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Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
BEAR STEARNS COMMERCIAL
MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2007-PWR16
UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
June 6, 2007
Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Bear Stearns Commercial
Mortgage Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Depositor ”), proposes to cause the issuance of, and
to sell to Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“ Morgan Stanley
”) (together, the “ Underwriters ”), the
commercial mortgage pass-through certificates identified in
Schedule I hereto (the “ Certificates ”)
pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, dated June 6, 2007
(this “ Agreement ”), between the Depositor and
the Underwriters. The Certificates will evidence beneficial
ownership interests in, among other things, a trust fund (the
“ Trust Fund ”) to be formed by the Depositor
and consisting primarily of a segregated pool (the “
Mortgage Pool ”) of multifamily and commercial
mortgage loans (the “ Mortgage Loans
”).
Certain of the Mortgage Loans
(the “ WFB Mortgage Loans ”), will be acquired
by the Depositor from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(“ WFB ”) pursuant to the mortgage loan purchase
agreement, dated June 6, 2007 (the “ WFB Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement ”), between the Depositor and
WFB. Certain of the Mortgage Loans (the “ Prudential
Mortgage Loans ”) will be acquired by the Depositor from
Prudential Mortgage Capital Funding, LLC (“ PMCF
”) pursuant to the mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated
June 6, 2007 (the “ PMCF Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement ”), between PMCF and the Depositor. Certain of
the Mortgage Loans (the “ Bear Stearns Mortgage Loans
”) will be acquired by the Depositor from Bear Stearns
Commercial Mortgage, Inc. (“ BSCMI ”) pursuant
to the mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated June 6, 2007
(the “ BSCMI Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
”), between BSCMI and the Depositor. Certain of the Mortgage
Loans (the “ PCFII Mortgage Loans ”), will be
acquired by the Depositor from Principal Commercial Funding II, LLC
(“ PCFII ”) pursuant to the mortgage loan
purchase agreement, dated June 6, 2007 (the “ PCFII
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement ”), between the
Depositor and PCFII. Certain of the Mortgage Loans (the “
Nationwide Mortgage Loans ”), will be acquired by the
Depositor from Nationwide Life Insurance Company (“
Nationwide ”) pursuant to the mortgage loan purchase
agreement, dated June 6, 2007 (the “ Nationwide
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement ”), between the
Depositor and Nationwide. WFB, BSCMI, PMCF, PCFII and Nationwide
collectively constitute the “ Mortgage Loan Sellers
”; and the WFB Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the
BSCMI
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the
PMCF Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the PCFII Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement and the Nationwide Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement collectively constitute the “ Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreements .”
The Trust is to be created
and the Certificates are to be issued under a pooling and servicing
agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007 (the “ Pooling
and Servicing Agreement ”), among the Depositor, as
depositor, Prudential Asset Resources Inc., as a master servicer,
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as a master servicer, as
certificate administrator and as tax administrator, Centerline
Servicing Inc., as general special servicer, and LaSalle Bank
National Association, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used herein
but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements.
The Depositor has filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission ”) a registration statement (No.
333-130789) on Form S-3 for the registration of the Certificates
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933
Act ”), which registration statement has become
effective. The Depositor proposes to file with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act a supplement to the form
of prospectus included in such registration statement relating to
the Certificates and the plan of distribution thereof. Such
registration statement, including the exhibits thereto and
information that is contained in the Prospectus (as defined below)
and is deemed to be part of and included in such registration
statement, as such registration statement may have been amended or
supplemented at the date of the Prospectus, is hereinafter referred
to as the “ Registration Statement ”; the
prospectus first required to be filed to satisfy the condition set
forth in Rule 172(c) and pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933
Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Base
Prospectus ”; such form of supplement to the Base
Prospectus relating to the Certificates, in the form first required
to be filed to satisfy the condition set forth in Rule 172(c) and
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act (including the Base
Prospectus as so supplemented) is hereinafter referred to as the
“ Prospectus Supplement ”; and the Base
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, together, are hereinafter
referred to as the “ Prospectus ”.
At or prior to the time when
sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made, which was
approximately 2:35 p.m. on June 6, 2007 (the “ Time
of Sale ”), the Depositor had prepared the following
information (collectively, the “ Time of Sale
Information ”): the Depositor’s Free Writing
Prospectus dated May 29, 2007 (the cover page of which is
attached hereto as Annex A) to the Depositor’s Prospectus
dated May 29, 2007, the Term Sheet dated May 25, 2007,
the Depositor’s Free Writing Prospectus dated June 6,
2007 that updates certain information set forth in such Free
Writing Prospectus dated May 29, 2007, and such Term Sheet
dated May 25, 2007 and each “free-writing
prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933
Act) (a “ Free Writing Prospectus ”) the first
page of each of which is attached as Annex B hereto. If, subsequent
to the date of this Agreement, the Depositor and the Underwriters
determine 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
terminate their old purchase contracts and enter into new purchase
contracts with investors in the Certificates, then “ Time
of Sale Information ” will refer to the information
conveyed to purchasers at the time of entry into the first such new
purchase
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contract, including any information that
corrects such material misstatements or omissions (“
Corrective Information ”) and “ Time of
Sale ” will refer to the time and date on which such new
purchase contracts were entered into.
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(1) |
Representations and Warranties. |
(a) The Depositor represents
and warrants to the Underwriters as follows:
(i) The Registration
Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose are pending or, to the
Depositor’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission; the
Registration Statement as of its effective date or deemed effective
date pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act (the “
Effective Date ”), and the Prospectus, as of the date
of the Prospectus Supplement, complied in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder (the “ 1933 Act Regulations
”); and the information in the Registration Statement, as of
the Effective Date, did not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading and the information in the Prospectus, as of the
date of the Prospectus Supplement, did not, and as of the Closing
Date (as defined below), will not, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact and did not and will not omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the information therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, provided , however , that the Depositor
makes no representations, warranties or agreements as to
(A) the information contained in the Prospectus or any
revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Depositor by any Underwriter on behalf of itself or the other
Underwriters specifically for use in connection with the
preparation of the Prospectus or any revision or amendment thereof
or supplement thereto (the “ Underwriter Information
”), (B) any information contained in or omitted from the
portions of the Prospectus Supplement for which the Mortgage Loan
Sellers are obligated to indemnify the Underwriters under the
Indemnification Agreements, each dated as of June 6, 2007,
between the respective Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor and the
Underwriters (the “ Mortgage Loan Seller Information
”), (C) untrue statements or omissions in the portions
of the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Yield and
Maturity Considerations” that arise out of or are based upon
untrue statements or omissions in the Mortgage Loan Seller
Information or (D) any information contained in or omitted
from the portions of the Prospectus Supplement for which one or
more of the initial Master Servicers, the initial Primary
Servicers, the initial General Special Servicer, the initial
Certificate Administrator and the initial Trustee are obligated to
indemnify the Underwriters under (i) the Representation and
Indemnification Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, between
the Depositor, the Underwriters and Wells Fargo Bank,
(ii) each of the Representation and Indemnification
Agreements, both dated as of June 6, 2007, between the
Depositor, the Underwriters and each of the initial Primary
Servicers, (iii) the Representation and Indemnification
Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, between the Depositor,
the Underwriters and the initial General Special Servicer,
(iv) the Representation and Indemnification Agreement, dated
as of June 6, 2007, between the Depositor, the Underwriters
and the initial Certificate Administrator, (v) the
Representation and Indemnification Agreement, dated as of
June 6, 2007, between the Depositor, the Underwriters and the
initial Trustee, and/or (vi) the Indemnification Agreement,
dated as of June 6, 2007, between the Depositor and Prudential
Asset Resources,
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Inc. (of which the Underwriters are
third party beneficiaries) (the “ Servicer/Trustee
Information ”). The parties acknowledge that the
Underwriter Information consists of the first, second, third and
fourth sentences of the final paragraph of the cover page, and the
second, fourth and eighth paragraphs of the section titled
“Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus.
(ii) 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 Depositor makes no
representation and warranty with respect to (A) any statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter Information, (B) any Mortgage Loan Seller
Information contained in or omitted from such Time of Sale
Information or (C) any Servicer/Trustee Information contained
in or omitted from such Time of Sale Information. The parties
acknowledge that none of the Underwriters has furnished any
Underwriter Information to the Depositor expressly for use in the
Time of Sale Information.
(iii) Other than the
Prospectus, the Depositor (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 make, use, prepare, 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 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 of the Depositor or its agents and representatives
approved by the Underwriters either in writing in advance or in any
other manner mutually agreed by the Underwriters and the Depositor
(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 or, if used after the date hereof, will comply, in all
material respects with the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, has been filed or will be filed in
accordance with Section 4 (to the extent required thereby) and
did not at the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not,
contain any untrue statements of a material fact or (when read in
conjunction with the other Time of Sale Information) 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 Depositor makes no
representation and warranty with respect to (i) any statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter Information or (ii) any Mortgage Loan Seller
Information contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus. The parties acknowledge that none of the Underwriters
has furnished any Underwriter Information to the Depositor
expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(iv) The Depositor has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with corporate
power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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(v) The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by the Depositor and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and therein by the Depositor and compliance by
the Depositor with its obligations hereunder and thereunder have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not
(A) contravene any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor or applicable law or
(B) conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under,
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Depositor pursuant
to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease
or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which
it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Depositor is subject, which conflict, breach, default, lien, charge
or encumbrance is reasonably likely to materially and adversely
affect the Depositor’s ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(vi) The Certificates have
been duly authorized for issuance and sale (or will have been so
authorized prior to the issuance thereof) pursuant to this
Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. When issued,
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement and of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement against
payment of the consideration therefor in accordance with this
Agreement, the Certificates will be duly and validly issued and
outstanding and entitled to the benefits provided by the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, except as enforceability thereof may be
limited by the effect of (A) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally, and
(B) general principles of equity, whether enforcement is
sought in a proceeding in equity or at law. The Certificates and
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement conform in all material
respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the
Prospectus.
(vii) No authorization,
approval or consent of any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary in connection with the offering, issuance or
sale of the Certificates hereunder, 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 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 yet been
completed.
(viii) This Agreement has
been, and as of the Closing Date the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement will be, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositor. This Agreement constitutes, and as of the Closing Date
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will constitute, a legal, valid
and binding agreement enforceable against the Depositor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by the effect of (A) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally,
(B) general principles of equity, whether enforcement is
sought in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (C) public
policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent
that such public policy considerations limit the enforceability of
the provisions of this Agreement that purport or are construed to
provide indemnification from securities law liabilities.
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(ix) At the time of the
execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Depositor (A) will convey to the Trustee, or cause to be
conveyed to the Trustee, all of the Depositor’s right, title
and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans, free and clear of any
lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, encumbrance, adverse claim or other
security interest (collectively “ Liens ”)
granted by or imposed upon the Depositor, (B) will not have
assigned to any other person any of its right, title or interest in
the Mortgage Loans or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
Certificates, and (C) will have the power and authority to
transfer or cause to be transferred its right, title and interest
in the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee and to sell the Certificates
to the Underwriters. Upon execution and delivery of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by the Trustee, the Trustee will have acquired
ownership of all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest
in and to the Mortgage Loans except to the extent disclosed in the
Prospectus, and upon delivery to the Underwriters of the
Certificates pursuant hereto, each Underwriter will have good title
to the Certificates purchased by such Underwriter, in each case
free of Liens granted by or imposed upon the Depositor.
(x) The Depositor is not, and
the issuance and sale of the Certificates in the manner
contemplated by the Prospectus will not cause the Depositor or the
Trust Fund to be, subject to registration or regulation as an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the “ 1940 Act
”).
(xi) Under generally accepted
accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) and for federal
income tax purposes, the Depositor will report the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee in exchange for the Certificates and
the sale of the Certificates to the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement as a sale of the interest in the Mortgage Loans evidenced
by the Certificates. The consideration received by the Depositor
upon the sale of the Certificates to the Underwriters will
constitute at least reasonably equivalent value and fair
consideration for the Certificates. The Depositor will be solvent
at all relevant times prior to, and will not be rendered insolvent
by, the sale of the Certificates to the Underwriters. The Depositor
is not selling the Certificates to the Underwriters with any intent
to hinder, delay or defraud any of the creditors of the
Depositor.
(xii) The Depositor has not
relied on the Underwriters for any tax, regulatory, accounting or
other advice with respect to compliance with or registration under
any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental, regulatory,
administrative or other agency or authority. The Depositor
acknowledges and agrees that (i) the terms of this Agreement
and the offering (including the price of the Certificates) were
negotiated at arm’s length between sophisticated parties
represented by counsel; (ii) no fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship between the Depositor and the Underwriters has been
created as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, irrespective of whether any Underwriter has advised or
is advising the Depositor on other matters; (iii) the
Underwriters’ obligations to the Depositor in respect of the
offering, and the purchase and sale, of the Certificates are set
forth in this Agreement in their entirety; and (iv) it has
obtained such legal, tax, accounting and other advice as it deems
appropriate with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and any other activities undertaken in
connection therewith, and it is not relying on the Underwriters
with respect to any such matters.
(xiii) The Trust Fund (other
than those portions specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement) will qualify as three separate real estate mortgage
investment conduits
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(each, a “ REMIC ”)
for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 860D of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code ”); the REMIC III Regular Certificates will
constitute “regular interests” in a REMIC; and the
Class R Certificates will evidence the sole class of
“residual interests” in each related REMIC.
(xiv) There are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Depositor, threatened to which the Depositor is a party or to which
any of the properties of the Depositor are subject that are
required to be described in the Prospectus or the Time of Sale
Information or necessary in order to make the statements therein in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading and that are not so described, nor are there any
contracts or other documents to which the Depositor is a party or
to which the Depositor or any of the properties of the Depositor
are subject that are required to be described in the
Prospectus.
(xv) At the Closing Date, the
respective classes of Certificates shall have been assigned ratings
no lower than those set forth in Schedule I hereto by the
nationally recognized statistical rating organizations identified
in Schedule I hereto (the “ Rating Agencies
”).
(xvi) Any taxes, fees and
other governmental charges in connection with the execution,
delivery and issuance of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Certificates payable by the Depositor (other than
income taxes) have been paid or will be paid at or prior to the
Closing Date.
(xvii) None of the Depositor
or any of its affiliates does business with the government of Cuba
or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning
of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes.
(xviii) The Depositor is not,
and on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the
Certificates is made (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under
the 1933 Act) will not be, an “ineligible issuer,” as
defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
(b) Each Underwriter
represents and warrants to the Depositor that, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, such Underwriter has complied
with all of its obligations hereunder.
Subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein contained, the Depositor
shall sell to the Underwriters, and each Underwriter shall,
severally and not jointly, purchase from the Depositor, at the
related purchase price set forth on Schedule I hereto, Certificates
of each class thereof having an actual or notional amount as set
forth on Schedule I hereto opposite their names. There will be
added to the purchase price of the Certificates an amount equal to
interest accrued thereon pursuant to the terms thereof from
June 1, 2007 to but excluding the Closing Date.
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(3) |
Delivery and Payment. |
Payment of the aggregate
purchase price for, and delivery of, the Certificates shall be made
at 10:00 a.m. New York City time on June 27, 2007, which date
and time may be postponed by agreement between the Underwriters and
the Depositor (such time and date of payment and delivery, the
“ Closing Date ”). Payment shall be made to the
Depositor by the Underwriters of the purchase prices of the
Certificates as set forth in Schedule I in immediately available
Federal funds wired to such bank as may be designated by the
Depositor, against delivery of the Certificates. Delivery of the
Certificates will be made in book-entry form through the facilities
of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”). Each
class of Certificates will be represented by one or more definitive
global Certificates to be deposited by or on behalf of the
Depositor with DTC or the Trustee. The Certificates will be made
available for examination by the Underwriters not later than 10:00
a.m. New York City time on the last business day prior to the
Closing Date. The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be made at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP ,
787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, or at such other
place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the
Depositor.
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(4) |
Offering by Underwriters; Free Writing
Prospectuses. |
(a) It is understood that the
Underwriters propose to offer the Certificates for sale as set
forth in the Prospectus. It is further understood that the
Depositor, in reliance upon Policy Statement 105, has not and will
not file an offering statement pursuant to Section 352-e of
the General Business Law of the State of New York with respect to
the Certificates. Each Underwriter severally and not jointly
therefore agrees that sales of the Certificates made by such
Underwriter in and from the State of New York will be made only to
institutional investors within the meaning of Policy Statement
105.
(b) In connection with the
offering of the Certificates, the Underwriters may each prepare and
provide to prospective investors Free Writing Prospectuses (as
defined below), 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
® or Microsoft Excel ®
format and not in a PDF, except to the extent that the Depositor,
in its sole discretion, waives such requirements, subject to the
following conditions (to which such conditions each Underwriter
agrees ( provided that no Underwriter shall be responsible
for any breach of the following conditions by any other
Underwriter)):
(i) Unless preceded or
accompanied by the Prospectus, the Underwriters 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
1933 Act, (2) constitutes a prospectus satisfying the
requirements of Rule 430B under the 1933 Act or
(3) constitutes Time of Sale Information or a Free Writing
Prospectus that does not constitute Time of Sale Information .
The Underwriters shall not convey or deliver in connection with the
initial offering of the 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.
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(ii) Each Underwriter shall
deliver to the Depositor, no later than two business days prior to
the date of first use thereof or such later date as may be agreed
to by the Depositor, (a) any Free Writing Prospectus that was
prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter (an “
Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus ”) and 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 Information), and (b) any Free Writing Prospectus
or portion thereof prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter
that contains only a description of the final terms of the
Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Free Writing
Prospectus that contains only ABS Informational and Computational
Materials may be delivered by an Underwriter to the Depositor 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 such later date as may be agreed to by the Depositor or
(B) the date of first use of such Free Writing
Prospectus.
(iii) Each Underwriter
represents and warrants to the Depositor that the Free Writing
Prospectuses to be furnished to the Depositor 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 Certificates.
(iv) Each Underwriter
represents and warrants to the Depositor that each Free Writing
Prospectus required to be provided by it to the Depositor pursuant
to Section 4(b)(ii) did not, as of the Time of Sale, and will
not as of the Closing Date, include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit any material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein (when read in conjunction with the
Time of Sale Information), 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, which information was not corrected
by Corrective Information subsequently supplied by the Depositor or
any Mortgage Loan Seller to such Underwriter within a reasonable
period of time prior to the Time of Sale.
(v) The Depositor agrees to
file with the Commission the following:
(A) Any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus;
(B) Any Free Writing
Prospectus or portion thereof delivered by any Underwriter to the
Depositor pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii); and
(C) Any Free Writing
Prospectus for which the Depositor 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 Depositor or any other offering participant that is in the
business of publishing, radio or television broadcasting or
otherwise disseminating communications.
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Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Depositor shall not be required to file
(1) Issuer Information contained in any Underwriter Free
Writing Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus of any other offering
participant other than the Depositor, 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 Certificates, or (2) 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.
(vi) Any Free Writing
Prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Section 4(b)(v) by
the Depositor 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 Certificates shall
be filed by the Depositor with the Commission within two days of
the later of the date such final terms have been established for
all classes of 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 Depositor with the Commission not later than the later of the
due date for filing the final Prospectus relating to the
Certificates pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act or two
business days after the first use of such Free Writing Prospectus;
and
(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 Depositor for the Free Writing Prospectus or
its dissemination, be filed by the Depositor with the Commission
not later than four business days after the Depositor becomes aware
of the publication, radio or television broadcast or other
dissemination of the Free Writing Prospectus.
(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 Depositor 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 Depositor 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.
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(ix) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Sections 4(b)(v) and 4(b)(vii), neither the Depositor
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, and neither Underwriter shall be required to file any
Free Writing Prospectus to the extent that the information
contained therein is included in a prospectus or Free Writing
Prospectus previously filed that relates to the offering of the
Certificates.
(x) The Depositor and the
Underwriters each agree that any Free Writing Prospectuses prepared
by it shall contain the following legend, or substantially
equivalent legend that complies with Rule 433 of the
Act:
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, the issuing
trust, 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 1-866-803-9204.
(xi) The Depositor and each
Underwriter 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 Certificates.
(xii) (A) In the event that
the Depositor 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 (when read in conjunction
with the Time of Sale I
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