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EXHIBIT 1.1
WACHOVIA BANK
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2007-C32
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Charlotte, North Carolina
June 22, 2007
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
301 South College Street
One Wachovia Center
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Dear Sirs:
Wachovia Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., a North
Carolina
corporation (the "Company"), intends to issue its Wachovia Bank
Commercial
Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2007-C32
(the "Certificates"), in thirty (30) classes (each, a "Class")
as designated in
the Prospectus Supplement (as defined below). Pursuant to this
underwriting
agreement (the "Agreement"), the Company further proposes to
sell to Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC ("Wachovia Securities"), Barclays Capital
Inc. ("Barclays
Capital") and Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs") and
each of Wachovia
Securities, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs, individually, an
"Underwriter"
and, collectively, the "Underwriters") the Certificates set
forth in Schedule I
hereto (the "Underwritten Certificates") in the respective
original principal
amounts or notional amounts set forth in Schedule I. The
Certificates represent
in the aggregate the entire beneficial ownership interest in a
trust fund (the
"Trust Fund") consisting of a segregated pool (the "Mortgage
Pool") of one
hundred forty-two (142) mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
having an
approximate aggregate principal balance of $3,823,853,069 as of
the Cut-Off Date
secured by first liens on certain fee or leasehold interests in
multifamily and
commercial properties (the "Mortgaged Properties"). The
Certificates will be
issued on June 28, 2007 (the "Closing Date"), pursuant to a
pooling and
servicing agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
dated as of June 1,
2007 among the Company, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
master servicer
(in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), CWCapital Asset
Management LLC, as
special servicer (the "Special Servicer"), and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as
trustee (the "Trustee"). One hundred twenty-five (125) of the
Mortgage Loans
(the "Wachovia Mortgage Loans"), having an aggregate principal
balance of
$3,742,335,069 as of the Cut-Off Date, were acquired by the
Company from
Wachovia Bank, National Association ("Wachovia") pursuant to a
mortgage loan
purchase agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007 (the "Wachovia
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement"), between Wachovia and the Company.
Seventeen (17) of the
Mortgage Loans (the "Artesia Mortgage Loans", having an
aggregate principal
balance of $81,518,000 as of the Cut-Off Date, were acquired by
the Company from
Artesia Mortgage Capital Corporation ("Artesia") pursuant to a
mortgage loan
purchase agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007 (the "Artesia
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement"). Each of Wachovia and Artesia is referred
to herein,
individually, as a "Mortgage Loan Seller" and, together, as the
"Mortgage Loan
Sellers".
Two (2) separate real estate mortgage investment conduit
("REMIC")
elections will be made with respect to certain portions of the
Trust Fund for
federal income tax purposes. The Underwritten Certificates and
the Mortgage Pool
are described more fully in Schedule I hereto and in a
registration statement
furnished to you by the Company.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have
the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
1. Representations and Warranties. (a) The Company represents
and
warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(i) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement (No.
333-131262) on
Form S-3 for the registration of Commercial Mortgage
Pass-Through
Certificates, issuable in series, including the Underwritten
Certificates,
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"),
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 meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the
1933 Act, and
such registration statement, as amended at the date hereof,
meets the
requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the 1933 Act
and
complies in all other material respects with the 1933 Act and
the rules
and regulations thereunder. The Company proposes to file with
the
Commission, with your consent, pursuant to Rule 424 under the
1933 Act, a
supplement dated June 22, 2007, as supplemented by the
Supplement (to
accompany prospectus supplement dated June 22, 2007 to
prospectus dated
October 19, 2006), dated June 27, 2007 (as supplemented, the
"Prospectus
Supplement"), to the prospectus dated October 19, 2006 (the
"Base
Prospectus"), relating to the Underwritten Certificates and the
method of
distribution thereof, and has previously advised you of all
further
information (financial and other) with respect to the
Underwritten
Certificates and the Mortgage Pool to be set forth therein.
Such
registration statement (No. 333-131262), including all exhibits
thereto,
is referred to herein as the "Registration Statement"; and the
Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, together with any
amendment
thereof or supplement thereto authorized by the Company prior to
the
Closing Date for use in connection with the offering of the
Underwritten
Certificates, are hereinafter called the "Prospectus". As used
herein,
"Pool Information" means the mortgage pool information reflected
in the
Master Tape and the Prospectus Supplement. The "Master Tape"
shall mean
the compilation of information and data regarding the Mortgage
Loans
covered by the letters rendered by KPMG LLP (a "hard copy" of
which Master
Tape was produced on behalf of the Mortgage Loan Sellers)
described in
Section 6(h)(ii) of this Agreement.
(ii) As of the date hereof, as of the Time of Sale (as
defined
herein), as of the date on which the Prospectus Supplement is
first filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, as of the date on
which, prior to
the Closing Date, any amendment to the Registration Statement
becomes
effective, as of the date on which any supplement to the
Prospectus
Supplement is filed with the Commission, and as of the Closing
Date, (i)
the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and
the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time,
complies and
will comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of
the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii)
the
Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, does not
include
and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact and
does not
omit and will not omit to state any material fact required to be
stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein
not
misleading, and
(iii) the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any
such time, does not include and will not include any untrue
statement of a
material fact and does not omit and will not 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, not misleading;
provided,
however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties
as to (x)
statements contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto made in
reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by
or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use in the
Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (such information being identified
in Section
8(b) hereof), (y) the Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information
(as defined
in Section 8 hereof) or (z) any information with respect to
which any of
the Master Servicer (the "Master Servicer Covered Information"),
the
Special Servicer (the "Special Servicer Covered Information") or
the
Trustee (the "Trustee Covered Information") provides
indemnification
pursuant to the Master Servicer Indemnification Agreement, the
Special
Servicer Indemnification Agreement or the Trustee
Indemnification
Agreement, as applicable (as each is defined in Section 6
hereof).
(iv) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of
North Carolina with corporate power and authority to own, lease
or operate
its properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by
it and to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and
the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the Company is duly
qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing
in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by
reason of
the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of
business.
(v) As of the date hereof, as of the Time of Sale (as
defined
herein), as of the date on which the Prospectus Supplement is
first filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, as of the date on
which, prior to
the Closing Date, any amendment to the Registration Statement
becomes
effective, as of the date on which any supplement to the
Prospectus
Supplement is filed with the Commission, and as of the Closing
Date, there
has not and will not have been (i) any request by the Commission
for any
further amendment to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for
any additional information, (ii) any issuance by the Commission
of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or
the institution or threat of any proceeding for that purpose or
(iii) any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
of the
Underwritten Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or any
initiation
or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
(vi) Each of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement has been
duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of
this
Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and each
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding
agreements of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their
respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
(i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium
or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of
creditors
generally, (ii) general principles of equity, whether
enforcement is
sought in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (iii) public
policy
considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent
that such
public policy considerations limit the enforceability of the
provisions of
this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement that purport to provide indemnification from
securities
law liabilities.
(vii) As of the Closing Date, the Underwritten Certificates,
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loan
Purchase
Agreements will conform in all material respects to the
respective
descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus, the
Registration
Statement and the Time of Sale Information. As of the Closing
Date, the
Underwritten Certificates will be duly and validly authorized
and, when
delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
to you
against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and
validly
issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the
Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(viii) The Company is not in violation of its certificate of
incorporation or by laws or in default under any agreement,
indenture or
instrument the effect of which violation or default would be
material to
the Company or which violation or default would have a material
adverse
affect on the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
Neither the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Certificates,
nor the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, any
Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement nor
the
consummation by the Company of any of the transactions herein or
therein
contemplated, nor compliance by the Company with the provisions
hereof or
thereof, did, does or will conflict with or result in a breach
of any term
or provision of the certificate of incorporation or by laws of
the Company
or conflict with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration
of, or
constitute a default (or an event which, with the passing of
time or
notification, or both, would constitute a default) under, the
terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party
or by which it or any material asset is bound, or any statute,
order or
regulation applicable to the Company of any court, regulatory
body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction
over the
Company.
(ix) There is no action, suit or proceeding against the
Company pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, before
any court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other tribunal
(i)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing
Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the
Underwritten
Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Underwritten
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated
by this Agreement, (iii) that might materially and adversely
affect the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, or the
validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement,
any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the Underwritten
Certificates or
(iv) seeking to affect adversely the federal income tax
attributes of the
Underwritten Certificates as described in the Prospectus.
(x) There are no contracts, indentures or other documents of
a
character required by the 1933 Act or by the rules and
regulations
thereunder to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or
the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement
which have not been so described or referred to therein or so
filed or
incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto.
(xi) No authorization, approval or consent of any court or
governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with
the
offering or sale of the Underwritten Certificates pursuant to
this
Agreement, except such as have been, or as of the Closing Date
will have
been, obtained or such as may otherwise be required under
applicable state
securities laws in connection with the purchase and offer and
sale of the
Underwritten Certificates by the Underwriters and any
recordation of the
respective assignments of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee
pursuant to
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that have not been
completed.
(xii) The Company possesses 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 operated by it, and the Company has not received
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 any unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding,
would materially and adversely affect the condition, financial
or
otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the
Company.
(xiii) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the
delivery and sale of the Underwritten Certificates (other than
such
federal, state and local taxes as may be payable on the income
or gain
recognized therefrom) have been or will be paid at or prior to
the Closing
Date.
(xiv) Neither the Company nor the Trust Fund is, and neither
the sale of the Underwritten Certificates in the manner
contemplated by
the Prospectus nor the activities of the Trust Fund pursuant to
the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement will cause the Company or the
Trust Fund
to be, an "investment company" or under the control of an
"investment
company" as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940,
as amended (the "Investment Company Act").
(xv) Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
and for federal income tax purposes, the Company reported the
transfer of
the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee in exchange for the
Certificates and
will report the sale of the Underwritten Certificates to the
Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement as a sale of the interests in the
Mortgage
Loans evidenced by the Underwritten Certificates. The
consideration
received by the Company upon the sale of the Underwritten
Certificates to
the Underwriters will constitute reasonably equivalent value and
fair
consideration for the Underwritten Certificates. The Company
will be
solvent at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered
insolvent
by, the sale of the Underwritten Certificates to the
Underwriters. In
addition, the Company was solvent at all relevant times prior
to, and was
not rendered insolvent by, the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to
the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Company is not selling
the
Underwritten Certificates to the Underwriters and did not
transfer the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund with
any intent
to hinder, delay or defraud any of the creditors of the
Company.
(xvi) At the Closing Date, the respective classes of
Underwritten Certificates shall continue to have maintained
ratings no
lower than those set forth in Schedule I hereto by the
nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations identified in
Schedule I
hereto (individually and collectively, the "Rating Agency").
(xvii) The Company is not, and on the date on which the
initial bona fide offer of the Underwritten Certificates is made
will not
be, an "ineligible issuer," as defined in Rule 405 under the
1933 Act.
(xviii) At or prior to the time when sales to investors of
the
Underwritten Certificates were first made as determined in
accordance with
Rule 159 of the 1933 Act (the "Time of Sale"), the Company had
prepared
the following information (collectively, the "Time of Sale
Information"):
each "free-writing prospectus" (as defined pursuant to Rule 405
under the
1933 Act) (a "Free Writing Prospectus") listed on Annex A
hereto. If,
subsequent to the date of this Agreement, the Company and the
Underwriters
have determined that such information included an untrue
statement of
material fact or omitted 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 and have terminated their old
purchase
contracts and entered into new purchase contracts with
purchasers of the
Underwritten Certificates, then "Time of Sale Information", in
connection
with a particular purchaser of the Underwritten Certificates
will refer to
the information available to such purchaser at the time of entry
into the
last such new purchase contract with such particular purchaser,
including
any information that corrects such material misstatements or
omissions
("Corrective Information").
(xix) The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did
not, and at the Closing Date 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 the light of the circumstances under
which they
were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes
no
representation and warranty with respect to (i) any statements
or
omissions relating to any Underwriter made in reliance upon and
in
conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing
by such
Underwriter expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information,
(ii) any
Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information (as defined in Section
8 herein)
in such Time of Sale Information, (iii) any Master Servicer
Covered
Information in such Time of Sale Information, (iv) any Special
Servicer
Covered Information in such Time of Sale Information or (v) any
Trustee
Covered Information in such Time of Sale Information.
(xx) Other than the Prospectus, the Company (including its
agents and representatives other than the Underwriters in their
capacity
as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or
referred to
and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to
any
"written communication" (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933
Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy
the
Underwritten Certificates other than (i) any document not
constituting a
prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the 1933 Act or
Rule 134
under the 1933 Act, (ii) the Time of Sale Information and (iii)
each other
written communication approved in writing in advance by the
Underwriters
(each such communication referred to in clause (ii) and this
clause (iii)
constituting an "issuer free writing prospectus", as defined in
Rule
433(h) under the 1933 Act being referred to as an "Issuer Free
Writing
Prospectus"). Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied
in all
material respects with the 1933 Act, has been filed in
accordance with
Section 4(b)(iv) (to the extent required thereby) and, when
taken together
with all other material delivered at the Time of Sale, did not
at the Time
of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue
statements
of a material fact or 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 that the Company makes
no
representation and warranty with respect to (i) any statements
or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such
Underwriter expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, (ii)
any Mortgage Loan Seller Covered Information in any Issuer Free
Writing
Prospectus, (iii) any Master Servicer Covered Information in any
Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, (iv) any Special Servicer Covered
Information in
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or (v) any Trustee Covered
Information
in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(b) Wachovia represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each
Underwriter, that:
(i) Wachovia is a national banking association validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America and
possesses all
requisite authority, power, licenses, permits and franchises to
carry on
its business as currently conducted by it and to execute,
deliver and
comply with its obligations under the terms of this
Agreement.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by Wachovia and, assuming due
authorization,
execution and delivery hereof by the Company and the
Underwriters,
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Wachovia,
enforceable
against Wachovia in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement
may be limited by (x) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium
and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in
general,
as they may be applied in the context of the insolvency of a
national
banking association, (y) general equity principles (regardless
of whether
such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law), and
(z) public policy considerations underlying the securities laws,
to the
extent that such public policy considerations limit the
enforceability of
the provisions of this Agreement which purport to provide
indemnification
from liabilities under applicable securities laws.
(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Wachovia
and Wachovia's performance and compliance with the terms of this
Agreement
will not (A) violate Wachovia's articles of association or by
laws, (B)
violate any law or regulation or any administrative decree or
order to
which it is subject or (C) constitute a default (or an event
which, with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
under, or
result in the breach of, any contract, agreement or other
instrument to
which Wachovia is a party or by which Wachovia is bound.
(iv) Wachovia is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any
federal,
state, municipal or other governmental agency or body, which
default might
have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the
condition
(financial or other) or operations of Wachovia or its properties
or have
consequences that would materially and adversely affect its
performance
hereunder.
(v) Wachovia is not a party to or bound by any agreement or
instrument or subject to any articles of association, bylaws or
any other
corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction,
decree,
law or regulation that would materially and adversely affect the
ability
of Wachovia to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
that
requires the consent of any third person to the execution of
this
Agreement or the performance by Wachovia of its obligations
under this
Agreement (except to the extent such consent has been
obtained).
(vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court
or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and
performance by Wachovia of or compliance by Wachovia with this
Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement
except as have previously been obtained.
(vii) No litigation is pending or, to the best of Wachovia's
knowledge, threatened against Wachovia that would assert the
invalidity of
this Agreement, prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
materially
and adversely affect the performance by Wachovia of its
obligations under
this Agreement.
(viii) Each representation and warranty of the Company set
forth in Section 1(a) hereof is true and correct as of the date
hereof or
as of the date specified in such representation and
warranty.
(c) Each Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company
that:
(i) In relation to each Member State of the European
Economic
Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a
"Relevant
Member State"), each Underwriter has not made and will not make
an offer
of Certificates to the public in that Relevant Member State
prior to the
publication of a prospectus in relation to the Publicly
Offered
Certificates which has been approved by the competent authority
in that
Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another
Relevant
Member State and notified to the competent authority in that
Relevant
Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive,
except that
it may, with effect from and including the relevant
implementation date,
make an offer of Publicly Offered Certificates to the public in
that
Relevant Member State at any time:
(A) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to
operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or
regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities;
(B) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an
average of at least 250 employees during the last financial
year;
(2) a total balance sheet of more than (euro)43,000,000 and (3)
an
annual net turnover of more than (euro)50,000,000, as shown in
its
last annual or consolidated accounts; or
(C) in any other circumstances which do not require the
publication by the issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3
of
the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer
of
Publicly Offered Certificates to the public" in relation to
any
Publicly Offered Certificates in any Relevant Member State means
the
communication in any form and by any means of sufficient
information
on the terms of the offer and the Publicly Offered Certificates
to
be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase
or
subscribe the Publicly Offered Certificates, as the same may
be
varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the
Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression
"Prospectus Directive" means the European Commission
Directive
2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in
each
Relevant Member State.
(ii) Each Underwriter has only communicated or caused to be
communicated and will only communicate or cause to be
communicated an
invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity
(within the
meaning of Section 21 of the United Kingdom Financial Services
and Markets
Act 2000 (the "FSMA")) received by it in connection with the
issue or sale
of the Publicly Offered Certificates in circumstances in which
Section
21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the issuer.
(iii) Each Underwriter has complied and will comply with all
applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done
by it in
relation to the Publicly Offered Certificates in, from or
otherwise
involving the United Kingdom.
(iv) As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, such
Underwriter has complied in all material respects with all of
its
obligations under Section 4 hereof.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and
in
reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth
herein, the Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree,
severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the applicable
purchase prices set
forth in Schedule I hereto, the respective principal amounts or
notional amounts
of the Underwritten Certificates set forth opposite the name of
each Underwriter
set forth in Schedule II hereto, and any additional portions of
the Underwritten
Certificates that any such Underwriter may be obligated to
purchase pursuant to
Section 10 hereof, in all cases plus accrued interest as set
forth in Schedule
I.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the
Underwritten Certificates shall be made in the manner, at the
location(s), on
the Closing Date at the time specified in Schedule I hereto (or
such later date
not later than ten business days after such specified date as
you shall
designate), which date and time may be changed by agreement
between you and the
Company or as provided in Section 10 hereof. Delivery of the
Underwritten
Certificates shall be made either directly to you or through the
facilities of
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), as specified in Schedule I
hereto, for the
respective accounts of the Underwriters against payment by the
respective
Underwriters of the purchase price therefor in immediately
available funds wired
to such bank as may be designated by the Company, or such other
manner of
payment as may be agreed upon by the Company and you. Any Class
of Underwritten
Certificates to be delivered through the facilities of DTC shall
be represented
by one or more global Certificates registered in the name of
Cede & Co., as
nominee of DTC, which global Certificate(s) shall be placed in
the custody of
DTC not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
Closing Date pursuant
to a custodial arrangement to be entered into between the
Trustee or its agent
and DTC. Unless delivered through the facilities of DTC, the
Underwritten
Certificates shall be in fully registered certificated form, in
such
denominations and registered in such names as you may have
requested in writing
not less than one full business day in advance of the Closing
Date.
The Company agrees to have the Underwritten Certificates,
including
the global Certificates representing the Underwritten
Certificates to be
delivered through the facilities of DTC, available for
inspection, checking and,
if applicable, packaging by you in Charlotte, North Carolina,
not later than the
close of business (New York City time) on the business day
preceding the Closing
Date.
References herein, including, without limitation, in the
Schedules
hereto, to actions taken or to be taken following the Closing
Date with respect
to any Underwritten Certificates that are to be delivered
through the facilities
of DTC shall include, if the context so permits, actions taken
or to be taken
with respect to the interests in such Certificates as reflected
on the books and
records of DTC.
4. Offering by Underwriters; Free Writing Prospectuses.
(a) It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer
the
Underwritten Certificates for sale to the public, including,
without limitation,
in and from the State of New York, as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement. It
is further understood that the Company, in reliance upon an
exemption from the
Attorney General of the State of New York to be granted pursuant
to Policy
Statement 104 and 105, has not and will not file the offering
pursuant to
Section 352-e of the General Business Law of the State of New
York with respect
to the Underwritten Certificates.
(b) In connection with the offering of the Underwritten
Certificates, the Underwriters may each prepare and provide to
prospective
investors Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined below), or
portions thereof,
which the Company is required to file with the Commission in
electronic format
and will use reasonable efforts to provide to the Company such
Free Writing
Prospectuses, or portions thereof, in either Microsoft Word(R)
or Microsoft
Excel(R) format and not in Adobe Acrobat(R) PDF format, except
to the extent
that the Company, in its sole discretion, waives such
requirements, subject to
the following conditions (to which such conditions each
Underwriter agrees
(provided that no Underwriter is responsible for any breach of
the following
conditions by any other Underwriter)):
(i) Unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus
satisfying
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the 1933 Act, the
Underwriters shall
not convey or deliver any written communication to any person
in
connection with the initial offering of the Underwritten
Certificates,
unless such written communication (1) is made in reliance on
Rule 134
under the 1933 Act, (2) constitutes a prospectus satisfying
the
requirements of Rule 430B under the 1933 Act or (3) constitutes
a Free
Writing Prospectus. The Underwriter shall not convey or deliver
in
connection with the initial offering of the Underwritten
Certificates any
"ABS informational and computational material," as defined in
Item 1101(a)
of Regulation AB under the 1933 Act ("ABS Informational and
Computational
Material"), in reliance upon Rules 167 and 426 under the 1933
Act.
(ii) Each Underwriter shall deliver to the Company, no later
than two business days prior to the date of first use thereof,
(a) any
Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the
Underwriter that
contains any "issuer information," as defined in Rule 433(h)
under the
1933 Act and footnote 271 of the Commission's Securities
Offering Reform
Release No. 33-8591 ("Issuer Information") (which the parties
hereto agree
includes, without limitation, Mortgage Loan Seller Covered
Information),
and (b) any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof that
contains only
a description of the final terms of the Underwritten
Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Free Writing Prospectus that
contains
only ABS Informational and Computational Materials may be
delivered by
such Underwriter to the Company not later than the later of (a)
two
business days prior to the due date for filing of the Prospectus
pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act or (b) the date of first use
of such
Free Writing Prospectus.
(iii) Each Underwriter represents and warrants to the
Company
that the Free Writing Prospectuses to be furnished to the
Company by such
Underwriter pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) will constitute all
Free Writing
Prospectuses of the type described therein that were furnished
to
prospective investors by such Underwriter in connection with its
offer and
sale of the Underwritten Certificates.
(iv) Each Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company
that each Free Writing Prospectus required to be provided by it
to the
Company pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) did not, when read together
with all
other materials delivered to investors prior to the Time of
Sale, as of
the Time of Sale and at the Closing Date will not, contain any
untrue
statement of a material fact, or omit any material fact
necessary to make
the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances
under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that
such
Underwriter makes no representation to the extent such
misstatements or
omissions were the result of any inaccurate Issuer Information
supplied by
the Company or any Mortgage Loan Seller to such Underwriter,
which
information was not corrected by Corrective Information
subsequently
supplied by the Company or any Mortgage Loan Seller to such
Underwriter
prior to the Time of Sale.
(v) The Company agrees to file with the Commission the
following:
(A) Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent
required to be filed with the Commission by Rule 433 under the
1933
Act;
(B) Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof
delivered by the Underwriter to the Company pursuant to
Section
4(b)(ii); and
(C) Any Free Writing Prospectus for which the Company or
any person acting on its behalf provided, authorized or
approved
information that is prepared and published or disseminated by
a
person unaffiliated with the Company or any other offering
participant that is in the business of publishing, radio or
television broadcasting or otherwise disseminating
communications.
(vi) Any Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed
pursuant
to Section 4(b)(v) by the Company shall be filed with the
Commission not
later than the date of first use of the Free Writing Prospectus,
except
that:
(A) Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof
required to be filed that contains only the description of the
final
terms of the Underwritten Certificates shall be filed by the
Company
with the Commission within two days of the later of the date
such
final terms have been established for all classes of
Underwritten
Certificates and the date of first use;
(B) Any Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof
required to be filed that contains only ABS Informational
and
Computational Material shall be filed by the Company with
the
Commission not later than the later of the due date for filing
the
final Prospectus relating to the Underwritten Certificates
pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act or two business days after
the
first use of such Free Writing Prospectus;
(C) Any Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed
pursuant to Section 4(b)(v)(C) shall, if no payment has been
made or
consideration has been given by or on behalf of the Company for
the
Free Writing Prospectus or its dissemination, be filed by
the
Company with the Commission not later than four business days
after
the Company becomes aware of the publication, radio or
television
broadcast or other dissemination of the Free Writing Prospectus;
and
(D) The Company shall not be required to file (1) Issuer
Information contained in any Free Writing Prospectus of an
Underwriter or any other offering participant other than the
Company, if such information 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
Underwritten Certificates, or (2) any Free Writing Prospectus
or
portion thereof that contains a description of the
Underwritten
Certificates or the offering of the Underwritten Certificates
which
does not reflect the final terms thereof.
(vii) Each Underwriter shall file with the Commission any
Free
Writing Prospectus that is used or referred to by it and
distributed by or
on behalf of such Underwriter in a manner reasonably designed to
lead to
its broad, unrestricted dissemination not later than the date of
the first
use of such Free Writing Prospectus.
(viii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(b)(vii),
each Underwriter shall file with the Commission any Free
Writing
Prospectus for which such Underwriter or any person acting on
its behalf
provided, authorized or approved information that is prepared
and
published or disseminated by a person unaffiliated with the
Company or any
other offering participant that is in the business of
publishing, radio or
television broadcasting or otherwise disseminating written
communications
and for which no payment was made or consideration given by or
on behalf
of the Company or any other offering participant, not later than
four
business days after such Underwriter becomes aware of the
publication,
radio or television broadcast or other dissemination of the Free
Writing
Prospectus.
(ix) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4(b)(v) and
4(b)(vii), neither the Company nor any Underwriter shall be
required to
file any Free Writing Prospectus that does not contain
substantive changes
from or additions to a Free Writing Prospectus previously filed
with the
Commission.
(x) The Company and the Underwriters each agree that any
Free
Writing Prospectuses prepared by it shall contain the following
legend:
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 depositor has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the depositor and this offering. You may
get
these documents for free 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 if you request it by calling
toll-free
1-800-745-2063.
(xi) The Company and the Underwriters agree to retain all
Free
Writing Prospectuses that they have used and that are not
required to be
filed pursuant to this Section 4 for a period of three years
following the
initial bona fide offering of the Underwritten Certificates.
(xii) In the event that the Company becomes aware that, as
of
the Time of Sale, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contains
any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits 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 (a
"Defective
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus"), the Company shall notify
the
Underwriters thereof within one business day after discovery and
the
Company shall, if requested by the Underwriters, prepare and
deliver to
the Underwriters a Free Writing Prospectus that corrects the
material
misstatement or omission in the Defective Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus
(such corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a "Corrected
Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus").
(A) In the event that any Underwriter becomes aware
that, with respect to any purchaser of an Underwritten
Certificate,
any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such
Underwriter (each, an "Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus")
and
delivered to such purchaser 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,
when
considered in conjunction with the Time of Sale Information
(together with the Defective Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
a
"Defective Free Writing Prospectus"), such Underwriter shall
notify
the Company and each other Underwriter thereof within one
business
day after discovery.
(B) Each Underwriter shall, if requested by the Company:
(1) if the Defective Free Writing Prospectus was
an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus, prepare a Free
Writing
Prospectus which corrects the material misstatement in or
omission from the Defective Free Writing Prospectus
(together
with a Corrected Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, a
"Corrected
Free Writing Prospectus");
(2) deliver the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus
to each Underwriter and the Company so that the Underwriters
can each deliver the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus to
their respective purchasers of an Underwritten Certificate
which received the Defective Free Writing Prospectus prior
to
entering into a contract of sale;
(3) if after the Time of Sale, notify such
purchaser in a prominent fashion that the prior agreement to
purchase Certificates has been terminated, and of the
purchaser's rights as a result of termination of such
agreement;
(4) if after the Time of Sale, provide such
purchaser with an opportunity to affirmatively agree to
purchase the Underwritten Certificates on the terms
described
in the Corrected Free Writing Prospectus; and
(5) comply with any other requirements for
reformation of the original contract of sale described in
Section IV.2.c of Commission's Securities Offering Reform
Release No. 33-8591.
(C) With respect to this subsection (xii), each
Underwriter agrees that if the Company requests that an
Underwriter
prepare a Corrected Free Writing Prospectus with respect to
a
Defective Free Writing Prospectus that another Underwriter
prepared,
such other Underwriter will prepare the Corrected Free
Writing
Prospectus and will deliver the Corrected Free Writing
Prospectus to
the Company and each Underwriter so that each Underwriter
may
contact its respective purchasers.
(D) To the extent any Defective Free Writing Prospectus
was defective as a result of incorrect Issuer Information
being
delivered to an Underwriter, the Company shall provide such
corrected Issuer Information upon request from such Underwriter.
The
Company shall also notify the other Underwriters of such
incorrect
Issuer Information, to the extent it is provided notice
hereunder.
(xiii) Each Underwriter covenants with the Company that
after
the final Prospectus is available, such Underwriter shall not
distribute
any written information concerning the Underwritten Certificates
to a
prospective purchaser of an Underwritten Certificate unless
such
information is preceded or accompanied by the final
Prospectus.
(c) Each Underwriter further represents and warrants that it
has
offered and sold Underwritten Certificates only to, or directed
at, persons who:
(i) are outside the United Kingdom;
(ii) have professional experience in participating in
unregulated collective investment schemes; or
(iii) are persons falling within Article 22(2)(a) through
(d)
of the Financial Services
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