Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (New Century Mortgage Securities Inc), Trust Agreement (National City Mortgage Capital LLC), Trust Agreement (MortgageIT Securities Corp.)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor., the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or
Appears in 13 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2003 11), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impact CMB Trust Series 2002-7), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-6)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-1), Trust Agreement (New Century Mort Sec Inc Home Equity Loan Trust 2003 6), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "“qualified institutional buyer" ” under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "“plan assets" ” and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Shellpoint Mortgage Acceptance LLC), Trust Agreement (Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp), Trust Agreement (Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (IMPAC CMB Trust Series 2004-10), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2003 10), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-7)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and or the Depositor Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. Any Person acquiring Certificates must provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, unless such Person is acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of or with Plan Assets of a Plan and provides an Opinion of Counsel as described in the next preceding sentence. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate:
(i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 3.05 and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the rights of the Certificateholder of such Class R Certificate as described in clause (iii)(A) above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the Servicer shall have the right, without notice to the holder or any prior holder of such Class R Certificate, to sell such Class R Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Servicer on such terms as the Servicer may choose. Such purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each Class R Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the Servicer. Such purchaser may be the Servicer itself or any Affiliate of the Servicer. The proceeds of such sale, net of the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the Servicer or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Servicer to such purported Transferee. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (iii)(B) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Servicer, and the Servicer shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion.
(iv) The Certificate Paying Agent shall make available, upon written request from the Internal Revenue Service and any potentially affected Person, all information necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, including the information regarding "excess inclusions" of such Class R Certificates required to be provided to the Internal Revenue Service and certain Persons as described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5), and (B) as a result of any regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust, estate or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code that holds an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate having as among its record holders at any time any Person who is a Disqualified Organization. Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be required by the REMIC Administrator before it will provide such information to any such p
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Prod Inc Gmacm Mor Ln Tr 2003-Gh1), Trust Agreement (GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-Gh1), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mort Prod Inc Gmacm Home Eq L N Tr 04 He2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Bond Insurer an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization and reasonably satisfactory to the Bond Insurer, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds Series 2002-3), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Ipac CMB Trust Series 2003-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No transfer or assignment of any Certificate shall be made without the prior written consent of the Insurer, provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicers or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicers and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee and each Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such planIndenture Trustee, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect each Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicers to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicers. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and each Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-4), Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-4), Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2004-4)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, kept a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08 hereof, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08 hereof. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish that it is (a) a REIT, (b) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary, or (c) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary. Such Certificateholder can establish its non-foreign status as (a), (b) or (c) above by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS a Form W-9 of Representation and Warranty Regarding Certificateholder’s Status as a REIT or Qualified REIT Subsidiary in the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status form set forth in Exhibit C H for the initial holder and Exhibit I for any subsequent holders hereto.
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In addition, any Retained Notes will be subject to the same restrictions and consequences discussed in the preceding sentences and in Section 2.07 herein applicable to the Certificates unless either (a) as of the time of the sale or transfer of such Retained Notes: (i) the owner of the Certificates is (x) a REIT, (y) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or (z) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary; (ii) no modifications have been made to the Basic Documents as of the date of such sale or transfer; (iii) the rating of the Retained Notes as of the date of such sale or transfer is not lower than the rating for such Retained Note as of the Closing Date; and (iv) no adverse changes have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of) the legal authorities applicable to the Closing Date tax opinions or (b) a “will be debt” tax opinion is delivered with respect to such Retained Notes from a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor), which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, that such transferee (A) is a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined under Rule 144A, and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel that establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). In addition, any Retained Notes will be subject to same ERISA restrictions and consequences discussed above applicable to the Certificates unless either (a) as of the date such Retained Notes are sold or transferred: (i) the owner of the Certificates is (x) a REIT, (y) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or (z) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary; (ii) no modifications have been made to the Basic Documents as of the date of such sale or transfer; (iii) the rating of the Retained Notes as of the date of such sale or transfer is not lower than the rating for such Retained Notes as of the Closing Date; and (iv) no adverse changes have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of) the legal authorities applicable to the Closing Date tax opinions or (b) a “will be debt” tax opinion is delivered with respect to such Retained Notes from a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar (a) a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto and (b) an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that after such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) the Trust will be a Qualified REIT Subsidiary for federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor and the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3), Trust Agreement (Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-2), Trust Agreement (Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-4)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-4), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-3), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall The Trust hereby appoints ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. as Certificate Registrar and ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will be bound by the initial provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than transfers to Affiliates of the Depositor) shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor, (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, the Originator or the DepositorDepositor and (c) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Agreement. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with a transfer of any such Certificate to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-2), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-1), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-4)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, any Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions effect that the purchase and holding of ERISACertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, ) and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, or such other certifications as the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer may deem desirable or necessary in order to establish that such Person is not an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or any Person (including, without limitation, an insurance company investing its general account, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who is using "plan assets," within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, of any Plan (each, a "Plan Investor") to effect such acquisition. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Plan Investor and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2006-Hi5), Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2007-Hi1), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mort Prod Inc Gmacm Home Eq Ln Tr 2004 He1), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2002 9f), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-9f), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-2f)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective i▇▇▇▇▇ment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or and holding of such Certificate Certificates will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Codepermissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement that such Person is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of a Plan, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (IMPAC CMB Trust Series 2005-5), Trust Agreement (IMPAC CMB Trust Series 2005-5), Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2005-8)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall The Trust hereby appoints W▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. as Certificate Registrar and W▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will be bound by the initial provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than transfers to Affiliates of the Depositor) shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor, (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, the Originator or the DepositorDepositor and (c) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Agreement. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Registrar, the Depositor Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Seller, the Originator, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with a transfer of any such Certificate to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-4, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2005-4), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 2006-1), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-3)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor., the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2002-4f), Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall The Trust hereby appoints W▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. as Certificate Registrar and W▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment and further agrees that it will be bound by the initial provisions of this Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate (other than transfers to Affiliates of the Depositor) shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor, (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar (upon which the Owner Trustee and the Depositor may rely) certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Originator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Seller, the Originator or the DepositorDepositor and (c) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Agreement. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with a transfer of any such Certificate to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-3), Trust Agreement (Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Loan Trust 2004-Hltv1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode and will not subject the Depositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Depositor to the Seller and by the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. (in which case, the Depositor, the Seller and HMB Acceptance Corp., as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor, the Depositor to the Seller and the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., HomeBanc Mortgage Trust 2004-2), Trust Agreement (Homebanc Mortgage Trust 2004-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-2), Trust Agreement (New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the TrustMaster Servicer, the Owner TrusteeSecurities Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarSeller, the Servicer or the Depositor or and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (iia) in the case of any such certificate presented is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA its own account or the prohibited transaction provisions accounts of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.other "qualified institutional
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns Arm Trust, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2), Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns Arm Trust, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-He4), Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-He3)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode and will not subject the Depositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Depositor to the Seller and by the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. (in which case, the Depositor, the Seller and HMB Acceptance Corp., as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor, the Depositor to the Seller and the Seller to HMB Acceptance Corp. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Homebanc Corp), Trust Agreement (Homebanc Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuing Entity to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the TrustMortgage Loan Seller, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuing Entity to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). Prior to a REMIC Conversion, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless the proposed transferee shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto certifying that, following such transfer, it will be a Single Owner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificate may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Single Owner as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Certificates may not be transferred by the related lender under any such indebtedness or repurchase agreement upon a default under such indebtedness or agreement except in accordance with the foregoing. Following the REMIC Conversion, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition, unless the transferee shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the REMIC Class A Indenture Trustee and the Underlying REMIC Trust Trustee such representations, certifications and opinions of nationally recognized tax counsel as they may require to ensure that that transfer will not result in the imposition of any tax on any REMIC or adversely affect the REMIC status of the Trust or the Underlying REMIC Trust. In addition, the Certificate shall not be held by any Person that cannot own an interest in any residual interest in the Underlying REMIC Trust. The Certificate shall not be held by more than one Holder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2006-1), Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2006-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years or as otherwise required by law.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate:
(i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations are prohibited.
(iii) (A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-He5), Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-He1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-He2), Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, any Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions effect that the purchase and holding of ERISACertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, ) and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, or such other certifications as the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer may deem desirable or necessary in order to establish that such Person is not an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a "Plan"), or any Person (including, without limitation, an insurance company investing its general accounts, an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) who is using "plan assets," within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, of any Plan (each, a "Plan Investor") to effect such acquisition. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Plan Investor and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2006-Hi2), Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2006-Hi4)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to this Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to this Agreement, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificates by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) within the meaning of Section 856(a), a qualified REIT subsidiary (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2, Class A-3 Notes, Class M Notes, Class B-1 Notes, Class B-2 Notes, Class B-3 Notes, Class X Notes, Class B-4 Notes, Class B-5 Notes or Class B-6 Notes and Owner Trust Certificates (other than any Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2, Class A-3 Notes, Class M Notes, Class B-1 Notes, Class B-2 Notes, Class B-3 Notes, Class X Notes, Class B-4 Notes, Class B-5 Notes or Class B-6 Notes with respect to which a “will be debt” opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that, following such transfer, the Trust will continue to be treated for federal income tax purposes as either a disregarded entity or a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement, Trust Agreement (Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-6)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Certificate Registrar Depositor and the Depositor certifying to Certificate Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (iia) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii)(a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either to any Person (i) who is a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAPlan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer or (ii) unless such Person provides a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Phoenix Residential Securities, LLC), Trust Agreement (Phoenix Residential Securities, LLC)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, kept at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, its Corporate Trust Office a certificate register (a “Certificate Register Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions restrictions and limitations set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09Corporate Trust Office, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate execute and deliver (or the Registrar shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) , in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interests.
(i) Except as provided in Section 4.01 above and this Section 4.02, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of a like aggregate amount dated the date Depository or its nominee and at all times: (A) registration of authentication the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At except to another Depository; (B) the option Depository shall maintain book-entry records with respect to the Beneficial Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates such Book-Entry Certificates; (C) ownership and transfers of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (D) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (E) the Trustee shall deal with the Depository as the representative of the Beneficial Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of the Depository shall not be deemed to be exchanged at inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Beneficial Owners; and (F) the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange Trustee may rely and shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer fully protected in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed relying upon information furnished by the Holder Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration indirect Beneficial Owners.
(ii) All transfers by Beneficial Owners of transfer or exchange Book-Entry Certificates shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar made in accordance with its customary practicethe procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Beneficial Owner. No service charge Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Beneficial Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures.
(c) If a transfer of an Ownership Interest held by the related transferor in the form of a Rule 144A Global Certificate and also to be held by the related transferee in the form of a Rule 144A Global Certificate is to be made for any without registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but under the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed Securities Act (other than in connection with any the initial issuance thereof or a transfer thereof by the Depositor or exchange one of Certificates. No Person its Affiliates), then the Registrar shall become refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) a certificate from the Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting desiring to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth effect such transfer substantially in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) J-1 hereto and a certificate from such Certificateholder’s prospective transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit J-2 hereto (as to which, in the case of the Book-Entry Certificates, the Certificateholder and substance reasonably satisfactory the Certificateholder’s prospective transferee will be deemed to have made the representations and agreements contained therein), to the effect that, among other things, the transfer is being made to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A. If a transfer of an Ownership Interest held by the related transferor in the form of a Rule 144A Global Certificate Registrar and to be held by the Depositor certifying related transferee in the form of a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate, on or prior to the TrustExchange Date, or a Permanent Regulation S Global Certificate, after the Owner TrusteeExchange Date, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A to be made without registration under the Securities Act, or then the Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (band upon receipt may conclusively rely upon) solely with respect to a certificate from the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense prospective transferee of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shallsubstantially in the form attached as Exhibit J-3 hereto (a “Regulation S Transfer Certificate”) (as to which, and does hereby agree to, indemnify in the Trustcase of the Book-Entry Certificates, the Owner TrusteeCertificateholder’s prospective transferee will be deemed to have made the representations and agreements contained therein), to the effect that such transfer is being made to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is also a non-U.S. Person in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
(d) If any transfer of an Ownership Interest held by the related transferor in the form of a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate or Permanent Regulation S Global Certificate, as the case may be, is to be made without registration under the Securities Act, then the Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt may conclusively rely upon) (i) in the case of a transfer to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of an Ownership Interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate, a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 hereto (a “Rule 144A Transfer Certificate”); and (ii) in the case of a transferee that takes delivery in the form of an Ownership Interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate, on or prior to the Exchange Date, or a Permanent Regulation S Global Certificate, after the Exchange Date, a Regulation S Transfer Certificate (as to which, in the case of the Book-Entry Certificates, the Certificate RegistrarCertificateholder’s prospective transferee will be deemed to have made the representations and agreements contained therein) from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer, to the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability effect that may result if the such transfer is not so exempt or is not being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S of the Securities Act and that, if such federal and state lawstransfer occurs on or prior to the Exchange Date, the interest transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream. No transfer An Ownership Interest held by the related transferor in the form of a Temporary Regulation S Global Certificate may be exchanged, only on or after the Exchange Date, for an Ownership Interest held by the related transferor in the form of a Permanent Regulation S Global Certificate, upon delivery to the Registrar of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit J-5 hereto (a “Clearing System Certificate”).
(e) No Transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation letter letter, as set forth in Exhibit K, from the proposed transferee of such Certificate Transferee to the effect that (A) such proposed transferee Transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions Title I of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode (collectively, or a “Plan”) and is not a Person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using “plan assets” of a Plan or (B), except in the case of the Class 1-A-R Certificate, such Person is purchasing such Certificate using the assets of any an insurance company general account (as such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 95-60) such that the Trust, Owner Trustee, the purchase and holding of such Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor are covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (ii) in the case of any such certificate an ERISA Restricted Certificate other than the Class 1-A-R Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments)a Plan, or a trustee or a custodian of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisitionforegoing, an Opinion of Counsel, Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, to the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, Trustee to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the by or on behalf of such Plan or with assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, a Plan will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode or, in the case of a governmental or church plan, a violation of any federal, state or local law substantially similar to the foregoing and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Trustee or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustTrustee or the Depositor. Any transferee of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that does not comply with either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit K; provided, that any transferee of the Class 1-A-R Certificate that does not provide the representation letter as provided in clause (i) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to represent that it is neither a Plan nor a Person acting on behalf of or using the “plan assets” of a Plan. For the purposes of clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Registrar by the acceptance by a Certificateholder of a Book-Entry Certificate of the beneficial interest in any such Class of Certificates, unless the Registrar shall have received from the transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate in definitive form (other than the Class 1-A-R Certificate) to or on behalf of a Plan without delivery to the Trustee of a properly completed representation letter or an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above or any transfer of the Class 1-A-R Certificate to a Plan or any Person acting on behalf of, or with assets of, a Plan shall be void and of no effect. The Certificates shall bear a legend referring to the foregoing restrictions contained in this paragraph.
(f) Each beneficial owner of a Class of P&I Certificates or any interest therein, shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of such Certificate, or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a Plan or a person acting on behalf of, or using assets of, a Plan or (ii) it is an accredited investor within the meaning of the Underwriter’s Exemption. If any P&I Certificate or any interest therein is acquired or held in violation of the provisions of this Section 4.02, the Owner next preceding permitted owner or beneficial owner shall be treated as the owner or beneficial owner of that Certificate, retroactive to the date of transfer to the purported beneficial owner. Any purported beneficial owner whose acquisition or holding of such a Certificate or any interest therein, was effected in violation of the provisions of this Section 4.02 will indemnify to the extent permitted by law and hold harmless the Depositor and the Trustee from and against any liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by such parties as a result of such acquisition or holding.
(g) By acceptance of any Private Certificate, the Holder thereof specifically agrees with the Depositor and the Trustee that no Transfer of such Private Certificate shall be made unless the requirements of this Section 4.02 and the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws are complied with, or such Transfer is exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act because such Transfer is (i) in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (ii) is in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S of the Securities Act, outside the United States to an entity that is an Institutional Accredited Investor and who is also not a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act).
(h) Each Person who acquires or holds the Class 1-A-R Certificate or any Ownership Interest therein (i) shall be a Qualified Institutional Buyer, (ii) shall be deemed by its acceptance, acquisition or holding of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the provisions of this Section 4.02, (iii) agrees that the Trustee and the Depositor shall require a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto and (iv) hereby agrees to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring or holding any Ownership Interest in the Class 1-A-R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(1) Each Person acquiring or holding any Ownership Interest in the Class 1-A-R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly give written notice to the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(2) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in the Class 1-A-R Certificate, the Trustee shall require delivery to it and the proposed transferee shall execute and deliver to the transferor and the Trustee, an affidavit (a “Residual Transfer Affidavit”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit M, representing and warranting among other things, that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class 1-A-R Certificate Registrar as a nominee, trustee or Depositoragent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee. Such affidavit shall also contain the statement of the transferee that (i) the transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (ii) the transferee understands that it may incur tax liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (iii) the transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the residual interest as they become due, (iv) the transferee will not cause income with respect to the Class 1-A-R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable treaty, of such transferee or any other person and (v) the transferee will not transfer the Class 1-A-R Certificate to any Person that does not provide an affidavit substantially in the form attached as Exhibit M hereto.
(3) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Residual Transfer Affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (2) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, the Trustee shall not consent to a transfer to such proposed transferee, and no transfer of any Ownership Interest to such proposed transferee shall be effected.
(4) Each Person acquiring or holding any Ownership Interest in the Class 1-A-R Certificate shall agree (A) to require a Residual Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in the Class 1-A-R Certificate and (B) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Trustee that the transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and no knowledge or reason to know that the statements made by the transferee with respect to clauses (i) and (iii) of the last sentence of Section 4.02(h)(2) are false.
(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights of a Person acquiring or holding any Ownership Interest in the Class 1-A-R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(1) The Trustee shall notify the Depositor upon actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that the registration of transfer of the Class 1-A-R Certificate was not in fact permitted by Section 4.02. Upon actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that any transfer or purported transfer has been made in violation of the provisions of this Section 4.02, such transfer or purported transfer shall be void ab initio, and the Trustee shall make any payments due after the date of such actual knowledge or notice to the last preceding Permitted Transferee and the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such transf
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2008-R3 Trust), Trust Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2008-R3 Trust)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder or Noteholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or and holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan, a Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any Plan, or a Person using Plan Assets of any Plan to acquire the Certificates) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Home Loan Trust 2005-Hi3)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, the Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
D. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Encore Credit Receivables Trust 2005-1), Trust Agreement (Encore Credit Receivables Trust 2005-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc), Trust Agreement (Long Beach Securities Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ JPMorgan Chase Bank shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, or as an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a QRS, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from and the proposed transferee Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall Code and will not be an expense of subject the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Subservicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Backup Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Subservicer or the Backup Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state and local income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state and local income or franchise tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Origen Residential Securities, Inc.), Trust Agreement (Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust 2004-B)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Majority Certificateholder, with the consent of the Owner Trustee Trustee, shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, or as an entity that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a QRS, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from and the proposed transferee Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall Code and will not be an expense of subject the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Subservicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Backup Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Subservicer or the Backup Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state and local income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state and local income or franchise tax purposes or (iii) otherwise subject to entity level taxation for federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Trust Agreement (Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust Collateralized Notes, Series 2005-B), Trust Agreement (Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust Collateralized Notes, Series 2005-A)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Paying Agent shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Indenture Trustee as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Indenture Trustee. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to September of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificateholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Asset Funding Trust, LLC), Trust Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, LLC)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective ▇▇▇▇▇tment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. Solely with respect to the Class SB-I Certificates or Class SB-II Certificates, in lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB-II Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
(v) In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (vii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (vii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(vi) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code) are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by la
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. [NY01:241702.4] 16069-00382 12/19/96 10:59pm 8 Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C heretoF hereto or, alternatively, such Certificateholder will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate of 35 percent for foreign holders that are taxable as corporations and 39.6% for all other foreign holders, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable treaty. Each Certificateholder establishing its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent an additional Certificate of Non-Foreign Status and IRS Form W-9 no later than the end of the third year after the taxable year of the partnership in which the initial Certificate of Non-Foreign Status and IRS Form W-9 is submitted and no later than the end of the third year after the taxable year of the partnership during which each such additional Certificate of Non-Foreign Status and IRS Form W-9 is submitted. No Variable Funding Certificate, other than the Designated Certificate and any Capped Funding Certificate may be transferred. Subject to the provisions set forth below, Capped Funding Certificates may be transferred, provided that with respect to the initial transfer thereof by the Designated Seller prior written notification of such transfer shall have been given to the Rating Agencies and to the Credit Enhancer by the Designated Seller.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably [NY01:241702.4] 16069-00382 12/19/96 10:59pm 9 satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer of the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the DepositorDepositor provided, however, that if a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status is not provided to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor upon transfer, the transferee will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate of 35 percent, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable treaty. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and b▇▇▇ ▇ollective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan [NY01:241702.4] 16069-00382 12/19/96 10:59pm 10 may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, if such transfer or the registration of such transfer would cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes by causing the Issuer to have more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Issuer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 (or successor form) and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to June of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificteholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc 2002 He2 Trust)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions Title I of ERISA, or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a plan subject to any provisions under any federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (collectively, a "Plan"), or any Person acting directly or indirectly acquiring the Certificates for, on behalf of or with any such plan or using the assets of any such planPlan. No transfer, which representation letter sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall not be an expense made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a REIT within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the TrustCode or a QRS within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Certificates, the Class 4-A-2 Notes and the Subordinate Notes (other than any of the Class 4-A-2 Notes or Subordinate Notes with respect to which a "will be debt" opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel and furnished to the Securities Administrator) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or indirectly through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or Securities Administrator and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositortax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that that, following such transfer, the purchase or holding of such Certificate Trust will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed continue to be "plan assets" treated for federal income tax purposes as a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Issuer as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or Certificate Registrar, the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the TrustSecurities Administrator, the Owner TrusteeTrustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificate Registrar or provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor to or any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or DepositorAffiliate thereof.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2005-A9)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as the initial Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. In the event the Owner Trustee receives any Certificates for re-registration or transfer, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status that otherwise complies with the foregoing requirements shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor. The Holder Depositor and (C) an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, that such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause the Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or other retirement plan arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode (collectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a Person acting indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "plan or using assets" of a Plan within the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense meaning of the TrustDepartment of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets Regulation") unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person seeking to acquire Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. In addition, no transfer of any portion of a Class [_] or a Class [_] Certificate shall be made, and any attempted or purported transfer of a Class [_] or Class [_] Certificate shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee, unless: (i) following such transfer, for federal income tax purposes, 100% of the Class [_] and Class [_] Certificates are treated as owned by the same person or persons in the same proportions as they are owned, or (ii) the transferee provides the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes.
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to June of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificateholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from and the proposed transferee Servicer are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel that establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode and will not subject the Depositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc 2002 He2 Trust)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that such proposed transferee the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, will not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode and will not subject the Depositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Structured Asset Mort Inv Inc Mort Back NTS Ser 2003-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign NonForeign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign NonForeign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Southern Pacific Secured Assets Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective inv▇▇▇▇▇nt funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance co▇▇▇▇▇ general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB-II Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
(v) In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (vii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (vii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(vi) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code) are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non- foreignstatus as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion ofCounsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a)a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes are presentation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an bean expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled toconclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be awritten representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinionof Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not causethe Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, acorporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, whichOpinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of theproposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nomineeof an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Sponsor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrarsecurities administrator. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentSecurities Administrator. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Certificates may be transferred (or re-transferred) unless 100% of all Certificates are transferred (or re-transferred) to one Person for federal income tax purposes, and no Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent Securities Administrator an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its status as a REIT, as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" or by an entity that is wholly-owned by a REIT or a "qualified REIT subsidiary" and disregarded for federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Securities Administrator and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Securities Administrator shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Securities Administrator) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor that and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the DepositorDepositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarMaster Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Master Servicer, the DepositorServicer, the Sponsor, the Securities Administrator. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarMaster Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarSecurities Administrator, the Master Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Owner Trustee, the TrustMaster Servicer, the Certificate Registrar Securities Administrator, the Sponsor and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Master Servicer, the Depositor Securities Administrator, the Sponsor and the Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Sponsor and the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate Registrar by the Seller to an affiliate of the Seller (in which case, the Seller or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets) and the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Securities Administrator, shall be a written representation) from the Seller of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Seller. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes or (ii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, NA. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the ofthe designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto attachedhereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
. No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keog▇ ▇▇▇ns and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (acollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") an investment letter (in substantially unless the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely Master Servicer are provided with respect an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense satisfaction of the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorMaster Servicer that the purchase of Certificates is permissible under applicable law, which certificate shall will not be an expense constitute or result in any prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the TrustCode and will not subject the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Note Insurer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or Depositorinvestigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer or pledge of any such Certificate by the Company to an affiliate of the Company (in which case, the Company or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Company of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Company. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's ’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or and holding of such Certificate Certificates will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Codepermissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement that such Person is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of a Plan, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar and the Bond Insurer an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp., Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2005-7)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder or Noteholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of the Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. [NY01:227417.4] 16069-00369 10/30/96 3:33pm 8 Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C heretoF hereto or, alternatively, such Certificateholder will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate of 30 percent, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable treaty. No Variable Funding Certificate, other than any Capped Funding Certificate may be transferred. Subject to the provisions set forth below, Capped Funding Certificates may be transferred, provided that with respect to the initial transfer thereof by the Seller prior written notification of such transfer shall have been given to the Rating Agencies and to the Credit Enhancer by the Seller.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements [NY01:227417.4] 16069-00369 10/30/96 3:33pm 9 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer of the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the DepositorDepositor provided, however, that if a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status is not provided to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor upon transfer, the transferee will be subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate of 30 percent, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable treaty. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and b▇▇▇ ▇ollective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any [NY01:227417.4] 16069-00369 10/30/96 3:33pm 10 Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, if such transfer or the registration of such transfer would cause the Issuer to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes by causing the Issuer to have more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Issuer.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to C which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and Registrar, Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor that and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "“qualified institutional buyer" ” as defined under Rule 144A 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the Depositorbasis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment letters Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a Transfer Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the RMBS Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the TrustIndenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, RMBS Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Certificate Registrar that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets Certificates, operation of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions management of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeTrust assets are permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the RMBS Servicer or the Depositor Seller to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the RMBS Servicer or the Seller. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the RMBS Servicer and the Seller may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee and the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Certificate Registrar (i) an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code and (ii) a certificate that stating that any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. With respect the restriction on transfer of the Notes contained in this Section 3.05, any transferor providing an Opinion of Counsel shall (i) deliver such opinion to the appropriate addresses, (ii) confirm the acceptability of such opinion with the applicable addresses and (iii) inform the Note Registrar of delivery and confirmation described in clause (i) and clause (ii).
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Sources: Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2005-4)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Except as described below, no transfer of any Certificate or interest therein shall be made to any Person shall become that is not a United States Person. Each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, Credit Enhancer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Credit Enhancer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor Credit Enhancer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Credit Enhancer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Credit Enhancer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of the Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee certifies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) the transferee is not a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Rfmsii 2005-Hi1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject sub- ject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Issuer shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Bank of New York shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Desig- nated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee Issuer shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ The Bank of New York as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee trans- feree or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate aggre- gate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument instru- ment of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Regis- trar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration regis- tration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently subse- quently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person transfer of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Securities Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and Registrar or the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
Seller shall require the transferee to execute (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller certifying to the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Seller that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit EG), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate RegistrarRegis- trar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Non- Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which certificate shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Administrator or the DepositorSeller. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor Seller against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation repre- sentation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, or if the proposed transferee is an insurance company, a representation that the proposed transferee is an insurance company which is purchasing such certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in section v(e) of prohibited transaction class exemption 95-60 ("ptce 95-60")), that the purchase and holding of such certificates are covered under ptce 95-60 and that ptce 95- 60 remains a valid and available exemption, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the TrustIssuer, the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorSeller, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor Seller to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustIssuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or DepositorSeller. The Certificates shall not be listed for trading on an established securities market, nor be readily tradeable on a secondary market, nor be transferable through the substantial equivalent of a secondary market, nor shall the Issuer be permitted to have more than 100 partners, for income tax purposes, all within the meaning of Code Section 7704, and its attendant regulations, as applicable. If requested, in the discretion of the Seller, transfer of a Certificate shall be made only if accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Seller, to the effect such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, and will not cause the termination of the Issuer under the federal income tax rules applicable to partnerships in a manner having a material adverse tax impact to any existing Certificateholder (unless such Certificateholder provides its written consent to such transfer). Each Certificateholder agrees to provide information to the Administrator when so requested concerning the beneficial owner- ship of its Certificates as necessary for the Issuer to assure its compliance with the requirements for avoiding taxation at the entity level as a publicly traded partnership or otherwise. Each Certificateholder agrees to restrict the transfer of record ownership and beneficial ownership of its Certificates as requested by the Administrator based upon applicable governmental regulation, rulings or notices and any judicial decisions as may exist from time to time, as necessary or advisable for avoiding the Issuer's treatment as a publicly-traded partnership taxable as a corporation, or its termination for federal income tax purposes under Code Section 708 in a manner having a material adverse tax impact on any non-consenting existing Certificateholder.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Household Consumer Loan Trust 1997-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the TrustIndenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (American Home Mort Securities Home Mortgage Invest Tr 2004-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Enhancer, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Enhancer or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. Any Person acquiring Certificates must provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation, unless such Person is acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of or with Plan Assets of a Plan and provides an Opinion of Counsel as described in the next preceding sentence. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate:
(i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations are prohibited.
(iii) (A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-He2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject sub- ject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ First Union National Bank shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument instru- ment of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Regis- trar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Company shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Company) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and the Depositor that which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (A) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Company and the Bond Insurer that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Depositor Company and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the DepositorCompany. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described above in this paragraph. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer and the Depositor Company against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification set forth in clause (a) of this paragraph will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Company to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement or the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to MLMCI pursuant to the Master Assignment Agreement, and the certification set forth in clause (b) of this paragraph will not be required in connection with the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to MLMCI. No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds an▇ ▇▇▇urance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Company, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Bond Insurer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or Depositorinvestigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Company to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement, or the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to MLMCI pursuant to the Master Assignment Agreement (in which case, the Company shall be deemed to have represented that neither NCFC nor MLMCI is a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan), and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Company regarding the status of such transferees. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates by the Company to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.05 to the contrary, on the Closing Date, (i) the Company may transfer the Certificates to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement and (ii) NCFC may pledge the Certificates to MLMCI pursuant to the Master Assignment Agreement, in each case without complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.05, as applicable.
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank co▇▇▇▇▇ive investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions Title 1 of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R.ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. shall be the initial ▇▇▇▇ial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor., the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be treated (i) as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor and the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (MortgageIT Trust 2005-5, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-5)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor., the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-He3)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Collateralized Asset-Backed BDS Ser 1999-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-He1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No transfer or assignment of any Certificate shall be made without the prior written consent of the Insurer, provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to C which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and Registrar, Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the HELOC Back-up Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the HELOC Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor that and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the Depositorbasis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the HELOC Back-up Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the HELOC Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the HELOC Back-up Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the HELOC Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorRegistrar, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicers and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to Owner Trustee, the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the HELOC Back-up Servicer, the HELOC Servicer or and the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, RMBS Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, Counsel which establishes to the Trust, satisfaction of the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets Certificates, operation of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions management of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeTrust assets are permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the HELOC Back-up Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the HELOC Servicer or the Depositor Seller to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the HELOC Back-up Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the HELOC Servicer or the Seller. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the RMBS Master Servicer, the HELOC Back-up Servicer, the RMBS Servicer, the HELOC Servicer and the Seller may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" ("QRS") within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee and the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Certificate Registrar (i) an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code and (ii) a certificate that stating that any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2005-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Bankers Trust Company of California, NA. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Deutsche Bank National Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement that such Person is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of a Plan, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 2005-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. [_____________________________ ] shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated CertificateCertificates, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .] [No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.] [No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made
1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.] [No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any Affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.]
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Superior Bank FSB)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ Citibank, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, the Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
D. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (A) either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Master Servicers or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor; provided, however that no certification or Opinion of Counsel will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar,the Certificate Paying Agent, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph, other than the indemnity provisions, shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent and the Master Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor, or the Seller, or to an affiliate of the Seller (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Paying Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No person shall become a Certificateholder, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, until it shall establish its status as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) or as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(a) or Section 856(i) of the Code, respectively, by submitting to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee, the Transferee Certificate set forth in Exhibit H hereto. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be no longer be treated for federal income tax purposes as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or the Seller, or an affiliate of the Seller. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Encore Credit Receivables Trust 2005-3)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Paying Agent shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Indenture Trustee as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Indenture Trustee. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.13. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by Seller to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent at the direction of the Servicer. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY, or such successor forms thereto as required by then-applicable regulations, and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. In addition, prior to any transfer of a Certificate prior to September of 2008 to a Certificateholder that cannot establish its non-foreign status, the Certificateholder shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Certificateholder, an Opinion of Counsel that no withholding tax would apply to payments made under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, LLC)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, kept at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, its Corporate Trust Office a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. .
(b) Subject to satisfaction of the conditions restrictions and limitations set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09Corporate Trust Office, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate execute and deliver the Registrar (or Trustee, if the Trustee is also the Registrar) shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) , in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interests.
(c) With respect to the Class E-1 Certificates, each purchaser or transferee (including any Beneficial Owners) shall be deemed to represent that it is not a Plan or a Person acting on behalf any such Plan or using the assets of any such Plan to acquire such Certificate, or that it is an insurance company and the purchase and holding of such Certificate or any interest therein is exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60. With respect to the Class E-2 Certificates, no sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition by any Holder of any such Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received a transferee affidavit from the proposed purchaser or transferee of such Certificate in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit D hereto, to the effect that such proposed purchaser or transferee (i)(a) is not a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of any such Plan to acquire such Certificate or (b) if it is an insurance company, that the purchase and holding of such Certificate is exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 and (ii) is (a) an "accredited investor" as defined in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (7) of rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") (or any entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs), (b) a Qualified Institutional Buyer, or (c) a person (other than any rating organization rating the Depositor's securities) involved in the organization or operation of the Depositor or an affiliate, as defined in rule 405 under the Act.
(d) No legal or beneficial interest in all or any portion of the Class R Certificate may be transferred directly or indirectly to a "disqualified organization" within the meaning of Code Section 860E(e)(5) or an agent of a like aggregate amount dated disqualified organization (including a broker, nominee or middleman), to Plan or a Person investing the date assets of authentication a Plan (such Plan or Person, an "ERISA Prohibited Holder") or to an individual, corporation, partnership or other person unless such transferee (i) is not a Non-U.S. Person or (ii) is a Non-U.S. Person that holds the Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 or (iii) is a Non-U.S. Person that has delivered to both the transferor and the Trustee an opinion of a nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that the transfer of the Class R Certificate to it is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of the Class R Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes (any such person who is not covered by clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above being referred to herein as a "Non-permitted Foreign Holder"), and any such purported transfer shall be void and have no effect. The Trustee shall not execute, and shall not authenticate (or cause to be authenticated) and deliver, a new Class R Certificate in connection with any such transfer to a disqualified organization or agent thereof (including a broker, nominee or middleman), an ERISA Prohibited Holder or a Non-permitted Foreign Holder, and neither the Registrar nor the Trustee shall accept a surrender for transfer or registration of transfer, or register the transfer of, the Class R Certificate (other than with respect to the transfer of the Class R Certificate to the Underwriter), unless the proposed transferee shall have provided (at such transferee's expense) to the Trustee and transferor an affidavit, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, signed by such proposed transferee, to the effect that the transferee is not such a disqualified organization, an agent (including a broker, nominee or middleman) for any entity as to which the transferee has not received a substantially similar affidavit, an ERISA Prohibited Holder or a Non-permitted Foreign Holder, which affidavit shall contain the consent of the transferee to any amendments of this Agreement as may be required to further effectuate the foregoing restrictions on transfer of the Class R Certificate to disqualified organizations, an ERISA Prohibited Holder or Non-permitted Foreign Holders. Such affidavit shall also contain the statement of the transferee that (i) the transferee has historically paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (ii) the transferee understands that it may incur liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the Owner residual interest, (iii) the transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the residual interest as they become due, (iv) the transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer or a person (other than any rating organization rating the Depositor's securities) involved in the organization or operation of the Depositor or an affiliate, as defined in rule 405 under the Act and (v) the transferee will not transfer the Class R Certificate to any Person who does not provide an affidavit substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto. The affidavit described in the preceding paragraph, if not executed in connection with the initial issuance of the Class R Certificate, shall be accompanied by a written statement in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto, signed by the transferor, to the effect that as of the time of the transfer, the transferor has no actual knowledge that the transferee is a disqualified organization, ERISA Prohibited Holder or Non-permitted Foreign Holder, and has no knowledge or reason to know that the statements made by the transferee with respect to clauses (i) and (iii) of the last sentence of the preceding paragraph are not true. The Class R Certificate shall bear a legend referring to the foregoing restrictions contained in this paragraph and the preceding paragraph. Upon notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that any legal or beneficial interest in any authenticating portion of the Class R Certificate has been transferred, directly or indirectly, to a disqualified organization or agent thereof (including a broker, nominee or middleman) in contravention of the foregoing restrictions, (i) such transferee shall be deemed to hold the Class R Certificate in constructive trust for the last transferor who was not a disqualified organization or agent thereof, and such transferor shall be restored as the owner of such Class R Certificate as completely as if such transfer had never occurred, provided that the Trustee may, but is not required to, receive any distributions made to such transferee with respect to the Class R Certificate, and (ii) the Trustee agrees to furnish the Internal Revenue Service and to any transferor of the Class R Certificate or such agent (within 60 days of the request therefor by the transferor or agent) such information necessary to the application of Code Section 860E(e) as may be required by the Code, including but not limited to the present value of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to the Class R Certificate (or portion thereof) for periods after such transfer. At the election of the Trustee, the cost of computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the transferor or such agent referred to above; however, the Trustee shall in no event be excused from furnishing such information.
(e) At the option of a Holderthe Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like evidencing the same aggregate amount Percentage Interests upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant Corporate Trust Office of the Registrar. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver the Certificates that the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to Section 3.09receive. Every Each Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of Certificates delivered upon any such transfer or exchange shall will evidence the same obligations, and will be cancelled entitled to the same rights and subsequently disposed of by privileges, as the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practiceCertificates surrendered. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may shall require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status be canceled by submitting the Registrar and delivered to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and Trustee for subsequent destruction without liability on the Certificate part of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C heretoeither.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Lehman Structured Securities Corp)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of nay such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be treated (i) as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) as taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) as a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor and the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (MORTGAGEIT TRUST 2005-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-3)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless (A) the transferee shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H certifying that (i) it is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) within the meaning of Section 856(a), a qualified REIT subsidiary (“QRS”) within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code or an entity disregarded as an entity separate from a REIT or a QRS and (ii) following the transfer, 100% of the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class M Notes, Class B-1 Notes, Class B-2 Notes, Class B-3 Notes, Class X Notes, Class B-4 Notes, Class B-5 Notes, or Class B-6 Notes and Owner Trust Certificates (other than any Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class M Notes, Class B-1 Notes, Class B-2 Notes, Class B-3 Notes, Class X Notes, Class B-4 Notes, Class B-5 Notes, or Class B-6 Notes with respect to which a “will be debt” opinion has been rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel) will be owned by a single REIT, directly or through one or more QRSs of such REIT or one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from such REIT or such QRSs and (B) the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that, following such transfer, the Trust will continue to be treated for federal income tax purposes as either a disregarded entity or a QRS; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any Certificates may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (y) any Certificates may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns Arm Trust, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-5)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Securities Administrator is hereby appointed as the Certificate Registrar of the Trust. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee Depositor shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentCertificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor. No certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Issuing Entity to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, any Servicers and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate from the Issuing Entity to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). Prior to a REMIC Conversion, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or Depositorother disposition, unless the transferee shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto certifying that following the transfer, 100% of the Certificates and Class X Notes and Class B Notes will be owned by the transferee, directly or indirectly through one or more entities disregarded as entities separate from the transferee; provided that (i) a Certificate may be pledged to secure indebtedness and may be the subject of repurchase agreements treated by the Issuing Entity as secured indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (ii) a Certificate may be transferred by the related lender under any such related loan agreement or repurchase agreement upon a default under any such indebtedness, in which case the transferor shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I certifying to such effect and to the effect that either (A) such transfer would not result in a TMP Trigger Event, as evidenced by an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel addressed and provided to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (at the expense of the proposed transferor or transferee), or (B) such transfer would result in a TMP Trigger Event, as evidenced by an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel addressed and provided to the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (at the expense of the proposed transferor or transferee), and the conditions precedent to such transfer as specified in the following sentence have all been satisfied. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a lender under any loan agreement or repurchase agreement shall not separately transfer or otherwise cause the Certificates, Class X Notes or Class B Notes to be held by more than one entity, and thereby cause a TMP Trigger Event, upon a default under any such indebtedness, unless (i) the Servicer shall have received at least two bids for the REO Properties and other non-REMIC eligible properties in the Trust Estate, at least one of which is sufficient not to result in the allocation of any Realized Losses to any of the Senior Notes, (ii) the Servicer shall have completed the sale from the Trust Estate of all REO Properties and other non-REMIC eligible properties at their fair market values, (iii) the Issuing Entity causes the REMIC Conversion to occur, and (iv) the lender seeking to separately transfer or the entity seeking to separately hold any Class of Class X Notes or Class B Notes or Certificates shall have made provision for payment satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Paying Agent, Note Registrar and the Certificate Registrar for any initial or ongoing additional administrative expenses associated with the REMIC elections in conjunction with a TMP Trigger Event, as well as certain taxes payable as a result of the classification of the Issuing Entity for federal income tax purposes as a taxable mortgage pool, all as described in this Agreement. Following the REMIC Conversion, no transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate or interest therein shall be made, and the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register any such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition, unless the transferee shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the REMIC Class A Indenture Trustee and the Underlying REMIC Trust Trustee such representations, certifications and opinions of nationally recognized tax counsel as they may require to ensure that that transfer will not result in the imposition of any tax on any REMIC or adversely affect the REMIC status of the Trust or the Underlying REMIC Trust.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion [TPW: NY01:631506.5] 16069-00438 02/02/98 11:03AM 8 of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8 every three years.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts [TPW: NY01:631506.5] 16069-00438 02/02/98 11:03AM 9 and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective i▇▇▇▇▇ment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ W▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A. shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from Depositor, the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Impac CMB Trust Series 2005-2, Collateralized Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2005-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.09 hereof. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Certificate Paying Agent at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of,
(I) an affidavit and agreement (a “Transfer Affidavit and Agreement,” in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a “pass-through interest holder” within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a “pass-through interest holder.”
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as the initial Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. In the event the Owner Trustee receives any Certificates for re-registration or transfer, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status that otherwise complies with the foregoing requirements shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor. The Holder Depositor and (C) an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, that such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause the Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or other retirement plan arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode (collectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a Person acting indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with "plan or using assets" of a Plan within the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense meaning of the TrustDepartment of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets Regulation") unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person seeking to acquire Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. In addition, no transfer of any portion of a Class L or a Class O Certificate shall be made, and any attempted or purported transfer of a Class L or Class O Certificate shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee, unless: (i) following such transfer, for federal income tax purposes, 100% of the Class L and Class O Certificates are treated as owned by the same person or persons in the same proportions as they are owned, or (ii) the transferee provides the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. MSDWCC HELOC Trust 2005-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective ▇▇▇▇▇tment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring such Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee is transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under result of the Securities Act, or imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (b) solely with respect except to the Designated Certificateextent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective ▇▇▇▇▇tment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, a "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount and dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount amount, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (ii) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the Code, will not constitute or result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2005-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Master Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB-II Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
(v) In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (vii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (vii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(vi) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code) are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
(B) If any purported Transferee shall become a Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 3.05 and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the rights of the Certificateholder of such Class R Certificate as described in clause (vii)(A
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Certificate Registrar Depositor and the Depositor certifying to Certificate Registrar, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor, that such transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor that shall prior to such transfer require the transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate:
(i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(ii) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2 and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations are prohibited.
(iii) (A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. The Certificate Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.05 or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions of this Agreement.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-He3)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB-II Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
(v) In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (vii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (vii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(vi) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code) are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate t
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ LaSalle National Bank shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (1) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (2) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Imh Assets Corp Impac CMB Trust Series 1999-1)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. ____._________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Company shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (a) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Company) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and the Depositor that which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (A) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A and (B) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities ActAct of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (bii) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), A) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Company and the Bond Insurer that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Company and (B) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which investment representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the Depositor Company and (iib) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the DepositorCompany, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Servicer, the Bond Insurer or the DepositorCompany. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described above in this paragraph. The Holder of a Certificate Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Bond Insurer and the Depositor Company against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification set forth in clause (a) of this paragraph will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Purchaser to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement or the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to ________________________ ("Broker") and the certification set forth in clause (b) of this paragraph will not be required in connection with the pledge of any such Certificate by NCFC to Broker. No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. (S)2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Company, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the effect satisfaction of the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustCompany, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Bond Insurer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Company, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or Depositorinvestigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer or pledge of any such Certificate by the Company to an affiliate of the Company (in which case, the Company or any affiliate thereof shall have deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Company of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Company. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfer of the Certificates by the Company to the Purchaser pursuant to the Ownership Transfer Agreement and by the Purchaser to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.05 to the contrary, (i) on the Closing Date, the Company may transfer the Certificates to the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Seller may transfer the Certificates to NCFC pursuant to the Certificates Sale Agreement and (ii) on or after the Closing Date, NCFC may pledge the Certificates to secure its obligations to Broker; provided, however, that Broker may not become the registered owner of any of the Certificates without complying with the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.05, as applicable.
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be The Trust hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as the initial Certificate RegistrarRegistrar and the Indenture Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. In the event the Owner Trustee receives any Certificates for re-registration or transfer, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C F hereto.
(a) . A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status that otherwise complies with the foregoing requirements shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8BEN and shall resubmit such Form W-8BEN every three years. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (iib) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor. The Holder Depositor and (C) an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, that such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate will not cause the Trust to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer Servicer, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or other retirement plan arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, ERISA or Section 4975 of the CodeCode (collectively, “Plan”), any Person acting, directly or a Person acting indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with “plan or using assets” of a Plan within the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense meaning of the TrustDepartment of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101 (“Plan Assets Regulation”) unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, are provided with an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toCounsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Depositor, to the effect Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person seeking to acquire Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Credit Enhancer and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or Depositorbe effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Credit Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Credit Enhancer, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes. In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation. In addition, no transfer of any portion of a Class L or a Class O Certificate shall be made, and any attempted or purported transfer of a Class L or Class O Certificate shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee, unless: (i) following such transfer, for federal income tax purposes, 100% of the Class L and Class O Certificates are treated as owned by the same person or persons in the same proportions as they are owned, or (ii) the transferee provides the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer will not cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes.
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Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificate, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agentthe Certificate Registrar. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.093.08. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C D hereto.
. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (aA) either (i) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) C (or in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (b) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor) which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which investment Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Agreement, and transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor and (iiB) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CD) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. No Certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate by the Issuer to the Depositor and by the Depositor to one of its Affiliates. The Holder of a Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made to any Person unless the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee are provided with an Opinion of such Certificate Counsel which establishes to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 satisfaction of the CodeDepositor, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toSeller, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar Servicer and the Depositor, to the effect Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Person acquiring such Certificates may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Servicer and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfers of any such Certificate from the Issuer to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor and such Affiliate, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented that such party is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan). No offer, sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (including any pledge, sale or transfer under a repurchase transaction or securities loan) of any Certificate shall be made to any transferee unless, prior to such disposition, the proposed transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization, to the effect that such transfer (including any disposition permitted following any default under any pledge or repurchase transaction) will not cause the Trust to be (i) treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax and relevant state income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) taxable as a taxable mortgage pool as defined in Section 7701(i) of the Code or (iii) taxable as a "publicly traded partnership" as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.7704-1 for federal income tax purposes and relevant state franchise or income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the initial transfers of the Certificates from the Issuer to the Depositor and the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor. No offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate shall be made to any affiliate of the Depositor or the Issuer, other than the initial transfer of the Certificates to the Depositor and the subsequent transfer of the Certificates to the Seller.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Mortgageit Trust 2004-2, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2004-2)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such HolderCertificateholder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become Except as described below, each holder of a Certificateholder until it Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Credit Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, Noteholder or the Credit Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee. Each holder of a Class SB-II Certificate or a Class R Certificate unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8 and shall resubmit such Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations.
(i) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) execute an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other "qualified institutional buyers" as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) deliver to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act and laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (iib) execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and to cause the transferor to execute a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer or the Depositor and (B) in the case of a Class SB-II Certificate or Class R Certificate to execute the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If the Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, the Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. .
(ii) No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance c▇▇▇▇▇y general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactmentscollectively, "Plan"), any Person acting, directly or a trustee indirectly, on behalf of any such plan, Plan or any other Person who is using acquiring such Certificates with "plan assets" of a Plan within the assets meaning of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion the Department of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered toLabor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets") unless the Depositor, the TrustOwner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Master Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Master Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall be deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an affiliate of the Depositor.
(iii) In addition, no transfer of a Class SB-II Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, which establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
(iv) In addition, no transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless the proposed transferee executes a representation letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, that (1) the transferee is acquiring the Certificate for its own behalf and is not acting as agent or custodian for any other Person or entity in connection with such acquisition and (2) if the transferee is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for federal income tax purposes, the Certificates acquired are not more than 50% of the assets of the partnership, grantor trust or S corporation.
(v) In addition, with respect to each Class R Certificate, (i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee under clause (vii)(A) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale under clause (vii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(A) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the Owner Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate until its receipt of, (I) an affidavit and agreement (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement," in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that it is a Permitted Transferee, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Class R Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.05 and agrees to be bound by them, and (II) a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2, from the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate wishing to transfer the Class R Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Master Servicer, representing and warranting, among other things, that no purpose of the proposed Transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to this Agreement has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate and (y) not to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a certificate to the Certificate Registrar in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, if it is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate on behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."
(vi) The Certificate Registrar will register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit and Agreement, a certificate of the Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate requesting such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. Transfers of the Class R Certificates to Non-United States Persons and Disqualified Organizations (as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code) are prohibited.
(A) If any Disqualified Organization shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a Non-United States Person shall become a holder of a Class R Certificate, then the last preceding United States Person shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Class R Certificate. If a transfer of a Class R Certificate is disregarded pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1 or Section 1.860G-3, then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Certificateholder of a Class R Certificate t
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)
Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the [Owner Trustee] Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. _____________________________ The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. If the Certificate Registrar resigns or is removed, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor Certificate Registrar. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth below and to the provisions of Section 3.11 with respect to the Designated Certificatebelow, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause __________________________________ the Certificate Registrar as its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver) ), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a HolderCertificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.09. The initial Certificateholder agrees to not transfer any Certificate during either the Revolving Period or the Managed Amortization Period, unless the initial Certificateholder receives an Opinion of Counsel stating that such transfer of the Certificate will not adversely affect the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by GMACM to the Depositor. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder Certificateholder or such Holder's Certificateholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. No Person shall become a Except as described below, each Certificateholder until it shall establish its non-foreign status by submitting to the Certificate Paying Agent an IRS Form W-9 and the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D) F). A Certificate may be transferred to a Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status as described in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the preceding paragraph only if such Certificateholder provides an Opinion of Counsel to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying to Enhancer, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor, satisfactory to the Depositor and the Depositor Enhancer, that such transferee transfer (1) will not affect the tax status of the Owner Trust and (2) will not adversely affect the interests of any Securityholder or the Enhancer, including, without limitation, as a result of the imposition of any United States federal withholding taxes on the Owner Trust (except to the extent that such withholding taxes would be payable solely from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificate of the prospective transferee). If such transfer occurs and such foreign Certificateholder becomes subject to such United States federal withholding taxes, any such taxes will be withheld by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Tax Matters Partner. Each Certificateholder unable to establish its non-foreign status shall submit to the Certificate Paying Agent a copy of its Form W-8-BEN or such successor form as required by then-applicable regulations and shall resubmit such form every three years or with such frequency as required by then-applicable regulations. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of a Certificate shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is a "qualified institutional buyer" under Rule 144A under exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities ActAct and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state laws. In the event of any such transfer, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor shall prior to such transfer require the transferee to execute (bA) solely with respect to the Designated Certificate, either (i) (a) an investment letter (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E), acceptable to and C (or in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, ) which investment letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and which investment letter states that, among other things, such transferee (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined under Rule 144A, acting for its own account or the accounts of other “qualified institutional buyers” as defined under Rule 144A, and (b) is aware that the proposed transferor intends to rely on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act, provided by Rule 144A or (ii) (a) a written Opinion of Counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and the basis therefor, from the Securities Act and such state laws or is being made pursuant to the Securities Act and such state laws, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (b) the transferee executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, and the transferor executes a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, each acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor certifying the facts surrounding such transfer, which representation letters shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor and (B) the Certificate of Non-Foreign Status (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit CF) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor, which certificate shall not be an expense of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor. The Holder of If such Certificateholder is unable to provide a Certificate of Non-Foreign Status, such Certificateholder must provide an Opinion of Counsel as described in the preceding paragraph. The Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer , the Enhancer and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws. No transfer of a Certificate Certificates or any interest therein shall be made unless the Certificate Registrar shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such proposed transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISAany Plan, any Person acting, directly or Section 4975 of the Codeindirectly, or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan Plan or using any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets unless the assets of any such planDepositor, which representation letter shall not be an expense of the Trust, Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Servicer or the Depositor or (ii) in the case of any such certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan, or any other Person who is using the assets of any such plan to effect such acquisition, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and addressed and delivered to, the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer are provided with an Opinion of Counsel that establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, to the effect Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer that the purchase or holding of such Certificate will not result in the assets of the Owner Trust Estate being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the CodeCertificates is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or Section 407 of under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, Code and will not subject the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor Servicer to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) in addition to those explicitly undertaken in this Trust Agreement Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the TrustDepositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Servicer. In lieu of such Opinion of Counsel, a Plan, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates with Plan Assets of a Plan may provide a certification in the form of Exhibit G to this Trust Agreement, which the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Servicer may rely upon without further inquiry or investigation. Neither an Opinion of Counsel nor a certification will be required in connection with the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an Affiliate of the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any such Affiliate shall be deemed to have represented that such Affiliate is not a Plan or a Person investing Plan Assets of any Plan) and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, shall be a written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as an Affiliate of the Depositor. In addition, no transfer of a Certificate shall be permitted, and no such transfer shall be registered by the Certificate Registrar or be effective hereunder, unless evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Certificate Registrar and the Enhancer that establishes that such transfer or the registration of such transfer would not cause the Trust to be classified as a publicly traded partnership, by having more than 100 Certificateholders at any time during the taxable year of the Trust, an association taxable as a corporation, a corporation or a taxable mortgage pool for federal and relevant state income tax purposes, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Certificate Registrar and shall be an expense of the proposed transferee. No Opinion of Counsel will be required if such transfer is made to a nominee of an existing beneficial holder of a Certificate.
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Sources: Trust Agreement (Gmacm Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-He1)