed to have represented that it did not convey any Free
Writing Prospectus to any potential investor.
(vi) Each Free Writing Prospectus shall contain
legends substantially simi
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