Qualified Institutional Buyer means any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act.
Qualified Institutional Buyers as defined in Rule 144A. It is aware that the sale of the Privately Offered Certificates is being made in reliance on its continued compliance with Rule 144A. It is aware that the transferor may rely on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Act provided by Rule 144A. The undersigned understands that the Privately Offered Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only to (i) a person reasonably believed to be a Qualified Institutional Buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance in Rule 144A, or (ii) an institutional "accredited investor," as such term is defined under Rule 501 of the Act in a transaction that otherwise does not constitute a public offering. The undersigned agrees that if at some future time it wishes to dispose of or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates, it will not transfer or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates to a Qualified Institutional Buyer without first obtaining a Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate in the form hereof from the transferee and delivering such certificate to the addressees hereof. Prior to making any transfer of Privately Offered Certificates, if the proposed Transferee is an institutional "accredited investor," the transferor shall obtain from the transferee and deliver to the addressees hereof an Investment Letter in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2002, among Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., Wells Fargo Bank Mixxxxxta, National Association, EMC Mortgage Corporation and Bank One, National Association, as Trustee, pursuant to Certificates were issued. The undersigned certifies that it either: (i) is not acquiring the Privately Offered Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) is providing a representation or an opinion of counsel to the effect that the proposed transfer and/or holding of a Privately Offered Certificate and the servicing, management and/or operation of the Trust and its assets: (I) will not result in any prohibited transaction which is not covered under a prohibited transaction exemption, including, but not limited to, Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 84- 14, PTE 91-38, XXX 00-0, XXX 00-00, XXX 00-00 xr Section 401(c) of ERISA and the regulations to be promulgated thereunder and (II) will not give rise to any additional fiduciary duties on the part of the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee. If the Purchaser proposes that its Certificates be registered in the name of a nominee on its behalf, the Purchaser has identified such nominee below, and has caused such nominee to complete the Nominee Acknowledgment at the end of this letter. Name of Nominee (if any):
Retail buyer or "buyer" means a person who buys goods and services, or services from a contractor pursuant to a home improvement installment contract, or goods and services from a contractor pursuant to a home improvement charge agreement.
Rule 501 means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
Accredited Investor has the meaning set forth in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
Institutional Accredited Investor means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Institutional Accredited Investors Institutions that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Act or any entity all of the equity owners of which are such institutions.
QIB/QP means a QIB that is also a QP.
Accredited Investors should complete this Section
Prohibited Investor means a person or entity whose name appears on (i) the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control; (ii) other lists of prohibited persons and entities as may be mandated by applicable law or regulation; or (iii) such other lists of prohibited persons and entities as may be provided to the Fund in connection therewith;
U.S. Accredited Investor means an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D;
Rule 144A Letter As defined in Section 5.02(b).
Subsequent Purchaser Any Person that acquires an interest in a Mortgage Loan from Purchaser.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Investor With respect to a transferee of a Regulation S Global Certificate, a transferee that acquires such Certificate pursuant to Regulation S.
Accredited Investor Questionnaire means the Accredited Investor Questionnaire set forth as Exhibit C-1 hereto.
the International Bureau means the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Accredited means approved by the:
Specified US Person means a U.S. Person, other than: (i) a corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets; (ii) any corporation that is a member of the same expanded affiliated group, as defined in section 1471(e)(2) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as a corporation described in clause (i); (iii) the United States or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality thereof; (iv) any State of the United States, any U.S. Territory, any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing; (v) any organization exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or an individual retirement plan as defined in section 7701(a)(37) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code; (vi) any bank as defined in section 581 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code; (vii) any real estate investment trust as defined in section 856 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code;
the Academy means the school referred to in Article 4 and established by the Academy Trust;
Offshore Transaction Any “offshore transaction” as defined in Rule 902(h) of Regulation S.
Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of the following:
Institutional Holder An insurance company whose long-term debt is rated at least A- (or equivalent rating) by a Rating Agency, or an equivalent rating from any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization.