UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT (Pass-Through Certificates)
EXHIBIT 1.1
(Pass-Through Certificates)
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[Lead Underwriter’s name and address]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust, LLC (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), the principal amount of the Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200 - , identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued under a pooling and servicing agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of , 200 , among the Company, , as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and , as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Each class of Securities listed in Schedule I hereto will represent an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Trust 200 - (the “Trust”). The assets of the Trust will include, among other things, a pool of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one-to-four-family residential mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) transferred to the Company pursuant to a mortgage loan purchase agreement dated as of , 200 (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between and the Company, and by the Company to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Custody of the Mortgage Files with respect to the Mortgage Loans will be maintained by , as custodian (the “Custodian”). This Underwriting Agreement shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Agreement.” This Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Documents.” Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on such Form (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto), which has been declared effective by the Commission, for the registration under the Act of the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended to the date of this Agreement, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1) under the Act and complies in all other material respects with said Rule. The Company proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act a supplement to the form of prospectus included in such registration statement relating to the Securities and the plan of distribution thereof and has previously advised the Representative of all further information (financial and other) with respect to the Company to be set forth therein. Such registration statement, including the
exhibits thereto, as amended to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Registration Statement” such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus” and such supplemented form of prospectus, in the form in which it shall be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 (including the Basic Prospectus as so supplemented) is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act.
(b) As of the date hereof, when the Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, when, prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), when any supplement to the Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission and at the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (iii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (A) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or (B) the Current Report (as defined in Section 5(b) below), or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto).
(c) The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business, as now conducted by it, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
(d) The Company is not aware of (i) any request by the Commission for any further amendment of the Registration Statement or the Basic Prospectus or for any additional information or (ii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
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effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose.
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and the other Basic Documents, when delivered by the Company, will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally but not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule II hereto, the principal amount or percentage interest of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name therein.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at the office, on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof in the manner set forth in Schedule II hereto. If Schedule I indicates that the Securities are to be issued in book-entry form, delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of the depository or depositories set forth on Schedule I. Alternatively, certificates for the Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representative may request not less than three full business days in advance of the Closing Date.
The Company agrees to have the Securities available for inspection, checking and packaging by the Representative in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
4. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood by the parties hereto that, after the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public (which may include selected dealers) as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
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Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that: |
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representative a copy
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for its review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424. The Company will advise the Representative promptly (i) when the Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or amendment of or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and ABS Term Sheets (each as defined in Section 10 below) with respect to the Securities which are delivered by the Underwriters to the Company pursuant to Section 10 to be filed with the Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) pursuant to Rule 13a-11 under the Exchange Act not later than the business day immediately following the day on which such Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets are delivered to counsel for the Company by the Underwriters as provided in Section 10, and will promptly advise the Underwriter when such Current Report has been so filed. Such Current Report shall be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the two preceding sentences, the Company shall have no obligation to file materials provided by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 which, in the reasonable determination of the Company after making reasonable efforts to consult with the Underwriters, are not required to be filed pursuant to the No-Action Letters (as defined in Section 10 below), or which contain erroneous information or contain any untrue statement of a material fact or, which, when read in conjunction with the Final Prospectus, omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; it being understood, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to review or pass upon the accuracy or adequacy of, or to correct, any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets provided by the Underwriters to the Company pursuant to Section 10 hereof.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance and will use its best efforts to cause any required post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing such amendment to be made effective as soon as possible; provided, however, that the Company will
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not be required to file any such amendment or supplement with respect to any Computational Materials incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus other than any amendments or supplements of such Computational Materials that are furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 10(d) hereof which the Company determines to file in accordance therewith.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, executed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to the Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by the Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of the Final Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto (other than exhibits to the related Current Report) as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing all documents relating to the initial offering[, provided that any additional expenses incurred in connection with the requirement of delivery of a market-making prospectus, if required, will be borne by the Underwriters].
(e) The Company will furnish such information as may be required and otherwise cooperate in qualifying the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(f) The Company will pay all expenses (other than fees of counsel for the Underwriters, except as provided herein) incident to the performance of the obligations under this Underwriting Agreement, including:
(i) the word processing, printing and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto;
ii) the reproduction of this Underwriting Agreement;
(iii) the preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters;
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the fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants for the Company; |
(v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(e) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of a blue sky survey, if requested by the Representative;
(vi) if requested by the Representative, the determination of the eligibility of the Securities for investment and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of a legal investment memorandum;
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(vii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, of the preliminary prospectuses, and of the Basic Prospectus and Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto;
(viii) if requested by the Representative, the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of any blue sky or legal investment memorandum;
(ix) the fees of any rating agency rating the Securities; and
(x) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, the Servicer, the Custodian and their counsel.
6. Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Underwriters shall have received from (i) a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) a letter dated the Closing Date, updating the letters referred to in clause (i) above, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters.
(b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Securities shall have been duly taken or made. At and prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, materially impairs the investment quality of the Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, New York or North Carolina authorities; or (v) any
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outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received a favorable opinion of , counsel to the Servicer and the Seller addressed to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and their counsel, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may require.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received a favorable opinion of [▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP], special tax counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, generally to the effect that (i) the information in the Basic Prospectus under “Federal Income Tax Consequences” and in the Final Prospectus under “Federal Income Tax Consequences,” insofar as such information describes federal statutes and regulations or otherwise constitute matters of law or legal conclusions of the statutes or regulations of such jurisdiction have been prepared or reviewed by such counsel, and such information is correct in all material respects; and (ii) assuming compliance with all of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the applicable portions of the Trust will qualify as one or more REMICs, and the portion of the Trust exclusive of such REMICs will constitute a grantor trust, pursuant to Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) for federal income tax purposes as of the Closing Date and will continue to qualify as one or more REMICs and as a grantor trust for so long as the Trust continues to meet the requirements set forth in the Code and applicable Treasury regulations.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received a favorable opinion of [▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP], special counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters, with respect to the validity of the Certificates, ERISA matters and such other related matters as the Underwriters shall require, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received a favorable opinion of counsel for the Trustee, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may require.
(h) The Underwriters shall have received a favorable opinion of counsel for the Custodian, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may require.
(i) The Underwriters shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the Company in which the officer shall
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state that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, (i) the representations and warranties of the Company with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in any Basic Document are true and correct, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, (v) no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission, and (vi) there has been no amendment or other document filed affecting the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Company, and no such amendment has been authorized.
(j) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters that each class of Securities has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(k) At the Closing Date, the Securities and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus.
(l) The Underwriters shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of [▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP], counsel for the Underwriters, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(m) All proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Securities, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(n) At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received from [▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP], counsel for the Underwriters, a letter with respect to the Final Prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
The Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriters such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriters by notice to
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the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 7 hereof.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been reasonably incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Underwriter and each person who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agree to reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein (A) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof or (B) in any Current Report or any amendment or supplement thereof, except to the extent that any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement therein results (or is alleged to have resulted) directly from an error (a “Collateral Error”) in the information concerning the Mortgage Loans furnished by the Company to any Underwriter in writing or by electronic transmission that was used in the preparation of any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets included in such Current Report (or amendment or supplement thereof), (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Basic Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the Securities which are the subject thereof if such person did not receive a copy of the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented) excluding documents incorporated therein by reference at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person in any case where such delivery is required by the Act and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented), and (iii) such indemnity
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with respect to any Collateral Error shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any loss, claim, damage or liability received any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets that were prepared on the basis of such Collateral Error, if, prior to the time of confirmation of the sale of the Securities to such person, the Company notified the Underwriter in writing of the Collateral Error or provided in written or electronic form information superseding or correcting such Collateral Error (in any such case, a “Corrected Collateral Error”), and such Underwriter failed to notify such person thereof or to deliver such person corrected Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and/or ABS Term Sheets, as applicable. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and its officers who sign the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to (A) written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use in the preparation of the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, or (B) any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets furnished to the Company by any Underwriter pursuant to Section 10 and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (except that no such indemnity shall be available for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof resulting from any Collateral Error, other than a Corrected Collateral Error). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in (i) the first sentence of the last paragraph on the front cover of the Final Prospectus and (ii) in the first sentence of the second and third paragraphs under the heading “Method of Distribution” in the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity (other than any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets furnished to the Company by any Underwriter), and you, as the Representative, confirm that such statements are correct.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal
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defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (exclusive of any local counsel), approved by the Representative in the case of subparagraph (a), representing the indemnified parties under subparagraph (a) who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii).
(d) To provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is due in accordance with its terms but is for any reason held by a court to be unavailable from the Company or the Underwriters on the grounds of policy or otherwise, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject, as follows:
(i) in the case of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) which do not arise out of or are not based upon any untrue statement or omission of a material fact in any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets, in such proportion so that the Underwriters are responsible for that portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting compensation received by them bears to the sum of such underwriting compensation and the purchase price of the Securities specified in Schedule II hereto and the Company is responsible for the balance; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible under this subparagraph (i) for any amount in excess of the underwriting compensation applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder; and
(ii) in the case of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) which arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission of a material fact in any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by
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reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets results from information prepared by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and that party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the preceding sentence of this paragraph (d). Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this paragraph (d), notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this paragraph (d).
9. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder (the “Defaulted Securities”) and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the Representative shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bear to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. No action taken pursuant to this Section 9 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from its liability in respect of its default.
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(a) Not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on a date no later than four business days before delivery of the Final Prospectus to the Underwriters, the Underwriters shall deliver to the Company five complete copies of all materials provided by the Underwriters to prospective investors in the Securities which constitute either (i) “Computational Materials” within the meaning of the no-action letter dated May 20, 1994 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission to ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acceptance Corporation I, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Structured Asset Corporation and the no-action letter dated May 27, 1994 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission to the Public Securities Association (together, the “▇▇▇▇▇▇ Letters”) or (ii) “ABS Term Sheets” within the meaning of the no-action letter dated February 17, 1995 issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission to the Public Securities Association (the “PSA Letter” and together with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Letters, the “No-Action Letters”), if the filing of such materials with the Commission is a condition of the relief granted in such letters. In the case of any such materials that constitute “Collateral Term Sheets” within the meaning of the PSA Letter, if such Collateral Term Sheets have not previously been delivered to the Company as contemplated by Section 10(b)(i) below, five complete copies of such Collateral Term Sheets shall be delivered by the Underwriters to the Company no later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day following the date on which such Collateral Term Sheets were initially provided to a potential investor. Each delivery of Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and/or ABS Term Sheets to the Company pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be effected by delivering four copies of such materials to counsel for the Company on behalf of the Company at the address specified in Section 13 hereof and one copy of such materials to the Company.
(b) The Underwriters represent and warrant to and agree with the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) if an Underwriter has provided any Collateral Term Sheets to potential investors in the Securities prior to the date hereof and if the filing of such materials with the Commission is a condition of the relief granted in the PSA Letter, then in each such case such Underwriter delivered four copies of such materials to counsel for the Company on behalf of the Company at the address specified in Section 13 hereof and one copy of such materials to the Company no later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day following the date on which such materials were initially provided to a potential investor;
(ii) the Computational Materials (either in original, aggregated or consolidated form), Collateral Term Sheets and ABS Term Sheets furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 10(a) or as contemplated in Section 10(b)(i) constitute all of the materials furnished to prospective investors by the Underwriters (whether in written, electronic or other format) prior to the time of delivery thereof to the Company with respect to the Securities in accordance with the No-Action Letters, and such Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and ABS Term Sheets comply with the requirements of the No-Action Letters;
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(iii) except as resulting directly from any Collateral Error, on the respective dates any such Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and/or ABS Term Sheets with respect to the Securities were last furnished to each prospective investor and on the date of delivery thereof to the Company pursuant to this Section 10 and on the Closing Date, such Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and/or ABS Term Sheets did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact, or, when read in conjunction with the Final Prospectus, omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(iv) all Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and ABS Term Sheets contained and will contain a legend, prominently displayed on the first page thereof, to the effect that the Company has not prepared, reviewed or participated in the preparation of such Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets, is not responsible for the accuracy thereof and has not authorized the dissemination thereof;
(v) all Collateral Term Sheets with respect to the Securities furnished to potential investors contained and will contain a legend, prominently displayed on the first page thereof, indicating that the information contained therein will be superseded by the description of the Mortgage Loans contained in the Final Prospectus and, except in the case of the initial Collateral Term Sheet, that such information supersedes the information in all prior Collateral Term Sheets; and
(vi) on and after the date hereof, the Underwriters shall not deliver or authorize the delivery of any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets, ABS Term Sheets or other materials relating to the Securities (whether in written, electronic or other format) to any potential investor unless such potential investor has received a Final Prospectus prior to or at the same time as the delivery of such Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets, ABS Term Sheets or other materials.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters make no representation or warranty as to whether any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets included or will include any untrue statement resulting directly from any Collateral Error (except any Corrected Collateral Error, with respect to materials prepared after the receipt by the Underwriter from the Company of notice of such Corrected Collateral Error or materials superseding or correcting such Collateral Error).
(c) The Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the Company has not authorized and will not authorize the distribution of any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets to any prospective investor, and agree that any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets with respect to the Securities furnished to prospective investors shall include a disclaimer in the form set forth in paragraph (b)(v) above. The Underwriters agree that they will not represent to investors that any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and/or ABS Term Sheets were prepared or disseminated on behalf of the Company.
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(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus as a result of an untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets or ABS Term Sheets provided by the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 10 or the omission to state therein a material fact required, when considered in conjunction with the Final Prospectus, to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, when read in conjunction with the Final Prospectus, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Current Report to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Underwriters, at their expense, promptly will prepare and furnish to the Company for filing with the Commission an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. The Underwriters represent and warrant to the Company, as of the date of delivery of such amendment or supplement to the Company, that such amendment or supplement will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or, when read in conjunction with the Final Prospectus, omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Company shall have no obligation to file such amendment or supplement if the Company determines that (i) such amendment or supplement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or, when read in conjunction with the Final Prospectus, omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; it being understood, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to review or pass upon the accuracy or adequacy of, or to correct, any such amendment or supplement provided by the Underwriters to the Company pursuant to this paragraph (d) or (ii) such filing is not required under the Act.
(e) Each Underwriter (at its own expense) further agrees to provide to the Company any accountants’ letters obtained relating to the Computational Materials, Collateral Term Sheets and/or ABS Term Sheets, which accountants’ letters shall be addressed to the Company or shall state that the Company may rely thereon; provided that the Underwriters shall have no obligation to procure such letter.
11. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if prior to such time (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, impracticable to market the Securities.
12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof and this Section 12 shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
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13. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them, at the address specified in Schedule I hereto or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at , Attention: .
14. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
15. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (BUT WITH REFERENCE TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, WHICH BY ITS TERMS APPLIES TO THIS AGREEMENT).
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
(c) This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(d) The headings of the Sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriter.
Very truly yours,
WACHOVIA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, LLC
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date specified in Schedule I hereto.
[NAME OF LEAD UNDERWRITER]
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