Distributions from the Certificate Account (a) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall withdraw from the Certificate Account the Total Distribution Amount for such date, shall allocate such amount to the interests issued in respect of the Trust Fund and shall distribute such amount as specified in this Section.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the Interest Remittance Amount for such date in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Senior Certificates, pro rata, Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date;
(ii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date;
(iii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date;
(iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date;
(v) to the Class B-1 Certificates, Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date;
(vi) to the Class B-2 Certificates, Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date;
(vii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, Accrued Certificate Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior Distribution Date; and
(viii) any remaining Interest Remittance Amount to the Class R Certificates.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the Principal Remittance Amount for such date as follows:
(i) to the holders of the Class R Certificates and Class A Certificates, in that order, to the extent of the Principal Remittance Amount, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal Amounts thereof, until the Current Principal Amounts thereof have been reduced to zero;
(ii) to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, to the extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining after the distribution in clause (i) above, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(iii) to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, to the extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining after distributions in clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(iv) to the holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, to the extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining after distributions in clauses (i) through (iii) above, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(v) to the holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, to the extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining after the distributions in clauses (i) through (iv) above, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(vi) to the holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, to the extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining after the distributions in clauses (i) through (v) above, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero; and
(vii) to the holders of the Class B-2, Class B-1, Class M-3, Class M-2, Class M-1, Class A and Class B-3 Certificates, in that order, the Principal Remittance Amount remaining after the distributions in clauses (i) through (vi) above, in reduction of the Current Principal Amounts thereof, until the Current Principal Amounts thereof have been reduced to zero; and
(viii) to the holders of the Class R Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date on which the Class Principal Amount of each Class of Certificates having a higher priority of distribution has been reduced to zero, any remaining Principal Remittance Amount will be distributed to the remaining Certificates in the order of priority set forth above until the Class Principal Amount of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
(d) On or prior to each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the amount of any Deferred Interest in respect of each Mortgage Loan that occurred during the immediately preceding calendar month and provide such information to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.20. With respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of Deferred Interest, if any, that is added to the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the Due Date occurring in the month in which such Distribution Date occurs will be added to the Current Principal Amounts of the Certificates on a pro rata basis based on a fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount of each such Class and the denominator of which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of such Classes of Certificates, in each case immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Deferred Interest allocated to any Certificate on any Distribution Date will be added to the Current Principal Amount thereof on such Distribution Date and will thereafter bear interest at the then applicable Pass-Through Rate.
The Certificate Account (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish or cause to be established the Certificate Account, which shall be entitled “Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT Series 2005-7 Trust Certificate Account under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2005, among Washington Mutual Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Washington Mutual Bank, as Servicer, LaSalle Bank National Association, as the Trustee, and Christiana Bank & Trust Company, as the Delaware Trustee, for the benefit of Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT Series 2005-7 Trust created pursuant thereto”. Promptly after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall communicate to the Servicer the account number and wiring instructions for the Certificate Account. Not later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date, the Servicer shall direct the Investment Depository to deposit into the Certificate Account the amounts previously deposited into the Investment Account (which may include a deposit of Eligible Investments) to which the Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-1 Residual Interest are entitled or which are necessary for payment of any Special Primary Insurance Premiums. In addition, not later than the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date, the Servicer shall deposit into the Certificate Account any Monthly P&I Advances or other payments required to be made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Agreement and any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds (including amounts paid by the Company in respect of any Purchase Obligation) not previously deposited in the Custodial Accounts for P&I or the Investment Account, and any amounts paid by the Servicer in connection with the exercise of its option to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 or any other purchase of Mortgage Loans permitted by this Agreement.
(b) Funds held in the Certificate Account shall be invested at the written direction of the Servicer in (i) one or more Eligible Investments which shall in no event mature later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date (except if such Eligible Investments are obligations of the Trustee, such Eligible Investments may mature on the Distribution Date), or (ii) such other instruments as shall be required to maintain the Ratings. The Servicer shall be entitled to receive any gains earned on such Eligible Investments and shall bear any losses suffered in connection therewith. If the Trustee has not received such written investment directions from the Servicer, the Trustee shall not invest funds held in the Certificate Account. The Trustee shall have no liability for any losses on investments of funds held in the Certificate Account.
Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account (a) The Master Servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following purposes (limited, in the case of Servicer reimbursements, to cases where funds in the respective Custodial P&I Account are not sufficient therefor):
(i) to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Servicer for Periodic Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03(a) or any Servicer pursuant to any Servicing Agreement with respect to previous Distribution Dates, such right to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) being limited to amounts received on or in respect of particular Mortgage Loans (including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and proceeds from the purchase, sale, repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 2.06, 3.08 or 9.
01) respecting which any such Periodic Advance was made;
(ii) to reimburse any Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee for any Periodic Advances determined in good faith to have become Nonrecoverable Advances provided, however, that any portion of Nonrecoverable Advances representing Fixed Retained Yield shall be reimbursable only from amounts constituting Fixed Retained Yield and not from the assets of the Trust Estate;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds for Liquidation Expenses and for amounts expended by the Master Servicer or any Servicer pursuant hereto or to any Servicing Agreement, respectively, in good faith in connection with the restoration of damaged property or for foreclosure expenses;
(iv) from any Mortgagor payment on account of interest or other recovery (including Net REO Proceeds) with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan, to pay the Master Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loan to the Master Servicer;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer, any Servicer or the Trustee (or, in certain cases, the Seller) for expenses incurred by it (including taxes paid on behalf of the Trust Estate) and recoverable by or reimbursable to it pursuant to Section 3.03(c), 3.03(d) or 6.03 or the second sentence of Section 8.14(a) or pursuant to such Servicer's Servicing Agreement, provided such expenses are "unanticipated" within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions;
(vi) to pay to the Seller or other purchaser with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been repurchased or replaced pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03 or 2.06 or auctioned pursuant to Section 3.08 or to pay to the Master Servicer with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to Section 3.08 or 9.01, all amounts received thereon and not required to be distributed as of the date on which the related repurchase or purchase price or Scheduled Principal Balance was determined;
(vii) to remit funds to the Paying Agent in the amounts and in the manner provided for herein;
(viii) to pay to the Master Servicer any interest earned on or investment income with respect to funds in the Certificate Account;
(ix) to pay to the Master Servicer or any Servicer out of Liquidation Proceeds allocable to interest the amount of any unpaid Master Servicing Fee or Servicing Fee (as adjusted pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement) and any unpaid assumption fees, late payment charges or other Mortgagor charges on the related Mortgage Loan;
(x) to pay to the Master Servicer as additional master servicing compensation any Liquidation Profits which a Servicer is not entitled to pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreement;
(xi) to withdraw from the Certificate Account any amount deposited in the Certificate Account that was not required to be deposited therein;
(xii) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 9.01; and
(xiii) to pay to WFHM from any Mortgagor payment on account of interest or other recovery (including Net REO Proceeds) with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan, the Fixed Retained Yield, if any, with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that with respect to any payment of interest received by the Master Servicer in respect of a Mortgage Loan (whether paid by the Mortgagor or received as Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or otherwise) which is less than the full amount of interest then due with respect to such Mortgage Loan, only that portion of such payment of interest that bears the same relationship to the total amount of such payment of interest as the Fixed Retained Yield Rate, if any, in respect of such Mortgage Loan bears to the Mortgage Interest Rate shall be allocated to the Fixed Retained Yield with respect thereto.
(b) The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any payment to and withdrawal from the Certificate Account.
Termination of the Certificate Administrator Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Depositor may terminate the Certificate Administrator upon five (5) Business Days’ notice if the Certificate Administrator fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Article X; provided that (a) such termination shall not be effective until a successor Certificate Administrator shall have accepted the appointment, (b) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if (i) it cannot perform its obligations due to its failure to properly prepare or file on a timely basis, on behalf of the Trust, any Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, within the exact time frames set forth in this Agreement any information, approval, direction or signature from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file any such Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, or (ii) following the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply with any of such obligations under this Article X on or prior to the dates by which such obligations are to be performed pursuant to, and as set forth in, such Sections, the Certificate Administrator subsequently complies with such obligations before the Depositor gives written notice to it that it is terminated in accordance with this Section 10.15, and (c) if the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply does not cause it to fail in its obligations to timely file, on behalf of the Trust, the related Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, as the case may be, by the related deadline for filing such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, then the Depositor shall cease to have the right to terminate the Certificate Administrator under this Section 10.15 on the date on which such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is so filed.
Appointment of the Certificate Paying Agent To the extent Definitive Certificates have been issued, the Certificate Paying Agent shall make distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.2 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee and the Servicer; provided, however, that no such reports shall be required so long as the Seller or an affiliate of the Seller is the sole Certificateholder. Any Certificate Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Certificate Distribution Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Issuer may revoke such power and remove the Certificate Paying Agent if the Issuer determines in its sole discretion that the Certificate Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect. The Certificate Paying Agent shall initially be Wilmington Trust, National Association, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Certificate Paying Agent. Wilmington Trust, National Association shall be permitted to resign as Certificate Paying Agent upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Owner Trustee. If Wilmington Trust, National Association shall no longer be the Certificate Paying Agent, the Issuer shall appoint a successor to act as Certificate Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). The Issuer shall cause such successor Certificate Paying Agent or any additional Certificate Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer to execute and deliver an instrument in which such successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall agree with the Issuer that as Certificate Paying Agent, such successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders. If a successor Certificate Paying Agent does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Certificate Paying Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator and the Seller, acting jointly, or the Majority Certificateholders may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Certificate Paying Agent (with all costs, fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Certificate Paying Agent, in connection with such petition to be paid by the Issuer). The Certificate Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Certificate Paying Agent such Certificate Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The rights, protections, indemnities and immunities of the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall apply to Wilmington Trust, National Association in its roles as Certificate Paying Agent, Certificate Registrar and Relevant Trustee for so long as it shall act as Certificate Paying Agent, Certificate Registrar and/or Relevant Trustee and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent, certificate registrar or authenticating agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Certificate Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and the Distribution Account The Master Servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for any of the following purposes (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals):
Certificate Distribution Account The Certificate Distribution Account shall be established as a non-interest bearing trust account pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Funds on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account shall be held uninvested. The Certificateholders shall possess all beneficial right, title and interest in and to all funds on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and all proceeds thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Indenture or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Certificate Paying Agent for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at any time, the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer, shall, within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period) after becoming aware of the fact, establish a new Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Account and shall direct the Certificate Paying Agent to transfer any cash then on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account to such new Certificate Distribution Account.
Liability of the Certificateholders No Certificateholder shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust, solely by reason of it being a Certificateholder.
Authorization of the Certificates Concurrently with the sale of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, at the direction of the Depositor, (a) one or more Book-Entry Certificates shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar in the name of Cede & Co. or (b) one or more Definitive Certificates shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar to or upon the written order of the Depositor. The Certificates shall in the aggregate represent 100% of the Percentage Interest in the Issuer and shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The signature of the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer on the Certificates may be manual or facsimile.
Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account (a) The Servicer, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain in the name of the Owner Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account known as the Certificate Distribution Account (the "Certificate Distribution Account"), bearing an additional designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Certificate Distribution Account shall initially be established with .
(b) The Owner Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in and to all funds on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in all proceeds thereof (except Investment Proceeds therefrom as set forth in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement) for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at any time, the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Owner Trustee (or the Servicer on behalf of the Owner Trustee, if the Certificate Distribution Account is not then held by the Owner Trustee or an Affiliate thereof) shall within 10 Business Days (or such longer period, not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a new Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Certificate Distribution Account.
