Transfer and Exchange of Certificates (a) A Certificate may be transferred by the Holder thereof only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by such Holder or such Holder's duly authorized attorney in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Upon the transfer of any Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence, and subject to the restrictions set forth in the other subsections of this Section 3.3, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and evidencing, in the aggregate, the same aggregate initial Certificate Balance, initial Notional Amount or Percentage Interest, as the case may be, as the Certificate being transferred. No service charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any registration of transfer of Certificates, but 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 registration or transfer of Certificates. The Certificate Registrar may decline to accept any request for a registration of transfer of any Certificate during the period beginning five calendar days prior to any Distribution Date.
(b) A Certificate may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for any number of new Certificates of the same Class, in authorized denominations, representing in the aggregate the same initial Certificate Balance, initial Notional Amount or Percentage Interest, as the case may be, as the Certificate surrendered, upon surrender of the Certificate to be exchanged at the offices of the Certificate Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of exchange duly executed by such Holder or such Holder's duly authorized attorney in such form as is satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Certificates delivered upon any such exchange will evidence the same obligations, and will be entitled to the same rights and privileges, as the Certificates surrendered. No service charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any exchange of Certificates, but 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 exchange of Certificates. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Certificate Registrar shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, date and deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(c) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Non-Registered Certificate or interest therein shall be made unless such transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state securities laws. If a transfer of any Non-Registered Certificate held as a Definitive Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Certificates or a transfer of such Non-Registered Certificate by the Depositor or one of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) either: (i) a certificate from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-1 hereto and a certificate from such Certificateholder's prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached either as Exhibit D-2A hereto or as Exhibit D-2B hereto; or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar to the effect that such transfer shall be made without registration under the Securities Act, together with the written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such transfer from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such Certificateholder's prospective Transferee on which such Opinion of Counsel is based (such Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust or of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar in their respective capacities as such). If a transfer of any interest in a Non-Registered Certificate that constitutes a Book-Entry Certificate is to be made without registration under the Securities Act (other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Certificates or a transfer of any interest in such Non-Registered Certificate by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates), then the Certificate Owner desiring to effect such transfer shall be required to obtain either (i) a certificate from such Certificate Owner's prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-3A hereto or as Exhibit D-3B hereto, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act. None of the Depositor, the Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Registrar is obligated to register or qualify any Class of Non-Registered Certificates under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of any Certificate. Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner desiring to effect a transfer of Non-Registered Certificates or interests therein shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Depositor, each Underwriter, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent and the Certificate Registrar against any liability that may result if the transfer is not exempt from such registration or qualification or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
(d) No transfer of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made (A) to any employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, ▇▇▇▇▇ plans and collective investment funds and separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, including, without limitation, insurance company general accounts, that is subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable federal, state or local law ("Similar Laws") materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), (B) in book-entry form to an Institutional Accredited Investor who is not also a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (C) to any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with "plan assets" of a Plan, unless: (i) in the case of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate that constitutes a Book-Entry Certificate and is being sold to a Qualified Institutional Buyer, the purchase and holding of such Certificate or interest therein qualifies for the exemptive relief available under Sections I and III of U.S. Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60; or (ii) in the case of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate held as a Definitive Certificate, the prospective Transferee provides the Certificate Registrar with a certification of facts and an Opinion of Counsel which establish to the satisfaction of the Certificate Registrar that such transfer will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or subject the Depositor, the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agent, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement. Each Person who acquires any Non-Investment Grade Certificate or Residual Certificate or interest therein (unless it shall have acquired such Certificate or interest therein from the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof or unless it shall have delivered to the Certificate Registrar the certification of facts and Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence) shall be required to deliver to the Certificate Registrar (or, in the case of an interest in a Non-Investment Grade Certificate that constitutes a Book-Entry Certificate, to the Certificate Owner that is transferring such interest) a certification to the effect that: (i) it is neither a Plan nor any Person who is directly or indirectly purchasing such Certificate or interest therein on behalf of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with "plan assets" of a Plan; or (ii) that, in the case of a Non-Investment Grade Certificate, the purchase and holding of such Certificate or interest therein by such person qualifies for the exemptive relief available under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or another exemption from the "prohibited transactions" rules under ERISA by the U.S. Department of Labor or similar exemption under Similar Laws.
(e) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual 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 Paying Agent under clause (F) below to deliver payments to a Person other than such Person and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate Registrar under clause (G) below to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of such person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(1) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and a United States Tax Person and shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee and (2) each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Qualified Institutional Buyer and shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status as a Qualified Institutional Buyer.
(B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and no Transfer of any Residual Certificate shall be registered until the Certificate Registrar receives, an affidavit and agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-1 (a "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement") from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, representing and warranting, among other things, that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee, that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee, trustee or agent for any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, that it is a United States Tax Person, that if such Transferee is a partnership, trust or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then each Person that may be allocated income from a Residual Certificate is a United States Tax Person, that it is not a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty, of any United States Tax Person, that it has historically paid its debts as they have come due and will continue to do so in the future, that it understands that its tax liability with respect to the Residual Certificates may exceed cash flows thereon and it intends to pay such taxes as they come due, that it will not cause income with respect to the Residual Certificates to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed Transferee or any other United States Tax Person, that it will provide the Certificate Registrar with all information necessary to determine that the applicable paragraphs of Section 13 of such Transfer Affidavit and Agreement are true or that Section 13 is not applicable, and that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 3.3(e) and agrees to be bound by them.
(C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee or is not a United States Tax Person, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected.
(D) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (1) to require a Transfer Affidavit and Agreement from any prospective Transferee to whom such Person attempts to transfer its Ownership Interest in such Residual Certificate and (2) not to transfer its Ownership Interest in such Residual Certificate unless it provides to the Certificate Registrar a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2 among other things stating that (x) it has conducted a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the proposed Transferee and, as a result of the investigation, the Transferor determines that the proposed Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due and found no significant evidence that the proposed Transferee will not continue to pay its debts as they come due in the future and, (y) it has no actual knowledge that such prospective Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, is not a United States Tax Person, is a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty, of any United States Tax Person or is a Person with respect to which income on the Residual Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of any applicable income tax treaty.
(E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate that is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of temporary Treasury Regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on behalf of a "pass-through interest holder", by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice of its status as such immediately upon holding or acquiring such Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate.
(F) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.3(e) or if any Holder of a Residual Certificate shall lose its status as a Permitted Transferee or a United States Tax Person, then the last preceding Holder of such Residual Certificate that was in compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.3(e) shall be restored, to the extent permitted by law, to all rights and obligations as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of such Transfer of such Residual Certificate. None of the Trustee, the Fiscal Agent, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Registrar or the Paying Agent shall be under any liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.3(e) 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.
(G) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section 3.3(e), or if any Holder of a Residual Certificate shall lose its status as a Permitted Transferee or a United States Tax Person, and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the rights and obligations of the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate as described in claus