EXECUTION
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
(Issuable in Series)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Charlotte, North Carolina
Securities, Inc. December 18, 1997
NationsBank Corporate Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey
(the "Company"), may offer for sale to you (the "Underwriter")
from time to time its Pass-Through Certificates evidencing
interests in pools of mortgage loans (the "Certificates"). The
Certificates may be issued in various series, and within each
series, in one or more classes, in one or more offerings on terms
determined at the time of sale (each such series, a "Series" and
each such class, a "Class"). Each Series of the Certificates will
be issued under a separate Pooling and Servicing Agreement (each,
a "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") to be dated as of the
respective cut-off date (each, a "Cut-off Date") between the
Company, as seller and servicer, and State Street Bank and Trust
Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Certificates issued under each Pooling and
Servicing Agreement will represent the entire beneficial
ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund") established
by such Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The assets of each Trust
Fund will consist primarily of one or more pools of conventional,
fixed rate, first lien, fully amortizing, one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the
original terms to maturity specified in the related Terms
Agreement referred to hereinbelow. If so specified in the related
Terms Agreement, one or more elections may be made to treat the
assets of each Trust Fund as a real estate mortgage
investment conduit (each, a "REMIC") for federal income tax
purposes.
Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of
Certificates (each, a "Certificate Offering") pursuant to this
Agreement through you, it will enter into an agreement with you
(the "Terms Agreement") providing for the sale of specified
Classes of Offered Certificates (as defined below) to, and the
purchase and public offering thereof by, you. Each such
Certificate Offering which the Company elects to make pursuant to
this Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement, as
supplemented by the related Terms Agreement. Each Terms
Agreement, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, shall specify, among other things, the Classes of
Certificates to be purchased by the Underwriter (the "Offered
Certificates"), the principal balance or balances of the Offered
Certificates, each subject to any stated variance, and the price
or prices at which such Offered Certificates are to be purchased
by the Underwriter from the Company.
1. Representations and Warranties. (a) The Company
represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriter, as of
the date of the related Terms Agreement, that:
(i) The registration statement specified
in the related Terms Agreement, on Form S-3, including
a prospectus, has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), of pass-through certificates
issuable in series, which registration statement has
been declared effective by the Commission. Such
registration statement, as amended to the date of the
related Terms Agreement, including any documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 under the Act which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), on or before the effective date of
the Registration Statement, is hereinafter called the
"Registration Statement", and such prospectus, as such
prospectus is supplemented by a prospectus supplement
relating to the Offered Certificates of the related
Series, each in the form first filed after the date of
the related Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act, including any documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the Act which were filed under the Exchange Act
on or before the date of such prospectus supplement
(other than any such incorporated documents that
relate to Collateral Term Sheets (as defined
herein))(such prospectus supplement, including such
incorporated documents (other than those that relate
to Collateral
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Term Sheets), in the form first filed after the date
of the related Terms Agreement pursuant to Rule 424(b)
is hereinafter called the "Prospectus Supplement"), is
hereinafter called the "Prospectus". Any reference
herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or
"supplement" with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement
shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of
any document under the Exchange Act after the
effective date of the Registration Statement or the
issue date of the Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement,
as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Act.
(ii) The related Registration Statement,
at the time it became effective, and the Prospectus
contained therein, and any amendments thereof and
supplements thereto filed prior to the date of the
related Terms Agreement, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder; on the
date of the related Terms Agreement and on each
Closing Date (as defined in Section 3 below), the
related Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus, and any amendments thereof and supplements
thereto, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder; such Registration
Statement, at the time it became effective, did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; such Prospectus, on the date of any
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on each Closing
Date, will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading; and the Detailed Description referred to
in such Prospectus, on each Closing Date and the date
of any filing thereof under cover of Form 8-K, will
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any information which such Prospectus
states will be included in such Detailed Description;
provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to the information
contained in or omitted from (A) such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of the Underwriter specifically for use in the
preparation thereof or (B) any Current Report (as
defined in Section 5(b) below), or in any amendment
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thereof or supplement thereto, incorporated by
reference in such Registration Statement or such
Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto).
(iii) The Certificates of the related
Series will conform to the description thereof
contained in the related Prospectus; will each, if
rated at the time of issuance in one of the two
highest rating categories by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, be when issued a
"mortgage related security" as such term is defined in
Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act, and will each on
the related Closing Date be duly and validly
authorized, and, when validly executed, countersigned,
issued and delivered in accordance with the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and sold to you as
provided herein and in the related Terms Agreement,
will each be validly issued and outstanding and
entitled to the benefits of the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(iv) Neither the issuance nor sale of the
Certificates of the related Series nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof
or of the related Terms Agreement, will conflict with
any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Company of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Company or with any organizational document of the
Company or any instrument or any agreement under which
the Company is bound or to which it is a party.
(v) This Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(vi) At or prior to the related Closing
Date, the Company will have entered into the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee, such Pooling and Servicing Agreement (on such
Closing Date) will constitute the valid and binding
agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject as to enforceability, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights and to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether
the enforceability of such Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law).
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2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the execution of the
Terms Agreement for a particular Certificate Offering and subject
to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and
such Terms Agreement, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the
Company, all, but not less than all, of the related Offered
Certificates at the purchase price therefor set forth in such
Terms Agreement (the "Purchase Price").
The parties hereto agree that settlement for all
securities sold pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable
Terms Agreement shall take place on the settlement date agreed
upon at the time of the related transaction and set forth as the
"Closing Date" in such Terms Agreement and not as set forth in
Rule 15c6-1(a) of the Exchange Act.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for
the Offered Certificates of a Series shall be made at the offices
of Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, New York, New York, at
10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date specified in
the related Terms Agreement, which date and time may be postponed
by agreement between the Underwriter and the Company (such date
and time being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of
such Offered Certificates shall be made to the Underwriter
against payment by the Underwriter of the Purchase Price thereof
to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer in federal
or other immediately available funds or by check payable in
federal funds, as the Company shall specify no later than five
full business days prior to such Closing Date. Unless delivery is
made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, the
Offered Certificates shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Underwriter may request not
less than two full business days in advance of each Closing Date.
The Company agrees to notify the Underwriter at least
two business days before each Closing Date of the exact principal
balance evidenced by the Offered Certificates and to have such
Offered Certificates available for inspection, checking and
packaging in New York, New York, no later than 12:00 noon on the
business day prior to such Closing Date.
4. Offering by the Underwriter. It is understood that
the Underwriter proposes to offer the Offered Certificates of the
related Series for sale to the public as set forth in the related
Prospectus.
5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the
Underwriter that:
(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus as
supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement relating to the
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Offered Certificates to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Act and will promptly advise the Underwriter when such
Prospectus as so supplemented has been so filed, and prior
to the termination of the Certificate Offering to which
such Prospectus relates also will promptly advise the
Underwriter (i) when any amendment to the related
Registration Statement specifically relating to such
Offered Certificates shall have become effective or any
further supplement to such Prospectus has been filed, (ii)
of any request by the Commission for any amendment of such
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for any additional
information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of
any proceeding for that purpose and (iv) of the receipt by
the Company of any written notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of such Offered
Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation
or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The
Company will not file any amendment of the related
Registration Statement or supplement to the related
Prospectus (other than any amendment or supplement
specifically relating to one or more Series of pass-through
certificates other than the Series that includes the
related Offered Certificates) unless the Company has
furnished the Underwriter with a copy for its review prior
to filing. 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 cause any Computational
Materials and any Structural Term Sheets (each as defined
in Section 8 below) with respect to the Offered
Certificates of a Series that are delivered by the
Underwriter to the Company pursuant to Section 8 to be
filed with the Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K
(each such filing of such materials, a "Current Report")
pursuant to Rule 13a-11 under the Exchange Act on the
business day immediately following the later of (i) the day
on which such Computational Materials and Structural Term
Sheets are delivered to counsel for the Company by the
Underwriter prior to 10:30 a.m. and (ii) the date on which
this Agreement is executed and delivered. The Company will
cause one Collateral Term Sheet (as defined in Section 9
below) with respect to the Offered Certificates of a Series
that is delivered by the Underwriter to the Company in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9 to be filed
with the Commission on a Current Report pursuant to Rule
13a-11 under the Exchange Act on the business day
immediately following the day on which such Collateral Term
Sheet is delivered to counsel for the Company by the
Underwriter prior to 10:30 a.m. In addition, if at any time
prior to the availability
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of the related Prospectus Supplement the Underwriter has
delivered to any prospective investor a Collateral Term
Sheet that reflects, in the reasonable judgment of the
Underwriter and the Company, a material change in the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans for the related
Series from those on which a Collateral Term Sheet with
respect to the related Series previously filed with the
Commission was based, the Company will cause any such
Collateral Term Sheet that is delivered by the Underwriter
to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section
9 to be filed with the Commission on a Current Report on
the business day immediately following the day on which
such Collateral Term Sheet is delivered to counsel for the
Company by the Underwriter prior to 10:30 a.m. In each
case, the Company will promptly advise the Underwriter when
such Current Report has been so filed. Each such Current
Report shall be incorporated by reference in the related
Prospectus and the related Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the five preceding sentences, the Company
shall have no obligation to file any materials provided by
the Underwriter pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 which, in the
reasonable determination of the Company after making
reasonable efforts to consult with the Underwriter, are not
required to be filed pursuant to the Xxxxxx Letters or the
PSA Letter (each as defined in Section 8 below), or which
contain erroneous information or contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or, when read in conjunction
with the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, 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, Structural
Term Sheets or Collateral Term Sheets provided by the
Underwriter to the Company pursuant to Section 8 or Section
9 hereof.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to
the Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be
delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of
which the related 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 at any time to amend or supplement
the related Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules
thereunder, the Company promptly will prepare and file with
the Commission, subject to 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; provided, however, that the Company will
not be required to file any such amendment or supplement
with respect to any
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Computational Materials, Structural Term Sheets or
Collateral Term Sheets incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus other than any amendments or supplements of such
Computational Materials or Structural Term Sheets that are
furnished to the Company by the Underwriter pursuant to
Section 8(e) hereof or any amendments or supplements of
such Collateral Term Sheets that are furnished to the
Company by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof
which the Company determines to file in accordance
therewith.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriter
and counsel for the Underwriter, without charge, as many
signed copies of the related Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a
prospectus by the Underwriter or dealer may be required by
the Act, as many copies of the related Prospectus and any
supplements thereto (other than exhibits to the related
Current Report) as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(e) The Company will furnish such information,
execute such instruments and take such actions as may be
reasonably requested by the Underwriter to qualify the
Offered Certificates of a Series for sale under the laws of
such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate, to
maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of such Offered Certificates and to
determine the legality of such Offered Certificates for
purchase by institutional investors; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not qualified on
the date of the related Terms Agreement or to take any
action which would subject it to general or unlimited
service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not,
on the date of the related Terms Agreement, subject to such
service of process.
(f) So long as the Offered Certificates of a
Series are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the
Underwriter copies of the annual independent public
accountants' servicing report furnished to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.13 of the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
(g) Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby and by the related Terms Agreement shall be
consummated, the Company shall be responsible for the
payment of any costs and expenses for which details are
submitted, in connection with the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement, including, without limitation, (a) the cost and
expenses of printing or otherwise reproducing the related
Registration Statement or Prospectus, this Agreement, the
related Terms Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing
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Agreement and the Offered Certificates, and (b) the cost of
delivering the related Offered Certificates to the office
of the Underwriter, insured to the satisfaction of the
Underwriter (it being understood that, except as provided
in this paragraph (g) and in Section 7 hereof, the
Underwriter will pay all its own costs and expenses,
including the fees of Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriter, transfer taxes on resale of any Offered
Certificates by it, advertising expenses connected with any
offers that it may make, the fees of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
with respect to its letters furnished pursuant to Section
6(i) of this Agreement and any letter furnished pursuant to
the last sentence of Section 6(h) hereof, the fees of any
firm of public accountants selected by the Underwriter with
respect to their letter furnished pursuant to Section 8(c)
of this Agreement, any other costs and expenses specified
in the related Terms Agreement as "Additional Expenses",
and all expenses (e.g., shipping, postage and courier
costs) associated with the delivery of the related
Prospectus to prospective investors and investors, other
than the costs of delivery to the Underwriter's facilities,
provided, that if courier services (other than overnight
delivery services utilized in the ordinary course of
business) are required to ensure that such Prospectus is
delivered to investors on the day immediately preceding the
related Closing Date, the Company will pay such courier
expenses).
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter.
The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Offered
Certificates of any Series shall be subject to the accuracy in
all material respects of the representations and warranties on
the part of the Company contained in this Agreement, as
supplemented by the related Terms Agreement, as of the respective
dates thereof and the related Closing Date, to the accuracy of
the statements of the Company made in any applicable officers'
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement and such Terms Agreement and to the following
additional conditions applicable to the related Certificate
Offering:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the related Registration Statement shall have been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or threatened.
(b) Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriter an
opinion, dated the related Closing Date, to the effect
that:
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(i) this Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company under the law of the State of New York;
(ii) the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company under the law of the State of New York and is
a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms;
(iii) the Offered Certificates, when duly
executed and countersigned by the Trustee in
accordance with the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding and
entitled to the benefits of such Pooling and Servicing
Agreement;
(iv) the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement is not required to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the trust
created thereunder is not required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(v) such counsel confirms that (based
solely upon telephone confirmation from a
representative of the Commission) the related
Registration Statement is effective under the Act and,
to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order
with respect thereto has been issued, and no
proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or
threatened by the Commission; such Registration
Statement (except the financial statements and
schedules and other financial and statistical data
included therein and the documents incorporated by
reference therein, as to which such counsel need
express no view), at the time it became effective and
the related Prospectus (except the financial
statements and schedules and the other financial and
statistical data included therein, the documents
incorporated by reference therein and the information
included in the second sentence of the antepenultimate
paragraph, the first sentence of the penultimate
paragraph, and the last paragraph of the cover page of
such Prospectus Supplement and in the second and
fourth sentences of the first paragraph under the
heading "Plan of Distribution" therein, as to which
such counsel need express no view), as of the date of
the Prospectus Supplement appeared on their face to be
appropriately responsive in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder; and no information has come to
the attention of such counsel that causes it to
believe that (A) such Registration Statement (except
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the financial statements and schedules and the other
financial and statistical data included therein and
the documents incorporated by reference therein, as to
which such counsel need express no view) at the time
it became effective, contained an untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or (B) such
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
(except the financial statements and schedules and the
other financial and statistical data included therein,
the documents incorporated by reference therein and
the information included in the second sentence of the
antepenultimate paragraph, the first sentence of the
penultimate paragraph, and the last paragraph of the
cover page of such Prospectus Supplement and in the
second and fourth sentences of the first paragraph
under the heading "Plan of Distribution" therein, as
to which such counsel need express no view), as of the
date of the Prospectus Supplement, or at the related
Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;
(vi) the statements set forth under the
heading "Description of the Certificates" in the
related Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport
to summarize certain provisions of the related Pooling
and Servicing Agreement and the related Offered
Certificates, provide a fair summary of such
provisions;
(vii) the statements set forth in the
related Prospectus under the headings "Certain Legal
Aspects of the Mortgage Loans and Contracts -- The
Mortgage Loans", "Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences" (insofar as they relate specifically to
the purchase, ownership and disposition of the related
Offered Certificates) and "ERISA Considerations"
(insofar as they relate specifically to the purchase,
ownership and disposition of such Offered
Certificates), to the extent that they constitute
matters of law or legal conclusions, provide a fair
summary of such law or conclusions;
(viii) assuming compliance with all
provisions of the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, for federal income tax purposes, (A) if any
election is made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund
as a REMIC: the related Trust Fund (and any specified
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subgrouping therein) will qualify as a REMIC pursuant
to Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), each Class of Certificates of
the related Series, other than the related Residual
Class or Classes, will constitute a class of "regular
interests" in the related REMIC within the meaning of
the Code, and each Class of such Certificates
specified in the related Prospectus as a Class of
Residual Certificates will constitute the "residual
interest" in the related REMIC within the meaning of
the Code; (B) if no such REMIC election is made: the
Trust Fund will be treated as a "grantor trust"; and
(ix) assuming that some or all of the
Offered Certificates of the related Series shall be
rated at the time of issuance in one of the two
highest rating categories by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, each Offered
Certificate so rated will be at the time of issuance,
a "mortgage related security" as such term is defined
in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act.
Such opinion may express its reliance as to factual matters
on the representations and warranties made by, and on
certificates or other documents furnished by, officers of
the parties to this Agreement, the related Terms Agreement
or the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such
opinion may assume the due authorization, execution and
delivery of the instruments and documents referred to
therein by the parties thereto other than the Company. Such
opinion may be qualified, insofar as it concerns the
enforceability of the documents referred to therein, to the
extent that such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in
general and by general equity principles (regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law). Such opinion may be further qualified as
expressing no opinion as to (x) the statements in the
related Prospectus under the heading "Certain Legal Aspects
of the Mortgage Loans and Contracts -- The Mortgage Loans"
except insofar as such statements relate to the laws of the
State of New York and the laws of the United States, and
(y) the statements in such Prospectus under the headings
"ERISA Considerations" and "Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences" except insofar as such statements relate to
the laws of the United States. In addition, such opinion
may be qualified as an opinion only on the law of the State
of New York and the federal law of the United States of
America.
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(c) The General Counsel for the Company shall
have furnished to the Underwriter an opinion, dated the
related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
in good standing under the laws of the State of New
Jersey, with corporate power to own its properties, to
conduct its business as described in the related
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the related Terms
Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement
and the Certificates of the related Series;
(ii) The Company has full power and
authority to sell and service the related Mortgage
Loans as contemplated herein and in the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization
or order of any court or governmental agency or body
is required for the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated herein or in the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, except such as may be
required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction
and such other approvals as have been obtained;
(iv) Neither the issuance of the
Certificates of the related Series nor delivery of the
related Offered Certificates, nor the consummation of
any other of the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement, the related Terms Agreement or the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, nor the fulfillment
of the terms of the related Certificates, the related
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or the
related Terms Agreement will conflict with or violate
any term or provision of the articles of incorporation
or by-laws of the Company or any statute, order or
regulation applicable to the Company of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Company and will not
conflict with, result in a breach or violation or the
acceleration of or constitute a default under the
terms of any indenture or other agreement or
instrument known to such counsel to which the Company
is a party or by which it is bound; and
(v) There are no actions, proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the best knowledge of
such counsel, threatened before any court,
administrative agency or other tribunal (i) asserting
the invalidity of this Agreement, the related Terms
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Agreement, the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement
or the related Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent
the issuance of the Certificates of the related Series
or the consummation by the Company of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, such
Terms Agreement or such Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, or (iii) which might materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability
of, this Agreement, such Terms Agreement, such Pooling
and Servicing Agreement or the related Certificates.
In rendering her opinion such counsel may rely as to
matters of fact, to the extent deemed proper and as stated
therein, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company or public officials. In addition, such opinion may
be qualified as an opinion only on the laws of the State of
New Jersey.
(d) The Underwriter shall have received from
Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion
or opinions, dated the related Closing Date, with respect
to the issuance and sale of the Certificates of the related
Series, the related Registration Statement, the related
Prospectus and such other related matters as the
Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall
have furnished to such counsel such documents as the
Underwriter may reasonably request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the
Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the
President or any Vice President and the Senior Vice
President-Finance or the principal financial or accounting
officer of the Company, dated the related Closing Date, to
the effect that the signers of such certificate have
carefully examined the related Registration Statement
(excluding any Current Reports and any other documents
incorporated by reference therein), the related Prospectus,
the Detailed Description referred to in such Prospectus
(excluding any related Current Report), this Agreement and
the related Terms Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of
the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the related Closing
Date with the same effect as if made on such Closing
Date, and the Company has complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such
Closing Date;
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(ii) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to their knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) nothing has come to their attention
that would lead them to believe that such Registration
Statement (excluding any Current Report) contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, that the related Prospectus (excluding any
related Current Report) contains any untrue statement
of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or that
the Detailed Description referred to in such
Prospectus includes any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state any information which the
Prospectus states will be included in such Detailed
Description.
(f) Peabody & Xxxxxx, counsel for the Trustee,
shall have furnished to the Underwriter an opinion, dated
the related Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Trustee has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts with corporate power to own its
properties and conduct its business as presently
conducted by it, to conduct business as a trustee and
to enter into and perform its obligations under the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
(ii) the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Trustee and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Trustee enforceable
against the Trustee in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and to judicial discretion, and general
principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
(iii) the Trustee has duly accepted its
appointment as trustee under the related Pooling and
Servicing Agreement;
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(iv) no consent, approval, authorization
or order of any Massachusetts or federal court or
government agency or body is required on the part of
the Trustee for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated in the related Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, except such as may be required under any
federal or state securities law; and
(v) the performance on the part of the
Trustee of any of the transactions contemplated in the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement does not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of
any term or provision of, or constitute a default
under, the Articles of Organization, as amended, or
By-Laws of the Trustee, or any Massachusetts or
federal statute or regulation applicable to the
Trustee, or to such counsel's knowledge, any indenture
or other agreement or instrument to which the Trustee
is a party or by which it is bound, or, to such
counsel's knowledge, any order of any state or federal
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the
Trustee.
In addition, such counsel shall furnish to the Underwriter
such opinions as to the treatment of the Trust Fund for
purposes of Massachusetts tax law as are reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(g) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP shall have furnished to
the Underwriter a letter, dated as of the date of the
related Terms Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Underwriter, stating in effect that they have
performed certain specified procedures as a result of which
they have determined that such information as the
Underwriter may reasonably request of an accounting,
financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived
from the general accounting records of the Company) set
forth in the related Prospectus Supplement under the
caption "Delinquency and Foreclosure Experience of the
Company" agrees with the accounting records of the Company,
excluding any questions of legal interpretation.
(h) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP shall have furnished to
the Underwriter a letter, dated as of the related Closing
Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter, stating in effect that they have performed
certain specified procedures as a result of which they have
determined that such information as the Underwriter may
reasonably request of an accounting, financial or
statistical nature (which is limited to accounting,
financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company
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and which is obtained from an analysis of a sample of the
Mortgage Loans included in the related pool) set forth in
the related Prospectus Supplement under the caption
"Description of the Mortgage Pool and the Mortgaged
Properties" or "Description of the Mortgage Pools and the
Mortgaged Properties", as the case may be, and in the
Detailed Description relating to such Prospectus Supplement
is mutually consistent and agrees with the accounting
records of the Company and, where applicable, the related
Mortgage Loan files of the Company, excluding any questions
of legal interpretation. In addition, if applicable, such
accountants shall have furnished to the Underwriter a
letter, dated as of the related Closing Date, which shall
include a statement or statements to the effect that based
upon the assumptions and methodology agreed to by the
Company (and which is consistent with the manner in which
any final PAC Balances, TAC Balances, Scheduled Balances,
Maximum and Minimum Scheduled Balances or any other
scheduled balances are to be calculated as set forth in the
related Prospectus), all of which shall be described by
reference in such letter, such accountants shall have
verified the mathematical accuracy of any final PAC
Balances Table, TAC Balances Table, Scheduled Balances
Table, Maximum or Minimum Scheduled Balances Table or other
scheduled balances table attached as an exhibit to the
related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(i) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP shall have furnished to
the Underwriter and the Company a letter or letters, dated
as of the date of the related Terms Agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and the Company,
including, without limitation, statements, if applicable,
to the effect that:
(i) based upon the assumptions and
methodology set forth in the related Prospectus, all
of which shall be described by reference in such
letter, they recomputed the percentages of initial
principal balance outstanding as of each of the
Distribution Dates (as defined in such Prospectus)
indicated and the weighted average lives of each Class
of Offered Certificates at each of the indicated
percentages of the applicable Prepayment Assumption,
and they compared the recomputed percentages and
weighted average lives to the corresponding
percentages and weighted average lives set forth in
the related tables and found them to be in agreement;
(ii) based upon the assumptions and
methodology set forth in such Prospectus, all of which
shall be described by reference in such letter, they
have verified the mathematical accuracy of any
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Scheduled Final Distribution Dates for the Offered
Certificates, PAC Balances, TAC Balances, Scheduled
Balances, Maximum and Minimum Scheduled Balances or
any other scheduled balances set forth in such
Prospectus for each indicated Distribution Date, and
have verified the mathematical accuracy of any initial
Effective Ranges of any PAC Certificates, Scheduled
Certificates or other scheduled Certificates set forth
in such Prospectus; and
(iii) based upon the assumptions and
methodology set forth in such Prospectus, all of which
shall be described by reference in such letter, they
have verified the mathematical accuracy of the pre-tax
yields to maturity and, if applicable, aggregate cash
flows of any Class of Certificates for which such
pre-tax yields and, if applicable, aggregate cash
flows are set forth in such Prospectus at the
indicated percentages of the Prepayment Assumption
and, if applicable, at the indicated values of COFI,
LIBOR or any other index, as applicable.
(j) The Offered Certificates of the related
Series shall have received the ratings specified in the
related Terms Agreement (the "Required Ratings").
(k) Prior to the related Closing Date, the
Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such
further information, certificates and documents as the
Underwriter may reasonably request.
(l) If any Certificates of the related Series are
to be sold to any other underwriter and/or offered in
reliance upon an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Act, the sale at or prior to the
related Closing Date of such Certificates to the purchaser
thereof shall have occurred.
(m) Subsequent to the date of the related Terms
Agreement, there shall not have been any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the business or properties of the Company which the
Underwriter concludes in its judgment, after consultation
with the Company, materially impairs the investment quality
of the Offered Certificates of the related Series so as to
make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of such Offered
Certificates as contemplated by the related Prospectus.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6
shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects with
respect to the particular Offered Certificates of a Series when
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and as provided in this Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned
above or elsewhere in this Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and its
counsel, this Agreement (with respect to the related Offered
Certificates) and the related Terms Agreement and all obligations
of the Underwriter hereunder (with respect to the related Offered
Certificates) and thereunder may be canceled at, or at any time
prior to, the related Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by
telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each
person who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of 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 relating to the
Offered Certificates of the applicable Series as it became
effective or in any amendment or supplement thereof, or in such
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof, or in the Detailed Description referred to in
such Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission (in the case of any Computational Materials or
ABS Term Sheets (in each case, as defined herein) in respect of
which the Company agrees to indemnify the Underwriter, as set
forth below, when such are read in conjunction with the related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement) to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and agrees 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 as herein stated by or on
behalf of the Underwriter 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 or omission
therefrom results (or is alleged to have resulted) directly from
an error (a "Mortgage Pool Error") in the information concerning
the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans furnished by the
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Company to the Underwriter in writing or by electronic
transmission that was used in the preparation of either (x) any
Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or amendments or
supplements thereof) included in such Current Report (or
amendment or supplement thereof) or (y) any written or electronic
materials furnished to prospective investors on which the
Computational Materials (or amendments or supplements) were
based, (ii) such indemnity with respect to any Corrected
Statement (as defined below) in such Prospectus (or supplement
thereto) shall not inure to the benefit of the Underwriter (or
any person controlling the Underwriter) from whom the person
asserting any loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
Certificates of the related Series that are the subject thereof
if such person did not receive a copy of a supplement to such
Prospectus at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such
Certificates and the untrue statement or omission of a material
fact contained in such Prospectus (or supplement thereto) was
corrected (a "Corrected Statement") in such other supplement and
such supplement was furnished by the Company to the Underwriter
prior to the delivery of such confirmation, and (iii) such
indemnity with respect to any Mortgage Pool Error shall not inure
to the benefit of the Underwriter (or any person controlling the
Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any loss, claim,
damage or liability received any Computational Materials (or any
written or electronic materials on which the Computational
Materials are based) or ABS Term Sheets that were prepared on the
basis of such Mortgage Pool Error, if, prior to the time of
confirmation of the sale of the applicable Certificates to such
person, the Company notified the Underwriter in writing of the
Mortgage Pool Error or provided in written or electronic form
information superseding or correcting such Mortgage Pool Error
(in any such case, a "Corrected Mortgage Pool Error"), and the
Underwriter failed to notify such person thereof or to deliver to
such person corrected Computational Materials (or underlying
written or electronic materials) or ABS Term Sheets. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers
who signs the Registration Statement relating to the Offered
Certificates of the applicable Series, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or the
Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnities from
the Company to the Underwriter, but only with reference to (A)
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
the Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation of the
documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity with respect to
the related Series, or (B) any Computational Materials or ABS
Term Sheets (or amendments or supplements thereof) furnished to
the Company by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9
and incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or
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the related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereof
(except that no such indemnity shall be available for any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof,
resulting from any Mortgage Pool Error, other than a Corrected
Mortgage Pool 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
the second sentence of the ante-penultimate paragraph, the first
sentence of the penultimate paragraph, and in the last paragraph
appearing on the cover page of the related Prospectus Supplement
as such statements relate to such Offered Certificates and the
second sentence of the first paragraph under the heading "Plan of
Distribution" in such Prospectus Supplement as such statements
relate to such Offered Certificates constitute the only
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriter for inclusion in the related Prospectus (other than
any Computational Materials or ABS Term Sheets (or amendments or
supplements thereof) furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter), and the Underwriter confirms that such statements
are correct.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party
under Section 7 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 7, 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 7. 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 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
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 7 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
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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
approved by the indemnified party in the case of subparagraph (a)
or (b), representing the indemnified parties under subparagraph
(a) or (b), who are parties to such action), (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel 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) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section 7 is due in accordance with its terms
but is for any reason held by a court to be unavailable from the
Company or the Underwriter, on grounds of policy or otherwise, or
if the indemnified party failed to give notice under paragraph
(c) of this Section 7 in respect of a claim otherwise subject to
indemnification in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section 7, the Company and the Underwriter shall contribute to
the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending same) to which the Company and the
Underwriter 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
or ABS Term Sheets (or any amendments or supplements
thereof), in such proportion so that the Underwriter is
responsible for that portion represented by the difference
between the proceeds to the Company in respect of the
Offered Certificates appearing on the cover page of the
Prospectus Supplement for the related Series and the total
proceeds received by the Underwriter from the sale of such
Offered Certificates (the "Underwriting Discount"), and the
Company is responsible for the balance; provided, however,
that in no case shall the Underwriter be responsible under
this subparagraph (i) for any amount in excess of such
Underwriting Discount applicable to the Offered
Certificates purchased by the Underwriter pursuant to this
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement; 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 or ABS Term
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Sheets (or any amendments or supplements thereof) or in any
written or electronic materials distributed to prospective
investors on which the Computational Materials are based,
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriter 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 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 or ABS Term
Sheets (or any amendments or supplements thereof or such
written or electronic materials) results from information
prepared by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriter
on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7(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 7, each person
who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act
or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
the 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
immediately preceding sentence of this paragraph (d).
8. Computational Materials and Structural Term Sheets.
(a) Not later than 10:30 a.m., New York time, on the business day
before the date on which the Current Report relating to the
Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof, the
Underwriter shall deliver to the Company five complete copies of
all materials provided by the Underwriter to prospective
investors in such Offered Certificates that constitute (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 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Acceptance
Corporation I, Xxxxxx, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, and Xxxxxx
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
"Xxxxxx Letters"), the filing of which material is a condition of
the relief granted in such letter (such materials being the
"Computational Materials"), and (ii) "Structural Term
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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"), the filing of which material is a condition of the
relief granted in such letter (such materials being the
"Structural Term Sheets"). Each delivery of Computational
Materials and Structural 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 3 hereof and one copy
of such materials to the Company.
(b) The Underwriter represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Company, as of the date of the related Terms
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) the Computational Materials furnished to the
Company pursuant to Section 8(a) constitute (either in
original, aggregated or consolidated form) all of the
materials furnished to prospective investors by the
Underwriter prior to the time of delivery thereof to
the Company that are required to be filed with the
Commission with respect to the related Offered
Certificates in accordance with the Xxxxxx Letters,
and such Computational Materials comply with the
requirements of the Xxxxxx Letters;
(ii) the Structural Term Sheets furnished to the
Company pursuant to Section 8(a) constitute all of the
materials furnished to prospective investors by the
Underwriter prior to the time of delivery thereof to
the Company that are required to be filed with the
Commission as "Structural Term Sheets" with respect to
the related Offered Certificates in accordance with
the PSA Letter, and such Structural Term Sheets comply
with the requirements of the PSA Letter; and
(iii) on the date any such Computational Materials
or Structural Term Sheets with respect to such Offered
Certificates (or any written or electronic materials
furnished to prospective investors on which the
Computational Materials are based) were last furnished
to each prospective investor and on the date of
delivery thereof to the Company pursuant to Section
8(a) and on the related Closing Date, such
Computational Materials (or such other materials) or
Structural Term Sheets did not and will not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or, when read
in conjunction with the related Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriter makes no
representation or warranty as to whether any Computational
Materials or Structural Term Sheets (or any written or electronic
materials on which the Computational Materials are based)
included or will include any untrue statement resulting directly
from any Mortgage Pool Error (except any Corrected Mortgage Pool
Error, with respect to materials prepared after the receipt by
the Underwriter from the Company of notice of such Corrected
Mortgage Pool Error or materials superseding or correcting such
Corrected Mortgage Pool Error).
(c) The Underwriter shall cause a firm of public
accountants to furnish to the Company a letter, dated as of the
date on which the Underwriter delivers any Computational
Materials (which term shall be deemed to include, for purposes of
this paragraph (c), calculated statistical information delivered
to prospective investors in the form of a Structural Term Sheet)
to the Company pursuant to Section 8(a), in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company, stating in effect that they have
verified the mathematical accuracy of any calculations performed
by the Underwriter and set forth in such Computational Materials.
(d) The Underwriter acknowledges and agrees that any
Computational Materials or Structural Term Sheets with respect to
Series 1997-12 and any subsequent Series of Certificates as to
which it acts as Underwriter have been prepared and disseminated
by the Underwriter and not by or on behalf of the Company, and
that such materials included and shall include a disclaimer in
form satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such
materials have been prepared and disseminated by the Underwriter,
and that the content and accuracy of such materials have not been
reviewed by the Company.
(e) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be delivered
under the Act, it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the
related Prospectus as a result of an untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Computational Materials or
Structural Term Sheets provided by the Underwriter pursuant to
this Section 8 or the omission to state therein a material fact
required, when considered in conjunction with the related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, when read in
conjunction with the related Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend
or supplement any Current Report relating to any Computational
Materials or Structural Term Sheets to comply with the Act or the
rules thereunder, the Underwriter 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
Underwriter represents and warrants to the Company, as of the
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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 related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that
the Underwriter makes no representation or warranty as to whether
any such amendment or supplement will include any untrue
statement resulting directly from any Mortgage Pool Error (except
any Corrected Mortgage Pool Error, with respect to any such
amendment or supplement prepared after the receipt by the
Underwriter from the Company of notice of such Corrected Mortgage
Pool Error or materials superseding or correcting such Corrected
Mortgage Pool Error). 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 related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, 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 Underwriter to the Company pursuant to
this paragraph (e) or (ii) such filing is not required under the
Act.
9. Collateral Term Sheets. (a) Prior to the delivery
of any "Collateral Term Sheet" within the meaning of the PSA
Letter, the filing of which material is a condition of the relief
granted in such letter (such material being the "Collateral Term
Sheets"), to a prospective investor in any Offered Certificates,
the Underwriter shall, in order to facilitate the timely filing
of such material with the Commission, notify the Company and its
counsel by telephone of its intention to deliver such materials
and the approximate date on which the first such delivery of such
materials is expected to occur. Not later than 10:30 a.m., New
York time, on the business day immediately following the date on
which any Collateral Term Sheet was first delivered to a
prospective investor in such Offered Certificates, the
Underwriter shall deliver to the Company five complete copies of
all materials provided by the Underwriter to prospective
investors in the Offered Certificates that constitute "Collateral
Term Sheets." Each delivery of a Collateral Term Sheet 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 3 hereof and one copy of such materials to the Company.
(Collateral Term Sheets and Structural Term Sheets are, together,
referred to herein as "ABS Term Sheets.") At the time of each
such delivery, the Underwriter shall indicate in writing that the
materials being delivered constitute Collateral Term Sheets, and,
if there has been any
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prior such delivery with respect to the related Series, shall
indicate whether such materials differ in any material respect
from any Collateral Term Sheets previously delivered to the
Company with respect to such Series pursuant to this Section 9(a)
as a result of the occurrence of a material change in the
characteristics of the related Mortgage Loans.
(b) The Underwriter represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Company as of the date of the related Terms
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that:
(i) The Collateral Term Sheets furnished to
the Company pursuant to Section 9(a) constitute all of the
materials furnished to prospective investors by the
Underwriter prior to time of delivery thereof to the
Company that are required to be filed with the Commission
as "Collateral Term Sheets" with respect to the related
Offered Certificates in accordance with the PSA Letter, and
such Collateral Term Sheets comply with the requirements of
the PSA Letter; and
(ii) On the date any such Collateral Term
Sheets with respect to such Offered Certificates were last
furnished to each prospective investor and on the date of
delivery thereof to the Company pursuant to Section 9(a)
and on the related Closing Date, such Collateral Term
Sheets did not and will not include any untrue statement of
a material fact or, when read in conjunction with the
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriter makes no
representation or warranty as to whether any Collateral Term
Sheet included or will include any untrue statement or material
omission resulting directly from any Mortgage Pool Error (except
any Corrected Mortgage Pool Error, with respect to materials
prepared after the receipt by the Underwriter from the Company of
notice of such Corrected Mortgage Pool Error or materials
superseding or correcting such Corrected Mortgage Pool Error).
(c) The Underwriter acknowledges and agrees that any
Collateral Term Sheets with respect to any Series of Certificates
furnished to prospective investors from and after the date hereof
will have been prepared and disseminated by the Underwriter and
not by or on behalf of the Company, and that such materials shall
include a disclaimer in form satisfactory to the Company to the
effect set forth in Section 8(d) hereof, and to the effect that
the information contained in such materials supersedes the
information contained in any prior Collateral Term Sheet with
respect to such Series of Offered Certificates and will be
superseded by the description of the related Mortgage Loans in
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the related Prospectus Supplement and in the Detailed Description
relating to such Prospectus Supplement to be filed under cover of
Form 8-K. The Underwriter agrees that it will not represent to
prospective investors that any Collateral Term Sheets were
prepared or disseminated on behalf of the Company.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Offered Certificates of a Series is required to be delivered
under the Act, it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the
related Prospectus as a result of an untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Collateral Term Sheets provided by
the Underwriter pursuant to this Section 9 or the omission to
state therein a material fact required, when considered in
conjunction with the related Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement, to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, when read in conjunction with the related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, not misleading, or if it
shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Current Report
relating to any Collateral Term Sheets to comply with the Act or
the rules thereunder, the Underwriter 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
Underwriter represents and warrants 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 related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, the
Underwriter makes no representation or warranty as to whether any
such amendment or supplement will include any untrue statement
resulting directly from any Mortgage Pool Error (except any
Corrected Mortgage Pool Error, with respect to any such amendment
or supplement prepared after the receipt by the Underwriter from
the Company of notice of such Corrected Mortgage Pool Error or
materials superseding or correcting such Corrected Mortgage Pool
Error). 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 related
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, 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 Underwriter to the Company pursuant to
this paragraph (d) or (ii) such filing is not required under the
Act.
10. Termination. This Agreement (with respect to a
particular Certificate Offering) and the related Terms Agreement
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shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the
Underwriter, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of
and payment for the related Offered Certificates, if prior to the
related Closing Date (i) trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially
limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either federal
or New York State 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 Underwriter, impracticable to market such Offered
Certificates.
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive
Delivery. The agreements, representations, warranties,
indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers
and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement and the related Terms Agreement will remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers,
directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the related Offered
Certificates. The provisions of Section 7 hereof shall survive
the termination or cancellation of this Agreement and the related
Terms Agreement.
12. Successors. This Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and
the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in
Section 7 hereof, and their successors and assigns, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder or thereunder.
No purchaser of any Offered Certificate from the Underwriter
shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason of such purchase.
13. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELATED
TERMS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS
MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN.
14. Miscellaneous. This Agreement, as supplemented by
the related Terms Agreement, supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous agreements and understandings relating to the
subject matter hereof. This Agreement and the related Terms
Agreement or any term of each may not be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated except by an affirmative written
agreement made by the party against whom enforcement of the
change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. The headings
in this Agreement and the related Terms Agreement are for
purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof or thereof.
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15. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in
writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the
Underwriter, will be delivered to it at the address first above
written; or if sent to the Company, will be delivered to GE
Capital Mortgage Services, Inc., Three Executive Campus, Cherry
Hill, New Jersey 08002, Attention: General Counsel.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Company and the Underwriter.
Very truly yours,
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
NATIONSBANC XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES, INC.
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
REMIC MULTI-CLASS PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
SERIES ____-__
TERMS AGREEMENT
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(to Underwriting Agreement,
dated [ ], 1997
between the Company and the Underwriter)
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. New York, New York
Three Executive Campus [Date]
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities, Inc. (the
"Underwriter") agrees, subject to the terms and provisions herein
and of the captioned Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), to purchase such Classes of Series ____-__
Certificates specified in Section 2(a) hereof (the "Offered
Certificates"). This letter supplements and modifies the
Underwriting Agreement solely as it relates to the purchase and
sale of the Offered Certificates described below. The Series
____-__ Certificates are registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission by means of an effective Registration
Statement (No. 33-___). Capitalized terms used and not defined
herein have the meanings given them in the Underwriting
Agreement.
Section 1. The Mortgage Pool: The Series ____-__
Certificates shall evidence the entire beneficial ownership
interest in a mortgage pool (the "Mortgage Pool") of
conventional, fixed rate, fully amortizing one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") having the
following characteristics as of ________ __, ____ (the "Cut-off
Date"):
(a) Aggregate Principal Amount of the Mortgage Pool:
$[ ] aggregate principal balance as of the Cutoff Date,
subject to [an upward or downward variance of up to [ ]%,
the precise aggregate principal balance to be determined by
the Company][a permitted variance such that the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance thereof will be not less than
$[ ] or greater than $[ ]].
(b) Original Terms to Maturity: The original term to
maturity of each Mortgage Loan included in the Mortgage Pool
shall be between ___ and ___ years.
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Section 2. The Certificates: The Offered
Certificates shall be issued as follows:
(a) Classes: The Offered Certificates shall be issued
with the following Class designations, interest rates and
principal balances, subject in the aggregate to the
variance referred to in Section 1(a)[and, as to any
particular Class, to an upward or downward variance of up
to [ ]%]:
Principal Interest Class Purchase
Class Balance Rate Price Percentage
----- --------- -------- ----------------
(b) The Offered Certificates shall have such other
characteristics as described in the related Prospectus.
Section 3. Purchase Price: The Purchase Price for each
Class of the Offered Certificates shall be the Class Purchase
Price Percentage therefor (as set forth in Section 2(a) above) of
the initial Class Certificates Principal Balance thereof plus
accrued interest at the rate of [ ]% per annum from and including
the Cut-off Date up to, but not including, _________ __, ____
(the "Closing Date").
Section 4. Required Ratings: The Offered
Certificates shall have received Required Ratings of at least
[ ] from [ ].
Section 5. Tax Treatment: [One or more elections
will be made to treat the assets of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.]
[The Trust Fund will be treated as a "grantor trust" for federal
income tax purposes.]
[Section 6. Additional Expenses:]*
--------
* to be inserted if applicable.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the
Underwriter and the Company.
Very truly yours,
NATIONSBANC XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES, INC.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written.
GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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