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Exhibit
1.2
Execution
Version
WACHOVIA
BANK
COMMERCIAL
MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES
2007-C31
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Charlotte,
North Carolina
May 11,
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
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES
(USA) LLC
11 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
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-C31 (the “ Certificates
”), in thirty-two (32) 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
”), Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“ Credit
Suisse ”) and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“
Goldman ”, and each of Wachovia Securities, Barclays
Capital and Credit Suisse individually, an “
Underwriter ” and, collectively, the “
Underwriters ”) the Certificates set forth in
Schedule I hereto (the “ Underwritten
Certificates ”) in the respective original principal
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 eighty-nine (189) mortgage loans (the “
Mortgage Loans ”) having an approximate aggregate
principal balance of $5,845,468,231 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 May 23, 2007 (the “ Closing
Date ”), pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement
(the “ Pooling and Servicing Agreement ”), dated
as of May 1, 2007 among the Company, Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “
Master Servicer ”), LNR Partners, Inc., as special
servicer (the “ Special Servicer ”) and Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee
”). One hundred twelve (112) of the Mortgage Loans (the
“ Wachovia Mortgage Loans ”), having an
aggregate principal balance of $4,136,224,533 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 May 1, 2007 (the
“ Wachovia Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement ”),
between Wachovia and the Company. Forty-three (43) of the
Mortgage Loans (the “ Nomura Mortgage Loans ”),
having an aggregate principal balance of $889,016,935 as of the
Cut-Off Date, were acquired by the Company from Nomura Credit &
Capital, Inc. (“ Nomura ”) pursuant to a
mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the
“ Nomura Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement ”),
between Nomura and the Company. Thirty-four (34) of the
Mortgage Loans (the “ Barclays Mortgage Loans
”), having an aggregate principal balance of $820,226,763 as
of the Cut-Off Date, were acquired by the Company from Barclays
Capital Real Estate Inc. (“ Barclays ”) pursuant
to a mortgage loan purchase agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the
“ Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement ”
and, together with the Wachovia Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
and the Nomura Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the “
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements ”), between Barclays
and the Company. Each of Wachovia, Nomura and Barclays is
referred to herein, individually, as a “ Mortgage Loan
Seller ” and, together, as the “ Mortgage Loan
Sellers ”.
Two
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.
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1.
Representations and Warranties . (a) The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each
Underwriter that:
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(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 May 11,
2007 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) to the
prospectus dated October 19, 2006 (the “ Base
Prospectus ”), relating to the Underwritten Certificates
and
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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.
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(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 , 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).
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(iii) 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
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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.
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(iv) 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.
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(v) 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.
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(vi) 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.
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(vii) 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
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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.
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(viii) 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.
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(ix) 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.
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(x) 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.
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(xi) 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.
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(xii) 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.
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(xiii) 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 ”).
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(xiv) 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.
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(xv) 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 ”).
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(xvi) 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.
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(xvii) 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
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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 ”).
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(xviii) 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.
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(xix) 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(c)(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 or (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.
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(b) Wachovia
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter,
that:
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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).
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(c) Each
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company that:
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(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:
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(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;
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(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 €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net
turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual
or consolidated accounts; or
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(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.
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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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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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 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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4.
Offering by Underwriters; Free Writing Prospectuses
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(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.
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(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® or Microsoft Excel® format and not
in Adobe Acrobat® 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)):
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(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.
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(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
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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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(v) The
Company agrees to file with the Commission the
following:
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(A) Any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required to be filed
with the Commission by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act;
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(B) Any
Free Writing Prospectus or portion thereof delivered by the
Underwriter to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii);
and
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(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.
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(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:
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(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;
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(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;
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(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
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(x) The
Company and the Underwriters each agree that any Free Writing
Prospectuses prepared by it shall contain the following
legend:
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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.
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(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.
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(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
”).
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(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.
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(B) Each
Underwriter shall, if requested by the Company:
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(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 ”);
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(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;
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(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;
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(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
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