Termination of the Certificate Administrator Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Depositor may terminate the Certificate Administrator upon five (5) Business Days’ notice if the Certificate Administrator fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Article X; provided that (a) such termination shall not be effective until a successor Certificate Administrator shall have accepted the appointment, (b) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if (i) it cannot perform its obligations due to its failure to properly prepare or file on a timely basis, on behalf of the Trust, any Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, within the exact time frames set forth in this Agreement any information, approval, direction or signature from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file any such Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, or (ii) following the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply with any of such obligations under this Article X on or prior to the dates by which such obligations are to be performed pursuant to, and as set forth in, such Sections, the Certificate Administrator subsequently complies with such obligations before the Depositor gives written notice to it that it is terminated in accordance with this Section 10.15, and (c) if the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply does not cause it to fail in its obligations to timely file, on behalf of the Trust, the related Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, as the case may be, by the related deadline for filing such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, then the Depositor shall cease to have the right to terminate the Certificate Administrator under this Section 10.15 on the date on which such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is so filed.
Servicing Fees, Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees and Special Servicing Compensation (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled, with respect to each Mortgage Loan (including each Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan and each Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), each REO Mortgage Loan, each Serviced Companion Loan (including each Serviced Companion Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan) and each REO Companion Loan that is included as part of a Serviced Loan Combination and each Interest Accrual Period, to the Servicing Fee, which shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and/or, in the case of a Serviced Loan Combination or portion thereof, the related Loan Combination Custodial Account as set forth in Section 3.06(a)(iii) and Section 3.06(a)(vii) and/or Section 3.06A of this Agreement, as applicable. In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as additional servicing compensation (the following items, collectively, “Additional Servicing Compensation”), (i) 100% of any Excess Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of a Performing Serviced Loan consented to by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement that did not require the approval of the Special Servicer, (ii) 50% of any Excess Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of a Performing Serviced Loan consented to by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.24 of this Agreement (whether or not the Special Servicer elects to handle any related processing), (iii) 100% of any defeasance fee received in connection with a defeasance of a Serviced Loan as contemplated under Section 3.09 of this Agreement (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include the Special Servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance to which the Special Servicer is entitled under this Agreement), (iv) 100% of any Assumption Fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan involving a transaction described in the definition of “Assumption Fees” consented to by the Master Servicer that did not require the approval of the Special Servicer, (v) 50% of any Assumption Fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan involving a transaction described in the definition of “Assumption Fees” consented to by the Special Servicer (whether or not the Special Servicer elects to handle any related processing), (vi) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Excess (exclusive of any portion thereof attributable to an Outside Serviced Mortgage Loan), but only to the extent such amount is not required to be included in any Compensating Interest Payment, in each case to the extent received and not required to be deposited or retained in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement, (vii) 100% of Ancillary Fees (other than (A) fees for insufficient or returned checks and (B) beneficiary statement charges) actually received from Mortgagors with respect to the accounts held by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or the related Loan Documents, including the Collection Account or any related subaccount, any Escrow Account or related subaccount, any Loan Combination Custodial Account or related subaccount, any Lock-Box Account or related subaccount or any reserve account or related subaccount, (viii) 100% of assumption application fees actually received from Mortgagors on Performing Serviced Loans (if the related assumption was processed by the Master Servicer), (ix) 100% of Consent Fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan that did not require the approval of, or processing by, the Special Servicer, (x) 50% of any Consent Fees with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan consented to by the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processes the related servicing matter), (xi) 100% of Excess Penalty Charges paid by the Mortgagors with respect to any Serviced Loan other than Excess Penalty Charges accrued during the period such Serviced Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to any collections of Excess Penalty Charges that represent amounts accrued while the related Serviced Loan is a Performing Serviced Loan even if collected when the Serviced Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan), (xii) 100% of fees for insufficient or returned checks actually received from Mortgagors relating to the accounts held by the Master Servicer, and (xiii) 100% of beneficiary statement charges actually received from Mortgagors to the extent the related beneficiary statements were prepared by the Master Servicer; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to apply or retain any amounts described in clauses (i) through (v) above as additional compensation with respect to a specific Mortgage Loan or Serviced Loan Combination, as applicable, with respect to which a default or event of default thereunder has occurred and is continuing unless and until such default or event of default has been cured (or has been waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and all delinquent amounts required to have been paid by the Mortgagor, Advance Interest Amounts and Additional Trust Fund Expenses (other than Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) both (x) due with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Loan Combination, as applicable, and (y) in the case of expense items, that arose within the last 12 months, have been paid. The Master Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to, and to the extent provided for in Sections 3.06(a)(iii), Section 3.06(A) and Section 3.07(b), to withdraw from the Collection Account and the Loan Combination Custodial Accounts and to receive from any Mortgagor Accounts (to the extent not payable to the related Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Loan Combination or applicable law) any interest or other income earned on deposits therein. Interest or other income earned on funds in the Collection Account, Loan Combination Custodial Account and Mortgagor Accounts (to the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents), shall be paid to the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation and interest or other income earned on funds in any REO Account shall be payable to the Special Servicer. In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to charge and retain reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request with respect to any Performing Serviced Loan that either does not relate to a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Decision or relates to a Major Decision or Special Servicer Decision that is being processed by the Master Servicer with the mutual agreement of the Special Servicer, to the extent such fees are (i) not inconsistent with the related Loan Documents, (ii) in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (iii) actually paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer’s right to the additional servicing compensation described in this paragraph with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan shall be subject to the related Co-Lender Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Excess Modification Fee, Assumption Fee, Consent Fee or other fee with respect to a Performing Serviced Loan that is required to be split between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right in its sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective percentage interest in any such fee; provided, however (x) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the percentage interest of any fee due to the other and (y) to the extent either of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective percentage interest in any fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge such fee shall not have any right to share in any portion of the other party’s fee. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall still be entitled to charge the portion of the related fee the Special Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall only apply to Performing Serviced Loans and, subject to the other terms of this Agreement, shall not prohibit any waiver or reduction by the Special Servicer of any fee payable by the Mortgagor with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan. Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and any successor holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights shall be entitled, at any time, at its own expense, to transfer, sell, pledge or otherwise assign such Excess Servicing Fee Rights in whole (but not in part), in either case, to any Qualified Institutional Buyer or Institutional Accredited Investor (other than a Plan); provided that no such transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment shall be made unless (i) that transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws and is otherwise made in accordance with the Securities Act and such state securities laws, (ii) the prospective transferor shall have delivered to the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit CC-1 to this Agreement, and (iii) the prospective transferee shall have delivered to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit CC-2 to this Agreement. None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Certificate Registrar is obligated to register or qualify an Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right without registration or qualification. Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and each holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right desiring to effect a transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall, and Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association hereby agrees, and each such holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right by its acceptance of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall be deemed to have agreed, in connection with any transfer of such Excess Servicing Fee Right effected by such Person, to indemnify the Certificateholders, the Trust, the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Registrar and the Special Servicer against any liability that may result if such transfer is not exempt from registration and/or qualification under the Securities Act or other applicable federal and state securities laws or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws or in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph. By its acceptance of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have agreed not to use or disclose any information received in connection with its acquisition and holding of such Excess Servicing Fee Right in any manner that could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or other applicable securities laws or that would require registration of such Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificate pursuant to the Securities Act. From time to time following any transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the Person then acting as the Master Servicer shall pay, out of each amount paid to such Master Servicer as Servicing Fees with respect to each related Mortgage Loan or REO Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, the related Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Right within one (1) Business Day following the payment of such Servicing Fees to the Master Servicer, in each case in accordance with payment instructions provided by such holder in writing to the Master Servicer. The holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right shall not have any rights under this Agreement except as set forth in the preceding sentences of this paragraph. None of the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian shall have any obligation whatsoever regarding payment of the Excess Servicing Fee or the assignment or transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Master Servicer shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder, including all fees of any Sub-Servicers retained by it. The Master Servicer will not be entitled to retain any portion of Excess Interest paid on any Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the case of a Serviced Loan Combination, in no event shall Servicing Fees with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including an REO Mortgage Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), and in no event shall Servicing Fees with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (including an REO Companion Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Pool. In addition, with respect to any Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, in no event shall Servicing Fees with respect to such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan (including an REO Companion Loan) be payable out of payments and other collections with respect to any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), the related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Pool. This paragraph is in no way intended to limit the rights, if any, of the Master Servicer under the related Co-Lender Agreement to seek payment of unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan from the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder.
The Certificate Account (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish the Certificate Account, which shall be entitled “Washington Mutual Mortgage Securities Corp. Certificate Account under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2005, among Washington Mutual Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor and Master Servicer, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as the Trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, as the Delaware Trustee, for the benefit of WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-AR2 Trust created pursuant thereto”. Promptly after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall communicate to the Master Servicer the account number and wiring instructions for the Certificate Account. Not later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall direct the Investment Depository to deposit into the Certificate Account the amounts previously deposited into the Investment Account (which may include a deposit of Eligible Investments) to which the Holders of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-1 Residual Interest are entitled or which are necessary for payment of any Special Primary Insurance Premiums. In addition, not later than the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deposit into the Certificate Account any Monthly P&I Advances or other payments required to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02 of this Agreement and any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds (including amounts paid by the Company in respect of any Purchase Obligation) not previously deposited in the Custodial Accounts for P&I or the Investment Account, and any amounts paid by the Master Servicer in connection with the exercise of its option to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 or any other purchase of Mortgage Loans permitted by this Agreement.
Certificate Account (a) The Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee shall establish and maintain a Certificate Account in which the Master Servicer shall cause to be deposited on behalf of the Trustee on or before 2:00 P.M. New York time on each Certificate Account Deposit Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of (i) any Advance for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date, (ii) any amount required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.12(a), (iii) any amount required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.16(e) or Section 4.07, (iv) any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 9.01 and (v) all other amounts constituting the Available Distribution Amount for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date.
Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates The Trustee and the Securities Administrator make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates (other than, in the case of the Securities Administrator, the certificate of authentication on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan, or related document save that the Trustee and the Securities Administrator represent that, assuming due execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except that such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally, and (B) general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of funds paid to the Depositor in consideration of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust Fund by the Depositor or for the use or application of any funds deposited into the Distribution Account or any other fund or account maintained with respect to the Certificates. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for the legality or validity of this Agreement or the validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the Certificates issued or intended to be issued hereunder. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to record this Agreement.
Eligibility Requirements for Securities Administrator The Securities Administrator hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and doing business under the laws the United States of America or any state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating of at least investment grade. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 10.06 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Securities Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.06, the Securities Administrator shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.07 hereof. The entity serving as Securities Administrator may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and its affiliates or the Trustee and its affiliates. Any successor Securities Administrator (i) may not be an originator, the Servicer, the Depositor or an affiliate of the Depositor unless the Securities Administrator functions are operated through an institutional trust department of the Securities Administrator, (ii) must be authorized to exercise corporate trust powers under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and (iii) must be rated at least "A/F1" by Fitch, if Fitch is a Rating Agency and rates such successor, or the equivalent rating by S&P or Moody's. If no successor Securities Administrator shall have been appoixxxx xxd shall have accepted appointment within 60 days after the Securities Administrator ceases to be the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 10.07, then the Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to) become the successor Securities Administrator. The Depositor shall appoint a successor to the Securities Administrator in accordance with Section 10.07. The Trustee shall notify the Rating Agencies of any change of Securities Administrator.
Successor Trustee or Securities Administrator Any successor trustee or successor securities administrator appointed as provided in Section 9.07 of this Agreement shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and its predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator shall become effective and such successor trustee or successor securities administrator without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee or securities administrator herein. The predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator shall deliver to the successor trustee or successor securities administrator all Mortgage Loan Documents and related documents and statements to the extent held by it hereunder, as well as all monies, held by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee or successor securities administrator all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. No successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06 and the appointment of such successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall not result in a downgrading of any Class of Certificates by any Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency. Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or successor securities administrator as provided in this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or successor securities administrator, the successor trustee or successor securities administrator shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.
Master Servicer, REMIC Administrator and Trustee Indemnification (a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Company, the REMIC Administrator and the Master Servicer for any taxes and costs including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Company or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the Trustee's covenants set forth in Article VIII or this Article X.
Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Transferor, as the case may be, and the Securities Administrator assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Securities Administrator makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document other than with respect to the Securities Administrator's execution and authentication of the Certificates. The Securities Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the Master Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Certificate Accounts (a) For each Series, the Trustee shall establish and maintain one or more Eligible Accounts (collectively, the "Certificate Accounts"), which shall be Securities Accounts and shall be held in trust in the name of the Trustee for its benefit and the benefit of Certificateholders of such Series. The Trustee on behalf of such Certificateholders shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in each Certificate Account and in all proceeds thereof. With respect to each Series and in accordance with Section 2.06, the Certificate Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control (including, without limitation, Securities Control) of the Trustee for the benefit of the related Certificateholders. With respect to each Series, not later than the close of business on the Business Day on which the Trustee receives such amounts in the form of immediately available funds (so long as such funds are received by the Trustee by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, and on the next Business Day otherwise), the Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Certificate Accounts all amounts received by it with respect to the Deposited Assets, any Credit Support and all Liquidation Proceeds related to such Series including: