PAYMENT, TRANSFER AND CUSTODY (a) On the Purchase Date for each Transaction, ownership of the Purchased Loans shall be transferred to Buyer or its designee (including the Custodian) against the simultaneous transfer of the Purchase Price from Buyer to an account of the applicable Seller specified in writing by such Seller relating to such Transaction.
(b) On or before each Purchase Date for any Eligible Loan that the applicable Seller proposes to sell to Buyer hereunder, such Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Custodian (with an electronic copy to Buyer) a fully completed and signed Custodial Delivery in the form of Exhibit III together with all attachments and schedules thereto and the Purchased Loan File, and in respect thereof, Custodian shall have delivered to Buyer a Trust Receipt; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, upon request of such Seller, Buyer in its sole good faith discretion may elect to permit such Seller to deliver or cause to be delivered to Custodian (with an electronic copy to Buyer) such fully completed and signed Custodial Delivery, together with all attachments and schedules thereto, by not later than the third (3rd) Business Day after the related Purchase Date so long as such Seller causes an Acceptable Attorney to deliver to Buyer and the Custodian an Attorney’s Bailee Letter on or prior to such related Purchase Date; provided, further, that if, in respect of any Purchased Loan as to which such Seller has delivered to Custodian (with an electronic copy to Buyer) the Custodial Delivery after the Purchase Date therefor, Buyer may, in its sole good faith discretion, declare the “Repurchase Date” for such Purchased Loan to have occurred if, as of five (5) Business Days after the applicable Purchase Date, Custodian has not delivered to Buyer an acceptable Trust Receipt. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Purchased Loan File shall include the following documents (collectively, together with any additional documents delivered pursuant to Section 7(c), the “Purchased Loan File”):
(i) the original Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements;
(ii) an original or copy of any loan agreement and any guarantee executed in connection with the Mortgage Note;
(iii) an original or copy of the Mortgage with evidence of recordation, or submission for recordation, from the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located;
(iv) originals or copies of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements with evidence of recordation, or submission for recordation, from the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located;
(v) an original of the Assignment Documents in Blank;
(vi) originals or copies of all intervening assignments of mortgage with evidence of recordation, or submission for recordation, from the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located;
(vii) an original or copy of the attorney’s opinion of title and abstract of title or the original mortgagee title insurance policy, or if the original mortgagee title insurance policy has not been issued, the irrevocable marked commitment to issue the same (or irrevocable signed pro forma policy);
(viii) an original or copy of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with the Purchased Loan;
(ix) an original or copy of the assignment of leases and rents, if any, with evidence of recordation, or submission for recordation, from the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located;
(x) originals or copies of all intervening assignments of assignment of leases and rents, if any, or copies thereof, with evidence of recordation, or submission for recordation, from the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located;
(xi) a copy of the UCC financing statements and all necessary UCC continuation statements with evidence of filing or submission for filing thereon, and UCC assignments prepared by the applicable Seller in blank, which UCC assignments shall be in form and substance acceptable for filing;
(xii) an environmental indemnity agreement (if any);
(xiii) a closing settlement statement executed by Mortgagor;
(xiv) Mortgagor’s certificate or title affidavit (if any) to the extent in the applicable Seller’s possession of in the possession of any Affiliate of such Seller;
(xv) a survey of the Mortgaged Property as accepted by the title company for issuance of the Title Policy;
(xvi) originals or copies of all of all legal opinions;
(xvii) originals or copies of assignment of interest rate protection agreements;
(xviii) originals or copies of any assignment of permits, contracts and agreements; and
(xix) originals or copies of any other material loan documents, including, but not limited to, any post-closing agreements or side letters.
(c) From time to time, Sellers shall forward to the Custodian additional original documents or additional documents evidencing any assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a Purchased Loan approved in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and upon receipt of any such other documents, the Custodian shall hold such other documents as Buyer shall request from time to time in accordance with the Custodial Agreement and such additional documents shall be deemed part of the Purchased Loan File. With respect to any documents which have been delivered or are being delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to the applicable Seller in time to permit their delivery hereunder at the time required, in lieu of delivering such original documents, such Seller shall deliver to Buyer a true copy thereof. The applicable Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered such original documents to the Custodian promptly when they are received.
(d) The Purchased Loan File shall be maintained in accordance with the Custodial Agreement. Any document that is part of the Purchased Loan File that is not delivered to Buyer or its designee (including the Custodian) shall be held in trust by the applicable Seller or its designee for the benefit of Buyer as the owner thereof. The applicable Seller or its designee shall maintain a copy of the Purchased Loan File and the originals of the Purchased Loan File not delivered to Buyer or its designee. The possession of the Purchased Loan File by the applicable Seller or its designee is at the will of Buyer for the sole purpose of servicing the related Purchased Loan, and such retention and possession by such Seller or its designee is in a custodial capacity only. The books and records (including, without limitation, any computer records or tapes) of the applicable Seller or its designee shall be marked appropriately to reflect clearly the sale of the related Purchased Loan to Buyer. The applicable Seller or its designee (including the Custodian) shall release its custody of the Purchased Loan File only in accordance with written instructions from Buyer, unless such release is required as incidental to the servicing of the Purchased Loans, is in connection with a repurchase of any Purchased Loan by the applicable Seller or as otherwise required by law. Upon the repurchase of any Purchased Loan pursuant to this Agreement or the payment in full of such Purchased Loan, as applicable, in either case which shall be evidenced by the Custodian’s receipt of a request for release in the form set forth in the Custodial Agreement, Buyer and Custodian shall promptly release the related Purchased Loan File to the applicable Seller or its designee.
(e) With respect to all of the Purchased Loans delivered by Sellers to Buyer or its designee (including the Custodian), each Seller shall execute an omnibus power of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit V irrevocably, and coupled with an interest, appointing Buyer its attorney-in-fact with full power to (i) at any time that an Event of Default is not then continuing, take such actions as Buyer believes to be reasonably necessary to preserve and protect the Purchased Loans or to preserve and protect Buyer’s interests in the Purchased Loans and the perfection and priority thereof; provided that Buyer may not, pursuant to this clause (i), use such power of attorney to register or record the Purchased Loans in Buyer’s name or in the name of Buyer’s nominee, and (ii) at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, (A) complete and record the Assignment of Mortgage, (B) complete the endorsement of the Mortgage Note and (C), take such other steps as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to preserve, protect and enforce Buyer’s rights against such Purchased Loans and the related Purchased Loan Files and the Servicing Records and to preserve and protect the perfection and priority of Buyer’s interests in the Purchased Loans. Buyer shall promptly notify the applicable Seller in the event Buyer takes any action under clause (i) of the foregoing sentence in respect of the power of attorney.
(f) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Buyer shall exercise all voting and corporate rights with respect to the Purchased Loans in accordance with the applicable Seller’s written instructions; provided, however, that Buyer shall not be required to follow such Seller’s instructions concerning any vote or corporate right if doing so would, in Buyer’s reasonable business judgment, be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Transaction Documents or any Requirement of Law. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Buyer shall be entitled to exercise all voting and corporate rights with respect to the Purchased Loans without regard to the applicable Seller’s instructions.
