EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE Section 13.1 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. Except with respect to Section 13.9, Section 13.10 and Section 13.11, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of this Article XIII is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission. Neither the Depositor nor the Certificate Administrator shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in reasonable good faith, or (except with respect to Section 13.9, Section 13.10 or Section 13.11) for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, or otherwise, and agree to comply with reasonable requests made by the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB (to the extent such interpretations require compliance and are not “grandfathered” and do not mandate compliance). In connection with the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Trust 2013-C7 transaction, each of the parties to this Agreement shall cooperate fully with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to deliver or make available to the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable (including any of their assignees or designees), any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information in its possession and necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to permit the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosure relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and any Sub-Servicer, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, reasonably believed by the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. None of the Master Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian, any Sub-Servicer or the Special Servicer are responsible for filing any Exchange Act report with the Commission on behalf of the Trust. Each party to this Agreement shall have a reasonable period of time to comply with any written request made under this Section 13.1, but in any event, shall, upon reasonable advance written request, provide information in sufficient time to allow the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to satisfy any related filing requirements. For purposes of this Article XIII, to the extent any party has an obligation to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause a third party to perform, such party hereunder shall not be required to bring any legal action against such third party in connection with such obligation.
Section 13.2 Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Primary Servicer and the Certificate Administrator.
(a) For so long as the Trust, and with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan that is deposited into an Other Securitization, such Other Securitization, is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall (and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (b) cause each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship after the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to) (i) notify the Depositor, or the depositor in the Other Securitization with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan, in writing of (A) any litigation or governmental proceedings pending against the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, or with respect to any of its property, that, in each such case, would be material to Certificateholders and (B) any affiliations of the type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB or relationships of the type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB that develop following the Closing Date between the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator (or, if applicable, any Sub-Servicer) (and any other parties identified in writing by the requesting party), on the one hand, and any other such party on the other, as the case may be, as such affiliation or relationship relates to the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Trust 2013-C7 transaction (or an Other Securitization, if applicable), and (ii) provide to the Depositor a description of such legal proceedings, affiliations or relationships, in each case, in a form that would enable the Depositor to satisfy its reporting obligations under Item 1117 or 1119 of Regulation AB, as applicable.
(b) In connection with the succession to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee as servicer or trustee under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, any Additional Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall (and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian or the Trustee, as applicable, shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Additional Servicer and each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (b) cause each Additional Servicer and each Sub-Servicer (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship after the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to) provide to the Depositor, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, as long as such disclosure prior to such effective date would not be violative of any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, otherwise no later than the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor so that it may comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K as it relates to the Servicing Function with respect to any class of Certificates.
(c) With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan that is deposited into an Other Securitization, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall take all actions reasonably requested of it to enable such Other Securitization to comply with Regulation AB. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the foregoing, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall, if requested by the depositor for such Other Securitization, provide disclosure (in substantially the same form as the disclosure provided by it in the Prospectus Supplement, to the extent reasonably necessary to comply with Regulation AB) regarding the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, as reasonably and in good faith determined by the depositor in such Other Securitization to be required by Regulation AB for inclusion in disclosure documents with respect to such Other Securitization, together with an opinion of counsel as to the compliance of such disclosure with the requirements of Regulation AB and indemnification substantially similar to that provided in connection with the offering of the Certificates regarding damages incurred in connection with the non-compliance with the requirements of Regulation AB relating to the disclosure referred to in this sentence.
(d) If any Person appointed as a subcontractor or agent of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator (whether appointed directly by such party or by a Sub-Servicer or subcontractor or agent) would be a Servicing Function Participant, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall promptly following request provide to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role and function of such Person, which description shall include (i) the identity of such subcontractor, and (ii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the assessments of compliance to be provided by such subcontractor or agent. In addition, except with respect to any Seller Sub-Servicer under a sub-servicing agreement effective as of the Closing Date, if any Sub-Servicer, or any subcontractor or agent described above, would be a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB, the engagement of such Person in such capacity shall not be effective unless and until five (5) Business Days have elapsed following the delivery of notice of the proposed engagement and the related agreement to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall contain all information reasonably necessary, and in such form as may be necessary, to enable the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13.7 (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).
(e) Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trust Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall (i) terminate, in accordance with the related sub-servicing agreement, any Sub-Servicer with which it has entered into such sub-servicing agreement, if such Sub-Servicer is in breach of any of its obligations under such sub-servicing agreement whose purpose is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act or with the provisions of Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission; and (ii) cause each such sub-servicing agreement to entitle the Depositor to terminate such sub-servicing agreement upon any such breach without the consent of any other Person. The Depositor is hereby authorized to exercise the rights described in the preceding clause (ii) in its sole discretion.
Exchange Act Reporting (a) The Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Issuer and the Depositor in connection with the Trust's satisfying the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. The Indenture Trustee shall prepare on behalf of the Trust any Forms 8-K and 10-K customary for similar securities as required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Master Servicer shall sign (or shall cause another entity acceptable to the Commission to sign) and the Indenture Trustee shall file (via the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System) such forms on behalf of the Depositor or Issuer (or such other entity). The Depositor and the Issuer hereby grant to the Indenture Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute any Form 8-K and file each such document on behalf of the Depositor and the Issuer. Such power of attorney shall continue until the earlier of (i) receipt by the Indenture Trustee from the Depositor and the Issuer of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Indenture to the contrary, the Master Servicer, and not the Indenture Trustee, shall be responsible for executing each Form 10-K filed on behalf of the Trust.
(b) Each Form 8-K shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee within 15 days after each Distribution Date, with a copy of the statement to the Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to March 30th of each year (or such earlier date as may be required or permitted by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission), the Indenture Trustee shall file a Form 10-K, in substance as required by applicable law or applicable Commission staff's interpretations. The Indenture Trustee shall prepare the Form 10-K and provide the Master Servicer with the Form 10-K no later than March 20th of each year. The Master Servicer shall execute such Form 10-K upon its receipt and shall provide the original of such executed Form 10-K to the Indenture Trustee no later than March 25th of each year. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits the Master Servicer's annual statement of compliance described under Section 3.16 and the accountant's report described under Section 3.17, in each case to the extent they have been timely delivered to the Indenture Trustee. If they are not so timely delivered, the Indenture Trustee shall file an amended Form 10-K including such documents as exhibits reasonably promptly after they are delivered to the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such periodic reports resulting from or relating to the Indenture Trustee's inability or failure to obtain any information not resulting from its own negligence or willful misconduct. The Form 10-K shall also include a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 (the "Certification"), in compliance with Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and any additional directives of the Commission, which shall be signed by the senior officer of the Master Servicer in charge of securitization.
(c) In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-2) for the benefit of the Master Servicer and its officers, directors and Affiliates regarding certain aspects of items 1 through 3 of the Certification (provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not undertake an analysis of any accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K).
(d) In addition, (i) the Indenture Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Master Servicer and the Depositor and their officers, directors and Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the Indenture Trustee's obligations under this Section 4.06 caused by the Indenture Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith, and (ii) the Master Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Issuer and their respective officers, directors and Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the Master Servicer's obligations under this Section 4.06 or the Master Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. If (i) the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Master Servicer, then the Indenture Trustee agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Master Servicer as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Master Servicer in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Master Servicer on the one hand and the Indenture Trustee on the other in connection with a breach of the Indenture Trustee's obligations under this Section 4.06 caused by the Indenture Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith and (ii) the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Indenture Trustee, then the Master Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indenture Trustee as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Indenture Trustee in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indenture Trustee on the one hand and the Master Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Master Servicer's obligations under this Section 4.06 or the Master Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
(e) In the event the Commission permits separate or split certifications to be made with respect to the items currently contained in the Certification, the Indenture Trustee shall provide a certification with respect to items 1 and 2 and the Master Servicer shall provide a certification with respect to items 3, 4 and 5 contained within the Certification, in each case substantially in the form of the Certification attached as Exhibit C-1, or other form as indicated by the Commission for this purpose. In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-3) for the benefit of the Master Servicer and its officers, directors and Affiliates regarding certain aspects of item 3 of the Certification (provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not undertake an analysis of any accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K).
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Basic Documents, the provisions of this Section 4.06 may be amended by the Master Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee without the consent of the Securityholders.
(g) Prior to January 30th of the first year in which the Indenture Trustee is able to do so under applicable law, the Indenture Trustee shall file with the Commission a Form 15D Suspension Notification with respect to the Trust.
