Regulation AB 
Item 1113
Structure of the transaction
(a) Description of the securities and transaction structure. In providing the
information required by Item 202 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.202), address the
following specific
factors relating to the asset-backed securities, as applicable:
(1) The types or categories of securities that may be offered, such as
interest-weighted
or principal-weighted classes (including IO (interest only) or PO (principal
only)
securities), planned amortization or companion classes or residual or
subordinated interests.
(2) The flow of funds for the transaction, including the payment allocations,
rights
and distribution priorities among all classes of the issuing entitys
securities, and within each
class, with respect to cash flows, credit enhancement or other support and any
other structural
features designed to enhance credit, facilitate the timely payment of monies due
on the pool
assets or owing to security holders, adjust the rate of return on the
asset-backed securities, or
preserve monies that will or might be distributed to security holders. In
addition to an
appropriate narrative discussion of the allocation and priority structure of
pool cash flows,
present the flow of funds graphically if doing so will aid understanding. In the
flow of funds
discussion, provide information regarding any requirements directing cash flows
from the pool
assets (such as to reserve accounts, cash collateral accounts or expenses) and
the purpose and
operation of such requirements.
(3) In describing the interest rate or rate of return on the asset-backed
securities and
how such amounts are payable, explain how the rate is determined and how
frequently it will be
determined. If the rate to be paid can be a combination of two or more rates
(such as the lesser
of a variable rate or the actual weighted average net coupon on the pool
assets), provide clear
information regarding each rate and when each rate applies.
(4) How principal, if any, will be paid on the asset-backed securities,
including
maturity dates, amortization or principal distribution schedules, principal
distribution dates,
formulas for calculating principal distributions from the cash flows and other
factors that will
affect the timing or amount of principal payments for each class of securities.
(5) The denominations in which the asset-backed securities may be issued.
(6) Any specified changes to the transaction structure that would be triggered
upon a
default or event of default (such as a change in distribution priority among
classes).
(7) Any liquidation, amortization, performance or similar triggers or events,
and the
rights of investors or changes to the transaction structure or flow of funds if
such events were to occur.
(8) Whether the servicer or other party is required to provide periodic evidence
of the
absence of a default or of compliance with the terms of the transaction
agreements.
(9) If applicable, the extent, expressed as a percentage, the transaction is
over-collateralized or under-collateralized as measured by comparing the principal
balance of the
asset-backed securities to the asset pool.
(10) Any provisions contained in other securities that could result in a
cross-default or
cross-collateralization.
(11) Any minimum standards, restrictions or suitability requirements regarding
potential investors in purchasing the securities or any restrictions on
ownership or transfer of the
securities.
(12) Security holder vote required to amend the transaction documents and
allocation
of voting rights among security holders.
(b) Distribution frequency and cash maintenance.
(1) Disclose the frequency of
distribution dates for the asset-backed securities and the collection periods
for the pool assets.
(2) Describe how cash held pending distribution or other uses is held and
invested.
Also describe the length of time cash will be held pending distributions to
security holders.
Identify the party or parties with access to cash balances and the authority to
invest cash
balances. Specify who determines any decisions regarding the deposit, transfer
or disbursement
of pool asset cash flows and whether there will be any independent verification
of the transaction
accounts or account activity.
(c) Fees and expenses. Provide in a separate table an itemized list of all fees
and
expenses to be paid or payable out of the cash flows from the pool assets. In
itemizing the fees
and expenses, also indicate their general purpose, the party receiving such fees
or expenses, the
source of funds for such fees or expenses (if different from other fees or
expenses or if such fees
or expenses are to be paid from a specified portion of the cash flows) and the
distribution priority
of such expenses. If the amount of such fees or expenses is not fixed, provide
the formula used
to determine such fees or expenses. The tabular presentation should be
accompanied by
footnotes or other accompanying narrative disclosure to the extent necessary for
an
understanding of the timing or amount of such fees or expenses, such as any
restrictions or limits
on fees or whether the estimate may change in certain instances, such as in an
event of default
(and how the fees would change in such an instance or the factors that would
affect the change).
In addition, through footnote or other accompanying narrative disclosure,
describe if any, and if
so how, such fees or expenses can be changed without notice to, or approval by,
security holders
and any restrictions on the ability to change a fee or expense amount, such as
due to a change in
transaction party.
(d) Excess cash flow. (1) Describe the disposition of residual or excess cash
flows.
Identify who owns any residual or retained interests to the cash flows if such
person is affiliated
with the sponsor, depositor, issuing entity or any entity identified in Item 1119(a) of this
Regulation AB or if such person has rights that may alter the transaction
structure beyond receipt
of residual or excess cash flows. Describe such rights, as material.
(2) Disclose any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a
minimum
amount of excess cash flow or spread from, or retained interest in, the
transaction and any
actions that would be required or changes to the transaction structure that
would occur if such
requirements were not met.
(3) To the extent material to an understanding of the asset-backed securities,
disclose
any features or arrangements to facilitate a securitization of the excess cash
flow or retained
interest from the transaction, including whether any material changes to the
transaction structure
may be made without the consent of asset-backed security holders in connection
with these
securitizations.
(e) Master trusts. If one or more additional series or classes have been or may
be
issued that are backed by the same asset pool, provide information regarding the
additional
securities to the extent material to an understanding of their effect on the
securities being offered,
including the following:
(1) Relative priority of such additional securities to the securities being
offered and
rights to the underlying pool assets and their cash flows.
(2) Allocation of cash flow from the asset pool and any expenses or losses among
the
various series or classes.
(3) Terms under which such additional series or classes may be issued and pool
assets increased or changed.
(4) The terms of any security holder approval or notification of such additional
securities.
(5) Which party has the authority to determine whether such additional
securities
may be issued. In addition, if there are conditions to such additional issuance,
disclose whether
or not there will be an independent verification of such persons exercise of
authority or
determinations.
(f) Optional or mandatory redemption or termination.
(1) If any class of the asset-backed
securities includes an optional or mandatory redemption or termination feature,
provide
the following information:
(i) Terms for triggering the redemption or termination.
(ii) The identity of the party that holds the redemption or termination option
or
obligation, as well as whether such party is an affiliate of the sponsor,
depositor, issuing entity or
any entity identified in Item 1119(a) of this Regulation AB.
(iii) The amount of the redemption or repurchase price or formula for
determining
such amount.
(iv) The procedures for redemption or termination, including any notices to
security
holders.
(v) If the amount allocated to security holders is reduced by losses, the policy
regarding any amounts recovered after redemption or termination.
(2) The title of any class of securities with an optional redemption or
termination
feature that may be exercised when 25% or more of the original principal balance
of the pool
assets is still outstanding must include the word "callable," provided, however,
that in the case of
a master trust, a title of a class of securities must include the word
"callable" when an optional
redemption or termination feature may be exercised when 25% or more of the
original principal
balance of the particular series in which the class was issued is still
outstanding.
(g) Prepayment, maturity and yield considerations.
(1) Describe any models,
including the related material assumptions and limitations, used as a means to
identify cash flow
patterns with respect to the pool assets.
(2) Describe to the extent material the degree to which each class of securities
is
sensitive to changes in the rate of payment on the pool assets (e.g., prepayment
or interest rate
sensitivity), and describe the consequences of such changing rate of payment.
Provide statistical
information of such effects, such as the effect of prepayments on yield and
weighted average life.
(3) Describe any special allocations of prepayment risks among the classes of
securities, and whether any class protects other classes from the effects of the
uncertain timing of
cash flow.
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