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Exhibit 4.4
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AVCO FINANCIAL HOME EQUITY LOAN
TRUST 199_-_
FORM OF TRUST AGREEMENT
between
AVCO ABS RECEIVABLES CORP.,
as Seller,
and
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as Owner Trustee
Dated as of __________, 199_
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Capitalized Terms........................................................................ 1
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions............................................................ 3
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1. Name..................................................................................... 4
SECTION 2.2. Office................................................................................... 4
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers...................................................................... 4
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of Owner Trustee............................................................. 5
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate............................................. 5
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust..................................................................... 5
SECTION 2.7. Liability of the Certificateholders...................................................... 6
SECTION 2.8. Title to Trust Property.................................................................. 6
SECTION 2.9. Situs of Trust........................................................................... 6
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Seller............................................. 6
SECTION 2.12. Federal Income Tax Allocations........................................................... 7
ARTICLE III
TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership........................................................................ 7
SECTION 3.2. The Trust Certificates................................................................... 7
SECTION 3.3. Authentication of Trust Certificates..................................................... 8
SECTION 3.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates.............................. 8
SECTION 3.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates.................................. 9
SECTION 3.6. Persons Deemed Certificateholders........................................................ 9
SECTION 3.7. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses................................ 9
SECTION 3.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................................... 10
SECTION 3.9. Appointment of Paying Agent.............................................................. 10
SECTION 3.10. Reserved................................................................................. 11
SECTION 3.11. Reserved................................................................................. 11
SECTION 3.12. Reserved................................................................................. 11
SECTION 3.13. Reserved................................................................................. 11
SECTION 3.14. Book-Entry Trust Certificates............................................................ 11
SECTION 3.15. Notices to Clearing Agency............................................................... 12
SECTION 3.16. Definitive Trust Certificates............................................................ 12
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ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters................................... 12
SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters............................. 13
SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy.................................. 13
SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power................................................ 14
SECTION 4.5. Majority Control......................................................................... 14
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS: CERTAIN DUTIES
SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account........................................ 14
SECTION 5.2. Application of Funds in Certificate Distribution Account................................. 14
SECTION 5.3. Reserved................................................................................. 15
SECTION 5.4. Method of Payment........................................................................ 15
SECTION 5.5. No Segregation of Monies; No Interest.................................................... 15
SECTION 5.6. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholders, the Internal
Revenue Service and Others............................................................ 15
SECTION 5.7. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner................................................ 16
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. General Authority........................................................................ 16
SECTION 6.2. General Duties........................................................................... 17
SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction.................................................................. 17
SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions....................... 18
SECTION 6.5. No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions............................... 18
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions............................................................................. 18
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.......................................................... 19
SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents.................................................................. 20
SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties........................................................... 20
SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.............................................................. 21
SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity........................................................ 21
SECTION 7.6. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates or Home Equity Loans..................... 21
SECTION 7.7. Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes....................................... 22
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.1. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses........................................................ 22
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SECTION 8.2. Indemnification.......................................................................... 22
SECTION 8.3. Payments to the Owner Trustee............................................................ 23
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
SECTION 9.1. Termination of Trust Agreement........................................................... 23
SECTION 9.2. Reserved................................................................................. 24
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee............................................... 24
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee.................................................. 24
SECTION 10.3. Successor Owner Trustee.................................................................. 25
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee................................................. 26
SECTION 10.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee............................................ 26
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1. Supplements and Amendments............................................................... 27
SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders............................... 28
SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others.......................................................... 29
SECTION 11.4. Notices.................................................................................. 29
SECTION 11.5. Severability............................................................................. 29
SECTION 11.6. Separate Counterparts.................................................................... 29
SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns................................................................... 29
SECTION 11.8. Reserved................................................................................. 20
SECTION 11.9. No Petition.............................................................................. 30
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse.............................................................................. 30
SECTION 11.11. Headings................................................................................. 30
SECTION 11.12. GOVERNING LAW............................................................................ 30
SECTION 11.13. Trust Certificate Transfer Restrictions.................................................. 30
SECTION 11.14. Master Servicer.......................................................................... 30
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Trust Certificate
Exhibit B - Form of Certificate of Trust
Exhibit C - Form of Certificate Depository Agreement
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TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, 199_ between Avco ABS
Receivables Corp., a Nevada corporation, as Seller, and _______________, a
____________, as Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Capitalized Terms. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
"Agreement" shall mean this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.
"Basic Documents" shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture, the Certificate Depository Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement
and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.
"Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
11.13.
["Book Entry Trust Certificates" means a beneficial interest in the Trust
Certificates, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 3.14.]
"Business Trust Statute" shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code ss. 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended
from time to time.
"Certificate" means a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of a
Certificateholder in the Trust, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto.
["Certificate Depository Agreement" shall mean the agreement among the
Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer and The Depository Trust Company,
as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the
Trust Certificates, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, as
the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.]
"Certificate Distribution Account" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 5.1. "Certificate of Trust" shall mean the Certificate of Trust
in the form of Exhibit B to be filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a)
of the Business Trust Statute.
"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar" shall mean the register
mentioned and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.4.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
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["Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.]
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean, with respect to the Owner Trustee,
the principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at
_______________; or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by
notice to the Certificateholders and the Seller, or the principal corporate
trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor
owner trustee will notify the Certificateholders and the Seller).
["Definitive Trust Certificates" shall mean either or both (as the context
requires) of (i) Trust Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered
form as provided in Section 3.14 and (ii) Trust Certificates issued in
certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 3.16.]
"Delaware Trustee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
10.1.
"ERISA" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.13.
"Expenses" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2.
"Holder" or "Certificateholder" shall mean the Person in whose name a
Trust Certificate is registered on the Certificate Register.
"Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 8.2.
"Note Depository Agreement" shall mean the agreement among the Trust, the
Master Servicer and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing
Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Notes, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Owner" shall mean each Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book Entry
Certificate as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or if a Clearing
Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in records of a Person
maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or indirectly, in
accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Owner Trust Estate" shall mean all right, title and interest of the Trust
in and to the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to Article II
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in
the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account and all other
property of the Trust from time to time, including any rights of the Owner
Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. "Owner
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Trustee" shall mean ____________, a ___________, not in its individual capacity
but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Owner
Trustee hereunder.
"Paying Agent" shall mean any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 3.9 and shall initially be the Owner Trustee.
"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, the last
Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the related
Distribution Date occurs.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement
among the Trust, Avco ABS Receivables Corp., as Seller, Avco Financial Services
Management Company, as Master Master Servicer, Avco Financial Services, Inc., as
Representative and the Originators listed therein, dated as of _____________,
199_ , as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Secretary of State" shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
"Treasury Regulations" shall mean regulations, including proposed or
temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.
"Trust" shall mean the trust established by this Agreement.
"Trust Certificate" shall mean a Certificate.
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have
the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or, if not
defined therein, in the Indenture.
(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(c) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not
defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or
other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings
given to them under generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the
date of this Agreement or any such certificate or other document, as applicable.
To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in
any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of
such terms under generally accepted accounting principles,
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the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document shall control.
(d) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit
references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits
in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term "including"
shall mean "including without limitation."
(e) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to
the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as
well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(f) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to
herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith
means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments)
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
ARTICLE II
Organization
SECTION 2.1. Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as Avco
Financial Home Equity Loan Trust 199_ -_," in which name the Owner Trustee may
conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and ▇▇▇ and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address as the Owner
Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders and the
Seller.
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is, and
the Trust shall have the power and authority, to engage in the following
activities:
(i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Trust
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, and to sell the Notes and
the Trust Certificates;
(ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the Trust
Certificates, and to pay the organizational, start-up and
transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay the balance to the
Seller pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
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(iii) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey
the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and
distribute to the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate
released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to,
the Indenture;
(iv) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents to which it is a party;
(v) to engage in those activities, including entering into
agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish
the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(vi) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage
in such other activities as may be required in connection with
conservation of the Owner Trust Estate and the making of
distributions to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders. The
Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities.
The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection
with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the
terms of this Agreement or the Basic Documents.
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Seller hereby appoints the
Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have
all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. The Seller
hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner Trustee, as
of the date hereof, the sum of $_________. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges
receipt in trust from the Seller, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing
contribution, which shall constitute the initial Owner Trust Estate and shall be
deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account. The Seller shall pay
organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the
request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such
expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that
it will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions
set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to
the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a business trust under the Business
Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of
such business trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for
federal income tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a partnership. The
parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities,
the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns,
reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Trust as a
partnership for such tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner
Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and to the
extent not inconsistent herewith, in the Business
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Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The Owner
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee shall file the Certificate of Trust with the
Secretary of State of Delaware.
SECTION 2.7. Liability of the Certificateholders. No Certificateholder
shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust.
SECTION 2.8. Title to Trust Property. Legal title to all the Owner Trust
Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity
except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of
the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case
title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a
separate trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.9. Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered in
the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the State of
_____________. Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware or , and
payments will be made by the Trust only from Delaware or ____________. The only
office of the Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office in ________________.
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller
hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:
(a) The Seller is duly organized and validly existing as a Nevada
corporation with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct
its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted.
(b) The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its
property or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications.
(c) The Seller has the corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Seller has full
power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and
assigned to and deposited with the Trust and the Seller has duly
authorized such sale and assignment and deposit to the Trust by all
necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary
corporate action.
(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
(with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of
association or by-laws of the Seller, or any material indenture, agreement
or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it is
bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of
its properties
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pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument
(other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to
the best of the Seller's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Seller of any court or of any Federal or state
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties.
(e) To the Seller's best knowledge, there are no proceedings or
investigations pending or threatened before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties: (A) asserting the
invalidity of the Trust Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated by the Trust Agreement or (C)
seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the
validity or enforceability of, the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 2.11. Federal Income Tax Allocations. Net income of the Trust for
any month as determined for Federal income tax purposes (and each item of
income, gain, loss, credit and deduction entering into the computation thereof)
shall be allocated to the extent of available net income, among the
Certificateholders as of the first Record Date following the end of such month,
in proportion to their ownership of principal amount of Trust Certificates on
such date, an amount of net income up to the sum of (i) the Certificateholders'
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such month, (ii) interest on the
excess, if any, of the Certificateholders' Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of interest at the
Certificate Rate that is actually deposited in the Certificate Distribution
Account on such preceding Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at
the Certificate Rate from such preceding Distribution Date through the current
Distribution Date, and (iii) the portion of the market discount on the Home
Equity Loans accrued during such month that is allocable to the excess of the
initial aggregate principal amount of the Trust Certificates over their initial
aggregate issue price.
Net losses, then net losses shall be allocated among the
Certificateholders as of the first Record Date following the end of such month
in proportion to their ownership of principal amount of Trust Certificates on
such Record Date until the principal balance of the Trust Certificates is
reduced to zero.
ARTICLE III
Trust Certificates and Transfer of Interests
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by
the contribution by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.5 and until the issuance
of the Trust Certificates, the Seller shall be the sole beneficiary of the
Trust.
SECTION 3.2. The Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates shall be
issued in denominations of $25,000 and integral multiples of $11,000 in excess
thereof; provided, that one
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Trust Certificate may be issued in a denomination other than an integral
multiple of $25,000. The Trust Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner
Trustee. Trust Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed,
authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled
to the benefit of this Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Trust Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of
authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates. A transferee of a Trust
Certificate shall become a Certificateholder, and shall be entitled to the
rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder hereunder, upon due
registration of such Trust Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to
Section 3.4.
SECTION 3.3. Authentication of Trust Certificates. Concurrently with the
initial sale of the Home Equity Loans to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Trust Certificates in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the initial Certificate Balance to be
executed on behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered to or upon the
written order of the Seller, signed by its chairman of the board, its president
or any vice president, without further corporate action by the Seller, in
authorized denominations. No Trust Certificate shall entitle its holder to any
benefit under this Agreement, or shall be valid for any purpose, unless there
shall appear on such Trust Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee
or _____________, as the Owner Trustee's authentication agent, by manual
signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence that such
Trust Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
All Trust Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
SECTION 3.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates.
The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, a Certificate Register in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Owner Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Trust Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Trust Certificates as herein provided. The Owner Trustee shall be
the initial Certificate Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust Certificate at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, 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 Trust Certificates in
authorized denominations of a like class and aggregate face amount dated the
date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the
option of a Holder, Trust Certificates may be exchanged for other Trust
Certificates of the same class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate
amount upon surrender of the Trust Certificates to be exchanged at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8.
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Every Trust Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly
executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Certificate Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent's Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Certificate Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act. Each Trust Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed
of by the Owner Trustee in accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Trust 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 Trust Certificates.
SECTION 3.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Trust Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate and (b)
there shall be delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then in the absence of notice that such Trust Certificate shall have been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
shall execute and the Owner Trustee, ______________ or _________, as the Owner
Trustee's authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a
new Trust Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with
the issuance of any new Trust Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith. Any duplicate Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the Trust, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust
Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 3.6. Persons Deemed Certificateholders. Every person by virtue of
becoming a Certificateholder or Owner in accordance with this Agreement shall be
deemed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. Prior to due presentation of
a Trust Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate
shall be registered in the Certificate Register as the Owner of such Trust
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.2
and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the
Certificate Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.7. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
The Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Master Servicer,
the Seller and the Representative, within __ days after receipt by the Owner
Trustee of a request therefor from the
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Master Servicer, the Seller or the Representative in writing, a list, in such
form as the Master Servicer, the Seller or the Representative may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most
recent Record Date. If three or more Holders of Trust Certificates or one or
more Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Certificate Balance apply in writing to the Owner Trustee, and such application
states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Certificateholders
with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Trust
Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication
that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Owner Trustee shall, within
five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants
access during normal business hours to the current list of Certificateholders.
Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust Certificate, shall be deemed to
have agreed not to hold either the Seller or the Owner Trustee accountable by
reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from
which such information was derived.
SECTION 3.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee shall
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or offices
or agency or agencies where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Owner Trustee in respect of the Trust Certificates and the Basic Documents
may be served. The Owner Trustee initially designates ____________, as its
principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give
prompt written notice to the Seller and to the Certificateholders of any change
in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 3.9. Appointment of Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall make
distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 5.2 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to
the Owner Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw
funds from the Certificate Distribution Account for the purpose of making the
distributions referred to above. The Owner Trustee may revoke such power and
remove the Paying Agent if the Owner Trustee determines in its sole discretion
that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this
Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Owner
Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Owner Trustee, and acceptable to
the Master Servicer. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign upon 30 days'
written notice to the Owner Trustee and the Master Servicer. In the event that
the Owner Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Owner Trustee shall
appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust
company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any
additional Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver to
the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Owner Trustee that as Paying Agent,
such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if
any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust for the benefit
of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Certificateholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the
Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also
return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 7.1, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.1 shall apply to the Owner Trustee also in
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its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Owner Trustee shall act as Paying
Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed
hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any
co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 3.10. Reserved.
SECTION 3.11. Reserved.
SECTION 3.12. Reserved.
SECTION 3.13. Reserved.
[SECTION 3.14. Book-Entry Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates, upon
original issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Trust Certificate
or Trust Certificates representing Book-Entry Trust Certificates, to be
delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by or on
behalf of the Trust. Such Book-Entry Trust Certificate or Trust Certificates
shall initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of Cede &
Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no beneficial owner (other
than the Seller) will receive a definitive Trust Certificate representing such
beneficial owner's interest in such Trust Certificate, except as provided in
Section 3.16. Unless and until Definitive Trust Certificates have been issued to
beneficial owners pursuant to Section 3.16:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee shall be
entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this
Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Trust Certificates (including the
payment of principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Trust Certificates
and the giving of instructions or directions to Owners of Book-Entry Trust
Certificates) as the sole Holder of Book-Entry Trust Certificates and
shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict
with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this
Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Trust Certificates
shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited
to those established by law and agreements between such Owners and the
Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the
Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Trust
Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 3.16, the initial Clearing
Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency
Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and
interest on the Book-Entry Trust Certificates to such Clearing Agency
Participants; and
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(v) whenever this Agreement requires or permits actions to be taken
based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Trust Certificates
evidencing a specified percentage of the Certificate Balance, the Clearing
Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent
that it has received instructions to such effect from Owners and/or
Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such
required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Trust
Certificates and has delivered such instructions to the Owner Trustee.]
[SECTION 3.15. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Owners is required under this Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Trust Certificates shall have been issued to Owners pursuant to
Section 3.16, the Owner Trustee shall give all such notices and communications
specified herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligations to the Owners.]
[SECTION 3.16. Definitive Trust Certificates. If (i) the Master Servicer
advises the Owner Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Trust Certificates, and the Master Servicer is unable to locate a qualified
successor, (ii) the Master Servicer at its option advises the Owner Trustee in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing
Agency or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Owners of
Certificates representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority
of the Certificate Balance advise the Clearing Agency in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in
the best interest of the Owners of Trust Certificates, then the Clearing Agency
shall notify all Owners and the Owner Trustee of the occurrence of any such
event and of the availability of the Definitive Trust Certificates to Owners
requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Owner Trustee of the typewritten
Trust Certificate or Trust Certificates representing the Book Entry Trust
Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions,
the Owner Trustee shall execute and authenticate the Definitive Trust
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither
the Certificate Registrar nor the Owner Trustee shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Trust Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the
Definitive Trust Certificates as Certificateholders. The Definitive Trust
Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in
any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Owner Trustee, as evidenced
by its execution thereof.]
ARTICLE IV
Actions by Owner Trustee
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters. With
respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless
at least ___ days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have
notified the Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and the
Certificateholders shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in
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writing prior to the ___th day after such notice is given that such
Certificateholders have withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any material claim or lawsuit by the Trust
except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the
Home Equity Loans and the compromise of any material action, claim or
lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the
aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of the Home Equity
Loans);
(b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under
the Business Trust Statute);
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such
amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders;
(e) the amendment, change or modification of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or defect or to amend or
supplement any provision in a manner that would not materially adversely
affect the interests of the Certificateholders; or
(f) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Trustee
or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or
Trustee or Certificate Registrar of its obligations under the Indenture or
this Agreement, as applicable. The Owner Trustee shall notify the
Certificateholders in writing of any appointment of a successor Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar within five Business Days
thereof.
SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters.
The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the
Certificateholders, to (a) remove the Master Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1 thereof or (b) except as expressly
provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Home Equity Loans after the
termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred
to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the
Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy. The
Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of all
Certificateholders and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each such
Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such Certificateholder
reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
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SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power. The
Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation
of the Trust or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.3 nor shall the Owner Trustee be
obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
SECTION 4.5. Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may be
taken by the Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority
of the Certificate Balance. Except as expressly provided herein, any written
notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be
effective if signed by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a
majority of the Certificate Balance at the time of the delivery of such notice.
ARTICLE V
Application of Trust Funds: Certain Duties
SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account. The Owner
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain
in the name of the Trust an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Certificate
Distribution Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under
the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The Certificate Distribution Account shall not be held in
the State of Texas.
SECTION 5.2. Application of Funds in Certificate Distribution Account.
(a) On each Distribution Date, the Owner Trustee will, based on the
information contained in the Master Servicer's Certificate delivered on
the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 4.9 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, distribute to Certificateholders, to the extent of
the funds available, amounts deposited in the Certificate Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement on
such Distribution Date in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Certificateholders, on a pro rata basis, an
amount equal to the Certificateholders' Interest Distributable
Amount; and
(ii) second, to the Certificateholders, on a pro rata basis,
an amount equal to the Certificateholders' Principal Distributable
Amount.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Owner Trustee shall send to each
Certificateholder the statement provided to the Owner Trustee by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement on such Distribution Date.
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(c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's
payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall
reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in
accordance with this Section. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and
directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the
Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is
legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the
Owner Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome
of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with
respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to
such Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by the Trust and
remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility
that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution (such as a
distribution to a non-US Certificateholder), the Owner Trustee may in it
sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this clause (c).
In the event that an Owner wishes to apply for a refund of any such
withholding tax, the Owner Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with such
Certificateholder in making such claim so long as such Certificateholder
agrees to reimburse the Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses
incurred.
SECTION 5.3. Reserved.
SECTION 5.4. Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.1(c), distributions
required to be made to Certificateholders on any Distribution Date shall be made
to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire
transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of such Holder at a
bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such
Certificateholder shall have provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate
written instructions at least five Business Days prior to such Distribution Date
and such Holder's Trust Certificates in the aggregate evidence a denomination of
not less than $____________ or, if not, by check mailed to such
Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate
Register; provided, however, that, unless Definitive Certificates have been
issued pursuant to Section 3.16, with respect to Trust Certificates registered
on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially,
such nominee to be Cede & Co.), distributions will be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution in respect of any Trust
Certificate (whether on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date or otherwise) will
be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Trust Certificate at the
office or agency maintained for that purpose by the Owner Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.8.
SECTION 5.5. No Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject to Sections
5.1 and 5.2, monies received by the Owner Trustee hereunder need not be
segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law and may be
deposited under such general conditions as may be prescribed by law, and the
Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any interest thereon.
SECTION 5.6. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders,
Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service and Others. Subject to Sections
10.1(b)(iii) and 10.1(c) of the Sale and
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Servicing Agreement, the Seller shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained)
the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis on the accrual method of
accounting, (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Certificateholder, as
may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such
information as may be required (including Schedule K-1) to enable each
Certificateholder to prepare its Federal and state income tax returns, (c) file
or cause to be filed such tax returns relating to the Trust (including a
partnership information return, Form 1065), and direct the Owner Trustee to make
such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any
applicable state or Federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to
maintain the Trust's characterization as a partnership for Federal income tax
purposes and (d) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as
described in and in accordance with Section 5.2(c) with respect to income or
distributions to Certificateholders. The Owner Trustee shall make all elections
pursuant to this Section as directed by the Seller. The Owner Trustee shall sign
all tax information returns filed pursuant to this Section 5.6 and any other
returns as may be required by law, and in doing so shall rely entirely upon, and
shall have no liability for information provided by, or calculations provided
by, the Seller. The Owner Trustee shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to
include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the
Home Equity Loans. The Owner Trustee shall not make the election provided under
Section 754 of the Code.
SECTION 5.7. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.6, the Owner Trustee
shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax returns of the Trust, unless
applicable law requires a Certificateholder or an Owner to sign such
documents, in which case such documents shall be signed by the Seller as
"tax matters partner."
(b) The Seller shall be the "tax matters partner" of the Trust
pursuant to the Code.
ARTICLE VI
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee
SECTION 6.1. General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is named
as a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is named as a party and
any amendment thereto, in each case, in such form as the Seller shall approve as
evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee's execution thereof, and on behalf
of the Trust, to direct the Trustee to authenticate and deliver List Class(es)
of Notes and Aggregate Principal Amount(s). In addition to the foregoing, the
Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions
required of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee is
further authorized from time to time to take such action as the Master Servicer
recommends with respect to the Basic Documents.
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SECTION 6.2. General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to
discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and to
administer the Trust in the interest of the Owners, subject to the Basic
Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have
discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Basic
Documents to the extent the Master Servicer has agreed in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee
hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable
for the default or failure of the Master Servicer to carry out its obligations
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article IV, the Certificateholders may, by written
instruction, direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust. Such
direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the
Certificateholders pursuant to Article IV.
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have
reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such
action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee
or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Basic Document or is
otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between
alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this
Agreement or any Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give
notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to
the Certificateholders requesting instruction as to the course of action
to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in
accordance with any written instruction of the Certificateholders
received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action
to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate
instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period
of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary
under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or
refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or
the Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such
action or inaction.
(d) In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the
application of any provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document or
any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears
to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event
that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is
silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee
is
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required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner
Trustee may give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the
circumstances) to the Certificateholders requesting instruction and, to
the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good
faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner Trustee
shall not be liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any Person.
If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction
within 10 days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as
reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Basic
Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such
action or inaction.
SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage,
make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby
to which the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms
of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3; and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement or any Basic Document against the Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing
or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise
perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to
it hereunder or to prepare or file any Commission filing for the Trust or to
record this Agreement or any Basic Document. The Owner Trustee nevertheless
agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as
may be necessary to discharge any Liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate
that result from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not
related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
SECTION 6.5. No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions.
The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise
deal with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the
powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic Documents and (iii) in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.3.
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (a)
that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.3 or
(b) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would result in the
Trust's becoming taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes. The
Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would
violate the provisions of this Section.
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ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Owner Trustee
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts
the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with
respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner
Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting
part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic Documents and this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or
under any Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful
misconduct, bad faith or negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 7.3 expressly made by the Owner
Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the
exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee;
(b) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of
the Master Servicer or any Certificateholder;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document shall
require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers
hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or
provided to it;
(d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents,
including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) the Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution
hereof by the Seller or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency,
value or validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate or for or in respect of
the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than the
certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates, and the Owner
Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty or
obligation to any Noteholder or to any Certificateholder, other than as
expressly provided for herein and in the Basic Documents;
(f) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or
misconduct of the Trustee or the Master Servicer under any of the Basic
Documents or otherwise and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or
liability to perform the obligations of the Trust
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under this Agreement or the Basic Documents that are required to be
performed by the Trustee under the Indenture or the Master Servicer under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and
(g) the Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in
relation to this Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order or
direction of any of the Certificateholders, unless such Certificateholders
have offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the
Owner Trustee therein or thereby. The right of the Owner Trustee to
perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any Basic
Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not
be answerable for other than its negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct in the performance of any such act.
SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to
the Certificateholders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor,
duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates,
financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee
under the Basic Documents.
SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby
represents and warrants to the Seller, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, that:
(a) It is a duly organized and validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the _______________ and having an office within the
State of New York. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be
executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to
execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.
(c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement,
nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor
compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will
contravene any federal, Delaware, New York or ____________ state law,
governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of
the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute
any default under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture,
mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which any of its properties may be bound.
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SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting
upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent,
order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper
believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper
party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a
resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any
corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly
adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to
any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not
specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes
hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice
president or by the treasurer, secretary or other authorized officers of
the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall
constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in
the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the
Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its
agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them,
and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of
such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been
selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult
with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected with
reasonable care and employed by it. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable
for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance
with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or
other such persons and not contrary to this Agreement or any Basic
Document.
SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this
Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created acts solely as Owner Trustee
hereunder and not in its individual capacity and all Persons having any claim
against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any Basic Document shall look only to the Owner Trust Estate for
payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 7.6. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates or Home
Equity Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Certificates (other
than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Trust
Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Seller and the Owner
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of
any Basic Document or of the Trust Certificates (other than the signature and
countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Trust Certificates) or the Notes,
or of any Home Equity Loan or related documents. The Owner Trustee shall at no
time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality,
validity and enforceability of any Home Equity Loan, or the perfection and
priority of any security interest created by any Home Equity Loan in any
Mortgaged Property or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or
for or with respect to the
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sufficiency of the Owner Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to
be distributed to Certificateholders under this Agreement or the Noteholders
under the Indenture, including, without limitation: the existence, condition and
ownership of any Mortgaged Property; the existence and enforceability of any
insurance thereon; the existence and contents of any Home Equity Loan on any
computer or other record thereof; the validity of the assignment of any Home
Equity Loan to the Trust or of any intervening assignment; the completeness of
any Home Equity Loan; the performance or enforcement of any Home Equity Loan;
the compliance by the Seller or the Master Servicer with any warranty or
representation made under any Basic Document or in any related document or the
accuracy of any such warranty or representation or any action of the Trustee or
the Master Servicer or any subMaster Servicer taken in the name of the Owner
Trustee.
SECTION 7.7. Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes. The Owner
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Trust Certificates or Notes and may deal with the Seller, the Trustee and the
Master Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if
it were not Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE VIII
Compensation of Owner Trustee
SECTION 8.1. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Owner Trustee shall
receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been
separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Seller and the Owner
Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Seller
for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives,
experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the
exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder.
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification. The Seller shall be liable as primary
obligor for, and shall indemnify the Owner Trustee and its successors, assigns,
agents and servants (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against,
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions
and suits, and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Expenses") which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or
asserted against the Owner Trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating
to or arising out of this Agreement, the Basic Documents, the Owner Trust
Estate, the administration of the Owner Trust Estate or the action or inaction
of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except only that the Seller shall not be liable
for or required to indemnify the Owner Trustee from and against Expenses arising
or resulting from any of the matters described in the third sentence of Section
7.1. The indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or
termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this Agreement. In any
event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought
pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee's choice of legal counsel shall be
subject to the approval of the Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
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SECTION 8.3. Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner
Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deemed not to be a part of the
Owner Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE IX
Termination of Trust Agreement
SECTION 9.1. Termination of Trust Agreement.
(a) This Agreement (other than Article VIII) and the Trust shall
terminate and be of no further force or effect, upon the final
distribution by the Owner Trustee of all moneys or other property or
proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Article V. The bankruptcy,
liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Certificateholder or
Owner, shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, nor
(y) entitle such Certificateholder's or Owner's legal representatives or
heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any
court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or
Owner Trust Estate nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Except as provided in clause (a), neither the Seller nor any
Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the
Distribution Date upon which the Certificateholders shall surrender their
Trust Certificates to the Paying Agent for payment of the final
distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee by
letter to Certificateholders mailed within five Business Days of receipt
of notice of such termination from the Master Servicer given pursuant to
Section 9.1(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the
Distribution Date upon or with respect to which final payment of the Trust
Certificates shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Trust
Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein designated, (ii)
the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments
being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates
at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified. The Owner Trustee
shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the
Owner Trustee) and the Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Trust
Certificates, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to
Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 5.2.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender
their Trust Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date
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mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Trust
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all the Trust
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Owner
Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning
surrender of their Trust Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid
out of the funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this
Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such
remedies shall be distributed, subject to applicable escheat laws, by the
Owner Trustee to the Seller.
(d) Any funds remaining in the Trust after funds for final
distribution have been distributed or set aside for distribution shall be
distributed by the Owner Trustee to the Seller.
(e) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner
Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3810 of the Business Trust Statute.
SECTION 9.2. Reserved.
ARTICLE X
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee shall at all times be a corporation authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers; and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000
and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If
such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.2. In addition, at all
times the Owner Trustee or a co-trustee shall be a person that satisfies the
requirements of Section 3807(a) of the Business Trust Statute (the "Delaware
Trustee").
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by
giving written notice thereof to the Master Servicer. Upon receiving such notice
of resignation, the Master Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Owner
Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the
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successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so
appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.1 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Master Servicer, or if at any time the Owner Trustee
shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, then the Master Servicer may remove the Owner Trustee. If the
Master Servicer shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the
immediately preceding sentence, the Master Servicer shall promptly appoint a
successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one
copy to the successor Owner Trustee and payment of all fees owed to the outgoing
Owner Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.3 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Master Servicer shall provide notice of such
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 10.3. Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 10.2 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Master Servicer and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under
this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The
predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to
the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it
under this Agreement; and the Master Servicer and the predecessor Owner Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may
reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the
successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Master Servicer shall mail notice of the successor of such
Owner Trustee to all Certificateholders, the Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Rating Agencies. If the Master Servicer
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shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by
the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice
to be mailed at the expense of the Master Servicer.
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation
into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1, without the
execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided
further that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation
to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 10.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Owner Trust Estate or any Mortgaged Property may at the time be located,
the Master Servicer and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power
and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner
Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Owner Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to
the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master
Servicer and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the
Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after
the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Owner Trustee alone shall have the
power to make such appointment. Pursuant to the Co Trustee Agreement, dated as
of ______________, 199_, between and , the Owner Trustee shall appoint as a co
trustee hereunder for the purpose of his acting as Delaware Trustee and such
agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference. If the Delaware Trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, unless the Owner
Trustee is qualified to act as Delaware Trustee, a successor co-trustee shall
promptly be appointed in the manner specified in this Section 10.5 to act as
Delaware Trustee. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall
be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to
Section 10.1 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.3.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed
by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it
being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such
act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
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particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner Trustee shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of
title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall
be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee,
but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
(ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement;
and
(iii) the Master Servicer and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may
at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the
Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a
copy thereof given to the Master Servicer.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor trustee.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.1. Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by
the Seller and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity or defect, to correct or supplement
any provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests
of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
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This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller and the
Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, with the
consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes and, to the extent affected thereby, the consent
of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Certificate Balance for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any
manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of
payments on Home Equity Loans or distributions that shall be required to be made
for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate
Balance required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
Holders of all the outstanding Notes and Holders of all outstanding
Certificates.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to each Certificateholder, the Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders, the
Noteholders or the Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such
consents (and any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this
Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of
the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust,
the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of
State.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the
Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to
the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which
affects the Owner Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders.
The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust
Estate. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive distributions with
respect to their undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with
Articles V and IX. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right,
title or interest of the Certificateholders to and in their ownership interest
in the Owner Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the
trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer
to it of legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate.
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SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.7, the
provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee,
the Seller, the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer and, to the extent
expressly provided herein, the Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this
Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other
Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate
or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or
provisions contained herein.
SECTION 11.4. Notices.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms
hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon
receipt personally delivered, delivered by overnight courier or mailed
certified mail, return receipt requested and shall be deemed to have been
duly given upon receipt, if to the Owner Trustee, addressed to
_____________; if to the Seller, addressed to Avco ABS Receivables Corp.,
___________________________, Attention: ____________; as to each party, at
such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written
notice to each other party.
(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a
Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at
the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any
notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
Certificateholder receives such notice.
SECTION 11.5. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.6. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Seller,
the Owner Trustee and its successors and each Certificateholder and its
successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice,
direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by a Certificateholder
shall bind the successors and assigns of such Certificateholder.
SECTION 11.8. Reserved.
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SECTION 11.9. No Petition. The Owner Trustee (not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee), by entering into this Agreement, each
Certificateholder, by accepting a Trust Certificate, and the Trustee and each
Noteholder by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenants and
agrees that they will not at any time institute against the Seller, or join in
any institution against the Seller of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under
any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or
any of the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse. Each Certificateholder by accepting a Trust
Certificate acknowledges that such Certificateholder's Trust Certificates
represent beneficial interests in the Trust only and do not represent interests
in or obligations of the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the
Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties
or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this
Agreement, the Trust Certificates or the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.11. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.13. Trust Certificate Transfer Restrictions. The Trust
Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of (i) an employee
benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) that is subject to the provisions of
Title 1 of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e) (1) of the Code, or
(iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a
plan's investment in the entity (each, a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and
holding a Trust Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
SECTION 11.14. Master Servicer. The Master Servicer is authorized to
execute on behalf of the Trust all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Trust to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents. Upon written request,
the Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer a power of
attorney appointing the Master Servicer the Trust's agent and attorney-in-fact
to execute all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and
opinions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the
day and year first above written.
By:
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Name:
Title:
AVCO ABS RECEIVABLES CORP.
Seller,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
NUMBER $___________
R-___________ CUSIP NO. _______
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THE PRINCIPAL
OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE IS DISTRIBUTABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH IN THE
TRUST AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS TRUST
CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
AVCO HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 199_-_% ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE evidencing a
beneficial ownership interest in certain distributions of the Trust, as defined
below, the property of which includes a pool of closed-end and/or revolving home
equity loans or certain balances thereof and home improvement sales contracts
and installment loan agreements sold to the Trust by Avco ABS Receivables Corp.
(This Trust Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Avco
ABS Receivables Corp. or any of its Affiliates, except to the extent described
below.) THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the registered owner of _____________ DOLLARS
nonassessable, fully paid, beneficial ownership interest in certain
distributions of Avco Home Equity Loan Trust 199_-_ (the "Trust") formed by Avco
ABS Receivables Corp., a Nevada corporation (the "Seller"). The Trust
Certificates have a Certificate Rate of __________% per annum.
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OWNER TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Trust Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
as Owner Trustee or as Owner Trustee
By
Authenticating Agent
by by
The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of , 199_ (the
"Trust Agreement"), between the Seller and ________________, as owner trustee
(the "Owner Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which
is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Trust Certificates designated as
"___% Asset Backed Certificates" (herein called the "Trust Certificates"). Also
issued under the Indenture dated as of ____________, 199_, between the Trust and
____________, as trustee, are classes of Notes designated as List Classes of
Notes . This Trust Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the
holder of this Trust Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and
by which such holder is bound. The property of the Trust includes closed-end
and/or revolving home equity loans or certain balances thereof and home
improvement sales contracts and installment loan agreements (the "Home Equity
Loans"), all monies received on the Home Equity Loans on or after ___________,
199_, security interests in the properties financed thereby, certain bank
accounts and the proceeds thereof, proceeds from claims on certain insurance
policies and certain other rights under the Trust Agreement and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the __th day of each
month or, if such __th day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day (the
"Distribution Date"), commencing in ______________, 199_, to the Person in whose
name this Trust Certificate is registered at the close of business on the 14th
day of such month (the "Record Date") such Certificateholder's fractional
undivided interest in the amount to be distributed to Certificateholders on such
Distribution Date; provided, however, that principal will be distributed to the
Certificateholders on (to the extent of funds remaining after the Class A--Notes
have been paid in full) and after the date on which the Class A--Notes have been
paid in full. The holder of this Trust Certificate acknowledges and agrees that
its rights to receive distributions in respect of this Trust Certificate are
subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
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It is the intent of the Seller, Master Servicer, and Certificateholders that,
for purposes of Federal income taxes, the Trust will be treated as a partnership
and the Certificateholders will be treated as partners in that partnership. The
Certificateholders by acceptance of a Trust Certificate, agree to treat, and to
take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Trust Certificates for
such tax purposes as partnership interests in the Trust.
Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Certificate, covenants and
agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the
Seller, or join in any institution against the Seller of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the
Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
Distributions on this Trust Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust
Agreement by the Owner Trustee by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Trust Certificate Register without the
presentation or surrender of this Trust Certificate or the making of any
notation hereon, except that with respect to Trust Certificates registered on
the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially,
such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. Except as
otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Trust Certificate will be made after due notice by
the Owner Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Trust Certificate at the office or agency
maintained for the purpose by the Owner Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Trust Certificate set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this Trust
Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly executed.
AVCO HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 199_-_
By:
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as Owner Trustee
Dated:
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By:
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(Reverse of Trust Certificate)
The Trust Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the Owner Trustee or any Affiliates of any of them
and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may
be expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement, the
Indenture or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Trust Certificate is not
guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in right
of payment to certain collections with respect to the Home Equity Loans (and
certain other amounts), all as more specifically set forth herein and in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Trust Certificates are limited in right of
payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Home Equity Loans,
all as more specifically set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. A copy
of each of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be
examined during normal business hours at the principal office of the Seller, and
at such other places, if any, designated by the Seller, by any Certificateholder
upon written request.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Seller and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement at any
time by the Seller and the Owner Trustee with the consent of the holders of the
Notes and the Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
outstanding Notes and the Certificate Balance. Any such consent by the holder of
this Trust Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such holder and on all
future holders of this Trust Certificate and of any Trust Certificate issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Trust Certificate. The Trust
Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances,
without the consent of the holders of any of the Trust Certificates.
As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Trust Certificate is registerable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Trust Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained
by the Owner Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof
or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more
new Trust Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee.
The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is
____________, ____________, ____________.
The Trust Certificates are issuable only as registered Trust Certificates
without coupons in denominations of $25,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof; except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement. As provided
in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Trust Certificates are exchangeable for new Trust Certificates in authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate denomination, as requested by the
holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such
registration of
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transfer or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Trust
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the
Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of
all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of
the Trust. The Seller of the Home Equity Loans may at its option purchase the
corpus of the Trust at a price specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
and such purchase of the Home Equity Loans and other property of the Trust will
effect early retirement of the Trust Certificates; however, such right of
purchase is exercisable, subject to certain restrictions, only as of the last
day of any Collection Period as of which the Pool Balance is % or less of the
Original Pool Balance.
The Trust Certificates may not be acquired by (a) an employee benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title 1
of ERISA, (b) a plan described in Section 4975(e) (l) of the Code or (c) any
entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's
investment in the entity (each, a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and holding this
Trust Certificate, the Holder hereof shall be deemed to have represented and
warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of
assignee)
the within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing
Attorney to transfer said Trust Certificate on the books of the Trust
Certificate Registrar, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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*
Signature Guaranteed:
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* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of
the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Certificate in
every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever.
Such signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Certificate Registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature
guarantee program" as may be determined by the Certificate Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
AVCO HOME EQUITY LOAN
TRUST 199_
THIS Certificate of Trust of Avco Home Equity Loan Trust 199_ (the "Trust"),
dated as of ______________, 199 , is being duly executed and filed by
_______________, a ___________, and _______________, a ____________, as
trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12
Del. Code, ss. 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is AVCO HOME EQUITY
LOAN TRUST 199_-_.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust resident in the State of Delaware is _______________.
3. This Certificate of Trust will be effective _______________, 199_.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustees of the Trust, have
executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.
______________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner
trustee of the Trust.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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not in his individual capacity but solely as trustee of the Trust
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