Reassignment of Purchased Receivables Upon deposit in the Collection Account of the Purchase Amount of any Receivable repurchased by Seller under Section 5.1 hereof, Purchaser and the Issuer shall take such steps as may be reasonably requested by Seller in order to assign to Seller all of Purchaser’s and the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to such Receivable and all security and documents and all Other Conveyed Property conveyed to Purchaser and the Issuer directly relating thereto, without recourse, representation or warranty, except as to the absence of Liens created by or arising as a result of actions of Purchaser or the Issuer. Such assignment shall be a sale and assignment outright, and not for security. If, following the reassignment of a Purchased Receivable, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding, it is held that Seller may not enforce any such Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, Purchaser and the Issuer shall, at the expense of Seller, take such steps as Seller deems reasonably necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in Purchaser’s or in the Issuer’s name.
Reassignment of Ineligible Receivables (a) In the event any representation or warranty under Subsection 4.02(a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (ix) or (x) is not true and correct in any material respect as of the date specified therein with respect to any Receivable or the related Account and as a result of such breach RFC VIII is required under Subsection 2.6(a) of the Transfer Agreement to accept reassignment of such Receivables previously sold by TRS to RFC VIII pursuant to this Agreement, TRS shall accept reassignment of such Receivables on the terms and conditions set forth in Subsection 6.01(b).
(b) TRS shall accept reassignment of any Receivables described in Subsection 6.01(a) from RFC VIII on the date on which such Receivables are reassigned to RFC VIII pursuant to Subsection 2.6(a) of the Transfer Agreement, and shall pay for such reassigned Receivables by paying to RFC VIII in immediately available funds an amount equal to the unpaid balance of such Receivables. Upon reassignment of such Receivables, RFC VIII shall automatically and without further action sell, transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to TRS, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of RFC VIII in and to such Receivables, all Recoveries allocable to such Receivables, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto, all Collections with respect thereto, and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as defined in the UCC) thereof. Such reassigned Receivables shall be treated by RFC VIII as collected in full as of the date on which they were reassigned. RFC VIII shall execute such documents and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested by TRS to effect the conveyance of such Receivables and other property pursuant to this Subsection.
Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) below in consideration of the Trustee's delivery on the Subsequent Transfer Dates to or upon the order of the Depositor of all or a portion of the balance of funds in the Pre-Funding Account, the Depositor shall on any Subsequent Transfer Date sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey without recourse to the Trust Fund but subject to the other terms and provisions of this Agreement all of the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to (i) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the related Subsequent Transfer Instrument delivered by the Depositor on such Subsequent Transfer Date, (ii) principal due and interest accruing on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans after the related Subsequent Cut-off Date and (iii) all items with respect to such Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 and the other items in the related Mortgage Files; provided, however, that the Depositor reserves and retains all right, title and interest in and to principal received and interest accruing on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The transfer to the Trustee for deposit in the Mortgage Pool by the Depositor of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be absolute and is intended by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificateholders to constitute and to be treated as a sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trust Fund. The related Mortgage File for each Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian at least three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date. The purchase price paid by the Trustee from amounts released from the Pre-Funding Account shall be one-hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans so transferred (as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provided by the Depositor). This Agreement shall constitute a fixed-price purchase contract in accordance with Section 860G(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(b) The Depositor shall transfer to the Trustee for deposit in the Mortgage Pool the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and the other property and rights related thereto as described in paragraph (a) above, and the Trustee shall release funds from the Pre-Funding Account, only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(i) the Depositor shall have provided the Trustee with a timely Addition Notice and shall have provided any information reasonably requested by the Trustee with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans;
(ii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a duly executed Subsequent Transfer Instrument, which shall include a Mortgage Loan Schedule listing the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and the Master Servicer, in its capacity as Seller, shall have delivered a computer file containing such Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee at least three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date;
(iii) as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, as evidenced by delivery of the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, the Depositor shall not be insolvent nor shall it have been rendered insolvent by such transfer nor shall it be aware of any pending insolvency;
(iv) such sale and transfer shall not result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders;
(v) the Funding Period shall not have terminated;
(vi) the Depositor shall not have selected the Subsequent Mortgage Loans in a manner that it believed to be adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders;
(vii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a Subsequent Transfer Instrument confirming the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in this Section 2.11 and, pursuant to the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, assigned to the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, in, to and under the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to the extent of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans;
(viii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a letter from an Independent accountant (with copies provided to each Rating Agency) stating that the characteristics of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans conform to the characteristics set forth in paragraphs (c) and (d) below; and
(ix) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies with respect to the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans substantially in the form of the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee on the Closing Date regarding the true sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
(c) The obligation of the Trust Fund to purchase a Subsequent Mortgage Loan on any Subsequent Transfer Date is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraph (d) below and the accuracy of the following representations and warranties with respect to such Subsequent Mortgage Loan determined as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date: (i) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not be 30 or more days delinquent as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date provided, however that approximately ___% of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, by aggregate principal balance as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date, may be thirty days or more but less than sixty days delinquent in their monthly payments as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date and approximately ___% of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, by aggregate principal balance as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date, may be sixty days or more but less than ninety days delinquent in their monthly payments as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date; (ii) the stated term to maturity of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not be less than ___ months and will not exceed ___ months; (iii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan may not provide for negative amortization; (iv) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will not have a Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than ___%; (v) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will have as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date, a weighted average term since origination not in excess of ___ months; (vi) no Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall have a Mortgage Rate less than ____% or greater than ___%; (vii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will have been serviced by the Master Servicer since origination or purchased by the Depositor; (viii) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan must have a first Monthly Payment due on or before ________________ and (ix) the Subsequent Mortgage Loan will be underwritten in accordance with the criteria set forth under the section "The Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards; Representations" in the Prospectus Supplement.
(d) Following the purchase of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Trust Fund, the Mortgage Loans (including the Subsequent Mortgage Loans) will, as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date: (i) have a weighted average original term to stated maturity of not more than ___ months; (ii) have a weighted average Mortgage Rate of not less than _____% and not more than _____%; (iii) have a weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of not more than ______%; (iv) have no Mortgage Loan with a principal balance in excess of $_______ and (v) have a weighted average Gross Margin of not less than _____%, in each case, as applicable, by aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related Subsequent Cut-off Date.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsequent Mortgage Loan may be rejected by either Rating Agency if the inclusion of any such Subsequent Mortgage Loan would adversely affect the ratings of any Class of Certificates. At least one Business Day prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date, each Rating Agency shall notify the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor as to which Subsequent Mortgage Loans, if any, shall not be included in the transfer on the related Subsequent Transfer Date; provided, however, that the Master Servicer, in its capacity as Seller, shall have delivered to each Rating Agency at least three Business Days prior to such Subsequent Transfer Date a computer file acceptable to each Rating Agency describing the characteristics specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) above.
Assignment of Master Servicing The Master Servicer may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations in its entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided, however, that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accept in writing such assignment and delegation and assume the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder (a) shall have a net worth of not less than $25,000,000 (unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause (ii) below); (b) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (as evidenced in a writing signed by the Trustee); and (c) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by it as master servicer under this Agreement, any custodial agreement from and after the effective date of such agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency shall be given prior written notice of the identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency’s rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment, sale and delegation will not be downgraded, qualified or withdrawn as a result of such assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a letter to such effect delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee; and (iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Independent counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Agreement have been completed and such action is permitted by and complies with the terms of this Agreement. No such assignment or delegation shall affect any liability of the Master Servicer arising out of acts or omissions prior to the effective date thereof.
Conveyance of Subsequent Receivables (a) If there is a Funding Period, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.03(b) below, in consideration of the Issuing Entity’s delivery on the related Subsequent Transfer Date, if any, to or upon the order of the Depositor of the amount described in Section 5.01(d) to be delivered to the Depositor and the increase in the value of the Certificates as a result of such sale, the Depositor does hereby agree to sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuing Entity, without recourse (except as provided in Section 3.02), pursuant to an assignment in substantially the form of Exhibit D (a “Subsequent Transfer SSA Assignment”), all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under:
(i) the Subsequent Receivables identified in the Subsequent Transfer SSA Assignment (all of which are identified in World Omni’s computer files by a code indicating such Subsequent Receivables are owned by the Trust and pledged to the Indenture Trustee) and all monies received thereon and in respect thereof after the related Subsequent Cutoff Date;
(ii) the security interests in, and the liens on, the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors in connection with the Subsequent Receivables and any other interest of the Depositor in the Financed Vehicles;
(iii) any proceeds with respect to the Subsequent Receivables from claims on any physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or Obligors;
(iv) any Financed Vehicle that shall have secured a Subsequent Receivable and shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trust;
(v) all “accounts,” “chattel paper,” “general intangibles” and “promissory notes” (as such terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect) constituting or relating to the foregoing; and
(vi) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (including Liquidation Proceeds); provided, however, that the foregoing items (i) through (vi) shall not include the Notes and Certificates. It is the intention of the Depositor and the Issuing Entity that the assignment and transfer contemplated by this Section 2.03 constitute (and shall be construed and treated for all purposes, other than for tax purposes, as) a true and complete sale of such Subsequent Receivables, if any, and the other property of the Depositor specified in Section 2.03(a) hereof, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any liens and encumbrances, from the Depositor to the Issuing Entity. However, in the event that such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge to secure a loan (in spite of the express intent of the parties hereto that this conveyance constitutes, and shall be construed and treated for all purposes, other than for tax purposes, as a true and complete sale), the Depositor hereby grants to the Issuing Entity, for the benefit of the Noteholders, a first priority perfected security interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Subsequent Receivables, if any, and the other property of the Depositor specified in Section 2.03(a) hereof whether now existing or hereafter created and all proceeds of the foregoing to secure the loan deemed to be made in connection with such pledge and, in such event, this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
(b) If there is a Funding Period, the Depositor shall transfer to the Issuing Entity Subsequent Receivables and the other property and rights related thereto described in Section 2.03(a) above only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:
(i) the Funding Period shall not have terminated;
(ii) each of the representations and warranties made by the Depositor pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to such Subsequent Receivables shall be true and correct as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date with the same effect as if then made, and the Depositor shall have performed all obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or prior to such Subsequent Transfer Date;
(iii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee a duly executed Subsequent Transfer SSA Assignment, including the Schedule of Receivables (which schedule shall be deemed to supplement the existing Schedule of Receivables in effect at such time);
(iv) the applicable Reserve Account Subsequent Transfer Deposit for such Subsequent Transfer Date shall have been deposited in the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.01(d);
(v) the Depositor shall, at its own expense, on or prior to each Subsequent Transfer Date, indicate in its computer files that the Subsequent Receivables conveyed on such date have been sold to the Issuing Entity pursuant to this Agreement and the related Subsequent Transfer SSA Assignment;
(vi) the Depositor shall have taken any action required to maintain the first priority perfected ownership interest of the Issuing Entity in the Owner Trust Estate and the first priority perfected security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral;
(vii) the Receivables in the Trust (after giving effect to the conveyance of the Subsequent Receivables to the Trust on such Subsequent Transfer Date) shall meet the following criteria: (A) the weighted average Annual Percentage Rate of the Receivables in the Trust shall not be less than [RESERVED]%, (B) not less than [RESERVED]% of the Aggregate Starting Principal Balance of the Receivables shall represent financings of new Financed Vehicles, (C) no Subsequent Receivable shall have a remaining term in excess of [RESERVED] months, (D) the weighted average original term to maturity of the Receivables in the Trust shall not be greater than [RESERVED] months, (E) not less than [RESERVED]% of Aggregate Starting Principal Balance of the Receivables shall represent financings of Toyota vehicles, (F) the weighted average FICO score of the Receivables in the Trust shall not be less than [RESERVED] and (G) such other criteria as may be required by the Rating Agencies;
(viii) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Officers’ Certificate confirming the satisfaction of the conditions specified in this Section 2.03(b); and
(ix) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the transfer of such Subsequent Receivables substantially in the form of the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Rating Agencies on the Closing Date.
(c) If there is a Funding Period, the Depositor covenants to transfer to the Issuing Entity pursuant to Section 2.03(a) before the termination of the Funding Period Subsequent Receivables with an aggregate Starting Principal Balance less the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount for such Subsequent Receivables as of the related Subsequent Cutoff Date equal to approximately the result of the Pre-Funding Account Initial Deposit divided by [RESERVED]% to the extent such Receivables were transferred to the Depositor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Reassignments Professional staff members serving under a multi-year contract may be assigned by the President to any professional position within their areas of competence and qualifications during the term of the contract, but their salaries may not be reduced during the duration of the contract below that which they would have received had they continued in their original position, and they may be dismissed from the College/University during the term of the contract only for cause consistent with appropriate statutory provisions. exist.
Certain Characteristics of the Receivables (A) Each Receivable had a remaining maturity, as of the Cutoff Date, of not less than three (3) months and not more than eighty-four (84) months.
(B) Each Receivable had an original maturity, as of the Cutoff Date, of not less than three (3) months and not more than eighty-four (84) months.
(C) Each Receivable had a remaining Principal Balance, as of the Cutoff Date, of at least $250 and not more than $150,000.
(D) Each Receivable had an Annual Percentage Rate, as of the Cutoff Date, of not more than 20%.
(E) No Receivable was more than thirty (30) days past due as of the Cutoff Date.
(F) Each Receivable arose under a Contract that is governed by the laws of the United States or any State thereof.
(G) Each Obligor had a billing address in the United States or a United States territory as of the date of origination of the related Receivable.
(H) Each Receivable is denominated in, and each Contract provides for payment in, United States dollars.
(I) Each Receivable arose under a Contract that is assignable without the consent of, or notice to, the Obligor thereunder, and does not contain a confidentiality provision that purports to restrict the ability of the Servicer to exercise its rights under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, its right to review the Contract. Each Receivable prohibits the sale or transfer of the Financed Vehicle without the consent of the Servicer.
(J) Each Receivable arose under a Contract with respect to which GM Financial has performed all obligations required to be performed by it thereunder.
(K) No automobile related to a Receivable was held in repossession inventory as of the Cutoff Date.
(L) The Servicer’s records do not indicate that any Obligor was in bankruptcy as of the Cutoff Date.
(M) No Obligor is the United States of America or any State or any agency, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
Conveyance of the Receivables (a) In consideration for the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Depositor of the Notes and the Certificates resulting in an increase in the residual value of the equity interest in the Issuer owned by the Depositor, the Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse, but subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, each and all of the following (collectively, the “Depositor Conveyed Assets”):
(i) all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Conveyed Assets;
(ii) all of the Depositor’s rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including the representations of the Seller made therein and the Depositor’s right to enforce a breach of any such representation made with respect to any Conveyed Assets; and
(iii) all proceeds of the foregoing.
(b) As of the Closing Date, the Issuer acknowledges the conveyance to it of the Depositor Conveyed Assets transferred on such date, including all right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Depositor Conveyed Assets, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the Issuer. Concurrent with such delivery, as of the Closing Date and pursuant to the Indenture the Issuer pledges and/or assigns the Depositor Conveyed Assets and the other Collateral to the Indenture Trustee as security for the Notes.
Purchased Assets On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Purchaser (or a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Purchaser identified to Seller in writing at least three (3) business days before the Closing), and Purchaser shall (or shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to) purchase and acquire from Seller and its Subsidiaries all of Seller’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest as of the Closing in the following (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens:
(a) (i) each Business License Contract and (ii) each Contract with customers (including support and services Contracts), partners, distributors or resellers of the Business (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) Contracts solely between Seller and its Subsidiaries or solely between Subsidiaries of Seller and (y) leases of real property) (collectively, (i) and (ii), together with the Contracts designated as Purchased Assets pursuant to Section 2.4(l), such Contracts or portions (to the extent related to the Business) of Contracts, the “Business Contracts”); provided that and for the avoidance of doubt, Business Contracts shall not include any Contract in respect of hosting services provided to the Business;
(b) the Transferred Leases;
(c) the Transferred Intellectual Property Rights, including (other than with respect to Retained Claims) the right to seek and obtain damages for the past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Transferred Intellectual Property Rights, and the goodwill of the Business appurtenant to such Transferred Intellectual Property Rights;
(d) the Transferred Technology, including (other than with respect to Retained Claims) the right to seek and obtain damages for the past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Transferred Technology and the goodwill of the Business appurtenant to such Transferred Technology; provided that Seller shall be permitted to keep copies of any Transferred Technology to the extent it constitutes Shared Transferred Technology subject to the terms and conditions of the Intellectual Property License Agreement;
(e) any and all Permits primarily related to the Business (collectively, the “Transferred Permits”);
(f) any and all claims, causes of action, defenses and rights of offset or counterclaims (in any manner arising or existing, whether xxxxxx or inchoate, known or unknown, contingent or non-contingent) at any time to the extent arising out of or related to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities and the right to retain all proceeds and monies therefrom, other than any Retained Claims;
(g) any and all rights under Contracts between Seller or one of its Subsidiaries and any Transferred Business Employee to the extent they restrict the Transferred Business Employee from competing with, or soliciting employees, customers, clients, vendors, and other Persons engaged in a business relationship with, the Business;
(h) true and complete copies of the Business Books and Records; provided that Seller shall be permitted to keep copies of such Business Books and Records to the extent relating to the Retained Business or the Retained Liabilities, or otherwise to the extent reasonably necessary, and only for so long as required, for Seller’s financial reporting purposes;
(i) any and all raw materials, works-in-process, finished goods, supplies and other inventories, including two-factor authentication tokens, to the extent related to, used in or held for use in the Business;
(j) all rights under letters of credit, performance bonds, negotiable instruments and other credit support instruments to the extent third parties provide credit support for any Business Contract or any other Purchased Assets pursuant to the foregoing (collectively, the “Transferred Financial Instruments”);
(k) any and all prepaid assets and deposits to the extent made or paid in respect of any Purchased Assets described in Section 2.4(i) or any tangible assets (including Tangible Personal Property and Information Technology) that become Purchased Assets pursuant to Section 2.4(l) (the “Transferred Prepaid Assets”);
(l) all other assets, Contracts or rights of any kind (including Tangible Personal Property and Information Technology, but excluding owned or leased real property, permits, Intellectual Property Rights (other than any Contracts) and Minority Investments), wherever located, whether personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, that are owned by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or to which Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or has a license or other right with respect thereto, and in each case, that are primarily related to or primarily used or held for use in the Business and are not listed on Section 2.5(o) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, and that have been designated as a “Purchased Asset” by Purchaser in writing in its sole discretion prior to the Asset Selection Cut-Off Time; and
(m) any and all assets set forth on Section 2.4(m) of the Seller Disclosure Letter.
Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing The Master Servicer may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations in its entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement and EMC may terminate the Master Servicer without cause and select a new Master Servicer; provided, however, that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (a) shall be a Person which shall be qualified to service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae or Freddxx Xxx; (x) shxxx xxxe a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 (unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause (ii) below); (c) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (as evidenced in a writing signed by the Trustee); and (d) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by it as master servicer under this Agreement, any custodial agreement from and after the effective date of such agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency shall be given prior written notice of the identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency's rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment, sale and delegation will not be downgraded, qualified or withdrawn as a result of such assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a letter to such effect delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee; (iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Independent Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Agreement have been completed and such action is permitted by and complies with the terms of this Agreement; and (iv) in the event the Master Servicer is terminated without cause by EMC, EMC shall pay the terminated Master Servicer a termination fee equal to 0.25% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time the master servicing of the Mortgage Loans is transferred to the successor Master Servicer. No such assignment or delegation shall affect any liability of the Master Servicer arising prior to the effective date thereof.
