Common use of Duties of the Servicer Clause in Contracts

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (First International Bancorp Inc), Sale and Servicing Agreement (First International Bancorp Inc), Sale and Servicing Agreement (First International Bancorp Inc)

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Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Securityholders and the Noteholders Hedge Counterparties, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the Hedge Counterparties shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer’s termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc), Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc), Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that the Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as, a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Sub servicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller-Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(e). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; provided, however, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent, (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies and (z) such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by the REMIC of a new mortgage loan for federal income tax purposes) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (subject to Section 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan) or extend the final maturity date on the Mortgage Loan. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on or before the next succeeding Determination Date. (g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to any resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to Section 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to Section 9.02 hereof. The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the Trustee all documents and records relating to the Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party. (h) The Servicer shall take all actions required to be taken under sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of Code in respect of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Property and the REO Property.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Asset Backed Corp), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Asset Backed Corp)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Securityholders and the Noteholders Hedge Counterparties, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the Hedge Counterparties shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer's termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc), Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any institution which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved seller-servicer by Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Mae for first and second mortgage loans with respect to Group 1, and for first mortgage loans with respect to Group 2 or (y) is satisfiedan Affiliate of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give written notice to the Note Insurer and the Indenture Trustee of the appointment of any Subservicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee and Issuer, the Noteholders and Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. With respect to any Mortgage Note released by the Indenture Trustee to the Servicer or to any Subservicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, other than a release or satisfaction pursuant to Section 7.02, prior to such release, the Indenture Trustee or, if a Custodian has been appointed pursuant to the Indenture, the Custodian shall (a) complete all endorsements in blank so that the endorsement reads "Pay to the order of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2000, Series 2000-1" and (b) complete a restrictive endorsement that reads "LaSalle Bank National Association is the holder of the mortgage note for the benefit of the Noteholders under the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2000, Series 2000-1" with respect to those Mortgage Notes currently endorsed "Pay to the order of holder", if any. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Note Insurer, the Noteholders and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(d). (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of an Event of Servicer Default), the Indenture Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Indenture Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with its terms. The Indenture Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Indenture Trustee (or its designee) shall have no liability or obligations under any Subservicing Agreements with respect to any period prior to becoming the new Servicer, whether for acts or omissions of the Servicer or otherwise, and the Servicer shall not by virtue of such replacement be relieved of any such liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (e) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders and the Note Insurer, provided, however, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not consent to, make or permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan unless (A) the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable and (B) in the sole judgment of the Servicer such modification would increase the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan and (C) the Note Insurer has consented to such modification. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall for the purposes of distributions to Noteholders and Certificateholders be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Note Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Issuer and each Noteholder and Certificateholder, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer, the Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure, REO Property management procedures and the making of Servicing Advances) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted first and second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions with respect to Group 1, and in accordance with accepted first mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions with respect to Group 2, and giving due consideration to the Note Insurer's and the Securityholders reliance on the Servicer. (f) On and after such time as the Issuer and Indenture Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations hereunder with respect to a Group, and with respect to resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to such Section 9.04, the Indenture Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder with respect to such Group, subject to Section 10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Afc Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Notes Series 2000-1)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Securityholders and the Noteholders Swap Counterparties, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the Swap Counterparties shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in subsection 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer's termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that the Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller-Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(e). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; provided, however, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable and (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (except as permitted by Section 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan), extend the final maturity date or modify any other material term of the Mortgage Loan, unless such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by the Trust REMIC of a new mortgage loan under Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b). No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on or before the next succeeding Determination Date. (g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to any resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to Section 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to Section 9.02 hereof. The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the Trustee all documents and records relating to the Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party. (h) The Servicer shall take all actions required to be taken under sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of Code in respect of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Property and the REO Property.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-3)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that the Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as, a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Sub servicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller-Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(e). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; provided, however, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent, (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies and (z) such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by the REMIC of a new mortgage loan for federal income tax purposes) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (except as permitted by Section 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan) or extend the final maturity date on the Mortgage Loan. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on or before the next succeeding Determination Date. (g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to any resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to Section 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to Section 9.02 hereof. The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the Trustee all documents and records relating to the Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party. (h) The Servicer shall take all actions required to be taken under sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of Code in respect of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Property and the REO Property.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Asset Backed Corp)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that the Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as, a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller-Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(e). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; provided, however, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent, (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies and (z) such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by the REMIC of a new mortgage loan for federal income tax purposes) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (except as permitted by Section 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan) or extend the final maturity date on the Mortgage Loan. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on or before the next succeeding Determination Date. (g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to any resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to Section 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to Section 9.02 hereof. The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the Trustee all documents and records relating to the Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party. (h) The Servicer shall take all actions required to be taken under sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of Code in respect of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Property and the REO Property.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Asset Backed Corp)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that the Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller- Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(e). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; provided, however, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable and (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (except as permitted by Section 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan), extend the final maturity date or modify any other material term of the Mortgage Loan, unless such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by the Trust REMIC of a new mortgage loan under Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b). No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on or before the next succeeding Determination Date. (g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to any resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to Section 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to Section 9.02 hereof. The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to the Trustee all documents and records relating to the Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party. (h) The Servicer shall take all actions required to be taken under sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of Code in respect of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Property and the REO Property.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Receivables Corp)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that each Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of each Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller-Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in SECTION 5.01(E). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to SECTION 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable and (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (except as permitted by SECTION 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan), extend the final maturity date or modify any other material term of the Mortgage Loan, unless such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by REMIC I of a new mortgage loan under Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b). No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to SECTION 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on or before the next succeeding Determination Date. (g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to any resignation pursuant to SECTION 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to SECTION 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to SECTION 9.02

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-3)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied; provided, however, so ----------------- long as MCG is the Servicer and is a publicly owned investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Servicer shall only be required to provide written notice to the Rating Agencies in the event that it enters into a Subservicing Agreement with a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders and the Noteholders Certificateholders, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in subsection 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the ------------------ foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer's termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the successor servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (MCG Capital Corp)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that each Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of each Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of either Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller-Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in SECTION 5.01(E). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to SECTION 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, reasonably foreseeable and (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (except as permitted by SECTION 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan), extend the final maturity date or modify any other material term of the Mortgage Loan, unless such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by the Lower-Tier REMIC of a new mortgage loan under Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b). No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to SECTION 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and Interest Account on or before the next succeeding Determination Date. (g) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations under this Agreement, and with respect to any resignation pursuant to SECTION 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to SECTION 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer, subject to SECTION 9.02

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Securityholders and the Noteholders Hedge Counterparties, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the Hedge Counterparties shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in subsection 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer's termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business SBA Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit and Collection Policy, the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules and Regulations. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business SBA ss. 7 (a) Loans so long as with any entity approved with prior written consent by the Rating Agency Condition is satisfiedSBA and the Administrative Agent. Any such Subservicing Agreement must be approved by the SBA and shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business SBA ss. 7 (a) Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders Noteholders, the SBA, the Certificateholders and any Hedge Counterparty for the servicing and administering of the Business SBA Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules and Regulations, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business SBA Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business SBA Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the SBA Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the SBA and Noteholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 4.01(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the SBA a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer's termination to the Indenture Trustee and the SBA. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the successor servicer all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the SBA Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (e) So long as it is consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement, the SBA Agreement (as defined in the Multi-Party Agreement) and the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any SBA Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Obligor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the SBA, the Noteholders and any Hedge Counterparty, provided, however, that (unless (x) the Obligor is in default with respect to the SBA Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent and (y) the Servicer determines that any modification would not be considered a new loan for federal income tax purposes) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any SBA Loan that would change the SBA Loan Interest Rate, defer (subject to Section 4.12), or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related SBA Loan), or extend the final maturity date on such SBA Loan without the consent of the SBA, if such consent is then required by the SBA Rules and Regulations. The Servicer may exercise all unilateral servicing actions permitted by participating lenders in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall for the purposes of distributions to Noteholders be added to the amount owing under the related SBA Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, so long as it is consistent with the SBA Rules and Regulations, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the SBA, each Noteholder, each Certificateholder and each Hedge Counterparty, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the SBA Loans and with respect to any Mortgaged Properties or other Collateral. If reasonably required by the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall furnish the Servicer, within 5 Business Days of receipt of the Servicer's request, with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Any such request to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall be accompanied by a certification in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto signed by a Servicing Officer. The Servicer, in servicing and administering the SBA Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and Foreclosed Property and Repossessed Collateral management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering SBA Loans for its own account and prudent lending standards, and in accordance with the SBA Rules and Regulations, giving due consideration to the Noteholders' and the SBA's reliance on the Servicer. (f) The Servicer shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to any successor servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to the SBA Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party. (g) The Servicer shall perform the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Servicer shall consult with the Owner Trustee as the Servicer deems appropriate regarding the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. The Servicer shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's or the Owner Trustee's duties under the Basic Documents. The Servicer shall prepare for execution by the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents. (h) In addition to the duties of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents, the Servicer shall perform such calculations and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to state and federal tax and securities laws. In accordance with the directions of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, the Servicer shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Issuer as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Servicer. (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to the contrary, the Servicer shall be responsible for promptly notifying the Owner Trustee and the Paying Agent in the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer's payments (or allocations of income) to a Noteholder, a Certificateholder or Hedge Counterparty. Any such notice shall be in writing and specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner Trustee or the Paying Agent pursuant to such provision. (j) The Servicer shall prepare and file, on behalf of the Issuer, all tax returns tax elections, financial statements and such annual or other reports of the Issuer as are necessary for the preparation of tax reports as provided in the Trust Agreement or required by applicable law. All tax returns will be signed by the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer. (k) The Servicer shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed under this Agreement, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Owner Trustee at any time during normal business hours. (l) The Servicer shall furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time such additional information regarding the Issuer or the Basic Documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. (m) Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, the Servicer shall not agree or consent to, or otherwise permit to occur, any amendment, modification, change, supplement or recission of or to the Credit and Collection Policy, in whole or in part, in any manner that could have a material adverse effect on the SBA Loans; provided that the consent of the Administrative Agent shall not be required if any such amendment, modification, change, supplement or recission was mandated by the Servicer's regulators including, but not limited to, the SBA. (n) The Servicer shall furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of any change to (i) the Credit and Collection Policy within three (3) Business Days of such change and (ii) any change to its accounting policy within three (3) Business Days of such change.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (BLC Financial Services Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit and Collection Policy and the Servicing Standard. The parties hereto each acknowledge, and the Noteholders and the Certificateholder are hereby deemed to acknowledge, that the Servicer, as Servicer under this Agreement, possesses only such rights with respect to the enforcement of rights and remedies with respect to the Loans and the Related Property and under the Required Loan Documents as those which have been transferred to the Issuer with respect to the related Loan. Therefore, the provisions of this Article V shall only apply to Agented Loans with respect to which the Servicer is the lead agent and to the extent not inconsistent with the related Required Loan Documents. (b) The Servicer may perform its duties directly or, consistent with the Servicing Standard, through agents, accountants, experts, attorneys, brokers, consultants or nominees selected with reasonable care by the Servicer. The Servicer will remain fully responsible and fully liable for its duties and obligations hereunder and under any other Transaction Document notwithstanding any such delegation to a third party. Performance by any such third party of any of the duties of the Servicer hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall be deemed to be performance thereof by the Servicer. In addition, the Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity; provided that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfiedsatisfied with respect to the entry of the Servicer into any such Subservicing Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) . Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders Securityholders, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Credit and Collection Policy and the Servicing Standard, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or other arrangements with third parties pursuant to this clause (b) or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Trustee and the Securityholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer’s termination to the Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) in it possession relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements and of any other arrangements with third parties pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 5.02 to the Successor Servicer to the extent permitted thereby.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Ares Capital Corp)

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Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicerservicer for the Trust, shall service and administer the Business SBA Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules and Regulations. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business SBA Section 7(a) Loans so long as with any entity approved with prior written consent by the Rating Agency Condition is satisfiedSBA. Any such Subservicing Agreement must be approved by the SBA and shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business SBA Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders, the SBA and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business SBA Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules and Regulations, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business SBA Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business SBA Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the SBA Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the SBA and Noteholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 4.01(d); provided, that SBA shall retain all claims it may have against any Subservicer that SBA would otherwise have, including, without limitation, any rights under such Subservicing Agreement, any other agreements or SBA Rules and Regulations. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 9.02 hereof and the Multi-Party

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (First International Bancorp Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfiedsatisfied with respect to the Servicer entering into such Subservicing Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans itself or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders Securityholders, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer’s termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans itself or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Securityholders and the Noteholders Hedge Counterparties, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the Hedge Counterparties shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer’s termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) It is intended that the Trust REMIC formed hereunder shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust REMIC shall be conducted so as to qualify it as, a REMIC as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Trust REMIC. (b) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Sub servicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any entity which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved Seller-Servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans, or (y) is satisfiedan affiliate or wholly owned subsidiary of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give notice to the Depositors, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of the appointment of any Subservicer other than a Subservicer which is an affiliate or wholly-owned subsidiary of the Servicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (bc) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnificationindemnification or limit or modify indemnification provided by the Servicer herein. (d) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an Originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Depositors, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(e). (e) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of a Servicer Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02 hereof, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement. If the Trustee does not terminate a Subservicing Agreement, the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (f) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Depositors, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer; provided, however, that (unless (x) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan, or such default is, in the judgment of the Servicer, imminent, (y) with respect to any modification lowering the Mortgage Interest Rate (or, with respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Adjustable Rate Group, a modification to the method of determination which may result a lower Mortgage Interest Rate) or effecting the forgiveness of any amount owed under the Mortgage Note, or extending the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification and notice of such modification has been delivered to the Rating Agencies and (z) such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence would not be considered to constitute the acquisition by the REMIC of a new mortgage loan for federal income tax purposes) the Servicer may not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, defer (subject to Section 5.11) or forgive the payment of any principal or interest (unless in connection with the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan) or extend the final maturity date on the Mortgage Loan. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall, for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer (as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to such effect delivered to the Trustee), the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and REO Property management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions and giving due consideration to the Depositor's, the Certificate Insurer's and Certificateholders' reliance on the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer may reimburse itself for Servicing Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 and may pay all or a portion of any Servicing Advance out of excess amounts on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account and held for future distribution on the date such Servicing Advance is made; any excess amounts so used shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit to the Principal and

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Eqcc Asset Backed Corp)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business SBA Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit and Collection Policy, the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules and Regulations. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business SBA Section 7(a) Loans so long as with any entity approved with prior written consent by the Rating Agency Condition is satisfiedSBA and the Administrative Agent. Any such Subservicing Agreement must be approved by the SBA and shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business SBA Section 7(a) Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders Noteholders, the SBA, the Certificateholders and any Hedge Counterparty for the servicing and administering of the Business SBA Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Multi-Party Agreement and the SBA Rules and Regulations, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business SBA Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business SBA Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the SBA Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the SBA, the Noteholders and any Hedge Counterparty shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 4.01(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the SBA a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer's termination to the Indenture Trustee and the SBA.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (First International Bancorp Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfiedsatisfied with respect to the Servicer entering into such Subservicing Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Loans itself or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Securityholders and the Noteholders Hedge Counterparties, for the servicing and administering of the Business Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders and the Hedge Counterparties shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.02(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer’s termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Successor Servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (Capitalsource Inc)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any institution which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved seller-servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans with respect to Sub-Pool 1, and for first mortgage loans with respect to Sub-Pool 2 or (y) is satisfiedan Affiliate of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give written notice to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee of the appointment of any Subservicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. With respect to any Mortgage Note released by the Trustee to the Servicer or to any Subservicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, other than a release or satisfaction pursuant to Section 7.02, prior to such release, the Trustee or, if a Custodian has been appointed pursuant to Section 12.12, the Custodian shall (a) complete all endorsements in blank so that the endorsement reads "Pay to the order of LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996, Series 1996-4" and (b) complete a restrictive endorsement that reads "LaSalle National Bank is the holder of the mortgage note for the benefit of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1996, Series 1996-4" with respect to those Mortgage Notes currently endorsed "Pay to the order of holder", if any. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(d). (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with its terms. The Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Trustee (or its designee) shall have no liability or obligations under any Subservicing Agreements with respect to any period prior to becoming the new Servicer, whether for acts or omissions of the Servicer or otherwise, and the Servicer shall not by virtue of such replacement be relieved of any such liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (e) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, provided, however, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not consent to, make or permit (i) any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan unless (A) the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable and (B) in the sole judgment of the Servicer such modification would increase the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan and (C) the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification, or (ii) any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final or temporary Treasury regulations, or proposed Treasury regulations with a proposed effective date that would make them applicable to such modification, waiver or amendment, promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause the Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the startup date" under the REMIC Provisions. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee and each Certificateholder, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer, the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure, REO Property management procedures and the making of Servicing Advances) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted first and second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions with respect to Sub-Pool 1, and in accordance with accepted first mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions with respect to Sub-Pool 2, and giving due consideration to the Certificate Insurer's and the Certificateholders reliance on the Servicer. (f) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations hereunder with respect to a Sub-Pool, and with respect to resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to such Section 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder with respect to such Sub-Pool, subject to Section 10.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Superior Bank FSB)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Mortgage Loans so long as with any institution which is in compliance with the Rating Agency Condition laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under such Subservicing Agreement and (x) has been designated an approved seller-servicer by FHLMC or FNMA for first and second mortgage loans with respect to Sub-Pool 1, and for first mortgage loans with respect to Sub-Pool 2 or (y) is satisfiedan Affiliate of the Servicer. The Servicer shall give written notice to the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee of the appointment of any Subservicer. Any such Subservicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Mortgage Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders Certificateholders for the servicing and administering of the Business Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Mortgage Loans when any the Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. With respect to any Mortgage Note released by the Trustee to the Servicer or to any Subservicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, other than a release or satisfaction pursuant to Section 7.02, prior to such release, the Trustee or, if a Custodian has been appointed pursuant to Section 12.12, the Custodian shall (a) complete all endorsements in blank so that the endorsement reads "Pay to the order of LaSalle National Bank, as Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 1997, Series 1997-3" and (b) complete a restrictive endorsement that reads "LaSalle National Bank is the holder of the mortgage note for the benefit of the Certificateholders under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 1997, Series 1997-3" with respect to those Mortgage Notes currently endorsed "Pay to the order of holder", if any. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 5.01(d). (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall, subject to Section 10.02, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each Subservicing Agreement that the Servicer may have entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with its terms. The Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to each Subservicing Agreement to the same extent as if the Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the assuming party, except that the Trustee (or its designee) shall have no liability or obligations under any Subservicing Agreements with respect to any period prior to becoming the new Servicer, whether for acts or omissions of the Servicer or otherwise, and the Servicer shall not by virtue of such replacement be relieved of any such liability or obligations under the Subservicing Agreements. The Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (e) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, provided, however, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not consent to, make or permit (i) any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan unless (A) the related Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable and (B) in the sole judgment of the Servicer such modification would increase the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan and (C) the Certificate Insurer has consented to such modification, or (ii) any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (A) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or Treasury regulations, promulgated thereunder) and (B) cause the Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions after the startup date" under the REMIC Provisions. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall for the purposes of distributions to Certificateholders be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the consent of the Certificate Insurer, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trustee and each Certificateholder, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. If reasonably required by the Servicer, the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer, in servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure, REO Property management procedures and the making of Servicing Advances) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with accepted first and second mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions with respect to Sub-Pool 1, and in accordance with accepted first mortgage servicing practices of prudent lending institutions with respect to Sub-Pool 2, and giving due consideration to the Certificate Insurer's and the Certificateholders reliance on the Servicer. (f) On and after such time as the Trustee receives the resignation of, or notice of the removal of, the Servicer from its rights and obligations hereunder with respect to a Sub-Pool, and with respect to resignation pursuant to Section 9.04, after receipt of the Opinion of Counsel required pursuant to such Section 9.04, the Trustee or its designee shall assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder with respect to such Sub-Pool, subject to Section 10.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Superior Bank FSB)

Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer, as an independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Business Commercial Loans and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements for any servicing and administration of Business Commercial Loans so long as with any entity provided the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and to either itself directly service the related Business Commercial Loans or enter into a Subservicing Agreement with a successor subservicer Subservicer which qualifies hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding any Subservicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, so long as this Agreement shall remain effective, the Servicer shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Indenture Trustee Trustee, for itself and on behalf of the Noteholders Noteholders, the Certificateholders and any Hedge Counterparty for the servicing and administering of the Business Commercial Loans in accordance with the provisions of this AgreementAgreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Subservicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Business Commercial Loans. For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on Business Commercial Loans when any Subservicer has received such payments. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with a Subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by such Subservicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. (c) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Commercial Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and any Hedge Counterparty shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer except as set forth in Section 4.01(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall (i) at its expense and without reimbursement, deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each Subservicing Agreement and (ii) provide notice of the termination of any Subservicer within a reasonable time after such Subservicer's termination to the Indenture Trustee. (d) In the event the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Servicer, the Servicer at its expense and without right of reimbursement therefor, shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the successor servicer all documents and records relating to each Subservicing Agreement and the Commercial Loans then being serviced hereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it hereunder and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements to the assuming party. (e) So long as it is consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Credit and Collection Policy, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Commercial Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Obligor if in the Servicer's determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the interests of the Noteholders and any Hedge Counterparty. No costs incurred by the Servicer or any Subservicer in respect of Servicing Advances shall for the purposes of distributions to Noteholders be added to the amount owing under the related Commercial Loan. Any fees and costs imposed in connection therewith may be retained by the Servicer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, so long as it is consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, each Noteholder, each Certificateholder and each Hedge Counterparty, all instruments of amendment, waiver, satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Commercial Loans and with respect to any Collateral. Such authority shall include, but not be limited to, the authority to substitute or release items of Collateral consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy and sell participations or assignments in Commercial Loans previously transferred to the Trust. In connection with any such sale, the Servicer shall deposit in the Principal and Interest Account, pursuant to Section 4.03(b), all proceeds received upon such sale. If reasonably required by the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall furnish the Servicer, within 5 Business Days of receipt of the Servicer's request, with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement. Any such request to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall be accompanied by a certification in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto signed by a Servicing Officer. In connection with any substitution of Collateral, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee the items, and within the time frame, set forth in Section 2.04, assuming that the date of substitution is the relevant "Transfer Date." The Servicer, in servicing and administering the Commercial Loans, shall employ or cause to be employed procedures (including collection, foreclosure and Foreclosed Property and Repossessed Collateral management procedures) and exercise the same care that it customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering Commercial Loans for its own account and prudent lending standards, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, giving due consideration to the Noteholders' reliance on the Servicer. (f) The Servicer shall, upon request of the Indenture Trustee but at the expense of the Servicer, deliver to any successor servicer all documents and records (including computer tapes and diskettes) relating to the Commercial Loans and an accounting of amounts collected and held by the Servicer and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing rights and obligations to the assuming party. (g) The Servicer shall perform the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Servicer shall consult with the Owner Trustee as the Servicer deems appropriate regarding the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. The Servicer shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's or the Owner Trustee's duties under the Basic Documents. The Servicer shall prepare for execution by the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents. (h) In addition to the duties of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents, the Servicer shall perform such calculations and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to state and federal tax and securities laws. In accordance with the directions of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, the Servicer shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Issuer as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Servicer. (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to the contrary, the Servicer shall be responsible for promptly (upon knowledge thereof) notifying the Owner Trustee and the Paying Agent in the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer's payments (or allocations of income) to a Noteholder, a Certificateholder or Hedge Counterparty. Any such notice shall be in writing and specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner Trustee or the Paying Agent pursuant to such provision. (j) All tax returns will be signed by the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer. (k) The Servicer shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed under this Agreement, which books of account and records shall be reasonably accessible for inspection by the Owner Trustee at any time during normal business hours. (l) Without the prior written consent of the Majority Noteholders, the Servicer shall not agree or consent to, or otherwise permit to occur, any amendment, modification, change, supplement or recision of or to the Credit and Collection Policy, in whole or in part, in any manner that could have a material adverse effect on the Commercial Loans. For so long as any of the Notes are outstanding and are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act, (1) the Servicer will provide or cause to be provided to any holder of such Notes and any prospective purchaser thereof designated by such holder, upon the request of such a holder or prospective purchaser, the information required to be provided to such holder or prospective purchaser by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act; and (2) the Servicer shall update such information from time to time in order to prevent such information from becoming false and misleading and will take such other actions as are necessary to ensure that the safe harbor exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Rule 144A is and will be available for resales of such Notes conducted in accordance with Rule 144A.

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Samples: Sale and Servicing Agreement (MCG Capital Corp)

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