EXHIBIT 99.1
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EXECUTION COPY
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INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Depositor
INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.
Seller and Master Servicer
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of January 1, 2002
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RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST
Series 2002-A1
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES
Series 2002-A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS...........................................................................................1
Section 1.01. Definitions.............................................................................1
Section 1.02. Rules of Construction..................................................................25
ARTICLE TWO CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................................26
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans...........................................................26
Section 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans........................................29
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the Seller and the Master Servicer.......32
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the Mortgage Loans...............33
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions and Repurchases........34
Section 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.................................................34
Section 2.07. REMIC Matters..........................................................................34
Section 2.08. [Reserved].............................................................................34
Section 2.09. Subsequent Transfers...................................................................34
Section 2.10. Mandatory Prepayment...................................................................37
ARTICLE THREE ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS.....................................................38
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans..............................................38
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Subservicers...........................38
Section 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer..............39
Section 3.04. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicers and the Trustee.......................39
Section 3.05. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer......................................................39
Section 3.06. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Servicing Accounts; Collection Account; Certificate
Account; Distribution Account; Pre-Funding Account; Capitalized Interest Account;
Carryover Reserve Fund.................................................................40
Section 3.07. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts....................44
Section 3.08. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans...........45
Section 3.09. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account, the Distribution Account and the
Carryover Reserve Fund.................................................................45
Section 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary Insurance Policies.............46
Section 3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements..............................48
Section 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans..............................................49
Section 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files........................................51
Section 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the Master Servicer to be Held for the
Trustee................................................................................51
Section 3.15. Servicing Compensation.................................................................52
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Section 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation........................................................52
Section 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance......................................................52
Section 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.......53
Section 3.19. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.........................................53
ARTICLE FOUR DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER...................................................54
Section 4.01. Advances...............................................................................54
Section 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.............................................................54
Section 4.03. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders...............................................56
Section 4.04. Yield Maintenance Agreement............................................................58
Section 4.05. Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund.........................................................58
Section 4.06. [Reserved].............................................................................59
Section 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates.............................59
ARTICLE FIVE THE CERTIFICATES....................................................................................61
Section 5.01. The Certificates.......................................................................61
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates............61
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates......................................65
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners..................................................................65
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses..............................65
Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................................................66
ARTICLE SIX THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER................................................................67
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer........................67
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer........................67
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, and Others..67
Section 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer.......................................68
ARTICLE SEVEN DEFAULT............................................................................................69
Section 7.01. Events of Default......................................................................69
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor...............................................70
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.....................................................71
ARTICLE EIGHT CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.............................................................................72
Section 8.01. Duties of the Trustee..................................................................72
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee..................................................72
Section 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans..................................73
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates...........................................................74
Section 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses............................................................74
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee...............................................74
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.................................................75
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee......................................................................75
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee.................................................76
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Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee..........................................76
Section 8.11. Tax Matters............................................................................77
Section 8.12. Periodic Filings.......................................................................79
Section 8.13. [Reserved].............................................................................79
Section 8.14. Tax Classification of the Carryover Reserve Fund.......................................79
ARTICLE NINE TERMINATION.........................................................................................80
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage Loans.........................80
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.................................................80
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements....................................................81
ARTICLE TEN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.............................................................................82
Section 10.01. Amendment..............................................................................82
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.................................................83
Section 10.03. Governing Law..........................................................................83
Section 10.04. Intention of Parties...................................................................84
Section 10.05. Notices................................................................................84
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions.............................................................85
Section 10.07. Assignment.............................................................................85
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.............................................85
Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights............................................................86
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid..............................................86
Section 10.11. Official Record........................................................................86
Section 10.12. Protection of Assets...................................................................86
Section 10.13. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity......................................................86
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SCHEDULES
Schedule I: Mortgage Loan Schedule.................................................................... S-I-1
Schedule II: Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer..............................S-II-1
Schedule III: Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans..................................S-III-1
Schedule IV: Planned Balance Schedules.................................................................S-IV-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A: Form of Class Senior Certificate.............................................................A-1
Exhibit B: Form of Class Subordinated Certificate.......................................................B-1
Exhibit C: Form of Class Residual Certificate...........................................................C-1
Exhibit D: Form of Class Notional Amount Certificate....................................................D-1
Exhibit E: Form of Reverse of Certificates..............................................................E-1
Exhibit F: Form of Initial Certification of Trustee.....................................................F-1
Exhibit G: Form of Delay Delivery Certification.........................................................G-1
Exhibit H: Form of Final Certification of Trustee.......................................................H-1
Exhibit I: Form of Transfer Affidavit...................................................................I-1
Exhibit J: Form of Transferor Certificate...............................................................J-1
Exhibit K: Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)....................................................K-1
Exhibit L: Form of Rule 144A Letter.....................................................................L-1
Exhibit M: Form of Request for Release (for Trustee)....................................................M-1
Exhibit N: Form of Request for Release (Mortgage Loan Paid in Full, Repurchased and Released)...........N-1
Exhibit O: [Reserved]...................................................................................O-1
Exhibit Q: Form of Subsequent Transfer Agreement........................................................Q-1
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THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2002, among
INDYMAC MBS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"),
INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. ("IndyMac"), a federal savings bank, as seller (in that
capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in that capacity, the "Master
Servicer"), and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., a national banking
association, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties
agree as follows:
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to
the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal income
tax purposes will consist of three REMICs: the Subsidiary REMIC, the
Intermediate REMIC, and the Master REMIC. The Subsidiary REMIC will consist of
all of the assets constituting the Trust Fund (including $100 put in trust for
the benefit of the Class P Certificate, but excluding the Pre-Funding Account,
the Capitalized Interest Account, the Yield Maintenance Agreement, the
Carryover Reserve Fund and the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund) and will be
evidenced by the Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests (which, excluding the
Class P Certificate will be uncertificated (the "Uncertificated Subsidiary
REMIC Regular Interests") and will represent the "regular interests" in the
Subsidiary REMIC) and the SR Interest as the single "residual interest" in the
Subsidiary REMIC. The Trustee will hold the Uncertificated Subsidiary REMIC
Regular Interests for the benefit of the Intermediate REMIC. The Intermediate
REMIC will consist of the Uncertificated Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interests
and will be evidenced by the Intermediate REMIC Regular Interest (which will
represent the "regular interests" in the Intermediate REMIC) and the IR
Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Intermediate REMIC. The
Trustee will hold the Intermediate REMIC Regular Interests for the benefit of
the Master REMIC. The Master REMIC will consist of the Intermediate REMIC
Regular Interests and will be evidenced by the Regular Certificates (which
will represent the "regular interests" in the Master REMIC) and the MR
Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Master REMIC. The Class A-R
Certificates will represent beneficial ownership of the SR Interest, IR
Interest and the MR Interest. The "latest possible maturity date" for federal
income tax purposes of all interests created hereby will be the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.
The Master REMIC
The following table sets forth characteristics of the Certificates,
together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in excess
thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one Certificate
of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount and, in
addition, one Residual Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person
Certificate may be issued in a different amount):
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Class Certificate Integral Multiples in
Balance Pass-Through Rate Minimum Denomination Excess of Minimum
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Class A-1 $153,340,000 Variable(1) $25,000 $1,000
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Class A-2 $163,208,000 5.35%(6) $25,000 $1,000
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Class A-3 $51,733,000 6.13%(6) $25,000 $1,000
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Class A-4 $45,748,000 6.59%(6) $25,000 $1,000
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Class A-5 $70,071,000 6.86%(4)(6) $25,000 $1,000
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Class A-IO (2) 5.75% $25,000(3) $1,000(3)
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Class A-R $100.00 N/A $100 N/A
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Class M-1 $11,588,000 6.69%(4)(6) $25,000 $1,000
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Class M-2 $10,300,000 7.00%(4)(6) $25,000 $1,000
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Class B $9,012,000 7.00%(4)(6) $25,000 $1,000
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Class OC $0 (5) $1,000 $1,000
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(1) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 Certificates will be the lesser
of (x) LIBOR plus 0.20% and (y) the Net WAC Rate (adjusted in the case of
the Net WAC Rate, to an effective rate reflecting the accrual of interest
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed during the related Accrual Period).
(2) The Class A-IO Certificate will not be entitled to any principal but will
have a notional balance equal to (x) on any of the first twenty-nine
Distribution Dates, the lesser of (a) on or before the eighteenth
Distribution Date, $51,500,000, from and including the nineteenth
Distribution Date through the twenty-third Distribution Date, $43,775,000
or, from and including the twenty-fourth Distribution Date through the
twenty-ninth Distribution Date, $36,050,000 and (b) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (y) on any Distribution Date
on or after the thirtieth Distribution Date, $0.00. For federal income
tax purposes, the Class A-IO Certificates will be entitled to 100% of the
interest received from the Class IA-IO regular interest.
(3) The minimum denomination is based on the Notional Amount.
(4) The Pass-Through Rate of this class will increase by 0.50% per annum on
the first Distribution Date after the date on which the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the outstanding Mortgage Loans is ten percent or
less of the sum of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of January 1, 2002 and (ii) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of any Subsequent Mortgage Loans transferred to the
Trust on a Subsequent Transfer Date.
(5) The Class OC Regular Interests will be represented by two certificates,
the Class OC-1 Certificates and Class OC-2 Certificates. Each will
represent a right to amounts received by the Class OC Regular Interest.
The Class OC Certificates will have a notional balance equal to the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and a rate equal
to the excess of the Net WAC Rate over the product of (i) 2 and (ii) the
weighted average interest rate of the Intermediate REMIC Interests with
each Intermediate REMIC Accretion Directed Class subject to a cap equal
to the pass through rate in respect of the Master REMIC Class and the
Intermediate REMIC Accrual Class subject to a cap equal to zero.
(6) The Pass-Through Rate will equal the lesser of (i) the fixed rate shown
and (ii) the Net WAC Rate.
The Intermediate REMIC
The following table sets forth Class Designation, the Initial Principal
Balance, the Pass-Through, the Corresponding Master REMIC Certificate for each
Intermediate REMIC Regular Interest:
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Initial Principal Corresponding Master
Class Designation Balance Pass-Through Rate REMIC Certificate
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Class IA-1 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class A-1 and
Master REMIC Class Class A-R
balance plus1/2the
Class AR Certificate
Balance
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Class IA-2 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class A-2
Master REMIC Class
balance
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Class IA-3 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class A-3
Master REMIC Class
balance
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Class IA-4 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class A-4
Master REMIC
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Class balance
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Class IA-5 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class A-5
Master REMIC Class
balance
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Class IA-IO (2) (3) Class A-IO
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Class IM-1 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class M-1
Master REMIC Class
balance
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Class IM-2 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class M-2
Master REMIC Class
balance
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Class IB 1/2 Corresponding (1) Class 2-A-3
Master REMIC Class
balance
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Accrual Directed Class 1/2 Mortgage Loan (1) N/A
principal balance
plus1/2the
Overcollateralized
Amount(4)
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Class IR N/A N/A N/A
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(1) The Net WAC Rate.
(2) The Class IA-IO interest will represent 3 regular interests, the Class
IA-IO(a) Regular Interests, Class IA-IO(b) Regular Interests, and the
Class IA-IO(c) Regular Interests. Each Class IA-IO Regular Interest will
not have a principal balance, but will have a notional balance equal to
the principal balance of it corresponding Subsidiary REMIC regular
interest.
(3) The Class IA-IO(a) Regular Interests, Class IA-IO(b) Regular Interests,
and the Class IA-IO(c) Regular Interests will have a Pass-Through Rate
equal to (i) from the Closing Date to the Rate Change Date (as set forth
in the Subsidiary REMIC table below), 5.75%, and (ii) from thereafter,
0.00%.
(4) For this purpose, the Overcollateralized Amount will include the
principal balance of the Class OC Certificates.
On each Distribution Date, 50% of the increase in the Overcollateralized
Amount since the previous Distribution Date will be payable as a reduction of
the principal balances of the Class IA-1 Interest, Class IA-2 Interest, Class
IA-3 Interest, Class IA-4 Interest, Class IA-5 Interest, Class IM-1 Interest
Class IM-2 Interest, and Class IB Interest (together, the "Intermediate REMIC
Accretion Directed Classes") to each such Class in an amount equal to 1/2 of
the interest paid in reduction of the principal balance of the Corresponding
Class of Master REMIC Interest and will be accrued and added to the principal
balance of the Class Accrual Directed Class Interest (the "Intermediate REMIC
Accrual Class"). On each Distribution Date since the previous Distribution
Date, the increase in the principal balance of the Intermediate REMIC Accrual
Class may not exceed interest accruals for such Distribution Date for the
Intermediate REMIC Accrual Class. In the event that: (i) 50% of the increase
in the Overcollateralized Amount exceeds (ii) interest accruals on the
Intermediate REMIC Accrual Class for such Distribution Date, the excess for
such Distribution Date (accumulated with all such excesses for all prior
Distribution Dates) will be added to any increase in the Overcollateralized
Amount for purposes of determining the amount of interest accrual on the
Intermediate REMIC Accrual Class payable as principal on the Intermediate
REMIC Accretion Directed Classes on the next Distribution Date pursuant to the
first sentence of this paragraph. All payments of principal (and interest
based on each Intermediate REMIC regular interest's Pass-Through Rate)
generated by the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated 50% to the Intermediate
REMIC Accrual Class, and 50% to the Intermediate REMIC Accretion Directed
Classes to each such Class in an amount equal to 1/2 of the interest paid in
reduction of the principal balance of the Corresponding Class of Master REMIC
Interest (until paid in full). Notwithstanding the above, principal
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payments allocated to the Class OC Certificates that result in the reduction
in the Overcollateralized Amount shall be allocated to the Intermediate REMIC
Accrual Class (until paid in full). Realized Losses (including any interest
shortfalls) shall be applied so that after all distributions have been made on
each Distribution Date (i) the principal balances of each of the Intermediate
REMIC Accretion Directed Classes is equal to 50% of the principal balance of
their Corresponding Class, and (ii) the Intermediate REMIC Accrual Class is
equal to 50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
plus 50% of the Overcollateralized Amount.
The Subsidiary REMIC
The following table sets forth Class Designation, the Initial Principal
Balance, the Pass-Through Rate, and the Pass-Through Rate Change Date for each
Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interest:
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Class Designation Initial Principal Pass-Through Rate Corresponding Pass-Through Rate
Balance Class IA-IO Change Date (1)
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Class SA (2) (3) N/A N/A
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Class SB1 $ 7,725,000 (3) Class IA-IO(a) August 2003
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Class SB2 $ 7,725,000 (3) Class IA-IO(b) January 2004
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Class SB3 $ 36,050,000 (3) Class IA-IO(c) July 2004
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Class P $ 100 (4) N/A N/A
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(1) The Pass-Through Rate Change Date mean the Distribution Date in the month
and year set forth above.
(2) The Class SA Regular Interest will have a principal balance equal to the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans Intermediate REMIC Regular
Interest less the principal balance of the Class SB Regular Interests.
(3) The weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage
Loans as of the first day of the month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
(4) The Class P Certificate will have a Pass-Through Rate equal to zero, but
will be entitled to all Prepayment Charges.
All payments of principal (and interest based on each Subsidiary REMIC
regular interest's Pass-Through Rate) generated by the Mortgage Loans and
Realized Losses (including interest shortfalls) shall be allocated first to
the Class SA Regular Interests (until reduced to zero) and the to the SB
Regular Interest with the lowest remaining numerical denomination (until
reduced to zero).
Set forth below are designations of Classes or Components of Certificates to
the categories used herein:
(i) Accretion Directed Certificates None.
(ii) Accrual Certificates None.
(iii) Book-Entry Certificates All Classes of Certificates other
than the Physical Certificates.
(iv) COFI Certificates None.
(v) Component Certificates None.
(vi) Delay Certificates All interest-bearing Classes of
Certificates other than any
Non-Delay Certificates.
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(vii) ERISA-Restricted Certificates Class A-R and Private Certificates.
(viii) Fixed Rate Certificates All Classes of Offered Certificates
except LIBOR Certificates.
(ix) Inverse Floating Rate Certificates None.
(x) LIBOR Certificates Class A-1 Certificates.
(xi) Mezzanine Certificates Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates.
(xii) Non-Delay Certificates LIBOR Certificates.
(xiii) Notional Amount Certificates Class A-IO Certificates.
(xiv) Offered Certificates All Classes of Certificates other than the
Private Certificates.
(xv) Physical Certificates Class A-R, Class P and Class OC Certificates.
(xvi) Planned Principal Classes None.
(xvii) Primary Planned Principal Classes None.
(xviii) Principal Only Certificates None.
(xix) Private Certificates Class OC Certificates and Class P Certificates.
(xx) Rating Agencies Moody's and S&P.
(xxi) Regular Certificates All Classes of Certificates other than the
Class A-R Certificates.
(xxii) Residual Certificates Class A-R Certificates
(xxiii) Scheduled Principal Classes None.
Secondary Planned
(xxiv) Principal Classes None.
(xxv) Senior Certificates All Offered Certificates other than the
Subordinated Certificates.
(xxvi) Subordinated Certificates Mezzanine Certificates and Class B Certificates.
(xxvii) Support Classes None.
Targeted Principal Classes None.
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With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the
corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions herein
relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect, and any
calculations herein incorporating references to such designations shall be
interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms
and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not designated
above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect. If the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date is
equal to or greater than the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the
Certificates as of such date, all references herein to "Funding Period",
"Funding Period Distribution Date", "Pre-funding Amount", "Pre-funding Loan
Account", "Subsequent Mortgage Loan", "Subsequent Transfer Agreement" and
"Subsequent Transfer Date" shall be of no force or effect and all provisions
herein related thereto shall similarly be of no force or effect.
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms are
used in this Agreement as defined below.
Accretion Directed Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accrual Amount: Not applicable.
Accrual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Accrual Period: For (a) each Class of LIBOR Certificates for a given
Distribution Date, the period commencing on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first such Accrual Period,
commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on the day immediately preceding
such Distribution Date based on the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year and (b) all other classes of Offered Certificates for a given
Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Accrual Termination Date: Not applicable.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at any time, the per
annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of the Master Servicing Fee
Rate and the related Servicing Fee Rate.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time,
the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Expense Fee Rate.
Advance: The payment required to be made by the Master Servicer for any
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the amount of that payment being
equal to the aggregate of payments of principal and interest (net of the
Master Servicing Fee and the applicable Servicing Fee and net of any net
proceeds in the case of any REO Property) on the Mortgage Loans that were due
during the related Due Period and not received as of the close of business on
the related Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any such
delinquent payments that the Master Servicer has determined would constitute a
Nonrecoverable Advance if advanced.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof
and supplements hereto.
Allocated Realized Loss Amount: For any Distribution Date and any Class
of Subordinated Certificates, an amount equal to the sum of any Applied
Realized Loss allocated to that Class of Certificates on that Distribution
Date and any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for any such Class of Certificates.
Amount Held for Future Distribution: On any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount held in the Certificate Account at the close of business on
the related Determination Date on account of (i) Principal Prepayments and
Liquidation Proceeds received after the end of the related Prepayment Period
and (ii) all Scheduled Payments due after the end of the related Due Period.
Applied Realized Loss: As to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of (x) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Certificates over (y)
the sum of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
and (ii) the Pre-Funding Amount, if any.
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Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to a Mortgage
Loan other than a Refinance Loan, the lesser of (a) the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination of such
Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the time of
the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii) with respect to a Refinance Loan,
the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time
of the origination of such Refinance Loan.
Available Funds: For any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) all monthly
payments of principal and interest due on each Mortgage Loan on the related
Due Date to the extent received or advanced, (b) the principal portion of the
purchase price of each Mortgage Loan that was repurchased by the Seller or
another person pursuant to this Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c)
the Substitution Adjustment Amount in connection with any Deleted Mortgage
Loan received with respect to such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds allocable to recoveries of principal of
Mortgage Loans that are not yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect
to each Mortgage Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the amount of
the Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to such
Mortgage Loan, (f) all partial and full principal prepayments with respect to
the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of any related Prepayment Charges) by borrowers
received during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date and (g) for the Distribution Dates during and the Distribution Date
immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, any amounts withdrawn
from the Capitalized Interest Account, if any, and on the Distribution Date
immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, any amounts remaining
in the Pre-Funding Account, excluding any reinvestment earnings. The Holders
of the Class P Certificates will be entitled to all Prepayment Charges
received on the Mortgage Loans and such amounts will not be available for
distribution to the Holders of the Offered Certificates.
Basic Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
excess of (i) the Principal Remittance Amount for the Distribution Date over
(ii) the Overcollateralization Release Amount, if any, for the Distribution
Date.
Blanket Mortgage: The mortgages encumbering a Cooperative Property.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York, the State
of California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
Capitalized Interest Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.06 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A., in trust for registered holders of Residential
Asset Securitization Trust 2002-A1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2002-A." Funds in the Capitalized Interest Account (other than investment
income) shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes in this Agreement and shall not be a part of any REMIC created under
this Agreement. Any investment income earned from Permitted Investments made
with funds in the Capitalized Interest Account will be for the account of the
Seller, except to the extent provided in Section 3.06(g).
Capitalized Interest Requirement: For the Distribution Date in February
2002, $0.
Carryover Reserve Fund: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.06(h) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the LIBOR Certificateholders and designated
"Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. in trust for registered holders of
Residential
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Asset Securitization Trust 2002-A1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2002-A, Class A-1." Funds in the Carryover Reserve Fund (other than investment
income) shall be held in trust for the LIBOR Certificateholders for the uses
and purposes set forth in this Agreement. The Carryover Reserve Fund will not
be an asset of any REMIC.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached as exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts created
and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06(c) with a
depository institution in the name of the Master Servicer for the benefit of
the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and designated "IndyMac Bank,
F.S.B., in trust for the registered holders of Residential Asset
Securitization Trust 2002-A1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2002-A."
Certificate Balance: For any Offered Certificate (other than the Class
A-IO Certificates) at any date, the maximum dollar amount of principal to
which the Holder of that Certificate is then entitled, such amount being equal
to the Denomination of the Certificate minus all distributions of principal
previously made with respect thereto and in the case of any Subordinated
Certificates, reduced by any Allocated Realized Loss Amounts applicable to
that Certificate on all prior Distribution Dates. The Class A-IO Certificates
have no Certificate Balance. As to the Class OC Certificates as of any date of
determination the excess, if any, of (a) the then aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans plus the Pre-Funding Amount over (b) the then
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of all Classes of Certificates (other than
the Class OC Certificates).
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of the Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in
the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor is not Outstanding
and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account
in determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary
to effect a consent has been obtained, except that if the Depositor or its
affiliates own 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of
Certificates, the Certificates shall be Outstanding for purposes of any
provision of this Agreement requiring the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action.
The Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the
Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates
are registered in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set forth
in the Preliminary Statement.
Class A Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
excess of
(i) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class A Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over
(ii) the positive difference between (a) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period,
after reduction for Realized Losses in the related Prepayment Period and (b)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period, after reduction for Realized Losses incurred
during the related Prepayment Period multiplied by the sum of (A) 12.00% and
(B) the Current Specified Overcollateralization Percentage.
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Class B Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
excess of
(i) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates immediately
prior to that Distribution Date over
(ii) the positive difference between (a) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period,
after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment
Period and (b) the sum of (1) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the
Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (2) the Class
Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account
the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (3) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (4) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period, after reduction for Realized Losses during the related Prepayment
Period multiplied by the Current Specified Overcollateralization Percentage.
Class Certificate Balance: For any Class (other than the Class A-IO
Certificates) as of any date of determination, the aggregate of the
Certificate Balances of all Certificates of the Class as of that date. As to
the Class OC Certificates as of any date of determination the excess, if any,
of (a) the then aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans plus
the Pre-Funding Amount over (b) the then aggregate Class Certificate Balance
of all Classes of Certificates (other than the Class OC Certificates).
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
excess of
(i) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over
(ii) the positive difference between (a) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period
after reduction for Realized Losses incurred in the related Prepayment Period
and (b) the sum of (1) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class A
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (2) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period, after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related
Prepayment Period multiplied by the sum of (A) 7.50% and (B) the Current
Specified Overcollateralization Percentage.
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
excess of
(i) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over
(ii) the positive difference between (a) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period
after reduction for Realized Losses incurred in the related Prepayment Period,
and (b) the sum of (1) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class A
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (2) the Class Certificate
Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and
(3) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period, after reduction for Realized Losses
incurred during the related Prepayment Period multiplied by the sum of (A)
3.50% and (B) the Current Specified Overcollateralization Percentage.
Class OC Certificates: The Class OC-1 and Class OC-2 Certificates.
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Closing Date: January 29, 2002.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
Collection Account: As defined in Section 3.06(c).
Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date, 0.125% multiplied by
one-twelfth multiplied by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the prior month.
Coop Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an
acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and that governs the Cooperative
Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing
Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Coop Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual dwelling units
to the holders of the Coop Shares of the Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A single family dwelling located in a Cooperative
Property.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the State
of California at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
with respect to this Agreement is administered, which office at the date of
the execution of this Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attn: Mortgage Administration-IN0201 (IndyMac
MBS, Inc., Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2002-A1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-A), and which is the address to which
notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Corresponding Class: With respect to each Subsidiary REMIC Regular
Interest, any Class of Certificates or Components appearing opposite such
Subsidiary REMIC Regular Interest in the Preliminary Statement.
Current Specified Overcollateralization Percentage: For any Distribution
Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Overcollateralization Target
Amount by (b) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after reduction for Realized Losses
incurred during the related Prepayment Period).
Cut-off Date: For each Initial Mortgage Loan, January 1, 2002; for each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the later of its date of origination and the first
day of the month in which the Subsequent Mortgage Loan is transferred to the
Trust Fund.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, its Stated
Principal Balance as of the close of business on the related Cut-off Date.
Debt Service Reduction: For any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in the
Scheduled Payment for the Mortgage Loan that became final and non-appealable,
except a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation or a reduction that
results in a permanent forgiveness of principal.
Deficient Valuation: For any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a court of
competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the
then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage
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Loan, or any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection
with any Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal, which valuation or reduction results from an order of the court
that is final and non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical
Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: (i) The Initial Mortgage Loans identified
on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which all or a portion of a related Mortgage
File is not delivered to the Trustee by the Closing Date, and (ii) all
Subsequent Mortgage Loans. With respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans
identified as Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans and the Subsequent Mortgage Loans,
the Depositor shall deliver the Mortgage Files to the Trustee:
(A) for at least 70% of the Initial Mortgage Loans and the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans, as applicable, not later than the Closing Date or Subsequent
Transfer Date, as applicable, and
(B) for the remaining 30% of the Initial Mortgage Loans and the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans, as applicable, not later than five Business Days
following the Closing Date or Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable.
To the extent that the Seller is in possession of any Mortgage File for
any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, until delivery of the Mortgage File to the
Trustee as provided in Section 2.01, the Seller shall hold the files as Master
Servicer, as agent and in trust for the Trustee.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(c).
Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "Delinquent" if any monthly payment due on
a Due Date is not made by the close of business on the next scheduled Due Date
for such Mortgage Loan. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days Delinquent" if such
monthly payment has not been received by the close of business on the
corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which such
monthly payment was due. The determination of whether a Mortgage Loan is "60
days Delinquent", "90 days Delinquent", etc. shall be made in a like manner.
Denomination: For each Certificate, the amount on the face of the
Certificate as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or the
"Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if neither of the foregoing,
the Percentage Interest appearing on the face of the Certificate.
Depositor: IndyMac MBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in
interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company,
the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry
Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank, or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination Date: As to any Distribution Date, the 18th day of each
month or if that day is not a Business Day the next Business Day, except that
if the next Business Day is less than two Business Days before the related
Distribution Date, then the Determination Date shall be the Business Day
preceding the 18th day of the month.
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Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.06(e) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Bankers
Trust Company of California, N.A. in trust for registered holders of
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2002-A1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2002-A." Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in
this Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution Date, 12:30
P.M. Pacific time on the Business Day preceding the Distribution Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial
issuance of the Certificates, or if that day is not a Business Day, the next
Business Day, commencing in February 2002.
Due Date: For any Mortgage Loan, the first day of the month.
Due Period: For any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the
second day of the month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs.
Eligible Account: Any of
(i) an account maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution or trust company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of
which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company that is
the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt obligations of the
holding company, but only if Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency) have the highest
short-term ratings of each Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on
deposit therein, or
(ii) an account in a depository institution or trust company that is
insured by the FDIC or the SAIF (to the limits established by the FDIC or the
SAIF) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such
that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to
each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim on the funds in the
account or a perfected first priority security interest against any collateral
(which shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing the funds in the
account that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the
depository institution or trust company in which the account is maintained, or
(iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the trust department of
a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company, acting
in its fiduciary capacity, or
(iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating Agency.
Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified
under this definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of Prohibited
Transaction Exemption 2000-58, 65 Fed. Reg. 67765 (2000) (or any successor
thereto), or any substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the
U.S. Department of Labor.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.07(a).
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Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01.
Excess Proceeds: For any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the excess of
(a) all Liquidation Proceeds from the Mortgage Loan received in the
calendar month in which the Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
net of any amounts previously reimbursed to the Master Servicer as
Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.09(a)(ii), over
(b) the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the Liquidated
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month in which the Mortgage Loan
became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii) accrued interest at the Mortgage
Rate from the Due Date for which interest was last paid or advanced (and not
reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the Due Date applicable to the
Distribution Date following the calendar month during which the liquidation
occurred.
Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the related Master
Servicing Fee Rate, Servicing Fee Rate, Trustee Fee Rate, and the rate at
which lender-paid primary mortgage insurance premiums are calculated.
Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to the first three
Distribution Dates, zero. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser
of (x) the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow for that Distribution Date and (y) the
Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount, if any, for that Distribution Date.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of
the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is designated as a
Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b)
the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring - IndyMac 2002-A, or any other
address Fitch furnishes to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered
and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the Federal
National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank, or other financial
institution or other Person that clears through or maintains a custodial
relationship with a Depository Participant.
Initial LIBOR Rate: 1.8275 % per annum.
Initial Mortgage Loan: Such of the Mortgage Loans transferred and
assigned to the Trustee on the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions hereof,
as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Fund (including any REO
Property), the Mortgage Loans so held being identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as of the Closing Date, notwithstanding foreclosure or other
acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property.
Insurance Policy: For any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, any
insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto in effect,
including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.
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Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to any Insurance
Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such Insurance Proceeds
in respect of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Remittance Amount: For any Distribution Date, that portion of
the Available Funds for such Distribution Date allocable to interest.
Interest Settlement Rate for one-month deposits in U.S. dollars as found
on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. London time on each LIBOR Determination
Date. If the rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that
date will be determined on the basis of the rates at which one-month U.S.
dollar deposits are offered by the Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time) on that date to prime banks in the London interbank market. In
that case, the Trustee will request the principal London office of each of the
Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations
are so provided, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the
quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
1/16%). If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for
that date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in
New York City, selected by the Master Servicer, at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on that date for one-month U.S. dollar loans to leading
European banks.
Intermediate REMIC: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Intermediate REMIC Accretion Directed Classes: As defined in the
Preliminary Statement.
Intermediate REMIC Accrual Class: As defined in the Preliminary
Statement.
Intermediate REMIC Regular Interest: As defined in the Preliminary
Statement.
IR Interest: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date following the third
anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan having the
latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
Lender PMI Loan: A Mortgage Loan with respect to which the lender rather
than the borrower acquired the primary mortgage guaranty insurance and charged
the related borrower an interest premium.
LIBOR: For any Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates, the rate
determined by the Trustee on the related LIBOR Determination Date on the basis
of the British Bankers' Association ("BBA") for one-month deposits in U.S.
dollars as found on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. London time on each
LIBOR Determination Date. If the rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750,
the rate for that date will be determined on the basis of the rates at which
one-month U.S. dollar deposits are offered by the Reference Banks at
approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) on that date to prime banks in the
London interbank market. In that case, the Trustee will request the principal
London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its
rate. If at least two quotations are so provided, the rate for that date will
be the arithmetic mean of the quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16%). If fewer than two quotations are provided as
requested, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Master Servicer, at
approximately 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on that date for one-month U.S.
dollar loans to leading European banks.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
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LIBOR Determination Date: For any Accrual Period for the LIBOR
Certificates, the second London Business Day preceding the commencement of the
Accrual Period.
LIBOR Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date as to which the
Pass-Through Rate for any of the LIBOR Certificates is based upon the Net WAC
Rate, the excess of (i) the amount of interest the related Certificates would
have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had such Pass-Through
Rate not been subject to the Net WAC Rate, over (ii) the amount of interest
the related Certificates received on such Distribution Date based on the Net
WAC Rate, together with the unpaid portion of any such related excess from
prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the then applicable
Pass-Through Rate on the related Certificates, without giving effect to the
Net WAC Rate).
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: For any Distribution Date, a defaulted Mortgage
Loan (including any REO Property) that was liquidated in the calendar month
preceding the month of the Distribution Date and as to which the Master
Servicer has certified (in accordance with this Agreement) that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the liquidation
of the Mortgage Loan, including the final disposition of an REO Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds regardless of
when received, received in connection with the partial or complete liquidation
of defaulted Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale,
or otherwise or amounts received in connection with any condemnation or
partial release of a Mortgaged Property, and any other proceeds received in
connection with an REO Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed
Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances, and Advances.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: For any Mortgage Loan and as of any date of
determination, is the fraction whose numerator is the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan at that date of determination and whose
denominator is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.
London Business Day: Any day on which dealings in deposits of United
States dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
Lost Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the original of which was
permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Maintenance: For any Cooperative Unit, the rent paid by the Mortgagor to
the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the Proprietary Lease.
Master REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Master Servicer: IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., a federal savings bank, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as master servicer under this
Agreement.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, 12:30 P.M.
Pacific time on the Business Day preceding the Distribution Date.
Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date,
one month's interest at the related Master Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or, in the event of any payment of
interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment in Full made by the
Mortgagor, interest at the Master Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan for the period covered by the payment of
interest, subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.15.
Master Servicing Fee Rate: For each Mortgage Loan, 0%.
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Modified Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan that the Master Servicer has
modified pursuant to Section 3.12.
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount: For any Distribution Date and each
Class of Offered Certificates, the amount of interest accrued during the
related Accrual Period at the related Pass-Through Rate on the related Class
Certificate Balance, or in the case of the Class A-IO Certificates, on the
Notional Amount of such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date, in
each case, reduced by any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated to such
Class and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls (allocated to each Certificate
based on its respective entitlements to interest irrespective of any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans resulting
from Relief Act Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date).
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.06.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto. If
Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's shall be
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Residential Loan Monitoring Group, or any other address that
Moody's furnishes to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument creating a
first lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real property
securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining
to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered to the
Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: As of any date, the list set forth in Schedule I
of Mortgage Loans included in the Trust Fund on that date, separately
identifying the Initial Mortgage Loans and the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be prepared by the Seller and shall set forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name and the street address of the Mortgaged
Property, including the zip code;
(iii) the maturity date;
(iv) the original principal balance;
(v) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(vi) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(vii) the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the related Cut-off
Date;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time
of origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
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(x) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is either
(a) a detached single family dwelling, (b) a dwelling in a PUD,
(c) a condominium unit, (d) a two- to four-unit residential
property, or (e) a Cooperative Unit;
(xi) the Mortgage Rate;
(xii) the purpose for the Mortgage Loan;
(xiii) the type of documentation program pursuant to which the
Mortgage Loan was originated;
(xiv) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a borrower-paid
mortgage insurance loan;
(xv) the Servicing Fee Rate;
(xvi) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Lender PMI
Loan;
(xvii) the coverage amount of any mortgage insurance;
(xviii) with respect to the Lender PMI Loans, the interest premium
charged by the lender; and
(xix) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loan.
The schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described under (v)
above for all of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Loans: Such of the Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to
the Trustee pursuant to either (i) this Agreement or (ii) a Subsequent
Transfer Agreement and this Agreement, as from time to time are held as a part
of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the Mortgage Loans so held
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or
other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note from
time to time.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan,
which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related Coop Shares and
Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.
MR Interest: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.
Net Liquidation Proceeds: As to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
proceeds in connection with the disposition thereof, net of amounts
reimbursable to the Master Servicer for related Advances, Servicing Advances
and Servicing Fees in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
Net Monthly Excess Cashflow: For any Distribution Date, the sum of (a)
any Overcollateralization Release Amount and (b) the excess of (x) the
Available Funds for such Distribution Date over (y) the sum for such
Distribution Date of (A) the Monthly Interest Distributable Amounts for
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the Offered Certificates, (B) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amounts for the
Class A and Class A-IO Certificates and (C) the Principal Remittance Amount.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date, the excess
of the sum of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for that Distribution Date
over the sum of the Compensating Interest payments made on that Distribution
Date.
Net WAC Rate: The weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of
the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs (adjusted in the case of the Net WAC Rate
applicable to the LIBOR Certificates, to an effective rate reflecting the
accrual of interest calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual
number of days elapsed during the related Accrual Period) minus (2) the
Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-IO Certificates for such Distribution Date
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is (x) the Notional Amount of
the Class A-IO Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, and
the denominator of which is (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the Due Period ending on that date, to the extent
received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during
the month prior to that date). For federal income tax purposes, the Net WAC
Rate will equal the weighted average rate on the Subsidiary REMIC regular
interests, other than the Class P Certificate, where the Class SA Regular
interest has a rate equal to the weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate (the "Weighted Average Mortgage Rate"), and the Class SB1 Regular
Interest, Class SB2 Regular Interest, and Class SB3 Regular Interest will have
a rate equal to (a) from the Closing Date to each respective Rate Change Date,
the Weighted Average Mortgage Rate minus 5.75%, and (b) thereafter, the
Weighted Average Mortgage Rate.
Net WAC Shortfall: With respect to any Class of Certificates (other than
the LIBOR Certificates and the Class A-IO Certificates) and any Distribution
Date on which the Net WAC Rate is used to determine the Pass-Through Rate of
such Class of Certificates, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class calculated at the related
Pass-Through Rate (without regard to the Net WAC Rate) over (y) the Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount for such Class calculated using the Net WAC
Rate.
Net WAC Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount: With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the LIBOR Certificates and the Class A-IO
Certificates) and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate
amount of Net WAC Shortfall for such Class on that Distribution Date, plus any
unpaid Net WAC Shortfall for such Class from prior Distribution Dates, to the
extent not covered by payments from the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund, plus
interest thereon to the extent previously unreimbursed by Net Monthly Excess
Cash Flow at a rate equal to the related Pass-Through Rate (without regard to
the Net WAC Rate).
Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.05 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the LIBOR
Certificates and the Class A-IO Certificates). Funds in the Net WAC Shortfall
Reserve Fund (other than investment income) shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the LIBOR Certificates and the
Class A-IO Certificates) for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement. The Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund will not be an asset of any
REMIC.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Master Servicer, that, in the good faith judgment
of the Master Servicer, will not be ultimately
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recoverable by the Master Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Notional Amount: With respect to the Class A-IO Certificates and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to (x) on any of the first twenty-nine
Distribution Dates, the lesser of (i) from and including the first through the
eighteenth Distribution Date, $51,500,000, (B) from and including the
nineteenth through the twenty-third Distribution Date, $43,775,000 and (C)
from and including the twenty-fourth through the twenty-ninth Distribution
Date, $36,050,000 and (ii) aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the first day of the month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due
during the Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the month prior to that date) and (y)
on any Distribution Date on or after the thirtieth Distribution Date, $0.00.
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (i) signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Managing Director, a
Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the
Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or (ii) if provided for
in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and
delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee as required by this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: For the interpretation or application of the REMIC
Provisions, a written opinion of counsel who is (i) in fact be independent of
the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii) not have any direct financial
interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or in any affiliate of
either, and (iii) not be connected with the Depositor or the Master Servicer
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director, or
person performing similar functions. Otherwise, a written opinion of counsel
who may be counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, including
in-house counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Original Mortgage Loan: The Mortgage Loan refinanced in connection with
the origination of a Refinance Loan.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outstanding: For the Certificates as of any date of determination, all
Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under this Agreement
except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee
pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with a
Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in Full before the Due Date and that did not become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan before the Due Date.
Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
excess of
(a) the Overcollateralization Target Amount applicable to the
Distribution Date over
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(b) the Overcollateralized Amount applicable to the Distribution Date
(after giving effect to distributions in respect of the Basic Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date).
Overcollateralization Release Amount: For any Distribution Date, the
lesser of (a) the excess, if any, of the Overcollateralized Amount for such
Distribution Date (assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is
applied as a principal payment on such Distribution Date) over the
Overcollateralizion Target Amount for such Distribution Date and (b) the
Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.
Overcollateralization Target Amount: With respect to the first three
Distribution Dates, zero. With respect to any Distribution Date thereafter,
$2,575,000.
Overcollateralized Amount: As of any Distribution Date , the excess of
(a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Due Period plus the amount in the Pre-Funding
Account (excluding investment earnings thereon) over
(b) the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of the Offered
Certificates as of the Distribution Date (after giving effect to the
distributions on the Certificates on the Distribution Date).
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership
interest in the Certificate including any interest in the Certificate as its
Holder and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
Pass-Through Rate: For each Class of Certificates and each Subsidiary
Interest, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the manner described
in the Preliminary Statement.
Pass-Through Rate Change Date: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,
the percentage interest being set forth on its face or equal to the percentage
obtained by dividing the Denomination of the Certificate by the aggregate of
the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any of the following:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of the
United States or the District of Columbia receiving the highest long-term debt
rating of each Rating Agency, or any lower rating that will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by
the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating
Agency;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper that is then receiving the
highest commercial or finance company paper rating of each Rating Agency, or
any lower rating that will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced
by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated
under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and subject to
supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities, provided
that the commercial paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of the
depository institution or trust
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company (or in the case of the principal depository institution in a holding
company system, the commercial paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations
of the holding company, but only if Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency) are then
rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest short-term ratings of
each Rating Agency for the securities, or any lower rating that will not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing
delivered by each Rating Agency;
(v) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any bank
or trust company or savings institution to the extent that the deposits are
fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance
company, or other corporation acceptable to the Rating Agencies at the time of
the issuance of the agreements, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by
each Rating Agency;
(vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with a depository
institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (iv)
above;
(viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons, or
instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of their face amount)
bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof that, at the time of
the investment, have one of the two highest ratings of each Rating Agency
(except if the Rating Agency is Moody's the rating shall be the highest
commercial paper rating of Moody's for the securities), or any lower rating
that will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed
writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(ix) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the highest rating
assigned by each Rating Agency (except (i) if Fitch is a Rating Agency and has
not rated the portfolio, the highest rating assigned by Moody's and (ii) if
S&P is a Rating Agency, "AAAm" or "AAAM-G" by S&P) and restricted to
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or entities
whose obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States
of America and repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations; and
(x) any other investments bearing interest or sold at a discount
acceptable to each Rating Agency that will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating
Agencies, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency.
No Permitted Investment may evidence the right to receive interest only
payments with respect to the obligations underlying the instrument. Any
Permitted Investment shall be relatively risk free and no options or voting
rights shall be exercised with respect to any Permitted Investment. No
Permitted Investment may be sold or disposed of before its maturity.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than
(i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, or any
agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing,
(ii) a foreign government, International Organization, or any agency or
instrumentality of either of the foregoing,
(iii) an organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in
section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the
Code (including the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated
business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in section
860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate,
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(iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in section
1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code,
(v) a Person that is not a U.S. Person, and
(vi) any other Person so designated by the Depositor based on an Opinion
of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate to the Person may cause either REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC
at any time that the Certificates are outstanding.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on the last day of the
related Due Period that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on that day.
Pre-Funding Amount: For any date, the amount on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account as of that date (net of any reinvestment earnings
thereon). On the Closing Date, the Pre-Funding Amount shall be $8,019,763.87.
Pre-Funding Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.06 in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Bankers Trust Company of
California, N.A., in trust for registered holders of Residential Asset
Securitization Trust 2002-A1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2002-A" allocated for the purchase of Subsequent Mortgage Loans. Funds in the
Pre-Funding Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement and shall not be a part of any
REMIC created under this Agreement. Any investment income earned from
Permitted Investments in the Pre-Funding Account will be for the account of
the Seller, except to the extent provided in Sections 3.06(g).
Pre-Funding Period: The period commencing on the Closing Date and ending
on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the amount on deposit in the
Pre-Funding Account (exclusive of any investment earnings) is less than
$100,000, (ii) February 28, 2002 and (iii) an Event of Default.
Prepayment Charge: As to a Mortgage Loan, any charge paid by a Mortgagor
in connection with certain partial prepayments and all prepayments in full
made within the related Prepayment Charge Period, the Prepayment Charges with
respect to each applicable Mortgage Loan so held by the Trust being identified
in the Prepayment Charge Schedule.
Prepayment Charge Period: As to any Mortgage Loan the period of time
during which a Prepayment Charge may be imposed.
Prepayment Charge Schedule: As of any date, the list of Prepayment
Charges included in the Trust Fund on that date, (including the prepayment
charge summary attached thereto). The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set
forth the following information with respect to each Prepayment Charge:
(i) the Mortgage Loan account number;
(ii) a code indicating the type of Prepayment Charge;
(iii) the state of origination in which the related Mortgage Property
is located;
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(iv) the first date on which a Monthly Payment is or was due under
the related Mortgage Note;
(v) the term of the Prepayment Charge;
(vi) the original principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan;
and
(vii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the related Mortgage
Loan.
The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be amended from time to time by the
Master Servicer in accordance with this Agreement.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date, Mortgage
Loan, and Principal Prepayment, the excess of one month's interest at the
related Mortgage Rate (net of the related Master Servicing Fee Rate) on the
Principal Prepayment over the amount of interest paid in connection with the
Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the prior calendar month.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage guaranty insurance
or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the sum of (i)
the Basic Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date and (ii) the
Extra Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date. In no event
will the Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
be less than zero or, for so long as the Offered Certificates are still
outstanding, greater than the aggregate outstanding Class Certificate Balance
of the Offered Certificates.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a Mortgagor on a
Mortgage Loan (including the Purchase Price of any Modified Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to Section 3.12) that is received in advance of its
scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an amount representing scheduled
interest due on any date in any month after the month of prepayment. The
Master Servicer shall apply partial Principal Prepayments in accordance with
the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Principal Remittance Amount: For any Distribution Date, the sum of the
following amounts (without duplication):
(i) the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced on or
prior to the related Determination Date;
(ii) the principal portion of all proceeds received in respect of the
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a substitution, the
Substitution Adjustment Amount representing a principal adjustment) as
required by this Agreement during the related Prepayment Period;
(iii) the principal portion of all unscheduled collections, including
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and all full and partial Principal
Prepayments, received during the related Prepayment Period, to the extent
applied as recoveries of principal on the Mortgage Loans;
(iv) with respect to the Distribution Date occurring in the month
following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, the Unused Pre-Funding Amount;
and
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(v) the proceeds received with respect to the termination of the Trust
Fund (to the extent such proceeds relate to principal).
Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Proprietary Lease: For any Cooperative Unit, a lease or occupancy
agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of related Coop
Shares.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated January 25, 2002
relating to the Offered Certificates.
PUD: Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: For any Modified Mortgage Loan or any Mortgage Loan
required to be purchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 or
purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12, the sum of
(i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan on the date
of the purchase, and
(ii) accrued interest on the Mortgage Loan at the applicable Mortgage
Rate (or at the applicable Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate if (x) the purchaser is
the Master Servicer or (y) if the purchaser is the Seller and the Seller is
the Master Servicer) from the date through which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor to the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be
distributed to Certificateholders.
If the Mortgage Loan is a Modified Mortgage Loan, the interest component of
the Purchase Price shall be computed (i) on the basis of the applicable
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate before giving effect to the related modification
and (ii) from the date to which interest was last paid to the date on which
the Modified Mortgage Loan is assigned to the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.12.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified
as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business and
each state having jurisdiction over the insurer in connection with the
insurance policy issued by the insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such
states to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and
to write the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it, approved
as a FNMA- or FHLMC-approved mortgage insurer or having a claims paying
ability rating of at least "AA" or equivalent rating by a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization. Any replacement insurer with
respect to a Mortgage Loan must have at least as high a claims paying ability
rating as the insurer it replaces had on the Closing Date.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the Preliminary
Statement. If any of them or a successor is no longer in existence, "Rating
Agency" shall be the nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or
other comparable Person, designated by the Depositor, notice of which
designation shall be given to the Trustee. References to a given rating or
rating category of a Rating Agency means the rating category without giving
effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount
of loss realized equal to the portion of the principal balance remaining
unpaid after application of all Net Liquidation Proceeds.
Recognition Agreement: For any Cooperative Loan, an agreement between the
Cooperative Corporation and the originator of the Mortgage Loan which
establishes the rights of the originator in the Cooperative Property.
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Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and (i) any
Certificate other than a LIBOR Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate,
the close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the
month of that Distribution Date and (ii) for any LIBOR Certificate that is a
Book-Entry Certificate, the close of business on the Business Day before the
related Distribution Date.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.07.
Refinance Loan: Any Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which are used to
refinance an existing Mortgage Loan.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Relief Act: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940.
Relief Act Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and
any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest collectible on such
Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of the
application of the Relief Act.
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the Master
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits M and N, as
appropriate.
Required Insurance Policy: For any Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy
that is required to be maintained from time to time under this Agreement.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, any Assistant Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer, any Trust Officer, or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above designated officers who at such time shall be officers to whom, with
respect to a particular matter, the matter is referred because of the
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who has
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
SAIF: The Savings Association Insurance Fund, or any successor thereto.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies. If S&P
is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to S&P shall be Standard & Poor's
Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or any
other address that S&P furnishes to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due
on any Due Date allocable to principal or interest on the Mortgage Loan that,
unless otherwise specified herein, shall give
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effect to any related Debt Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that
affects the amount of the monthly payment due on the Mortgage Loan.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933.
Security Agreement: For any Cooperative Loan, the agreement between the
owner of the related Coop Shares and the originator of the related Mortgage
Note that defines the security interest in the Coop Shares and the related
Proprietary Lease.
Seller: IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., a federal savings bank, and its successors
and assigns, in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.
Servicing Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.06(b).
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable, and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master Servicer
of its servicing obligations, including the cost of
(a) the preservation, restoration, and protection of a Mortgaged
Property,
(b) expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.12 and any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures,
(c) the maintenance and liquidation of any REO Property, and
(d) compliance with the obligations under Section 3.10; and
(e) reasonable compensation to the Master Servicer or its affiliates
for acting as broker in connection with the sale of foreclosed Mortgaged
Properties and for performing certain default management and other
similar services (including appraisal services) in connection with the
servicing of defaulted Mortgage Loans. For purposes of this clause (e),
only costs and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of
activities generally considered to be outside the scope of customary
servicing or master servicing duties shall be treated as Servicing
Advances.
Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, one
month's interest at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan, or, whenever a payment of interest accompanies a
Principal Prepayment in Full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Servicing
Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan for the period
covered by the payment of interest, subject to reduction as provided in
Section 3.15.
Servicing Fee Rate: For any Mortgage Loan, 0.25% per annum.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished
to the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement, as the list may from time to time be amended.
Servicing Standard: That degree of skill and care exercised by the Master
Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans comparable to the mortgage loans
serviced by the Master Servicer for itself or others.
60+ Day Delinquent Loan: As to any Distribution Date, each Mortgage Loan
in foreclosure, all REO Property, each Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor
has filed for bankruptcy, and each
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Mortgage Loan with respect to which any portion of a Scheduled Payment is, as
of the last day of the prior Due Period, two months or more past due (without
giving effect to any grace period).
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and any date of
determination, the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the
Cut-off Date after application of all Scheduled Payments allocable to
principal due on or before the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, reduced
by all amounts allocable to principal that have been distributed to
Certificateholders with respect to such Mortgage Loan on or before such date,
and as further reduced to the extent that any Realized Loss thereon has been
allocated to one or more Classes of Certificates on or before such date.
Stepdown Date: The earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution Date on which
the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class A Certificates has been
reduced to zero and (ii) the later to occur of (x) the Distribution Date
occurring in February 2005 and (y) the first Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class M and Class B Certificates
divided by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Due Period (after reduction for Realized Losses
incurred during the related Prepayment Period) is greater than or equal to
12.00%.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Subsequent Mortgage Loan: Such of the Mortgage Loans transferred and
assigned to the Trustee pursuant to (i) a Subsequent Transfer Agreement and
(ii) the provisions hereof, as from time to time are held as a part of the
Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the Mortgage Loans so held being
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the related Subsequent Transfer
Date, notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the related
Mortgaged Property. When used with respect to a single Subsequent Transfer
Date, "Subsequent Mortgage Loan" means a Subsequent Mortgage Loan conveyed to
the Trust Fund on the Subsequent Transfer Date.
Subsequent Transfer Agreement: A Subsequent Transfer Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit Q, executed and delivered by the Seller,
the Depositor, and the Trustee as provided in Section 2.09(a).
Subsequent Transfer Date: For any Subsequent Transfer Agreement, the
"Subsequent Transfer Date" identified in the Subsequent Transfer Agreement.
The Subsequent Transfer Date for any Subsequent Transfer Agreement may not be
a date earlier than the date on which the Subsequent Transfer Agreement is
executed and delivered by the parties thereto pursuant to Section 2.09(a).
Subservicer: As defined in Section 3.02(a).
Subsidiary Interests: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Subsidiary REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan that must, on the date of substitution, as confirmed in
a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit M,
(i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal
portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in
excess of, and not more than 10% less than, the Stated Principal Balance of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan (unless the amount of any shortfall is deposited by
the Seller in the Certificate Account and held for distribution to the
Certificateholders on the related Distribution Date);
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(ii) have a Mortgage Rate no lower than and not more than 1% per annum
higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan;
(iv) have a remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not more than
one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(v) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage Loan was a
Cooperative Loan; and
(vi) comply with each representation and warranty in Section 2.03.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: As defined in Section 2.03.
Tax Matters Person Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate a Denomination
of $0.05.
Telerate Page 3750: The display page currently so designated on the
Bridge Telerate Information Services, Inc. (or any page replacing that page on
that service for the purpose of displaying London inter-bank offered rates of
major banks).
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Trigger Event: On any Distribution Date after the Stepdown Date, a
Trigger Event will have occurred if (A) the percentage obtained by dividing
(x) the principal amount of 60+ Day Delinquent Loans by (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, in each case, as of the last
day of the previous calendar month, exceeds:
Distribution Date Percentage
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January 2005 - December 2006............... 2.25%
January 2007 and thereafter................ 3.25%
or (B) commencing with the January 2005 Distribution Date, cumulative Realized
Losses exceed 10.00% of the sum of (a)(1) the aggregate Class Certificate
Balance of the Offered Certificates then outstanding minus (2) the aggregate
Class Certificate Balance of the class of Offered Certificates then
outstanding with the highest priority of payment and (b) the
Overcollateralized Amount.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created under this Agreement
consisting of
(i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on them
after the related Cut-off Date, other than amounts due on the Mortgage Loans
by the related Cut-off Date;
(ii) the Certificate Account, the Carryover Reserve Fund, the
Distribution Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the Capitalized Interest
Account and the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund and all amounts deposited
therein pursuant to this Agreement (including amounts received from the Seller
on the Closing Date that will be deposited by the Trustee in the Certificate
Account pursuant to Section 2.01);
(iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by
foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise;
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(iv) the right to collect any amounts under any mortgage insurance
policies covering any Mortgage Loan and any collections received under any
mortgage insurance policies covering any Mortgage Loan;
(v) all of the Trust's right, title and interest in and to the Yield
Maintenance Agreement; and
(vi) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of
the foregoing.
Trustee: Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. and its successors
and, if a successor trustee is appointed under this Agreement, the successor.
Trustee Fee: The fee payable to the Trustee on each Distribution Date for
its services as Trustee hereunder, in an amount equal to one-twelfth of the
Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
Trustee Fee Rate: 0.005% per annum.
The terms "United States," "State," and "International Organization" have
the meanings in section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A
corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or
of any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
such government unit.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code for the State of New York.
United States Person or U.S. Person:
(i) A citizen or resident of the United States;
(ii) a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes)
created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United
States or of any state thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of
Columbia;
(iii) a partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes)
organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of
any state thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia
(unless provided otherwise by future Treasury regulations);
(iv) an estate whose income is includible in gross income for United
States income tax purposes regardless of its source; or
(v) a trust, if a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S.
Persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.
Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the extent
provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20,
1996, and treated as U.S. Persons before that date, may elect to continue to
be U.S. Persons.
Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount: As of any Distribution Date and any
Class of Certificates, the amount, if any, by which (a) the sum of (1) the
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such class for the immediately
preceding Distribution Date and (2) the outstanding Unpaid Interest Shortfall
Amount, if any, for such Class for such preceding Distribution Date exceeds
(b) the aggregate amount distributed on such Class in respect of interest
pursuant to clause (a) of this definition on such preceding Distribution Date,
plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid on the Certificates
of such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by
law, at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class for the related Accrual Period.
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Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: For any Class of Subordinated Certificates
and any Distribution Date, is the excess of (i) Allocated Realized Loss
Amounts for the Class over (ii) the sum of all distributions in reduction of
Allocated Realized Loss Amounts for the Class on all previous Distribution
Dates. Any amounts distributed to a Class of Subordinated Certificates with
respect to any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount will not be applied to reduce the
Class Certificate Balance of the Class.
Unused Pre-Funding Amount: The Pre-Funding Amount immediately after the
end of the Pre-Funding Period.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 2% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class
A-IO Certificates (the Voting Rights to be allocated among the holders of
Certificates of each Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests) and (b) the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated among
Holders of the remaining Classes of Offered Certificates (other than the Class
A-R Certificates) in proportion to the Certificate Balances or notional
amounts, as applicable, of the respective Certificates on the date. The Class
A-R Certificates shall have no voting rights.
Withdrawal Date: The 18th day of each month, or if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
Yield Maintenance Agreement: The interest rate cap agreement between the
Trustee and Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products, Inc.
Section 1.02. Rules of Construction.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or unless the
context clearly requires otherwise
(a) References to designated articles, sections, subsections, exhibits,
and other subdivisions of this Agreement, such as "Section 6.12 (a)," refer to
the designated article, section, subsection, exhibit, or other subdivision of
this Agreement as a whole and to all subdivisions of the designated article,
section, subsection, exhibit, or other subdivision. The words "herein,"
"hereof," "hereto," "hereunder," and other words of similar import refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular article, section, exhibit,
or other subdivision of this Agreement.
(b) Any term that relates to a document or a statute, rule, or regulation
includes any amendments, modifications, supplements, or any other changes that
may have occurred since the document, statute, rule, or regulation came into
being, including changes that occur after the date of this Agreement.
(c) Any party may execute any of the requirements under this Agreement
either directly or through others, and the right to cause something to be done
rather than doing it directly shall be implicit in every requirement under
this Agreement. Unless a provision is restricted as to time or limited as to
frequency, all provisions under this Agreement are implicitly available and
things may happen from time to time.
(d) The term "including" and all its variations mean "including but not
limited to." Except when used in conjunction with the word "either," the word
"or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or
B or both," not "either A or B but not both").
(e) A reference to "a [thing]" or "any [of a thing]" does not imply the
existence or occurrence of the thing referred to even though not followed by
"if any," and "any [of a thing]" is any of it. A reference to the plural of
anything as to which there could be either one or more than one does not imply
the existence of more than one (for instance, the phrase "the obligors on a
note" means "the obligor or obligors on a note"). "Until [something occurs]"
does not imply that it must occur, and will not be
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modified by the word "unless." The word "due" and the word "payable" are each
used in the sense that the stated time for payment has passed. The word
"accrued" is used in its accounting sense, i.e., an amount paid is no longer
accrued. In the calculation of amounts of things, differences and sums may
generally result in negative numbers, but when the calculation of the excess
of one thing over another results in zero or a negative number, the
calculation is disregarded and an "excess" does not exist. Portions of things
may be expressed as fractions or percentages interchangeably.
(f) All accounting terms used in an accounting context and not otherwise
defined, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement, to the extent
not completely defined, shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the definitions of
accounting terms in this Agreement are inconsistent with their meanings under
generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this
Agreement shall control. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without
definition that are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code are used in this
Agreement as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code.
(g) In the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a
later specified date or an open-ended period, the words "from" and "beginning"
mean "from and including," the word "after" means "from but excluding," the
words "to" and "until" mean "to but excluding," and the word "through" means
"to and including." Likewise, in setting deadlines or other periods, "by"
means "by." The words "preceding," "following," and words of similar import,
mean immediately preceding or following. References to a month or a year refer
to calendar months and calendar years.
(h) Any reference to the enforceability of any agreement against a party
means that it is enforceable, subject as to enforcement against the party, to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, and other similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles.
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ARTICLE TWO
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, hereby transfers to the Depositor, without recourse, all the
interest of the Seller in each Initial Mortgage Loan, including all interest
and principal due to the Seller on each Initial Mortgage Loan after the
related Cut-off Date and all interest and principal payments on each Initial
Mortgage Loan received before the related Cut-off Date for installments of
interest and principal due after the related Cut-Off Date but not including
payments of principal and interest due by the related Cut-off Date. By the
Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Depositor or, at the Depositor's
direction, to the Trustee or other designee of the Depositor, the Mortgage
File for each Initial Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(except that, in the case of Initial Mortgage Loans that are Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans, such delivery may take place within five Business Days of the
Closing Date) as of the Closing Date. The delivery of the Mortgage Files shall
be made against payment by the Depositor of the purchase price, previously
agreed to by the Seller and Depositor, for the Initial Mortgage Loans. With
respect to any Initial Mortgage Loan that does not have a first payment date
on or before the Due Date in the month of the first Distribution Date, the
Seller shall deposit into the Distribution Account on the first Distribution
Account Deposit Date an amount equal to one month's interest at the related
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan. If the Seller shall fail to deposit such amount by the first
Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Trustee shall deposit such amount.
Additionally, on the Closing Date the Depositor shall deposit $200 into the
Certificate Account.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, hereby transfers to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, without recourse, all the interest of the Depositor in the
Trust Fund, together with the Depositor's right to require the Seller to cure
any breach of a representation or warranty made in this Agreement by the
Seller or to repurchase or substitute for any affected Initial Mortgage Loan
in accordance with this Agreement.
(c) In connection with the transfer and assignment of each Initial
Mortgage Loan, the Depositor has delivered (or, in the case of the Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans, will deliver to the Trustee within the time periods
specified in the definition of Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans), and, in
connection with the transfer and assignment of each Subsequent Mortgage Loan,
will deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the
following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so
assigned.
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed by manual or facsimile
signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to the order of
_______________ ______________without recourse," with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator
to the Person endorsing the Mortgage Note (each endorsement being
sufficient to transfer all interest of the party so endorsing, as
noteholder or assignee thereof, in that Mortgage Note) or a lost note
affidavit for any Lost Mortgage Note from the Seller stating that the
original Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the
Mortgage Note.
(ii) Except as provided below, the original recorded Mortgage or a
copy of the Mortgage certified by the Seller (or, in the case of a
Mortgage for which the related Mortgaged Property is located in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a true copy of the Mortgage certified as
such by the applicable notary) as being a true and complete copy of the
Mortgage.
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(iii) A duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be
included in a blanket assignment or assignments), together with, except
as provided below, all interim recorded assignments of the mortgage (each
assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in recordable form and
sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to its assignee of
the Mortgage to which the assignment relates). If the related Mortgage
has not been returned from the applicable public recording office, the
assignment of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be provided by
the recording office. The assignment of Mortgage need not be delivered in
the case of a Mortgage for which the related Mortgage Property is located
in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(iv) The original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance, or substitution agreement.
(v) Except as provided below, the original or duplicate original
lender's title policy and all its riders.
(vi) The originals of the following documents for each Cooperative
Loan:
(A) the Coop Shares, together with a stock power in blank;
(B) the executed Security Agreement;
(C) the executed Proprietary Lease;
(D) the executed Recognition Agreement;
(E) the executed UCC-1 financing statement that has been filed
in all places required to perfect the Seller's interest in
the Coop Shares and the Proprietary Lease with evidence of
recording on it; and
(F) executed UCC-3 financing statements or other appropriate
UCC financing statements required by state law, evidencing
a complete and unbroken line from the mortgagee to the
Trustee with evidence of recording thereon (or in a form
suitable for recordation). If in connection with any
Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver
(a) the original recorded Mortgage,
(b) all interim recorded assignments, or
(c) the lender's title policy (together with all its
riders)
satisfying the requirements of clause (ii), (iii), or (v) above, respectively,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement because any of
them have not been returned from the applicable public recording office in the
case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, or because the title policy has not been
delivered to either the Master Servicer or the Depositor by the applicable
title insurer in the case of clause (v) above, then the Depositor shall
promptly deliver to the Trustee, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above,
the original Mortgage or the interim assignment, as the case may be, with
evidence of recording indicated on it when it is received from the public
recording office, or a copy of it, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant
recording office.
The delivery of the Original Mortgage Loan and each interim assignment or
a copy of them, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording office,
shall not be made later than one year following the Closing Date (or, for a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Subsequent Transfer Date), or, in the case of
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clause (v) above, later than 120 days following the Closing Date (or, for a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Subsequent Transfer Date). If the Depositor is
unable to deliver each Mortgage by that date and each interim assignment
because any documents have not been returned by the appropriate recording
office, or, in the case of each interim assignment, because the related
Mortgage has not been returned by the appropriate recording office, the
Depositor shall deliver the documents to the Trustee as promptly as possible
upon their receipt and, in any event, within 720 days following the Closing
Date (or, for a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Subsequent Transfer Date).
The Depositor shall forward to the Trustee (a) from time to time
additional original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of a
Mortgage Loan and (b) any other documents required to be delivered by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer to the Trustee. If the original Mortgage is
not delivered and in connection with the payment in full of the related
Mortgage Loan the public recording office requires the presentation of a "lost
instruments affidavit and indemnity" or any equivalent document, because only
a copy of the Mortgage can be delivered with the instrument of satisfaction or
reconveyance, the Master Servicer shall execute and deliver the required
document to the public recording office. If a public recording office retains
the original recorded Mortgage or if a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a
public recording office, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of the
Mortgage certified by the public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded Mortgage.
As promptly as practicable after any transfer of a Mortgage Loan under
this Agreement, and in any event within thirty days after the transfer, the
Trustee shall (i) affix the Trustee's name to each assignment of Mortgage, as
its assignee, and (ii) cause to be delivered for recording in the appropriate
public office for real property records the assignments of the Mortgages to
the Trustee, except that, if the Trustee has not received the information
required to deliver any assignment of a Mortgage for recording,
the Trustee shall deliver it as soon as practicable after receipt of the
needed information and in any event within thirty days.
The Trustee need not record any assignment that relates to a Mortgage
Loan (a) the Mortgaged Property and Mortgage File relating to which are
located in California or (b) in any other jurisdiction (including Puerto Rico)
under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered by
the Seller (at the Seller's expense) to the Trustee, recording the assignment
is not necessary to protect the Trustee's and the Certificateholders' interest
in the related Mortgage Loan.
If any Mortgage Loans have been prepaid in full as of the Closing Date,
the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents to the Trustee, will
deposit in the Certificate Account the portion of the prepayment that is
required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.06.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within five
Business Days after the Closing Date (in the case of Initial Mortgage Loans),
the Seller shall either
(x) deliver to the Trustee the Mortgage File as required pursuant to this
Section 2.01 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or
(y) (A) repurchase the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) substitute the
Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, which repurchase
or substitution shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the
conditions in Section 2.03 (treating each such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as
a Deleted Mortgage Loan for purposes of such Section 2.03), provided, however,
that if the Seller fails to deliver a Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loan within the period specified herein, the Seller shall use its
best reasonable efforts to effect a substitution, rather than a repurchase of,
such Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that the cure period provided
for in Section 2.02 or in Section 2.03 shall not apply to the initial delivery
of the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather the
Seller shall have five (5) Business Days to cure such failure to deliver. At
the end of such
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period, the Trustee shall send a Delay Delivery Certification for the Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered during such period in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.02.
(d) The Seller agrees to treat the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor as a sale for all tax, accounting, and regulatory purposes.
Section 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents identified in the
Initial Certification in the form of Exhibit G, and receipt of the Pre-Funding
Amount and declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other
documents delivered to it constituting the Mortgage Files for the Initial
Mortgage Loans, that it holds and will hold all amounts in the Pre-Funding
Account and the Capitalized Interest Account, and that it holds or will hold
such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the
exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the related
Mortgage Notes in the State of California, unless otherwise permitted by the
Rating Agencies. The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing Date
to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller an Initial Certification
in the form of Exhibit G. Based on its review and examination, and only as to
the documents identified in such Initial Certification, the Trustee
acknowledges that such documents appear regular on their face and relate to
such Initial Mortgage Loans. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation
to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or
other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or
appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually been
recorded in the real estate records or that they are other than what they
purport to be on their face.
By the thirtieth day after the Closing Date (or if that day is not a
Business Day, the succeeding Business Day), the Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Seller a Delay Delivery Certification
with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans substantially in the form of
Exhibit G-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
Not later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver
to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller a Final Certification in
the form of Exhibit H, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the course of its review, the Trustee finds any document
constituting a part of a Mortgage File that does not meet the requirements of
Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in the Final
Certification. The Trustee shall not make any determination as to whether (i)
any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all interest of the party so
endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in that Mortgage Note or (ii)
any assignment is in recordable form or is sufficient to effect the assignment
of and transfer to the assignee thereof under the mortgage to which the
assignment relates. The Seller shall promptly correct any defect within 90
days from the date it was so notified of the defect and, if the Seller does
not correct the defect within that period, the Seller shall either (a)
substitute for the related Initial Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan,
which substitution shall be accomplished in the pursuant Section 2.03, or (b)
purchase the Initial Mortgage Loan at its Purchase Price from the Trustee
within 90 days from the date the Seller was notified of the defect in writing.
If a substitution or purchase of an Initial Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this provision is required because of a delay in delivery of any documents by
the appropriate recording office, or there is a dispute between either the
Master Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location or status of
the recorded document, then the substitution or purchase shall occur within
720 days from the Closing Date. In no other case may a substitution or
purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date.
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The Trustee shall deliver written notice to each Rating Agency within 270
days from the Closing Date indicating each Initial Mortgage Loan (a) that has
not been returned by the appropriate recording office or (b) as to which there
is a dispute as to location or status of the Initial Mortgage Loan. The notice
shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until the related Initial Mortgage
Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any substitution pursuant to (a) above or
purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected before the delivery to
the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05, and any
substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be effected before the additional
delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit N. No substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after
the Determination Date for the month.
The Purchase Price for any Initial Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by
the Seller in the Certificate Account by the Distribution Account Deposit Date
for the Distribution Date in the month following the month of repurchase and,
upon receipt of the deposit and certification with respect thereto in the form
of Exhibit N, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File to the
Seller and shall execute and deliver at the Seller's request any instruments
of transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without
recourse, necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's
interest in any Initial Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Mortgage File in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon the execution or
receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments
constituting the Mortgage File as come into the possession of the Master
Servicer from time to time.
The obligation of the Seller to substitute for or to purchase any Initial
Mortgage Loan that does not meet the requirements of Section 2.01 shall
constitute the sole remedy respecting the defect available to the Trustee, the
Depositor, and any Certificateholder against the Seller.
(b) The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Seller on the Subsequent Transfer Date an Initial
Certification in the form of Exhibit G acknowledging receipt of the documents
identified in such Initial Certification and declaring that it holds and will
hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it constituting the
Mortgage Files for the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and that it holds or
will hold such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for
the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.
The Trustee acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the related
Mortgage Notes in the State of California, unless otherwise permitted by the
Rating Agencies.
Based on its review and examination, and only as to the documents
identified in such Initial Certification, the Trustee acknowledges that such
documents appear regular on their face and relate to such Subsequent Mortgage
Loan. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or
examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine
that the same are genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the represented
purpose or that they have actually been recorded in the real estate records or
that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.
Not later than 90 days after the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Trustee
shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Seller a Final
Certification in the form of Exhibit H, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon.
If, in the course of its review, the Trustee finds any document
constituting a part of a Subsequent Mortgage File that does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in
the Final Certification. The Trustee shall not make any determination as to
whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all interest of the
party so endorsing, as Noteholder or assignee thereof, in that Mortgage Note
or (ii) any assignment is in recordable form or is sufficient to effect the
assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof under the mortgage to which
the assignment relates.
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The Seller shall promptly correct the defect within 90 days from the date it
was so notified of the defect and, if the Seller does not correct the defect
within that period, the Seller shall either (a) substitute for the related
Subsequent Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall
be accomplished pursuant to Section 2.03, or (b) purchase the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days from the date the Seller was
notified of the defect in writing at the Purchase Price of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loan.
If the substitution or purchase of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this provision is required because of a delay in delivery of any documents by
the appropriate recording office, or there is a dispute between either the
Master Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location or status of
the recorded document, then the substitution or purchase shall occur within
720 days from the Subsequent Transfer Date. In no other case shall the
substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Subsequent Transfer
Date. The Trustee shall deliver written notice to each Rating Agency within
270 days from the Subsequent Transfer Date indicating each Subsequent Mortgage
Loan (a) that has not been returned by the appropriate recording office or (b)
as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of the Mortgage Loan.
The notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until the related
Subsequent Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any substitution pursuant
to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected before
the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section
2.05, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall not be effected before
the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially
in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution is permitted to be made in any
calendar month after the Determination Date for the month. The Purchase Price
for any Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by the Seller in the
Certificate Account by the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the
Distribution Date in the month following the month of repurchase and, upon
receipt of the deposit and certification with respect thereto in the form of
Exhibit N, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File to the Seller
and shall execute and deliver at the Seller's request any instruments of
transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse,
necessary to vest in the Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's interest in any
Subsequent Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each related Mortgage
File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon the
execution or receipt thereof, the originals of any other documents or
instruments constituting the Subsequent Mortgage File that come into the
possession of the Master Servicer from time to time.
The obligation of the Seller to substitute for or to purchase any
Subsequent Mortgage Loan that does not meet the requirements of Section 2.01
shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the defect available to the
Trustee, the Depositor, and any Certificateholder against the Seller.
Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the Seller
and the Master Servicer.
(a) IndyMac, in its capacities as Seller and Master Servicer, hereby
makes the representations and warranties in Schedule II, and by this reference
incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date,
or if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(b) The Seller, in its capacity as Seller, hereby makes the
representations and warranties in Schedule III, and by this reference
incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date,
or if so specified therein, as of the related Cut-off Date.
(c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) that materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in
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any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt notice
thereof to the other parties. The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days
of the earlier of its discovery or its receipt of written notice from any
party of a breach of any representation or warranty made pursuant to Section
2.03(b) which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such breach in all
material respects, and if such breach is not so cured, shall, (i) if the
90-day period expires before the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
remove the Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and
substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in accordance with this
Section 2.03; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans
from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the manner set forth below. Any
substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected before the delivery
to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 and a
Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N, and the Mortgage
File for any Substitute Mortgage Loan. Anything to the contrary herein
notwithstanding, Seller shall have no obligation to cure any breach or to
repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan if the substance of
the breach constitutes fraud in the origination of the affected Mortgage Loan
and the Seller, at the time of origination and on the Closing Date, did not
have actual knowledge of the fraud. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the
Master Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses reasonably incurred by the
Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for the
breach.
With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller shall
deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the Mortgage
Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and any other
documents and agreements required by Section 2.01, with the Mortgage Note
endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01. No
substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for the month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the Due Period of substitution shall not be part
of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller on the next Distribution
Date. For the Due Period of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders
will include the monthly payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for the Due
Period and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts
received with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan.
The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the
benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Substitute Mortgage Loans and the
Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the
Trustee. Upon the substitution, the Substitute Mortgage Loans shall be subject
to this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to have made
with respect to the Substitute Mortgage Loans, as of the date of substitution,
the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) with
respect to the Mortgage Loan. Upon any substitution and the deposit to the
Certificate Account of the amount required to be deposited therein in
connection with the substitution as described in the following paragraph, the
Trustee shall release the Mortgage File held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and
shall execute and deliver at the Seller's direction such instruments of
transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse,
as shall be necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its designee, the
Trustee's interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to
this Section 2.03.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Substitute
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer
will determine the amount by which the aggregate principal balance of all such
Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all the Deleted Mortgage Loans (after
application of the scheduled principal portion of the monthly payments due in
the Due Period of substitution). The amount of the shortage (the "Substitution
Adjustment Amount") plus, if the Seller is not the Master Servicer, the
aggregate of any unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances with respect to
the Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be deposited into the Certificate Account by
the Seller by the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date
in the month succeeding the calendar month during which the related Mortgage
Loan became required to be purchased or replaced hereunder. If the Seller
repurchases a
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Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.06 by the Distribution Account
Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the month during
which the Seller became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace the
Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the delivery of the
Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 and receipt of a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit N, the Trustee shall release the related
Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person,
and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person's direction such
instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case
without recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee.
The obligation under this Agreement of any Person to cure, repurchase, or
replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing
shall constitute the sole remedy against the Person respecting the breach
available to Certificateholders, the Depositor, or the Trustee on their
behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.03
shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to
the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with respect
to each Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof or such other date set forth
herein that as of the Closing Date (or, for a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the
Subsequent Transfer Date), and following the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to
it by the Seller, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage Loans and the
Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, defenses, or counterclaims.
The Depositor hereby transfers to the Trustee all of its rights with
respect to the Mortgage Loans including the representations and warranties of
the Seller made pursuant to Section 2.03(b), together with all rights of the
Depositor to require the Seller to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or
substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement.
The representations and warranties in this Section 2.04 shall survive
delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor
or the Trustee of any breach of any of the representations and warranties in
this Section that materially and adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written
notice to the others and to each Rating Agency.
Section 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions and Repurchases.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no
substitution pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 shall be made more than 90 days
after the Closing Date unless the Seller delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that such
substitution will not (i) result in the imposition of the tax on "prohibited
transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after the Startup Date, as
defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively or (ii)
cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
(b) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or
the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering
such fact shall promptly (and in any event within five Business Days of
discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Trustee shall require the Seller, at the Seller's option, to
either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c) with respect to
substitutions are satisfied, a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the affected
Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of
such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a breach of
representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03. The Trustee
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shall reconvey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto
in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a
Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained
in Section 2.03.
Section 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust
Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and
delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in
authorized denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and
exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and
future Holders of the Certificates.
Section 2.07. REMIC Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests
created hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall
be the Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with respect to any REMIC
hereunder shall be the Trustee and shall hold the Tax Matters Person
Certificate. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
Section 2.08. [Reserved].
Section 2.09. Subsequent Transfers.
(a) Upon five Business Days prior written notice to the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Seller, and the Trustee shall complete, execute, and deliver a
Subsequent Transfer Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
in Article II and paragraph (b) below and pursuant to the related Subsequent
Transfer Agreement, in consideration of the Trustee's delivery on each
Subsequent Transfer Date to the order of the Seller of all or a portion of the
balance of funds in the Pre-Funding Account (net of investment earnings), the
Seller shall on each Subsequent Transfer Date transfer to the Depositor,
without recourse, all the interest of the Seller in each Subsequent Mortgage
Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered by the Seller on the
Subsequent Transfer Date, including all interest and principal received or
receivable by the Seller on or with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan
after the related Cut-off Date and all interest and principal payments on each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan received before the related Cut-off Date in respect
of installments of interest and principal due thereafter, but not including
payments of principal and interest due and payable on each Subsequent Mortgage
Loan by the related Cut-off Date, and the Depositor shall simultaneously
transfer to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without
recourse, all the interest of the Depositor in each Subsequent Mortgage Loan
listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule delivered by the Seller on the Subsequent
Transfer Date, including all interest and principal received or receivable by
the Depositor on or with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan after the
related Cut-off Date and all interest and principal payments on each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan received before the related Cut-off Date in respect
of installments of interest and principal due thereafter, but not including
payments of principal and interest due and payable on each Subsequent Mortgage
Loan by the related Cut-off Date.
(b) If the assignment and transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and
the other property specified in this Section 2.09 from the Seller to the
Depositor pursuant to this Agreement is held or deemed not to be a sale or is
held or deemed to be a pledge of security for a loan, the Seller intends that
the rights and obligations of the parties shall be established pursuant to
this Agreement and that, in such event, (i) the Seller shall be deemed to have
granted and does hereby grant to the Depositor as of each Subsequent Transfer
Date a perfected, first priority security interest in the entire interest of
the Seller in the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans and all other property
conveyed to the Depositor pursuant to this
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Section 2.09 and all proceeds thereof, and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute
a security agreement under applicable law.
If the assignment and transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and the
other property specified in this Section 2.09 from the Depositor to the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement is held or deemed not to be a sale or is
held or deemed to be a pledge of security for a loan, the Depositor intends
that the rights and obligations of the parties shall be established pursuant
to this Agreement and that, in such event, (i) the Depositor shall be deemed
to have granted and does hereby grant to the Trustee as of each Subsequent
Transfer Date a perfected, first priority security interest in the entire
interest of the Depositor in the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans and all
other property conveyed to the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 2.09 and
all proceeds thereof, and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law.
(c) The amount released from the Pre-Funding Account by the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 2.09 shall be the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans so transferred to the Trust Fund.
(d) The Trustee shall contribute from the Pre-Funding Account funds in an
amount equal to the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans so transferred to the Trust Fund to purchase the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund, along with the other property and
rights related thereto described in Section 2.09(a) only upon the satisfaction
of each of the following conditions:
(i) the Trustee will be provided Opinions of Counsel addressed to
the Rating Agencies with respect to the sale of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans conveyed on the Subsequent Transfer Date (the opinions being
substantially similar to the opinions delivered on the Closing
Date to the Rating Agencies with respect to the sale of the Initial
Mortgage Loans on the Closing Date);
(ii) the execution and delivery of the Subsequent Transfer Agreement
or conveyance of the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans does not result in
a reduction or withdrawal of the any ratings assigned to the Offered
Certificates by the Ratings Agencies;
(iii) the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each of the conditions in
Article II and this Section 2.09(d) required to be satisfied by the
Subsequent Transfer Date;
(iv) each Subsequent Mortgage Loan conveyed on the Subsequent
Transfer Date satisfies the representations and warranties applicable to
it under this Agreement;
(v) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on the Subsequent
Transfer Date were selected in a manner reasonably believed not to be
adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders;
(vi) no Subsequent Mortgage Loan conveyed on the Subsequent Transfer
Date was 30 or more days delinquent;
(vii) each Subsequent Mortgage Loan conveyed on the Subsequent
Transfer Date that is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is secured by a
first lien on the related Mortgaged Property;
(viii) following the conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on
the Subsequent Transfer Date, the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans
held in the Trust Fund listed below will not vary by more than the
permitted variance listed below from the average or weighted average of
such characteristic as presented in the Prospectus Supplement; provided
that for the purpose of
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making the calculations, the characteristics for each Mortgage Loan made
will be taken as of related Cut-off Date for the Mortgage Loan:
Variance
Weighted Average Coupon:................................ -0.01%
Weighted Average Maturity............................... +/- 1 month
Weighted Average Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio:.......... + 0.61%
Weighted Average FICO Score............................. -5 points
Balloon Loans:.......................................... + 0.01%
Maximum Principal Balance............................... + 2.00%
State Concentration:.................................... + 1.01%
Zip Code Concentration:................................. + 2.00%
Non-Owner Occupied:..................................... + 0.71%
Second Liens:........................................... + 0.11%
Manufactured Housing:................................... + 2.27%
(ix) neither the Seller nor the Depositor will be rendered insolvent
by the conveyance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans on the Subsequent Transfer
Date;
(x) delivery of a letter or letters addressed to the Trustee from an
independent accountant retained by the Depositor confirming that the
characteristics of the Mortgage Loans, following the acquisition of the
related Subsequent Mortgage Loans, conform to the characteristics
identified in this Section 2.09(d);
(xi) delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the Trustee or the Trust
Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase of
Subsequent Mortgage Loans will not (i) result in the imposition of the
tax on "prohibited transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after
the Startup Date, as defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the
Code, respectively or (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding; and
(xii) delivery to the Trustee of the Mortgage File for each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan to be transferred pursuant to the related
Subsequent Transfer Agreement. The Trustee shall not be required to
investigate or otherwise verify compliance with these conditions, except
for its own receipt of documents specified above, and shall be entitled
to rely on the required Officer's Certificate.
(e) In connection with each Subsequent Transfer Date and on the related
Distribution Date, the Seller shall determine (i) the amount and correct
dispositions of the funds distributed from the Capitalized Interest Account
and the Pre-Funding Account and (ii) any other necessary matters in connection
with the administration of the Capitalized Interest Account and the
Pre-Funding Account. If the Trustee releases any amounts from the Pre-Funding
Account or the Capitalized Interest Account because of the Seller's
calculation error, the Trustee shall not be liable therefor, and the Seller
shall immediately repay the amounts to the Trustee.
Section 2.10. Mandatory Prepayment.
Any Unused Pre-Funding Amount shall be distributed to Holders of the
Certificates in accordance with Section 4.02 on the Distribution Date
following the Due Period in which the end of the Pre-Funding Period occurs.
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ARTICLE THREE
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement
and the Servicing Standard.
The Master Servicer shall not make or permit any modification, waiver, or
amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would cause the Trust Fund to
fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of any tax under
Section 860F(a) or Section 860G(d) of the Code.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer, in
its own name or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby
authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Master
Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders, or
any of them, any instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or
full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect
to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for
the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall prepare and
deliver to the Depositor or the Trustee any documents requiring execution and
delivery by either or both of them appropriate to enable the Master Servicer
to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent that the Master
Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such documents pursuant to
the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of the documents, the Depositor or the
Trustee shall execute the documents and deliver them to the Master Servicer.
In accordance with and to the extent of the Servicing Standard, the
Master Servicer shall advance funds necessary to effect the payment of taxes
and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be
reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the
Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.07, and further as provided in Section 3.09.
The costs incurred by the Master Servicer in effecting the timely payments of
taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance
premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to
the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balances of the
related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the Mortgage Loans so permit.
Section 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Subservicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage
Loan by a subservicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement (a "Subservicer").
The subservicing arrangement and the related subservicing agreement must
provide for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent with
the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder. Unless the context
otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to actions taken or to be
taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans include actions
taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding anything in any subservicing agreement or this Agreement
relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer and a
Subservicer or references to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise,
the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Trustee and
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
in accordance with this Agreement without diminution of its obligation or
liability by virtue of the subservicing agreements or arrangements or by
virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer and to the same extent and
under the same terms as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed
pursuant to the related subservicing agreement shall be performed as agent of
the Master Servicer with the same effect as if performed directly by the
Master Servicer.
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(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed
to have received any collections, recoveries, or payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans that are received by the Subservicer regardless of whether the
payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Master Servicer.
Section 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of
the Master Servicer.
The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of
the Master Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or
cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer
hereunder and in connection with any such defaulted obligation to exercise the
related rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that the Master
Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue
of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. Neither the Trustee nor
the Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or
failure to act by the Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the Depositor
be obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer hereunder or
otherwise.
Section 3.04. No Contractual Relationship Between Subservicers and the
Trustee.
Any subservicing arrangement that may be entered into and any other
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 solely between the Subservicer and the Master Servicer alone, and the
Trustee and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall
have no claims, rights, obligations, duties, or liabilities with respect to
the Subservicer in its capacity as such except as set forth in Section 3.05.
Section 3.05. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
If the Master Servicer for any reason is no longer the Master Servicer
hereunder (including because of the occurrence or existence of an Event of
Default), the Trustee or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder arising thereafter
(except that the Trustee shall not be
(i) liable for losses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.10 or any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer
hereunder,
(ii) obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from doing so by
applicable law,
(iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of
Mortgage Loans hereunder, including repurchases or substitutions pursuant
to Section 2.02 or 2.03,
(iv) responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.03, or
(v) deemed to have made any representations and warranties of the
Master Servicer hereunder). Any assumption shall be subject to Section
7.02.
Every subservicing agreement entered into by the Master Servicer shall
contain a provision giving the successor Master Servicer the option to
terminate the agreement if a successor Master Servicer is appointed.
If the Master Servicer is no longer the Master Servicer for any reason
(including because the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default), the
Trustee (or any other successor Master Servicer) may, at its option, succeed
to any rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under any subservicing
agreement in accordance with its terms. The Trustee (or any other successor
Master Servicer) shall not incur any liability or have any obligations in its
capacity as successor Master Servicer under a subservicing agreement arising
before the date of succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer thereunder; and the Master
Servicer shall not thereby be
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relieved of any liability or obligations under the subservicing agreement
arising before the date of succession.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents
and records relating to each subservicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans
then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected held by
it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of the subservicing agreement to the assuming party.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, in no
event shall the Trustee be liable for any servicing fee or for any
differential in the amount of the Servicing Fee paid under this Agreement and
the amount necessary to induce any successor Master Servicer to act as
successor Master Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions provided
for in this Agreement.
Section 3.06. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Servicing Accounts;
Collection Account; Certificate Account; Distribution Account; Pre-Funding
Account; Capitalized Interest Account; Carryover Reserve Fund.
(a) In accordance with and to the extent of the Servicing Standard, the
Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with the customary
and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers to collect all
payments called for under the Mortgage Loans to the extent the procedures are
consistent with this Agreement and any related Required Insurance Policy.
Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i)
waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in
connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend the due
dates for payments due on a Delinquent Mortgage Note for a period not greater
than 125 days. However, the Master Servicer cannot extend the maturity of any
Mortgage Loan past the date on which the final payment is due on the latest
maturing Mortgage Loan as of the related Cut-off Date. In the event of any
such arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make Advances on the related
Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 4.01 during the scheduled period in
accordance with the amortization schedule of the Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof because of the arrangements. The Master Servicer shall
not be required to institute or join in litigation with respect to collection
of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note, or otherwise or
against any public or governmental authority with respect to a taking or
condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision of the
Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which the payment is required is
prohibited by applicable law.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain (or, if a Mortgage
Loan is subserviced by another Person, cause the related Subservicer to
establish and maintain) one or more servicing accounts (the "Servicing
Accounts") into which the Master Servicer shall deposit on a daily basis
within one Business Day of receipt, the following payments and collections
received by it or remitted by any Subservicer in respect of Mortgage Loans
after the related Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and
interest due on the Mortgage Loans by the related Cut-off Date):
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans, net
of the related Servicing Fee and, in cases where the Master Servicer
maintains the Servicing Account, the related Master Servicing Fee; and
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other than
proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer's normal servicing procedures.
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By the Withdrawal Date in each calendar month, the Master Servicer shall
(a) withdraw from the Servicing Account all amounts on deposit therein
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above (other than amounts attributable to a
Principal Prepayment in Full) and (b) deposit such amounts in the Collection
Account.
By the Business Day in each calendar month following the deposit in the
Servicing Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to clause (iii) above
or pursuant to any Principal Prepayment in Full, the Master Servicer shall (a)
withdraw such amounts from the Servicing Account and (b) deposit such amounts
in the Collection Account.
(c) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a collection account
(the "Collection Account") into which the Master Servicer shall deposit, as
and when required by paragraph (b) of this Section 3.06, all amounts required
to be deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to that paragraph.
(d) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Certificate
Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit on a daily basis (i)
within one Business Day of deposit in the Collection Account (in the case of
items (i) through (iii) below) and (2) within one Business Day of receipt (in
the case of all other items), except as otherwise specified herein, the
following payments and collections received by it or remitted by any
Subservicer in respect of Mortgage Loans after the related Cut-off Date (other
than in respect of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans by the
related Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required to be deposited
hereunder:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans, net
of the related Servicing Fee and the related Master Servicing Fee;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other than
proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master
Servicer's normal servicing procedures;
(iv) any amount required to be deposited by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.06(f) in connection with any losses on Permitted
Investments;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Sections 3.10;
(vi) all Purchase Prices from the Master Servicer or Seller and all
Substitution Adjustment Amounts;
(vii) all Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
4.01;
(viii) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder; and
(ix) all Prepayment Charges collected.
In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a
buydown agreement, on each Due Date for the Mortgage Loan, in addition to the
monthly payment remitted by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall cause
funds to be deposited into the Certificate Account in an amount required to
cause an amount of interest to be paid with respect to the Mortgage Loan equal
to the amount of interest that has accrued on the Mortgage Loan from the
preceding Due Date at the Mortgage Rate net of the Master Servicing Fee Rate
on that date.
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The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer shall be
exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges or
assumption fees, if collected, need not be remitted by the Master Servicer. If
the Master Servicer remits any amount not required to be remitted, it may at
any time withdraw that amount from the Certificate Account, any provision
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The withdrawal or direction may be
accomplished by delivering written notice of it to the Trustee or any other
institution maintaining the Certificate Account that describes the amounts
deposited in error in the Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall
maintain adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to
this Section 3.06. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be
held in trust for the Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with
Section 3.09.
(e) The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Distribution Account on
behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt,
deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.09(a);
(ii) any amount deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
3.06(f) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments; and
(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be
deposited in the Distribution Account.
If the Master Servicer remits any amount not required to be remitted, it
may at any time direct the Trustee in writing to withdraw that amount from the
Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
The direction may be accomplished by delivering an Officer's Certificate to
the Trustee that describes the amounts deposited in error in the Distribution
Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the
Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with
this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.09. In no event shall
the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Distribution Account at
the direction of the Master Servicer.
(f) (i) Each institution at which the Certificate Account is maintained
shall invest the funds therein as directed in writing by the Master Servicer
in Permitted Investments, which shall mature not later than the second
Business Day preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except
that if the Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that
maintains the account, then the Permitted Investment shall mature not later
than the Business Day preceding the Distribution Account Deposit Date) and
shall not be sold or disposed of before its maturity. All such Permitted
Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. All income realized from any such investment of funds on
deposit in the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as
provided herein. The amount of any realized losses on Permitted Investments in
the Certificate Account shall promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in
the Certificate Account. The Trustee shall not be liable for the amount of any
loss incurred in respect of any investment or lack of investment of funds held
in the Certificate Account and made in accordance with this Section 3.06.
(ii) The Trustee shall invest funds in the Capitalized Interest
Account or the Pre-Funding Account as directed in writing by the Master
Servicer in Permitted Investments, which shall mature not later than the
Business Day next preceding the Distribution Date (except that if such
Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains such
account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the
Distribution Date) and, in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of before
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its maturity. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
(g) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, account denominated the Pre-Funding Account in the name of
the Trustee. The Pre-Funding Account shall be treated as an "outside reserve
fund" under applicable Treasury regulations and shall not be an asset of any
REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement. Any investment earnings on the
Pre-Funding Account shall be treated as owned by the Master Servicer and will
be taxable to the Master Servicer. The amount of any realized losses on
Permitted Investments in the Pre-Funding Account shall promptly by deposited
by Master Servicer in the Pre-Funding Account. On the Closing Date, the Seller
shall remit $8,019,764 to the Trustee for deposit in the Pre-Funding Account
for the purchase of Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be included in the Trust
Fund.
The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, an account denominated the Capitalized Interest Account in
the name of the Trustee. The Capitalized Interest Account shall be treated as
an "outside reserve fund" under applicable Treasury regulations and shall not
be an asset of any REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement. Any investment
earnings on the Capitalized Interest Account shall be treated as owned by the
Master Servicer and will be taxable to the Master Servicer. The amount of any
realized losses on Permitted Investments in the Capitalized Interest Account
shall promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Capitalized Interest
Account.
On each Subsequent Transfer Date, upon satisfaction of the conditions in
Section 2.09, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account 100% of
the aggregate of the Cut-off Date Principal Balances of the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans sold to the Trust Fund on the Subsequent Transfer Date and pay
that amount to the order of the Seller.
On the Business Day immediately prior to that Distribution Date following
the Due Period in which the Pre-Funding Period ends, the Trustee shall (i)
withdraw the Unused Pre-Funding Amount from the Pre-Funding Account, (ii)
promptly deposit such amount in the Distribution Account, and (iii) distribute
such amount to the Certificates on the Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.02.
The amount deposited in the Distribution Account pursuant to the
preceding paragraph shall be net of any investment earnings on the amounts on
deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.
On the Business Day before each Distribution Date, through the
Distribution Date following the Due Period in which the Pre-Funding Period
ends, the Trustee shall transfer from the Capitalized Interest Account to the
Distribution Account the Capitalized Interest Requirement and shall distribute
such amount to the Certificates on the Distribution Date pursuant to Section
4.02. To the extent that the Capitalized Interest Requirement on any
Distribution Date exceeds the amount on deposit in the Capitalized Interest
Account, the Trustee shall transfer to the Distribution Account, to the extent
of the shortfall in the Capitalized Interest Requirement, the investment
earnings on the amounts on deposit in the Capitalized Interest Account and the
Pre-Funding Account. The remaining investment earnings on deposit in the
Capitalized Interest Account and the Pre-Funding Account shall be transferred
to the Master Servicer.
All amounts remaining in the Capitalized Interest Account and any
investment earnings remaining in the Pre-Funding Account on the Distribution
Date following the Due Period in which the Pre-Funding Period ends shall be
transferred to the Master Servicer.
(h) (i) On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish and maintain in
its name, in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the LIBOR Certificates,
the Carryover Reserve Fund. The Carryover Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible
Account, and funds on deposit therein shall be held separate and apart from,
and
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shall not be commingled with, any other moneys, including without
limitation, other moneys held by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
(ii) The Trustee shall deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund all
amounts received from Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products, Inc. on any
Distribution Date pursuant to the Yield Maintenance Agreement. If the Trustee
shall also deposit into the Carryover Reserve Fund any amount not required to
be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from such
Carryover Reserve Fund, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Funds in the Carryover Reserve Fund shall be invested in Permitted Investments
by the Trustee at the direction of the Master Servicer. Any net investment
earnings on such amount shall be payable to Master Servicer. The amount of any
realized losses on Permitted Investments in the Carryover Reserve Fund shall
promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Carryover Reserve Fund.
The Master Servicer shall be the owner of the Carryover Reserve Fund for
federal tax purposes. The Trustee shall have no liability for losses on
investments in Permitted Investments made pursuant to this Section (other than
as an obligor on such investments).
(iii) Amounts on deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund shall be
withdrawn by the Trustee in connection with any Distribution Date on which
there exists a LIBOR Shortfall to pay the amount of such LIBOR Shortfall (to
the extent of funds on deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund) to the LIBOR
Certificates. On any Distribution Date, any amounts on deposit in the
Carryover Reserve Fund in excess of the LIBOR Shortfall shall be paid to the
Master Servicer.
(iv) On the Distribution Date immediately after the Distribution Date in
April 2004, any amounts on deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund not payable
to the LIBOR Certificates shall be distributed to the Master Servicer.
(i) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Seller,
each Rating Agency, and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location
of the Certificate Account and the Collection Account not later than 30 days
and not more than 45 days before any change thereof. The Trustee shall give
notice to the Master Servicer, the Seller, each Rating Agency, and the
Depositor of any proposed change of the location of the Distribution Account
not later than 30 days and not more than 45 days before any change thereof.
Section 3.07. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.
(a) To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not violative
of current law, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more
accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and deposit and retain therein all
collections from the Mortgagors (or advances) for the payment of taxes,
assessments, hazard insurance premiums or comparable items for the account of
the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall require the Master Servicer to compel a
Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.
(b) Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be
made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to
reimburse (without duplication) the Master Servicer out of related collections
for any payments made pursuant to Sections 3.12 (with respect to taxes and
assessments and insurance premiums) and 3.13 (with respect to hazard
insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums determined to be overages, to
pay interest, if required by law or the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to
Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the
Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section
9.01. The Escrow Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
(c) The Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred to in Section
3.07(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors or advanced by the Master
Servicer on the date when the tax, premium or
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other cost for which such payment is intended is due, but the Master Servicer
shall be required so to advance only to the extent that such advances, in the
good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master
Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Section 3.08. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the Trustee reasonable
access to all records and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans and all
accounts, insurance information and other matters relating to this Agreement,
such access being afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request
and during normal business hours at the office designated by the Master
Servicer.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Master Servicer will
provide to each Certificateholder that is a savings and loan association,
bank, or insurance company certain reports and reasonable access to
information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans sufficient to
permit the Certificateholder to comply with applicable regulations of the OTS
or other regulatory authorities with respect to investment in the
Certificates. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each
such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in
providing the reports and access.
Section 3.09. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account, the
Distribution Account and the Carryover Reserve Fund.
(a) The Master Servicer may (and, in the case of clause (ix) below,
shall) from time to time make withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the
following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer or the related subservicer (to the
extent not previously retained) the servicing compensation to which it is
entitled pursuant to Section 3.15, and to pay to the Master Servicer, as
additional master servicing compensation, earnings on or investment
income with respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate Account;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for unreimbursed Advances made
by it, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (ii) being
limited to amounts received on the Mortgage Loans in respect of which the
Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Nonrecoverable
Advance previously made;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured Expenses from the
related Insurance Proceeds;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed Servicing
Advances, the Master Servicer's right to reimbursement pursuant to this
clause (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts
received on the Mortgage Loans that represent late recoveries of the
payments for which the advances were made pursuant to Section 3.01 or
Section 3.07 and (b) for unpaid Master Servicing Fees as provided in
Section 3.12;
(vi) to pay to the purchaser, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or
property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03, or 3.14, all amounts received thereon after the date
of such purchase;
(vii) to reimburse the Seller, the Master Servicer, or the Depositor
for expenses incurred by any of them and reimbursable pursuant to Section
6.03;
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(viii) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate Account
and not required to be deposited therein;
(ix) by the Distribution Account Deposit Date, to withdraw (1) the
Available Funds, the Trustee Fee for the Distribution Date, and the
amount of any insurance premiums payable under (b)(ii) below, to the
extent on deposit, and (2) the Prepayment Charges on deposit, and remit
such amount to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon termination
of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, to justify any withdrawal from the
Certificate Account pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v), and (vi).
Before making any withdrawal from the Certificate Account pursuant to
subclause (iii), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount of any previous
Advance determined by the Master Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance and
identifying the related Mortgage Loans and their respective portions of the
Nonrecoverable Advance.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution Account for
distributions to Certificateholders in the manner specified in this Agreement
(and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn the amount of any taxes that it
is authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 8.11). In
addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals from the
Distribution Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to itself the Trustee Fee for the related Distribution
Date;
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) to pay to the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation earnings on or investment income with respect to funds in
the Distribution Account;
(iv) to withdraw and return to the Master Servicer any amount
deposited in the Distribution Account and not required to be deposited
therein; and
(v) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon termination
of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make withdrawals from
the Carryover Reserve Fund for deposit in the Distribution Account of the
amount required pursuant to Section 3.06(h). On the earlier of (i) the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 and (ii) the
Distribution Date on which all of the LIBOR Certificates are reduced to zero,
any amount remaining on deposit in the Carryover Reserve Fund after giving
effect to the requirements of the preceding sentence shall be withdrawn by the
Trustee and paid to the Seller.
Section 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies.
(a) The Master Servicer shall maintain, for each Mortgage Loan, hazard
insurance with extended coverage in an amount that is at least equal to the
lesser of
(i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing the Mortgage
Loan and
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(ii) the greater of (y) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage
Loan and (z) an amount such that the proceeds of the policy are sufficient to
prevent the Mortgagor or the mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer.
Each policy of standard hazard insurance shall contain, or have an
accompanying endorsement that contains, a standard mortgagee clause. Any
amounts collected under the policies (other than the amounts to be applied to
the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or amounts
released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal
servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Certificate Account. Any cost
incurred in maintaining any insurance shall not, for the purpose of
calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to
the Trustee for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the Mortgage Loan so permits. Such costs
shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of late payments by the
related Mortgagor or out of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by
Section 3.09. No earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of
any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage
other than pursuant to any applicable laws and regulations in force that
require additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property is located at the time
of origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood
hazard area and the area is participating in the national flood insurance
program, the Master Servicer shall maintain flood insurance for the Mortgage
Loan. The flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the
original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the replacement
value of the improvements that are part of the Mortgaged Property, and (iii)
the maximum amount of flood insurance available for the related Mortgaged
Property under the national flood insurance program.
If the Master Servicer obtains and maintains a blanket policy insuring
against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall have satisfied
its obligations in the first sentence of this Section 3.10. The policy may
contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent to those
commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers. If the policy
contains a deductible clause and a policy complying with the first sentence of
this Section 3.10 has not been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property,
and if a loss that would have been covered by the required policy occurs, the
Master Servicer shall deposit in the Certificate Account the amount not
otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of the deductible clause.
In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans,
the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Depositor, and
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, claims under any
blanket policy.
(b) The Master Servicer shall not take any action that would result in
non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss that,
but for the actions of the Master Servicer, would have been covered
thereunder. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any
Primary Insurance Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance
of the Certificates and is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the
replacement Primary Insurance Policy for the canceled or non-renewed policy is
maintained with a Qualified Insurer. The Master Servicer need not maintain any
Primary Insurance Policy if maintaining the Primary Insurance Policy is
prohibited by applicable law. The Master Servicer agrees, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, to effect the timely payment of the premiums on
each Primary Insurance Policy, and any costs not otherwise recoverable shall
be recoverable by the Master Servicer from the related liquidation proceeds.
In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee
and the Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary Insurance
Policies and, in this regard, to take any reasonable action in accordance with
the Servicing Standard necessary to permit recovery under any Primary
Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Any amounts collected
by the Master Servicer under any Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited
in the Certificate Account or the Collection Account (as applicable).
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Section 3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.11, when any property
subject to a Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer
shall to the extent that it has knowledge of the conveyance and in accordance
with the Servicing Standard, enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under applicable law and
governmental regulations, but only to the extent that enforcement will not
adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer is not required to exercise
these rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies
the conditions contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and
the consent of the mortgagee under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not
otherwise so required under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to
the transfer.
If (i) the Master Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any
due-on-sale clause, (ii) coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be
adversely affected, (iii) the Mortgage Note does not include a due-on-sale
clause, or (iv) nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master
Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.11(b), to take or enter into an
assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom the
property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which the person
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable
state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. The Mortgage Loan must
continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master Servicer enters into
the agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies.
The Master Servicer, subject to Section 3.11(b), is also authorized with
the prior approval of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to
enter into a substitution of liability agreement with the Person, pursuant to
which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and the Person is
substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be
in default under this Section 3.11 because of any transfer or assumption that
the Master Servicer reasonably believes it is restricted by law from
preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.11(a), in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and the
Person is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or
supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the
Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required
releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Trustee for signature and shall
direct the Trustee, in writing, to execute the assumption agreement with the
Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed, and the modification
agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments
appropriate to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or
otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the
transfer of the Mortgaged Property to the Person. In connection with any such
assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note may be changed.
In addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must be
acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with its underwriting
standards as then in effect. Together with each substitution, assumption, or
other agreement or instrument delivered to the Trustee for execution by it,
the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer's Certificate signed by a
Servicing Officer stating that the requirements of this subsection have been
met in connection therewith. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that
any substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to
the Trustee the original of the substitution or assumption agreement, which in
the case of the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and
shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of the Mortgage File to the same
extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The
Master Servicer
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will retain any fee collected by it for entering into an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement as additional master servicing
compensation.
Section 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the
Servicing Standard to foreclose on or otherwise comparably convert the
ownership of assets securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and
continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made
for collection of delinquent payments. In connection with the foreclosure or
other conversion, the Master Servicer shall follow the Servicing Standard and
shall follow the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance
Policy. The Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in
connection with any foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property
unless it determines (i) that the restoration or foreclosure will increase the
proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of
restoration expenses and (ii) that restoration expenses will be recoverable to
it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for
purposes of withdrawals from the Certificate Account). The Master Servicer
shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any
foreclosure proceedings. The Master Servicer is entitled to reimbursement
thereof from the liquidation proceeds with respect to the related Mortgaged
Property, as provided in the definition of Liquidation Proceeds. If the Master
Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that the Master Servicer is
contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is
located within a one mile radius of any site listed in the Expenditure Plan
for the Hazardous Substance Clean Up Bond Act of 1984 or other site with
environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Master Servicer, the
Master Servicer will, before acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider the
risks and only take action in accordance with its established environmental
review procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Trustee's name shall
be placed on the title to the REO Property solely as the Trustee hereunder and
not in its individual capacity. The Master Servicer shall ensure that the
title to the REO Property references the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
the Trustee's capacity hereunder. Pursuant to its efforts to sell the REO
Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected
by the Master Servicer protect and conserve the REO Property in accordance
with the Servicing Standard.
The Master Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding
required by Sections 1445 and 6050J of the Code with respect to foreclosures
and abandonments, the tax reporting required by Section 6050H of the Code with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest from individuals and, if required
by Section 6050P of the Code with respect to the cancellation of indebtedness
by certain financial entities, by preparing any required tax and information
returns, in the form required, and delivering the same to the Trustee for
filing.
If the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or
otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan,
the REO Property shall only be held temporarily, shall be actively marketed
for sale, and the Master Servicer shall dispose of the Mortgaged Property as
soon as practicable, and in any case before the end of the third calendar year
following the calendar year in which the Trust Fund acquires the property.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be
rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the
Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause the
Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject any REMIC to the
imposition of any federal, state, or local income taxes on the proceeds
received from the Mortgaged Property under Section 860G(c) of the Code or
otherwise, unless the Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
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The decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage
Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Master Servicer that the
proceeds of the foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing a
foreclosure proceeding. The proceeds received from the maintenance of any REO
Properties, net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for costs incurred
(including any property or other taxes) in connection with maintenance of the
REO Properties and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, and Servicing
Advances, shall be applied to the payment of principal of and interest on the
related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though the
Mortgage Loans were still current and adjustments, if applicable, to the
Mortgage Rate were being made in accordance with the Mortgage Note) and all
such proceeds shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be
payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes
and shall be deposited into the Certificate Account. To the extent the net
proceeds received during any calendar month exceeds the amount attributable to
amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the
related Mortgage Loan for the calendar month, the excess shall be considered
to be a partial prepayment of principal of the related Mortgage Loan.
The proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, as well as any
proceeds from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of
priority: first, to reimburse the Master Servicer for any related unreimbursed
Servicing Advances or Master Servicing Fees or for any related unreimbursed
Advances, as applicable; second, to reimburse the Master Servicer, as
applicable, and to reimburse the Certificate Account for any Nonrecoverable
Advances (or portions thereof) that were previously withdrawn by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09(a)(iii) that related to the Mortgage Loan;
third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made
for such amount or any such Advance has been reimbursed) on the Mortgage Loan
or related REO Property, at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate through the end of
the Due Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such amounts are
required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the
Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer will retain any Excess Proceeds from the
liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan as additional servicing compensation
pursuant to Section 3.15.
The Master Servicer may agree to a modification of any Mortgage Loan (a
"Modified Mortgage Loan") at the request of the related Mortgagor if (i) the
modification is in lieu of a refinancing and the Mortgage Rate on the Modified
Mortgage Loan, as modified, is approximately a prevailing market rate for
newly-originated Mortgage Loans having similar terms and (ii) the Master
Servicer purchases the Modified Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund as described
below. Effective immediately after the modification, and, in any event, on the
same Business Day on which the modification occurs, all interest of the
Trustee in the Modified Mortgage Loan shall automatically be deemed
transferred and assigned to the Master Servicer and all benefits and burdens
of ownership thereof, including the right to accrued interest thereon from the
date of modification and the risk of default thereon, shall pass to the Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee a
certification of a Servicing Officer to the effect that all requirements of
this paragraph have been satisfied with respect to the Modified Mortgage Loan.
The Master Servicer shall deposit the Purchase Price for any Modified
Mortgage Loan in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.06 within one
Business Day after the purchase of the Modified Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt by
the Trustee of written notification of any such deposit signed by a Servicing
Officer, the Trustee shall release to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage
File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment,
in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Master
Servicer any Modified Mortgage Loan previously transferred and assigned
pursuant hereto. The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to indemnify the
Trust Fund against any liability for any "prohibited transaction" taxes and
any related interest, additions, and penalties imposed on the Trust Fund
established hereunder as a result of any modification of a Mortgage Loan
effected pursuant to this Section, any holding of a Modified Mortgage Loan by
the Trust Fund or any purchase of a Modified Mortgage Loan by the Master
Servicer (but such obligation shall not prevent the Master Servicer or any
other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings and
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shall not prevent the Master Servicer from withholding payment of such tax, if
permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Master
Servicer shall have no right of reimbursement for any amount paid pursuant to
the foregoing indemnification, except to the extent that the amount of any
tax, interest, and penalties, together with interest thereon, is refunded to
the Trust Fund.
Section 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately
notify the Trustee by delivering a "Request for Release" substantially in the
form of Exhibit N. Upon receipt of the request, the Trustee shall promptly
release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Trustee
shall at the Master Servicer's direction execute and deliver to the Master
Servicer the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance, or release or
satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage
in each case provided by the Master Servicer, together with the Mortgage Note
with written evidence of cancellation thereon. Expenses incurred in connection
with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be
chargeable to the related Mortgagor.
From time to time and as shall be appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose collection under
any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions
policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged
Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other documents included in the
Mortgage File, the Trustee shall, upon delivery to the Trustee of a Request
for Release in the form of Exhibit M signed by a Servicing Officer, release
the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer or its designee. Subject to the
further limitations set forth below, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee when the
need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage
Loan is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the Certificate
Account, in which case the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a
Request for Release in the form of Exhibit N, signed by a Servicing Officer.
If the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure
proceeding in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, for signature, as
appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale, or other
documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action brought
to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage
or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or rights
provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at law or
in equity.
Section 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the Master
Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
The Master Servicer shall account fully to the Trustee for any funds it
receives or otherwise collects as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds
in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected or
held by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer in respect of any
Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments
or from Liquidation Proceeds, including any funds on deposit in the
Certificate Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of
the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the
Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage
File or any funds that are deposited in the Certificate Account, the
Collection Account, Distribution Account, or any Escrow Account, or any funds
that otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment,
levy, writ of attachment, or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or
otherwise any claim or right of setoff against any Mortgage File or any funds
collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that
the Master Servicer shall be entitled to set off
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against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that are properly due and
payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 3.15. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer may
retain or withdraw from the Servicing Account, the Collection Account, or the
Certificate Account the Master Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan for the
related Distribution Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate Master
Servicing Fee and Servicing Fee payable to the Master Servicer shall be
reduced by the lesser of the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
with respect to the Distribution Date and the aggregate Compensating Interest
for the Distribution Date.
The Master Servicer may retain or withdraw from the Servicing Account,
the Collection Account, or the Certificate Account the Servicing Fee for each
Mortgage Loan for the related Distribution Date. If the Master Servicer
directly services a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer may retain the
Servicing Fee for its own account as compensation for performing services. If
a Subservicer directly services a Mortgage Loan, unless the Subservicer
retains the Servicing Fee, the Master Servicer shall remit the Servicing Fee
to the related Subservicer as compensation for performing services.
Additional master servicing compensation in the form of Excess Proceeds,
assumption fees, late payment charges (not including Prepayment Charges) and
all income net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments shall be
retained by the Master Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in
the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.06. The Master Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing
activities hereunder (including the fees of any Subservicer, payment of any
premiums for hazard insurance, and any Primary Insurance Policy and
maintenance of the other forms of insurance coverage required by this
Agreement) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as
specifically provided in this Agreement.
Section 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to
comparable regulatory authorities supervising Holders of Subordinated
Certificates and the examiners and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC,
and such other authorities, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage
Loans required by applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Access shall
be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable prior written request and
during normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master Servicer.
Nothing in this Section 3.16 shall limit the obligation of the Master Servicer
to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding
the Mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer to provide access as
provided in this Section 3.16 as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section 3.16.
Section 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee by 120
days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal year, commencing with its
2002 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate signed by two Servicing Officers
stating, as to each signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the
Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of the performance of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on the
review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this
Agreement throughout the year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any obligation, specifying each default known to the officer
and the nature and status thereof. The Trustee shall forward a copy of each
compliance statement to each Rating Agency.
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Section 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements.
By 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal year,
commencing with its 2002 fiscal year, the Master Servicer at its expense shall
cause a nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent public
accountants (who may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the
Seller or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee and the
Depositor to the effect that the firm has examined certain documents and
records relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement
or of mortgage loans under pooling and servicing agreements substantially
similar to this Agreement (the statement to have attached to it a schedule of
the pooling and servicing agreements covered by it) and that, on the basis of
its examination, conducted substantially in compliance with the Audit Guide
for Audits of HUD Approved Nonsupervised Mortgagees, the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, or the Audit Program for Mortgages
serviced for FNMA and FHLMC, such servicing has been conducted in compliance
with this Agreement except for any significant exceptions or errors in records
that, in the opinion of the firm, the Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Approved
Nonsupervised Mortgagees, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers, or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC
requires it to report. In rendering the statement, the firm may rely, as to
matters relating to direct servicing of Mortgage Loans by the subservicers,
upon comparable statements for examinations conducted substantially in
compliance with the Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Approved Nonsupervised
Mortgagees, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, or
the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC (rendered within
one year of the statement) of independent public accountants with respect to
the related Subservicer. The Master Servicer shall deliver the statement to
the Trustee so that the Trustee can provide copies of the statement to any
Certificateholder on request at the Master Servicer's expense.
Section 3.19. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
The Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain in force (a) policies of
insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations
as Master Servicer hereunder and (b) a fidelity bond covering its officers,
employees, and agents. Each policy and bond shall, together, comply with the
requirements from time to time of FNMA or FHLMC for persons performing
servicing for mortgage loans purchased by FNMA or FHLMC. If any policy or bond
ceases to be in effect, the Master Servicer shall obtain a comparable
replacement policy or bond from an insurer or issuer meeting the above
requirements as of the date of the replacement.
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ARTICLE FOUR
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 4.01. Advances.
The Master Servicer shall determine by each Master Servicer Advance Date
whether it is required to make an Advance pursuant to the definition of
Advance. If the Master Servicer determines it is required to make an Advance,
it shall, by the Master Servicer Advance Date, either (i) deposit the Advance
into the Certificate Account or (ii) make an appropriate entry in its records
relating to the Certificate Account that any Amount Held for Future
Distribution has been used by the Master Servicer in discharge of its
obligation to make the Advance. The Master Servicer shall replace any funds so
applied by making a deposit in the Certificate Account no later than the close
of business on the next Master Servicer Advance Date. The Master Servicer
shall be reimbursed from the Certificate Account for all Advances of its own
funds made pursuant to this Section 4.01 as provided in Section 3.09. The
obligation to make Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue
if the Mortgage Loan has been foreclosed or otherwise terminated and the
related Mortgaged Property has not been liquidated. The Master Servicer shall
inform the Trustee of the amount of the Advance to be made on each Master
Servicer Advance Date no later than the second Business Day before the related
Distribution Date.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee on the related Master
Servicer Advance Date an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer
indicating the amount of any proposed Advance determined by the Master
Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable Advance.
Section 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.
(I) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the disbursements
and transfers from amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account in the
following order of priority, to the extent of the then-remaining Available
Funds:
(i) to the holders of each Class of Certificates in the following order
of priority, in each case, to the extent of the Interest Remittance Amount:
1. to the holders of the Class A-IO Certificates, the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount allocable to such certificates;
2. to the holders of the Class A-IO Certificates, the Unpaid Interest
Shortfall Amount, if any;
3. concurrently, to the holders of each class of Class A Certificates,
the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for each such class for
such Distribution Date, on a pro rata basis based on the entitlement
of each such class pursuant to this clause (3);
4. concurrently, holders of each class of Class A Certificates, the
Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount, if any, for each such class for
each such Distribution Date, on a pro rata basis based on the
entitlement of each such class pursuant to this clause (4);
5. to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount;
6. to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount;
7. to the holders of the Class B Certificates, the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount; and
8. as part of the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow pursuant to Section
4.02(I)(iii) below.
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(ii) A. On each Distribution Date (a) before the Stepdown Date or (b)
with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, to the holders of the
Classes of Offered Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal as
set forth below, to the extent of the Principal Distribution Amount, in the
following order of priority:
(x) sequentially, to the Class A-R, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class
A-3, Class A-4, and Class A-5 Certificates, in that order, until
their respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero; and
(y) sequentially, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, and Class B
Certificates, in that order, until their respective Class
Certificate Balances are reduced to zero;
B. on each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown Date and (b) as
long as a Trigger Event is not in effect, to the holders of the Classes of
Offered Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal an amount
equal to, in the aggregate, the Principal Distribution Amount in the following
amounts and order of priority:
(w) the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution Amount and (y)
the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, sequentially to the Class
A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, and Class A-5 Certificates, in
that order, until their respective Class Certificate Balances are
reduced to zero;
(x) the lesser of (1) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificateholders in clause (ii) B(w) above and (2) the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-1 Certificateholders,
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(y) the lesser of (1) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificateholders in clause (ii) B(w) above and (2) the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii) B(x) above and (2) the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount to the Class M-2 Certificateholders,
until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(z) the lesser of (1) the excess of (i) the Principal
Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A
Certificateholders in clause (ii) B(w) above, to the Class M-1
Certificates in clause (ii) B(x) above and to the Class M-2
Certificates in clause (ii) B(y) above and (2) the Class B Principal
Distribution Amount to the Class B Certificateholders, until their
Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero;
(iii) any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow shall be distributed in the
following order of priority:
1. to the holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates then entitled
to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an amount equal
to the Extra Principal Distribution Amount, payable to such holders
as part of the Principal Distribution Amount as provided in Section
4.02(I)(ii) above;
2. to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, in an amount equal to
the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount allocable to such class;
3. to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, in an amount equal to
the Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for the Class M-1 Certificates;
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4. to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in an amount equal to
the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount allocable to such class;
5. to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, in an amount equal to
the Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for the Class M-2 Certificates;
6. to the holders of the Class B Certificates, in an amount equal to
the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount allocable to such class;
7. to the holders of the Class B Certificates, in an amount equal to
the Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for the Class B Certificates;
8. any remaining amounts (other than the $100 held in trust for the
Class P) to (A) if such Distribution Date is one of the first three
Distribution Dates, the Class OC-1 Certificate or (B) if such
Distribution Date occurs after the third Distribution Date, the
Class OC-2 Certificate;
9. if such Distribution Date is the Distribution Date immediately
following the expiration of the latest prepayment penalty term, $100
held in trust (for the benefit of the Class P Certificate) to the
holders of the Class P Certificates, which will reduce the Class
Certificate Balance thereof to zero; and
10. to the holders of the Residual Certificates, any remaining amounts;
provided such amounts shall not include the $100 held in trust for
the Class P Certificate.
(II) On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment
Charges received during the related Prepayment Period will be distributed to
the holders of the Class P Certificates.
Section 4.03. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare and
make available on its website at: xxxx://xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxxxxx-xxxx.xxx/xxxx
for each Certificateholder, the Rating Agencies, the Master Servicer, and the
Depositor a statement for the related distribution of:
(i) the amount of the distribution allocable to principal,
separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments
and Liquidation Proceeds included therein;
(ii) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest, any
Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amounts included in the distribution and any
remaining Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amounts after giving effect to the
distribution;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of any Class of
Certificates is less than the full amount that would be distributable to
them if sufficient funds were available, the amount of the shortfall and
the allocation of the shortfall between principal and interest;
(iv) the Class Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of each Class
of Certificates after giving effect to the distribution of principal on
the Distribution Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the following Distribution
Date;
(vi) the amount of the Master Servicing Fees and Servicing Fees paid
to or retained by the Master Servicer or Subservicer (with respect to the
Subservicers, in the aggregate) and the amounts of any additional
servicing compensation received by the Master Servicer attributable to
penalties, fees, excess Liquidation Proceeds or other similar charges or
fees with respect to the Distribution Date;
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(vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates as of the
day before the preceding Distribution Date;
(viii) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates, if
adjusted from the date of the last monthly statement, expected to be
applicable on the next Distribution Date.
(ix) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on the
Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of Advances outstanding as of
the close of business on the Distribution Date;
(x) the number and aggregate principal amounts of Mortgage Loans (A)
delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 1 to 30 days,
(2) 31 to 60 days, (3) 61 to 90 days, and (4) 91 or more days and (B) in
foreclosure and delinquent (1) 1 to 30 days, (2) 31 to 60 days, (3) 61 to
90 days, and (4) 91 or more days, as of the close of business on the last
day of the calendar month preceding the Distribution Date;
(xi) for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all calendar
months since the related Cut-off Date, whichever is less, the aggregate
dollar amount of the Scheduled Payments
(A) due on all Outstanding Mortgage Loans on each of the Due Dates
in each such month and
(B) delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in each
such month;
(xii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO Property
during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the
Determination Date preceding the Distribution Date and the date of
acquisition thereof;
(xiii) the total number and principal balance of any REO Properties
(and market value, if available) as of the close of business on the
Determination Date preceding the Distribution Date;
(xiv) whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing
(including the calculation of thereof and the aggregate outstanding
balance of all 60+ Day Delinquent Loans);
(xv) the amounts on deposit in both the Carryover Reserve Fund and
Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund (after giving effect to distributions on
the Distribution Date);
(xvi) the amount received under the Yield Maintenance Agreement;
(xvii) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the
preceding calendar month and aggregate Realized Losses through the
Distribution Date;
(xviii) the amount of any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow on the
Distribution Date and the allocation thereof to the Certificateholders
with respect to Allocated Realized Losses and Unpaid Interest Shortfall
Amounts;
(xix) with respect to the second Distribution Date, the number and
aggregate balance of any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans not delivered
within the time periods specified in the definition of Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans;
(xx) the Overcollateralized Amount; and
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(xxi) Prepayment Charges collected, waived and paid by Master
Servicer.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for disbursing the above information to
the Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy
of the information derived from the Master Servicer. By each Determination
Date the Master Servicer shall provide to the Trustee in electronic form the
information needed to determine the distributions to be made pursuant to
Section 4.02 and any other information on which the Master Servicer and the
Trustee mutually agree.
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time
during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing the
information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii), and (a)(vii) of this Section
4.03 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
Section 4.04. Yield Maintenance Agreement
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust
Fund, will enter into the Yield Maintenance Agreement for the benefit of the
Holders of the LIBOR Certificates. The Yield Maintenance Agreement will be an
asset of the Trust Fund but will not be an asset of any REMIC. The Trustee
shall deposit any amounts with respect to the Yield Maintenance Agreement into
the Carryover Reserve Fund.
(b) The Trustee will prepare and deliver any notices required to be
delivered to Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products, Inc. under the Yield Maintenance
Agreement.
(c) The Trustee shall terminate Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products, Inc.
upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Yield Maintenance
Agreement of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge.
Upon such termination, Bear Xxxxxxx Financial Products, Inc. may be required
to pay an amount to the Trustee in respect of market quotations for the
replacement cost of the Yield Maintenance Agreement.
Section 4.05. Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund
(a) On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish and maintain in its
name, in trust for the benefit of the Certificates (other than the LIBOR
Certificates and the Class A-IO Certificates), the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve
Fund. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deposit $400,000
into the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund. On each Distribution Date, to the
extent required, the Trustee shall make withdrawals from the Net WAC Shortfall
Reserve Fund and use the amounts in the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund to make
distributions to the Certificates (other than the LIBOR Certificates and the
Class A-IO Certificates), in an amount equal to the amount of any Net WAC
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount on such Certificate. If on any Distribution
Date, funds in the Net WAC Shortfall Account are insufficient to distribute to
the Certificates (other than the LIBOR Certificates and the Class A-IO
Certificates) amounts equal to the Net WAC Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount, the
funds in the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund shall be distributed to such
Certificates on a pro rata basis. On the Distribution Date in August 2004,
after the distributions described in the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall
withdraw from the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund (to the extent of funds
available on deposit therein) any remaining amounts and distribute them to the
Master Servicer.
(b) The Trustee shall account for the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund as
an "outside reserve fund" under applicable Treasury regulations and it shall
not be an asset of any REMIC created pursuant to this Agreement. The owner of
the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund is the Master Servicer. The Trustee shall
keep records that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in the Net WAC
Shortfall Reserve Fund. The Trustee shall, at the direction of the Master
Servicer, invest amounts on deposit in the Net WAC
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Shortfall Reserve Fund in Permitted Investments. The amount of any realized
losses on Permitted Investments in the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund shall
promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve
Fund. On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute any interest on
the Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund to the Master Servicer.
Section 4.06. [Reserved]
Section 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.
On each LIBOR Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are
outstanding, the Trustee will determine LIBOR on the basis of the British
Bankers' Association ("BBA") "Interest Settlement Rate" for one-month deposits
in U.S. dollars as found on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. London time on
each LIBOR Determination Date.
(a) If LIBOR cannot be determined as provided in paragraph (A) of this
Section 4.08, the Trustee shall either (i) request each Reference Bank to
inform the Trustee of the quotation offered by its principal London office for
making one-month United States dollar deposits in leading banks in the London
interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination
Date or (ii) in lieu of making any such request, rely on such Reference Bank
quotations that appear at such time on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as
defined in the International Swap Dealers Association Inc. Code of Standard
Wording, Assumptions and Provisions for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent
available.
(b) LIBOR for the next Accrual Period will be established by the Trustee
on each LIBOR Determination Date as follows:
(i) If on any LIBOR Determination Date two or more Reference Banks
provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next Accrual Period shall
be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounding such
arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
1/32%).
(ii) If on any LIBOR Determination Date only one or none of the
Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i) LIBOR as
determined on the previous LIBOR Determination Date or (ii) the Reserve
Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the rate per annum
which the Trustee determines to be either (i) the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 1/32%) of
the one-month United States dollar lending rates that New York City banks
selected by the Trustee are quoting, on the relevant LIBOR Determination
Date, to the principal London offices of at least two of the Reference
Banks to which such quotations are, in the opinion of the Trustee, being
so made, or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no such
arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States dollar lending rate
which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such
LIBOR Determination Date to leading European banks.
(iii) If on any LIBOR Determination Date the Trustee is required but
is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in the manner provided
in paragraph (b) above, LIBOR shall be LIBOR as determined on the
preceding LIBOR Determination Date, or, in the case of the first LIBOR
Determination Date, the Initial LIBOR Rate.
(c) Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee
will at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of
determining LIBOR with respect to each LIBOR Determination Date. The Master
Servicer initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank"
shall be a leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the
international Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or be
under common control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place of
business in London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable
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act as such or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as
Reference Bank, the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed
another Reference Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility
to any Person for (i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of
determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference
Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
(d) The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for each
Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each LIBOR Determination
Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding on the basis of LIBOR
and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding to the LIBOR
Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the Preliminary
Statement.
(e) In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates, any Interest Settlement Rate, or any Reserve Interest Rate, the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in relying upon the
offered quotations (whether written, oral or on the Dow Xxxxx Markets) from
the BBA designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to
LIBOR, the Interest Settlement Rate or the Reserve Interest Rate, as
appropriate, in effect from time to time. The Trustee shall not have any
liability or responsibility to any Person for (i) the Trustee's selection of
New York City banks for purposes of determining any Reserve Interest Rate or
(ii) its inability, following a good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such
quotations from, the BBA designated banks, the Reference Banks or the New York
City banks or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this
Section 4.08.
(f) The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee.
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ARTICLE FIVE
THE CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as
exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the
minimum denominations, integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (except
that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount which
must exceed the applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate denominations
per Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 9.02 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions
to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at
a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such
Holder has so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days before the
related Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) a Notional Amount
Certificate, (B) 100% of the Class Certificate Balance of any Class of
Certificates or (C) Certificates of any Class with aggregate principal
Denominations of not less than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed by first
class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing
in the Certificate Register.
The Trustee shall execute the Certificates by the manual or facsimile
signature of an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time such signatures were
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to be so
authorized before the countersignature and delivery of any such Certificates
or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificate. No Certificate
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any
purpose, unless countersigned by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature.
On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall countersign the Certificates to be
issued at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide the Trustee, on a continuous basis with an
adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate transfers.
Section 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, in accordance with Section 5.06, a
Certificate Register for the Trust Fund in which, subject to subsections (b)
and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers
and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Certificates of the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for
other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates that the Certificateholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. A written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the holder of a Certificate or
his attorney duly
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authorized in writing shall accompany every Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance
with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state securities
laws. If a transfer is to be made in reliance on an exemption from the
Securities Act and such state securities laws, to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such state securities laws, the Certificateholder desiring
to effect such transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee
shall each certify to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the
transfer in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit J (the "Transferor
Certificate") and deliver to the Trustee either (i) a letter in substantially
the form of either Exhibit K (the "Investment Letter") or Exhibit L (the "Rule
144A Letter") or (ii) at the expense of the transferor, an Opinion of Counsel
that the transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act.
The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by that Holder, information regarding the
related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and any other information
necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility in Rule 144A(d)(4) for
transfer of the Certificate without registration thereof under the Securities
Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee
and the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the
Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence, including
providing to the Depositor such information regarding the Certificates, the
Mortgage Loans, and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor
reasonably requests to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each
Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect a transfer shall, and does
hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller, and the
Master Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not
so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of
such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee (if the Certificate is a Private Certificate or a Residual
Certificate, the requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a
representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit
K or Exhibit L), to the effect that the transferee is not an employee benefit
plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect the
transfer, or (ii) if the ERISA-Restricted Certificate has been the subject of
an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, a representation that the purchaser is an
insurance company that is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in
an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section
V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60") and that
the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered under Sections I and
III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted
Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA, or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code
(or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any
such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement
or using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Trust Fund,
addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under ERISA or the Code and will not subject the Trustee or the
Master Servicer to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in
this Agreement or to any liability. For purposes of
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the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that
is not a Private Certificate or a Residual Certificate, if the representation
letter referred to in the preceding sentence is not furnished, the
representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the
transferee's (including an initial acquirer's) acceptance of the
ERISA-Restricted Certificates. If the representation is violated, or any
attempt is made to transfer to a plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of
ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement, without the Opinion of Counsel described above, the attempted
transfer or acquisition shall be void.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including ERISA), the
Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of
transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by
this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under
this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the Trustee in
accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in its status as a
Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee
shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in
addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee
under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with
an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or the
proposed transferee in the form of Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or
agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C)
not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to
cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to
any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a
Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate in violation of this Section 5.02(c) shall be
absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported
Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of a
Residual Certificate in violation of this Section 5.02(c), then the last
preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder
thereof retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such
Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any
Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is
in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under this Agreement
so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of the related
Transfer Affidavit, Transferor Certificate and either the Rule 144A
Letter or the Investment Letter. The Trustee shall be entitled but not
obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was
in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at
such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all
payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such
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time. Any such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of
such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon
receipt of written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to
compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of
a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any
Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this
Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the
Seller or the Master Servicer, to the effect that the elimination of such
restrictions will not cause the Trust Fund hereunder to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the
imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another
Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement which, based on
an Opinion of Counsel furnished to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to
ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual
Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is
not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the
Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at
the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all
times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at
all times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the
Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and Indirect Participants as
representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for
purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this Agreement, and
requests and directions for and votes of such representatives shall not be
deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different
Certificate Owners; and (vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected
in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its
Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with
respect to Indirect Participants and persons shown on the books of such
Indirect Participants as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be
made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository
Participant or brokerage firm representing the Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing
that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor, (y) the Depositor at its option
advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depository or (z) after the occurrence of an Event of
Default,
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Certificate Owners representing at least 51% of the Certificate Balance of the
Book-Entry Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through
the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry
system through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the
Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through
the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
definitive, fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to
Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the
related Class of Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by the
instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the
Definitive Certificates. Neither the Master Servicer, the Depositor nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and each
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. The Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of
Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all
references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the
Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to
the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the
Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as
Certificateholders hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall not by virtue of
its assumption of such obligations become liable to any party for any act or
failure to act of the Depository.
Section 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If (a)any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b) the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss, or
theft of any Certificate and the Master Servicer and the Trustee receive the
security or indemnity required by them to hold each of them harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Trustee that the Certificate has been acquired by
a Protected Purchaser, and if the requirements of Section 8-406 of the UCC are
met and subject to Section 8-405 of the UCC, the Trustee shall execute,
countersign, and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost, or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class,
tenor, and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and
indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificate is found at any time.
Section 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Master Servicer, the Trustee, and any agent of the Master Servicer or
the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered
as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as
provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither
the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any agent of the Master Servicer or the
Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to
communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if the
Depositor or Master Servicer shall request such information in writing from
the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the
receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such
Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Trustee. The Depositor and
every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agree that
the Trustee shall
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not be held accountable because of the disclosure of any such information as
to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from
which such information was derived.
Section 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain at its expense an office or offices or agency
or agencies in New York City located at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration, Attention: Mortgage
Administration IN0201, Series 2002-A1, where Certificates may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates its
Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The Trustee will give prompt written
notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such
office or agency.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively
imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
Section 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer will each keep in full effect their
existence and their rights and franchises as a corporation and a federal
savings bank, respectively, under the laws of the United States or under the
laws of one of the states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged
or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any person
succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, shall be
the successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
the Master Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans to, and to
service mortgage loans on behalf of, FNMA or FHLMC.
Section 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller,
the Master Servicer, and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of the
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer or any such Person against any breach of representations or
warranties made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer or any such Person from any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in
the performance of duties or because of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer
shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss,
liability or expense incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or
judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing authority or any legal
action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss,
liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans
(except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable
pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or expense incurred
because of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties hereunder or because of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. None of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or
defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective duties
hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that any of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master
Servicer may in its discretion undertake any such action that it
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may deem appropriate in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of
the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and the Certificateholders
hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any
liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the
Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the Seller, and the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Certificate Account.
Section 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it except (a) upon appointment of a successor servicer and
receipt by the Trustee of a letter from each Rating Agency that such a
resignation and appointment will not result in a downgrading of the rating of
any of the Certificates or (b) upon determination that its duties hereunder
are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination under
clause (b) permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No
such resignation shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor
master servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities,
duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events:
(a) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the Certificate
Account or remit to the Trustee any payment required to be made by it under
this Agreement (other than a payment required to be made under Section 4.01),
which failure continues unremedied for five days after the date on which
written notice of the failure has been given to the Master Servicer by the
Trustee or the Depositor or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the
Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing not less than 25% of the
aggregate Percentage Interests of the Class; or
(b) any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or perform in any
material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Master Servicer contained in this Agreement, which failure materially affects
the rights of Certificateholders and continues unremedied for a period of 60
days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been
given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Master
Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates of any Class
evidencing not less than 25% of the Percentage Interests of the Class;
provided that the sixty-day cure period shall not apply to the initial
delivery of the Mortgage File for Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans nor the
failure to repurchase or substitute in lieu thereof; or
(c) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority
having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver,
conservator or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling
of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master
Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(d) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a receiver,
conservator or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling
of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master
Servicer or all or substantially all of the property of the Master Servicer;
or
(e) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of, or
commence a voluntary case under, any applicable insolvency or reorganization
statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily
suspend payment of its obligations.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (a) through (e) of this
Section 7.01 shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as
such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, or at the
direction of the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing not less than
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in writing to the Master Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency),
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement and in the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its
rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On and after the receipt by the
Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Master
Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise,
shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. The Trustee shall make any Advance
that the Master Servicer failed to make subject to Section 3.05, whether or
not the obligations of the Master Servicer have been terminated pursuant to
this Section. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise,
any documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or
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assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless
expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect
any obligation of the Master Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article
VIII. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting
the termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights
hereunder, including the transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which
shall at the time be credited to the Certificate Account, or thereafter be
received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late
collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due before the
notice terminating such Master Servicer's rights and obligations as Master
Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that portion thereof to
which such Master Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to Sections
3.11(a)(i) through (viii), and any other amounts payable to such Master
Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose before the termination of
its activities hereunder.
Section 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall, subject to and to the
extent provided in Section 3.05, be the successor to the Master Servicer in
its capacity as master servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set
forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the
terms hereof and applicable law including the obligation to make Advances
pursuant to Section 4.01. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be
entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer
would have been entitled to charge to the Certificate Account or Distribution
Account if the Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder, including, if
the Master Servicer was receiving the Servicing Fee, the Servicing Fee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor to the
Master Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01, the Trustee may, if it shall
be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from
making Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 or if it is otherwise unable to so
act, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any
established mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of which does
not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates by each
Rating Agency, as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the
assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities
of the Master Servicer hereunder. Any successor to the Master Servicer shall
be an institution which is a FNMA and FHLMC approved seller/servicer in good
standing, which has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, which is willing to
service the Mortgage Loans and which executes and delivers to the Depositor
and the Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment,
containing an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties,
responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Master Servicer (other
than liabilities of the Master Servicer under Section 6.03 incurred before
termination of the Master Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if
originally named as a party to this Agreement; provided that each Rating
Agency acknowledges that its rating of the Certificates in effect immediately
before such assignment and delegation will not be qualified or reduced, as a
result of such assignment and delegation. Pending appointment of a successor
to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is
prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to Section 3.05, act in such
capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and
assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of
such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor
shall agree; provided, however, that in no case shall the rate of such
compensation exceed the Master Servicing Fee Rate plus, if the Master Servicer
was receiving the Servicing Fee, the Servicing Fee Rate. The Trustee and such
successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be
necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the Trustee nor any other
successor master servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder because
of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or
any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any delay in performing, any
duties or responsibilities
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hereunder, in either case caused by the failure of the Master Servicer to
deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any cash,
information, documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer shall give notice
to the Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its
service as master servicer, maintain in force the policy or policies that the
Master Servicer is required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.
Section 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders and each Rating
Agency notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01. Duties of the Trustee.
The Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are
in the form required by this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible
for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement,
opinion, report, document, order, or other instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act
or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that, unless an Event of
Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is continuing,
(a) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely
by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of the duties and obligations specifically set
forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Agreement against the Trustee, and the Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good
faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities
respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless
it is finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method, and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.
Section 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(a) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties and the Trustee shall have no
responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any signature of any
such party or parties;
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(b) the Trustee may consult with counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or
accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of
Counsel;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(d) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other
paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to
each Class of Certificates;
(e) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
accountants or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agents, accountants or attorneys
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(f) the Trustee shall not be required to risk or expend its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment of
funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment
security);
(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of
Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof; and
(i) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts, rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to this
Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
Section 8.03. Trustee 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 Seller, as the case may be, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee 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 Trustee's execution and countersignature of the Certificates.
The Trustee 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 Certificate Account by the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Except as provided in Section 2.01(c), the Trustee shall have no
responsibility for filing or recording 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 (unless
the Trustee shall have become the successor Master Servicer).
The Trustee executes the Certificates not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement, in the exercise
of the powers and authority conferred and vested in
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it by this Agreement. Each of the undertakings and agreements made on the part
of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund in the Certificates is made and
intended not as a personal undertaking or agreement by the Trustee but is made
and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust Fund.
Section 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were
not the Trustee.
Section 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
As compensation for its activities under this Agreement, on each
Distribution Date the Trustee may withdraw from the Distribution Account the
Trustee Fee for that Distribution Date. The Trustee and any director, officer,
employee, or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer
against any loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorney's fees)
resulting from any error in any tax or information return prepared by the
Master Servicer or incurred in connection with any claim or legal action
relating to
(a) this Agreement, (b) the Certificates, or (c) the performance of any
of the Trustee's duties under this Agreement, other than any loss, liability
or expense incurred because of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in
the performance of any of the Trustee's duties hereunder or incurred by reason
of any action of the Trustee taken at the direction of the Certificateholders
under this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this
Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee under this Agreement.
Without limiting the foregoing, except as otherwise agreed upon in writing by
the Depositor and the Trustee, and except for any expense, disbursement, or
advance arising from the Trustee's negligence, bad faith, or willful
misconduct, the Master Servicer shall pay or reimburse the Trustee, for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with this Agreement with respect to
(A) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of its
counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates,
(B) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of any
accountant, engineer, or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the
Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage them to perform services
under this Agreement, and
(C) printing and engraving expenses in connection with preparing any
Definitive Certificates.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred
by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as Trustee, Registrar, or
Paying Agent under this Agreement or for any other expenses.
Section 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association
organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of
America, 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 which
would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective then
current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such security from
time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing
by each Rating Agency. 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 8.06 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
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published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07. The entity serving as
Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and
its affiliates or the Master Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however,
that such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Seller, the Depositor or the
Master Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Master
Servicer.
Section 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days before the date
specified in such notice, when, subject to Section 8.08, such resignation is
to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in accordance with
Section 8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.06. If no
successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed and
have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice or
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the
Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a tax is imposed with respect
to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is
located and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of
a different trustee, then the Depositor or the Master Servicer may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate,
one copy of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, one copy to the Master
Servicer and one copy to the successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights
may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their
attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which shall be
delivered by the successor Trustee to the Master Servicer, one complete set to
the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. The
successor trustee shall notify each Rating Agency of any removal of the
Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07 shall become effective upon acceptance
of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.08.
Section 8.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, 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 herein. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the predecessor trustee 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 all such rights, powers,
duties, and obligations.
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No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
8.08 unless, at the time of its acceptance, the successor trustee is eligible
under Section 8.06 and its appointment does not adversely affect the then
current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to
mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed
at the expense of the Depositor.
Section 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor
of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible
under Section 8.06 without the execution or filing of any paper or further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the
time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have
the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly
with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part
of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any
part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of
this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider appropriate. If the Master
Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to
make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section
8.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee
or separate trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) To the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section
8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the
Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee under this Agreement to
advance funds on behalf of the Master Servicer, shall be conferred or imposed
upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in
which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee
hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall
be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such
rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the
applicable Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall
be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but
solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(b) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable because of any
act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall not,
and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or co-trustee
as agent of the Trustee;
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(c) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any
separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(d) The Master Servicer, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for the
payment of reasonable compensation, reimbursement and indemnification to any
such separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when and
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the
conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this
Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 8.11. Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC election
pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement, shall constitute, and that the conduct of matters relating to such
assets shall be such as to qualify such assets as, a "real estate mortgage
investment conduit" as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions.
In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it
shall act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on
behalf of any the REMIC and that in such capacity it shall:
(a) prepare and file in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage
Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted
by the Internal Revenue Service) with respect to each REMIC created hereunder
and prepare and file with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or
local tax authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year
with respect to any REMIC described in the Preliminary Statement, containing
such information and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the
Code or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and
in such manner as may be required thereby;
(b) within thirty days of the Closing Date, furnish to the Internal
Revenue Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code,
the name, title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders
of the Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together
with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update
such information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code;
(c) make an election that each REMIC created hereunder be treated as a
REMIC on the federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary,
under applicable state law);
(d) prepare and forward to the Certificateholders and to the Internal
Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all information
returns and reports as and when required to be provided to
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them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including the calculation of any
original issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption (as defined in the
Prospectus Supplement);
(e) provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed on
the transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a
non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a non-Permitted
Transferee is the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of
computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable
for such tax);
(f) to the extent that they are under its control, conduct matters
relating to such assets at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so
as to maintain the status as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions;
(g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any
action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any REMIC
created hereunder;
(h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 8.11, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any REMIC before its
termination when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation
shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting
any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from
withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of
such proceedings);
(i) ensure that federal, state or local income tax or information
returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such other person as may be required
to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws, regulations or rules;
(j) maintain records relating to each REMIC created hereunder, including
the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities thereof and the fair market
value and adjusted basis of the assets determined at such intervals as may be
required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns,
schedules, statements or information; and
(k) as and when necessary and appropriate, represent each REMIC created
hereunder in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an
examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an
administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of such REMIC created
hereunder, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing
agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of such
REMIC created hereunder, and otherwise act on behalf of such REMIC created
hereunder in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.
To enable the Trustee to perform its duties under this Agreement, the
Depositor shall provide to the Trustee within ten days after the Closing Date
all information or data that the Trustee requests in writing and determines to
be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the
Certificates, including the price, yield, prepayment assumption, and projected
cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Moreover, the Depositor
shall provide information to the Trustee concerning the value of each Class of
Certificates of the right to receive Basis Risk Carryforward Amounts from the
Carryover Reserve Fund. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee
promptly upon written request therefor any additional information or data that
the Trustee may, from time to time, reasonably request to enable the Trustee
to perform its duties under this Agreement. The Depositor hereby indemnifies
the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims, or expenses of the
Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that result
from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided,
accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis.
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If any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" (as defined in Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code) of any REMIC created hereunder, on the "net income
from foreclosure property" of any REMIC created hereunder as defined in
Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to any REMIC created
hereunder after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or
any other tax is imposed, including any minimum tax imposed on any REMIC
created hereunder pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California
Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, the
tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or
results from negligence of the Trustee in the performance of any of its
obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the Master Servicer or the Seller, in
the case of any such minimum tax, if such tax arises out of or results from a
breach by the Master Servicer or Seller of any of their obligations under this
Agreement, (iii) the Seller, if any such tax arises out of or results from the
Seller's obligation to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or
2.03, or (iv) in all other cases, or if the Trustee, the Master Servicer, or
the Seller fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i),
(ii), or (iii), any such tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be
distributed to the Certificateholders, as provided in Section 3.09(b).
Section 8.12. Periodic Filings.
Pursuant to written instructions from the Depositor, the Trustee shall
prepare, execute and file all periodic reports required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in conformity with the terms of the relief granted to
issuers similar to the Trust Fund. In connection with the preparation and
filing of such periodic reports, the Depositor and the Master Servicer shall
timely provide to the Trustee all material information available to them which
is required to be included in such reports and not known to them to be in the
possession of the Trustee and such other information as the Trustee reasonably
may request from either of them and otherwise reasonably shall cooperate with
the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any failure
to properly prepare or file such periodic reports resulting from or relating
to the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain any information not resulting
from its own negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 8.13. [Reserved]
Section 8.14. Tax Classification of the Carryover Reserve Fund, Net
WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund, Pre-Funding Account and Capitalized Interest
Account
For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee shall treat each of the
Carryover Reserve Fund, Net WAC Shortfall Reserve Fund, Pre-Funding Account
and Capitalized Interest Account as an outside reserve fund, within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation ss. 1.860-2(h), that is beneficially owned by
the Seller.
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ARTICLE NINE
TERMINATION
Section 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage
Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, and the Trustee created hereby shall terminate
upon the earlier of
(a) the purchase by the Master Servicer of all Mortgage Loans (and REO
Properties) at the price equal to the sum of
(i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan
(other than in respect of a Delinquent Mortgage Loan or REO Property)
plus one month's accrued interest thereon at the applicable Adjusted
Mortgage Rate and
(ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised value of any Delinquent
Mortgage Loan or REO Property as determined by the higher of two
appraisals completed by two independent appraisers selected by the Master
Servicer at the expense of the Master Servicer and (y) the Stated
Principal Balance of each such Delinquent Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loan
related to such REO Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon at the applicable Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate and
(b) the later of
(i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan and the disposition of all REO
Property and
(ii) the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required
to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement. In no event shall
the trusts created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from
the death of the survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the
late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living
on the date hereof.
The right to purchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to
clause (a) above shall be conditioned upon the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of those Mortgage Loans, at the time of any such repurchase,
aggregating ten percent or less of the sum of (i) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and
(ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of any Subsequent Mortgage Loans
as of a Subsequent Transfer Date.
Section 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, the Master Servicer determines that there
are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust
Fund other than the funds in the Certificate Account, the Master Servicer
shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a final distribution notice to each
Certificateholder. If the Master Servicer elects to terminate the Trust Fund
pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 20 days before the date
notice is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders the Master Servicer
shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date the Master Servicer
intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase price of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution
Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment
of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the
Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 15th day
and not later than the 10th day of the month next preceding the month of such
final distribution. Any
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such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date upon which final
distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender
of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the amount of such final
distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency at which such
presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to the Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions
being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the
office therein specified. The Master Servicer will give such notice to each
Rating Agency at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.
If the notice is given, the Master Servicer shall cause all funds in the
Certificate Account to be remitted to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account on the Business Day before the applicable Distribution
Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect of the
Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the
receipt by the Trustee of a Request for Release therefor, the Trustee shall
promptly release to the Master Servicer the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage
Loans.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class, in each case
on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in Section 4.02, in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to
Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as to each Class
of Regular Certificates (except the Class OC Certificates), its Certificate
Balance plus for each such Class accrued interest thereon (or on their
Notional Amount, if applicable) in the case of an interest-bearing Certificate
and (ii) as to the Residual Certificates, any amount remaining on deposit in
the Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained to meet claims)
after application pursuant to clause (i) above.
If any affected Certificateholder does not surrender its Certificates for
cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above mentioned
written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice to the
remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation
and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within six months
after the second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may
appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain a part of
the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Class A-R
Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets
of the Trust Fund which remain subject hereto.
Section 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) If the Master Servicer exercises its purchase option with respect to
the Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be
terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, unless
the Trustee has been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of
the Master Servicer, to the effect that the failure to comply with the
requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of
federal taxes on "prohibited transactions" on either REMIC as defined in
Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause either the Subsidiary REMIC, the
Intermediate REMIC or the Master REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any
time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(b) The Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to the
Master Servicer, and, within 90 days of such sale, shall distribute to the
Certificateholders the proceeds of such sale in complete liquidation of each
of the Subsidiary REMIC, the Intermediate REMIC and the Master REMIC.
(c) The Trustee shall attach a statement to the final federal income tax
return for each of the Subsidiary REMIC, the Intermediate REMIC and the Master
REMIC stating that pursuant to Treasury Regulation ss. 1.860F-1, the first day
of the 90-day liquidation period for each the REMIC was the date on which the
Trustee sold the assets of the Trust Fund to the Master Servicer.
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ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct any
defective provision herein or to supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, (iii) to add to the duties of
the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer, (iv) to add any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder, or (v) to
modify, alter, amend, add to, or rescind any of the terms or provisions
contained in this Agreement.
No action pursuant to clauses (iv) or (v) above may, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder. The amendment shall not be deemed to
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter
from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the
Certificates. Any such letter in and of itself will not represent a
determination as to the materiality of any amendment and will represent a
determination only as to the credit issues affecting any rating.
The Trustee, the Depositor, and the Master Servicer also may at any time
and from time to time amend this Agreement without the consent of the
Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to the
extent necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the qualification of any REMIC as
a REMIC under the Code, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of
any tax on any REMIC created hereunder pursuant to the Code that would be a
claim at any time before the final redemption of the Certificates, or (iii)
comply with any other requirements of the Code, if the Trustee has been
provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party
requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee
or the Trust Fund, to the effect that the action is necessary or helpful for
one of the foregoing purposes.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 51% of
each Class of Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Certificates. No amendment shall
(i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments
required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the
Holder of such Certificate,
(ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in
(i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of the Class
evidencing, as to the Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than
66%,
(iii) amend, modify, add to, rescind, or alter in any respect Section
10.13, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, without the
consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating not less than 66 2/3% (provided, however, that no Certificates
held by the Seller, the Depositor or any Affiliate thereby shall be given
effect for the purpose of calculating any such aggregation of Percentage
Interests), or
(iv) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders of
which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of
the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.
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Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no amendment
shall modify, add to, rescind, alter, or amend in any respect any provision of
this Agreement restricting the Trust Fund from holding any property or
engaging in any activity that would disqualify the Trust Fund from being a
qualifying special purpose entity under generally accepted accounting
principles without the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing
Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 662/3% of each Class of
Certificates. For this purpose, no Certificates held by the Seller, the
Depositor, or any affiliate or agent of either of them shall be eligible to
vote or be considered Outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have
first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of
the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not
cause the imposition of any tax on any REMIC created hereunder or the
Certificateholders or cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as
a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring
the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject
to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be
an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee that
(i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and
that all requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and
(ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth
in the preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.
Section 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public
offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages
are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or
elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at its
expense, but only upon receipt of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 10.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO
BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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Section 10.04. Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance (i) of
the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Depositor and (ii) of the Trust Fund
by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed as, an absolute sale
thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such
conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, if, notwithstanding the
intent of the parties, the assets are held to be the property of the Seller or
Depositor, as the case may be, or if for any other reason this Agreement is
held or deemed to create a security interest in either such assets, then (i)
this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning
of the UCC and (ii) the conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be an assignment and a grant (i) by the Seller to the Depositor or
(ii) by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets transferred,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Seller and the Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders
shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may
be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a
security interest in the Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to
be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and
will be maintained as such throughout the term of the Agreement. The Depositor
shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements
in connection with any security interest granted or assigned to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
Section 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice to
each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or the Trustee
and the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
2.03; and
5. The final payment to Certificateholders.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating Agency
copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.03;
2. Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section 3.17;
3. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing report described
in Section 3.18; and
4. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02,
2.03 or 3.11.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of
the Depositor, IndyMac MBS, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, (b) in the case of the Master Servicer,
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx or such other address as may be
hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Trustee by the Master Servicer in
writing, (c) in the case of the Trustee to the Corporate Trust Office, Bankers
Trust Company of California, N.A., 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx
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92705-4934, Attention: Mortgage Administration IN0201, Series 2002-A1, or such
other address as the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or Master
Servicer; and (d) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies, the address
specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating
Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first
class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the
Certificate Register.
Section 10.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions
of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
Section 10.07. Assignment
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
IN SECTION 6.02, THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE ASSIGNED BY THE MASTER SERVICER
WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE AND DEPOSITOR.
Section 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or
winding up of the trust created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or
members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any
liability to any third party because of any action taken by the parties to
this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself
of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this
Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as
herein provided, and unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have
made written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs,
expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee,
for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted
by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee,
that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of
this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of
any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of
all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of this Section
10.08, each Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to any relief
that can be given either at law or in equity.
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Section 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will
permit any representative of the Depositor or the Trustee during the Master
Servicer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of account,
records, reports and other papers of the Master Servicer relating to the
Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to
be audited by independent certified public accountants selected by the
Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts
relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent
public accountants (and by this provision the Master Servicer hereby
authorizes said accountants to discuss with such representative such affairs,
finances and accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by
the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09 shall be
borne by the party requesting such inspection; all other such expenses shall
be borne by the Master Servicer or the related Subservicer.
Section 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be
personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the
Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any
reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof
by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 10.11. Official Record.
The Seller agrees that this Agreement is and shall remain at all times
before the time at which this Agreement terminates an official record of the
Seller as referred to in Section 13(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
Section 10.12. Protection of Assets.
(A) Except for transactions and activities entered into in connection
with the securitization that is the subject of this agreement, the trust
created by this agreement is not authorized and has no power to:
1. borrow money or issue debt;
2. merge with another entity, reorganize, liquidate or sell assets;
3. engage in any business or activities.
(b) Each party to this agreement agrees that it will not file an
involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Trustee or the Trust Fund or
initiate any other form of insolvency proceeding until after the Certificates
have been paid.
Section 10.13. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trust Fund
shall not hold any property or engage in any activity that would disqualify
the Trust Fund from being a qualifying special purpose entity under generally
accepted accounting principles.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, and the Seller and Master
Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
as Depositor
By: /s/ S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Associate
INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.
as Seller and Master Servicer
By: /s/ S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
Schedule I
Mortgage Loan Schedule Delivered at Closing to Trustee
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Schedule II
IndyMac MBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-A1
Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer
Indy Mac Bank, F.S.B. ("IndyMac") hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Schedule II to the Depositor and the Trustee, as
of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the Cut-off Date.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule II shall
have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the above-referenced Series,
among IndyMac, as seller and master servicer, IndyMac MBS, Inc., as depositor,
and Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee.
(1) IndyMac is duly organized as a federally insured savings bank
and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United
States of America and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any
business contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be
conducted by IndyMac in any state in which a Mortgaged Property is
located or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such
qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business
laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to
enforce each Mortgage Loan, to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to perform any of its other
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof.
(2) IndyMac has the full corporate power and authority to sell and
service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to
enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of IndyMac the execution, delivery and
performance of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of IndyMac, enforceable against IndyMac in
accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy
of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement by IndyMac, the sale and servicing of the Mortgage Loans by
IndyMac under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consummation of
any other of the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof
are in the ordinary course of business of IndyMac and will not (A) result
in a material breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws
of IndyMac or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach,
violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default under, any
other material agreement or instrument to which IndyMac is a party or by
which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any
statute, order or regulation applicable to IndyMac of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over IndyMac (including the Office of Thrift Supervision,
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental
entity having regulatory authority over IndyMac); and IndyMac is not in
breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement
or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having
jurisdiction over it (including the Office of Thrift Supervision, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental entity
having regulatory
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authority over IndyMac) which breach or violation may materially impair
IndyMac's ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) IndyMac is an approved servicer of conventional mortgage loans
for FNMA or FHLMC or is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National
Housing Act.
(5) No litigation is pending or, to the best of IndyMac's knowledge,
threatened against IndyMac that would prohibit the execution or delivery
of, or performance under, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by IndyMac.
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Schedule III
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2002-A1
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. ("IndyMac") hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Schedule III to the Depositor and the Trustee, as
of the Closing Date or Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable, or if so
specified herein, as of the related Cut-off Date or date of origination of the
Mortgage Loan (as applicable). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Schedule III shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series, among IndyMac, as seller and master
servicer, IndyMac MBS, Inc., as depositor, and Bankers Trust Company of
California, N.A., as trustee.
(1) The information set forth on Schedule I to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan is true and
correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date or Subsequent
Transfer Date, as applicable.
(2) As of the Closing Date, all regularly scheduled monthly payments
due with respect to each Mortgage Loan up to and including the Due Date
before the related Cut-off Date have been made; and as of the related
Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan had a regularly scheduled monthly payment
that was 60 or more days Delinquent during the twelve months before the
related Cut-off Date.
(3) With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Cooperative
Loan, each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien on the
Mortgaged Property subject only to (a) the lien of nondelinquent current
real property taxes and assessments and liens or interests arising under
or as a result of any federal, state or local law, regulation or
ordinance relating to hazardous wastes or hazardous substances and, if
the related Mortgaged Property is a unit in a condominium project or
planned unit development, any lien for common charges permitted by
statute or homeowner association fees, (b) covenants, conditions and
restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record
as of the date of recording of such Mortgage, such exceptions appearing
of record being generally acceptable to mortgage lending institutions in
the area wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located or
specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection with the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (c) other matters to which
like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere
with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such
Mortgage.
(4) Immediately before the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the
Depositor, the Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each
Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security
interest and had full right and authority, subject to no interest or
participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign
the same pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(5) As of the date of origination of each Mortgage Loan, there was
no delinquent tax or assessment lien against the related Mortgaged
Property.
(6) There is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to any
Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the Mortgagor to
pay the unpaid principal of or interest on such Mortgage Note.
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(7) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for work, labor or
material affecting any Mortgaged Property which are or may be a lien
prior to or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage, except those which are
insured against by the title insurance policy referred to in item (13)
below.
(8) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no Mortgaged Property has
been materially damaged by water, fire, earthquake, windstorm, flood,
tornado or similar casualty (excluding casualty from the presence of
hazardous wastes or hazardous substances, as to which the Seller makes no
representation) so as to affect adversely the value of the related
Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.
(9) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in all material
respects with applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations,
including usury, equal credit opportunity, real estate settlement
procedures, truth-in-lending, and disclosure laws, or any noncompliance
does not have a material adverse effect on the value of the related
Mortgage Loan.
(10) As of the Closing Date or Subsequent Transfer Date, as
applicable, the Seller has not modified the Mortgage in any material
respect (except that a Mortgage Loan may have been modified by a written
instrument which has been recorded or submitted for recordation, if
necessary, to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and which
has been delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, cancelled or subordinated
such Mortgage in whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged
Property in whole or in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed
any instrument of release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction
with respect thereto.
(11) A lender's policy of title insurance together with a
condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if applicable,
in an amount at least equal to the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of each
such Mortgage Loan or a commitment (binder) to issue the same was
effective on the date of the origination of each Mortgage Loan and each
such policy is valid and remains in full force and effect.
(12) Each Mortgage Loan was originated (within the meaning of
Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by
an entity that satisfied at the time of origination the requirements of
Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(13) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all of the improvements
which were included for the purpose of determining the Appraised Value of
the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building
restriction lines of such property, and no improvements on adjoining
properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property, unless such failure to
be wholly within such boundaries and restriction lines or such
encroachment, as the case may be, does not have a material effect on the
value of the Mortgaged Property.
(14) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, as of the date of
origination of each Mortgage Loan, no improvement located on or being
part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning
law or regulation unless such violation would not have a material adverse
effect on the value of the related Mortgaged Property. To the best of the
Seller's knowledge, all inspections, licenses and certificates required
to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the
Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the
same, including certificates of occupancy and fire underwriting
certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate
authorities, unless the lack thereof would not have a material adverse
effect on the value of the Mortgaged Property.
(15) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine, and
each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof,
enforceable in accordance with its terms and under applicable law.
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(16) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and
there is no requirement for future advances thereunder.
(17) The related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable
provisions which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof
adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure.
(18) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a deed of trust, a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been
properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such
Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the
Certificateholders to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in
connection with a trustee's sale after default by the Mortgagor.
(19) At the related Cut-off Date, the improvements upon each
Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard insurance
policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for fire and
extended coverage and coverage for such other hazards as are customarily
required by institutional single family mortgage lenders in the area
where the Mortgaged Property is located, and the Seller has received no
notice that any premiums due and payable thereon have not been paid; the
Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such
insurance including flood insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense.
Anything to the contrary in this item (19) notwithstanding, no breach of
this item (19) shall be deemed to give rise to any obligation of the
Seller to repurchase or substitute for such affected Mortgage Loan or
Loans so long as the Master Servicer maintains a blanket policy pursuant
to the second paragraph of Section 3.10(a) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
(20) If at the time of origination of each Mortgage Loan, the
related Mortgaged Property was in an area then identified in the Federal
Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special
flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the
then-current requirements of the Flood Insurance Administration is in
effect with respect to the Mortgaged Property with a generally acceptable
carrier.
(21) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no proceeding
pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any
Mortgaged Property, nor is such a proceeding currently occurring.
(22) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is no material
event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration
of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material non-monetary
default, breach, violation or event of acceleration under the Mortgage or
the related Mortgage Note; and the Seller has not waived any material
non-monetary default, breach, violation or event of acceleration.
(23) Each Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related
Mortgaged Property in a form acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC.
(24) Any leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan has a stated term
at least as long as the term of the related Mortgage Loan.
(25) Each Mortgage Loan was selected from among the outstanding
fixed-rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in the Seller's portfolio
at the Closing Date as to which the representations and warranties made
with respect to the Mortgage Loans set forth in this Schedule III can be
made. No such selection was made in a manner intended to adversely affect
the interests of the Certificateholders.
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(26) No more than 3.00% (by aggregate Stated Principal Balance) of
the Initial Mortgage Loans are Cooperative Loans.
(27) Each Cooperative Loan is secured by a valid, subsisting and
enforceable perfected first lien and security interest in the related
Mortgaged Property, subject only to (i) the rights of the Cooperative
Corporation to collect Maintenance and assessments from the Mortgagor,
(ii) the lien of the Blanket Mortgage on the Cooperative Property and of
real property taxes, water and sewer charges, rents and assessments on
the Cooperative Property not yet due and payable, and (iii) other matters
to which like Cooperative Units are commonly subject which do not
materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be
provided by the Security Agreement or the use, enjoyment, value or
marketability of the Cooperative Unit. Each original UCC financing
statement, continuation statement or other governmental filing or
recordation necessary to create or preserve the perfection and priority
of the first priority lien and security interest in the Cooperative
Shares and Proprietary Lease has been timely and properly made. Any
security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to
the Cooperative Loan and delivered to the sponsor or its designee
establishes in the Seller a valid and subsisting perfected first lien on
and security interest in the property described therein, and the Seller
has full right to sell and assign the same.
(28) Each Cooperative Corporation qualifies as a "cooperative
housing corporation" as defined in Section 216 of the Code.
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Schedule IV
Planned Balance Schedules
[Not applicable]
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SENIOR CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates
of this Class : $
CUSIP :
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
Class [________]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust
Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties.
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IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Mortgage Loans deposited by IndyMac MBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust
Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, IndyMac
Bank, F.S.B., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master
servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York,
as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO CERTAIN CERTIFICATES
AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES UNDER THE CODE
TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS ____________ , 200
.. THE INITIAL PER ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE IS _____ %.
ASSUMING THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF
_____ % PER ANNUM (THE "PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN
ISSUED WITH $ ____________ OF OID PER $1,000 OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF THIS CERTIFICATE; THE ANNUAL YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR
PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE ACCRUAL OF OID IS APPROXIMATELY ___________ %
(COMPOUNDED MONTHLY); THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL
PERIOD IS $ _______ PER $1,000 OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS
CERTIFICATE COMPUTED USING THE MONTHLY YIELD AND DAILY COMPOUNDING DURING THE
SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL
PREPAY AT A RATE BASED ON THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE
ACTUAL YIELD TO MATURITY MAY DIFFER FROM THAT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL
OF OID WILL BE ADJUSTED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED DURING ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE
PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION IS INTENDED TO BE THE
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PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION 1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE CODE.]
[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY ONLY BE MADE IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPTED
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IF
SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A REPRESENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, OR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN. [SUCH REPRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO
THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND
BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS
CLASS.] NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates
of this Class : $
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 200_-_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
Class [___]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust
Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage loans
(the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties.
IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ________________________ is the registered owner
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing
the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate
Balances of the denominations of all Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust
Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by IndyMac MBS, Inc.
(the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement") among the Depositor, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., as seller (in such
capacity, the "Seller"), and as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to
the terms, provisions and conditions of the
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Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
[No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such laws. In the event that a
transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act
and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such
laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the Trustee
in writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the event that such a
transfer is to be made within three years from the date of the initial
issuance of Certificates pursuant hereto, there shall also be delivered
(except in the case of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act)
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant
to an exemption from the Securities Act and such state securities laws, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be obtained at the expense of the Trustee, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to
effect such transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee
and the Depositor against any liability that may result if the transfer is not
so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.]
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation [letter] from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, which representation
letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer, (ii) if
the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is
an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined
in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE
95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered
under PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for
registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on
behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be
"plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA
and the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to
those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer. [Such representation shall be
deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the Transferee's acceptance of a
Certificate of this Class and by a beneficial owner's acceptance of its
interest in a Certificate of this Class.] Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate of this Class to or
on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without
the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be
void and of no effect.
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE "TAX MATTERS PERSON RESIDUAL INTEREST" ISSUED
UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION BY THE
TRANSFEREE OF THE DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER SUCH AGREEMENT.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974,
AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR, IF
SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY, A REPRESENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN, OR DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN. [SUCH REPRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO
THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND
BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS
CLASS.] NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 200_-_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
conventional mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first
liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ______________________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this
Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances of the denominations
of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting of the Mortgage
Loans deposited by IndyMac MBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off
Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, IndyMac Bank,
F.S.B., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in
such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee
(the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
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Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained
by the Trustee in New York, New York.
No transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation [letter] from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, which representation
letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer, (ii) if
the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is
an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificate with funds contained
in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in Section
V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that
the purchase and holding of such Certificate are covered under PTCE 95-60 or
(iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for registration in the
name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
(or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any
such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer to the effect that
the purchase or holding of such Class A-R Certificate will not result in the
assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the
prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not subject
the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the
Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or
the Master Servicer. [Such representation shall be deemed to have been made to
the Trustee by the Transferee's acceptance of this Class A-R Certificate and
by a beneficial owner's acceptance of its interest in such Certificate.]
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer
of a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject
to ERISA or to the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not
limited to the restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted
Transferee, (ii) no Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be
transferred without delivery to the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the
proposed transferee and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of
such documents to be in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must
agree to require a transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to
the Trustee as required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or
acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not
to transfer an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has
actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee
and (v) any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this
Class A-R Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be absolutely
null and void and will vest no rights in the purported transferee.
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF NOTIONAL AMOUNT CERTIFICATE]
[SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY
DISTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT OF PRINCIPAL.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES UNDER THE CODE
TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS __________, 200_.
THE INITIAL PER ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE IS ____%. ASSUMING
THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF ____% PER
ANNUM (THE "PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH
$__________ OF OID ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE; THE ANNUAL
YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE ACCRUAL OF
OID IS APPROXIMATELY ____% (COMPOUNDED MONTHLY); THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE
TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS $__________ ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED
PRINCIPAL BALANCE; AND THE METHOD USED TO CALCULATE THE ANNUAL YIELD TO
MATURITY AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS
THE EXACT METHOD AS DEFINED IN PROPOSED TREASURY REGULATIONS. NO
REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT A RATE BASED ON
THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE ACTUAL YIELD TO MATURITY
MAY DIFFER FROM THAT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL OF OID WILL BE ADJUSTED,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVENTS
WHICH HAVE OCCURRED DURING ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION IS
INTENDED TO BE THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION
1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE CODE.]
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Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Notional Amount
of this Certificate
("Denomination") :
Initial Notional Amount
of all Certificates
of this Class :
CUSIP :
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 200_-_
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class X Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
conventional mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first
liens on one- to four-family residential properties.
IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest
in, and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or
the Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither
this Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate specified above in certain monthly distributions
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans
deposited by IndyMac MBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of Cut-off Date
specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B.,
as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 20__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT E
[Form of Reverse of Certificates]
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as IndyMac MBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the
Series specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the
"Certificates"), and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund created by the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account
for payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the
Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the
Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any
liability under the Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations
of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in
whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the
applicable Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage
Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be
distributed to Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate
belongs on such Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date
applicable to each Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month
next preceding the month of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any
time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing
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the requisite Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such
consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding
on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate.
The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Certificate Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency
maintained by the Trustee in New York, New York, accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest in the Trust Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates
are exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither
the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the Pool Stated Principal Balance is
less than 10% of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance, the Master Servicer
will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from the Trust Fund all
remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of the Mortgage
Loans at a purchase price determined as provided in the Agreement. In the
event that no such optional termination occurs, the obligations and
responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate upon the later of the
maturity or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the
last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund or the disposition of all
property in respect thereof and the distribution to Certificateholders of all
amounts required to be distributed pursuant to the Agreement. In no event,
however, will the trust created by the Agreement continue beyond the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants
living at the date of the Agreement of a certain person named in the
Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to
assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such
Certificate to the following address:
____________________________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _____________________________________________,
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of _________________________________________________________,
account number _______________________________, or, if mailed by check, to
____________________________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to___________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________,
_____________________________________________________________________________.
This information is provided by _____________________________________,
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the assignee named above, or ________________________________________________,
as its agent.
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
_____________________
_____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as
Depositor, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., as Seller and Master Servicer,
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 200 -
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
as Trustee, hereby certifies that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan listed in the attached
schedule), it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed as provided in the following
form: "Pay to the order of ________, without recourse"; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in
a blanket assignment or assignments); provided, however, that it has received
no assignment with respect to any Mortgage for which the related Mortgaged
Property is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any
of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
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Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:_____________________
Name:___________________
Title:__________________
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION (INITIAL MORTGAGE LOANS)
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
_____________________
_____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-A
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Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating to
the above-referenced series, with the schedule of exceptions attached thereto
(the "Schedule A"), delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on the Closing
Date in accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"). The undersigned
hereby certifies that, as to each Delay Delivery Initial Mortgage Loan listed
on Schedule A attached hereto (other than any Initial Mortgage Loan paid in
full or listed on Schedule B attached hereto) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed by the Seller or the
originator of such Mortgage Loan, without recourse in the
following form: "Pay to the order of _______________ without
recourse", with all intervening endorsements that show a
complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Seller, or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost or
destroyed and not replaced, an original lost note affidavit
from the Seller, stating that the original Mortgage Note was
lost or destroyed, together with a copy of the related Mortgage
Note;
(ii) in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan, the original recorded Mortgage, and in the case of each
Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original
Mortgage, noting thereon the presence of the MIN of the
Mortgage Loan and language indicating that the Initial Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, with
evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the
Mortgage certified by the public recording office in which such
Mortgage has been recorded;
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(iii) in the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage
Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage to "The Bank
of New York, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2000, without recourse", or, in
the case of each Mortgage Loan with respect to property located
in the State of California that is not a MERS Mortgage Loan, a
duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank (each such
assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in
recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of and
transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which
such assignment relates);
(iv) the original recorded assignment or assignments of the Mortgage
together with all interim recorded assignments of such Mortgage
(noting the presence of a MIN in the case of each MERS Mortgage
Loan);
(v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any, with
evidence of recording thereon if recordation thereof is
permissible under applicable law; and
(vi) the original or duplicate original lender's title policy and
all riders thereto or, in the event such original title policy
has not been received from the insurer, any one of an original
title binder, an original preliminary title report or an
original title commitment, or a copy thereof certified by the
title company, with the original policy of title insurance to
be delivered within one year of the Closing Date.
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a
MERS Mortgage Loan the Seller cannot deliver the original recorded Mortgage or
all interim recorded assignments of the Mortgage satisfying the requirements
of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, the Trustee has received, in
lieu thereof, a true and complete copy of such Mortgage and/or such assignment
or assignments of the Mortgage, as applicable, each certified by the Seller,
the applicable title company, escrow agent or attorney, or the originator of
such Initial Mortgage Loan, as the case may be, to be a true and complete copy
of the original Mortgage or assignment of Mortgage submitted for recording.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (i) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Initial Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the information set forth in items (i), (iv),
(v), (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiv) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan
Schedule" in Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately
reflects information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no
representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability
or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any
of the Initial Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (ii)
the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such
Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX,
as Trustee
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
_____________________
_____________________
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among IndyMac MBS, Inc., as
Depositor, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., as Seller and Master Servicer,
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 200 -
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Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned,
as Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on
the attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed in the form provided in
Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to
the Seller.
(ii) The original recorded Mortgage.
(iii) A duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in the form provided in
Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however,
that it has received no assignment with respect to any Mortgage for which the
related Mortgaged Property is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or,
if the Depositor has certified or the Trustee otherwise knows that the related
Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable recording office, a copy of
the assignment of the Mortgage (excluding information to be provided by the
recording office).
(iv) The original or duplicate original recorded assignment or
assignments of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Seller.
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(v) The original or duplicate original lender's title policy and all
riders thereto or, any one of an original title binder, an original
preliminary title report or an original title commitment, or a copy thereof
certified by the title company.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (a) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the information set forth in items (i), (ii), (iii),
(iv), (vi) and (xi) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan Schedule" in
Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any
of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee has made no
determination and makes no representations as to whether (i) any endorsement
is sufficient to transfer all right, title and interest of the party so
endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or
(ii) any assignment is in recordable form or sufficient to effect the
assignment of and transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to
which the assignment relates.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By :___________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:_________________________
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EXHIBIT I
TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of___________________ , the
proposed Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (the
"Agreement"), relating to the above-referenced Series, by and among IndyMac
MBS, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., as seller and
master servicer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used,
but not defined herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the
undersigned to make this affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of
the date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring
its Ownership Interest in the Certificate for its own account.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i)
a tax will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability
for the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit
that such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a
tax will be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at
any time during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is
not a Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity.
The Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period
with respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity
an affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the
pass-through entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is
false. (For this purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a regulated
investment company, a real estate investment trust or common trust fund, a
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partnership, trust or estate, and certain cooperatives and, except as may be
provided in Treasury Regulations, persons holding interests in pass-through
entities as a nominee for another Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c)
of the Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by
reference) and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an
Ownership Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the
restrictions on subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the
Transfer and mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by
and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the
restrictions noted on the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands
and agrees that any breach of any of the representations included herein shall
render the Transfer to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from
any Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest
in the Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom
the Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will
not Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit J to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to
the effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to
which the Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the
assessment or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect
to the Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is _____________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a "noneconomic
residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a noneconomic
residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the
income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the
transfer was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject to
ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and the Transferee
is not acting on behalf of such a plan.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed,
duly attested, this _______ day of _________, 20___.
__________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
_________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named ______________ , known
or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument
and to be the _____________________ of the Transferee, and acknowledged that
he executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of _________, 20__.
_________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the __ day
of ______________, 20__.
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EXHIBIT 1
to EXHIBIT I
Certain Definitions
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in
such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization
or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an
organization (except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Code Section
521) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the
tax imposed by Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in Code Section 860E(c)(1)) with respect to any
Class A-R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in Code Section 1381(a)(2)(c), (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust whose income from sources
without the United States is includible in gross income for federal income tax
purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States, and (vi) any other Person so designated by the
Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to such Person may cause the Trust Fund to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that certain Certificates are
Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and "International
Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section 7701 or
successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality
of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof if all
of its activities are subject to tax, and, with the exception of the FHLMC, a
majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
bank, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
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EXHIBIT 2
to EXHIBIT I
Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class A-R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Class A-R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending
change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate may be
registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Class A-R Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the
Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its
Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate, (B) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Class
A-R Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to any other Person if it has
actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
in a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this
Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no
rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall
become a Holder of a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class A-R
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of Transfer of a Class A-R Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for
making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or
taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the
provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered
after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor
Certificate and either the Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter.
The Trustee shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any
Holder of a Class A-R Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on
such Class A-R Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so
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recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by
the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available,
upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section
860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to any Holder who is not a
Permitted Transferee.
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
__________, 200__
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 200 -
Re: IndyMac MBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200 - , Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being
disposed by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to,
or solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, in a manner
that would be deemed, or taken any other action which would result in, a
violation of Section 5 of the Act and (c) to the extent we are disposing of a
Class A-R Certificate, we have no knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted
Transferee.
Very truly yours,
___________________________
Print Name of Transferor
By:________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
__________, 200__
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 200 -
Re: IndyMac MBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200 - , Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
are an "accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee
benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement nor are we using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii)if we are an insurance company,
a representation that we are an insurnace company which is purchaseing such
Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under PTCE 95-60, (e) if an insurance company, we are
purchasing the Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and our purchase and holding of the
Certificates are covered under XXXX 00-00, (x) we are acquiring the
Certificates for investment for our own account and not with a view to any
distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our right at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in accordance with
clause (h) below), (g) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or
solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated
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with any person with respect thereto, or taken any other action which
would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and (h) we will not sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates unless (1) such sale,
transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Act or is exempt from such registration requirements, and
if requested, we will at our expense provide an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that such sale, transfer or
other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Act, (2) the
purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed and delivered to you
a certificate to substantially the same effect as this certificate, and (3)
the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with any conditions for
transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:_____________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT L
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
____________, 200__
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 200 -
Re: IndyMac MBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 200 - , Class
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) we are not an employee benefit plan
that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of any
such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement
to effect such acquisition, (e) if an insurance company, we are purchasing the
Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60
("PTCE 95-60")) and our purchase and holding of the Certificates are covered
under XXXX 00-00, (x) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf
offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition
of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar
security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
with, any person in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of
general advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that
would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Act or that
would render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of
the Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has
authorized or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to
the Certificates, (g) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
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defined in Rule 144A under the Act ("Rule 144A") and have completed either of
the forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex
2, (h) we are aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule
144A, and (i) we are acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for
resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further, understand that such Certificates
may be resold, pledged or transferred only (A) to a person reasonably believed
to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or
for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given
that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or
(B) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Act.
Very truly yours,
________________________
Print Name of Transferee
By:_____________________
Authorized Officer
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ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $ ____________ 1 in securities
(except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance
with Rule 144A and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category
marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other
than a bank, savings and loan association or similar
institution), Massachusetts or similar business trust,
partnership, or charitable organization described in Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State, territory or
the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the
State or territorial banking commission or similar official or
is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in
its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having
supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings
and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in
its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
___ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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1 Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that
case, Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$10,000,000 in securities.
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___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company
whose primary and predominant business activity is the writing
of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by
insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by the
insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a
State, territory or the District of Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established
and maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.
___ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
___ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small
business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958.
___ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer
is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned
but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the
Buyer used the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of
the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the
Buyer reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis
of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market. Further, in
determining such aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities
owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are
consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities
were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of
another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a reporting company under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A
and understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to
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rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer may
be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of
any changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is
given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a
reaffirmation of this certification as of the date of such purchase. In
addition, if the Buyer is a bank or savings and loan is provided above, the
Buyer agrees that it will furnish to such parties updated annual financial
statements promptly after they become available.
_____________________
Print Name of Buyer
By:__________________
Name:________________
Title:_______________
Date:________________
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ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the
Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's
Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the
Buyer's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of
securities owned by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies,
the cost of such securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its
financial statements on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current
information with respect to the cost of those securities has been published.
If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued
at market.
___ The Buyer owned $ _____________ in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
___ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies
which owned in the aggregate $ __________ in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that
have the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated
(by virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because
one investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii)
currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.
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5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the
undersigned will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
________________________________
Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
_______________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:__________________________
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EXHIBIT M
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
IndyMac MBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 200_-_
Loan Information
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Name of Mortgagor: ___________________________
Servicer
Loan No.: ___________________________
Trustee
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Name: ___________________________
Address: ___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
Trustee
Mortgage File No.: ___________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it has
received from The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Holders of Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, of the above-referenced Series, the documents
referred to below (the "Documents"). All capitalized terms not otherwise
defined in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement")
relating to the above-referenced Series among the Trustee, IndyMac Bank,
F.S.B., as Seller and Master Servicer and IndyMac MBS, Inc., as Depositor.
( ) Mortgage Note dated _________, 20__, in the original principal sum of
$________, made by _______________ payable to, or endorsed to the
order of, the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage recorded on _____________________as instrument no.____________
in the County Recorder's Office of the County of ______________, State
of _________________ in book/reel/docket _____________ of official
records at page/image__________________.
( ) Deed of Trust recorded on___________as instrument no.______________in
the County Recorder's Office of the County of ___________________,
State of ______________in book/reel/docket____________ of official
records at page/image _______________.
( ) Assignment of Mortgage or Deed of Trust to the Trustee, recorded on
______________as instrument no.________________in the County Recorder's
Office of the County of _______________, State of______________________
in book/reel/docket________________of official records at page/image
_________________.
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( ) Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or other
assumptions of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
( )_____________________________________________________________
( )_____________________________________________________________
( )_____________________________________________________________
( )_____________________________________________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees as
follows:
(1) The Master Servicer shall hold and retain possession
of the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee,
solely for the purposes provided in the Agreement.
(2) The Master Servicer shall not cause or knowingly
permit the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by,
any claim, liens, security interest, charges, writs of
attachment or other impositions nor shall the Servicer assert
or seek to assert any claims or rights of setoff to or against
the Documents or any proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every
Document previously requested from the Mortgage File to the
Trustee when the need therefor no longer exists, unless the
Mortgage Loan relating to the Documents has been liquidated and
the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the Certificate
Account and except as expressly provided in the Agreement.
(4) The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including any
proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of
the Master Servicer shall at all times be earmarked for the
account of the Trustee, and the Master Servicer shall keep the
Documents and any proceeds separate and distinct from all other
property in the Master Servicer's possession, custody or
control.
INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.
By______________________
Its_____________________
Date:____________, 20__
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EXHIBIT N
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: The Bank of New York Attn: Mortgage Custody Services
Re: The Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated _______ among IndyMac Bank,
F.S.B. as Master Servicer, Inc, IndyMac MBS, Inc. and The Bank of New York as
Trustee
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as
Trustee for IndyMac MBS, Inc., we request the release of the Mortgage Loan
File for the Mortgage Loan(s) described below, for the reason indicated.
FT Account#: Pool #:
Mortgagor's Name, Address and Zip Code:
Mortgage Loan Number:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
_______1. Mortgage Loan paid in full (IndyMac hereby certifies
that all amounts have been received.)
_______2. Mortgage Loan Liquidated (IndyMac hereby certifies that
all proceeds of foreclosure, insurance, or other liquidation
have been finally received.)
_______3. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
_______4. Other (explain): ____________________________________
If item 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage File was
previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt on file
with you, as well as an additional documents in your possession relating to
the above-specified Mortgage Loan. If item 3 or 4 is checked, upon return of
all of the above documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt
by signing in the space indicated below, and returning this form.
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INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
By:________________________
Name:______________________
Title:____________________
Date:______________________
TRUSTEE CONSENT TO RELEASE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
By:________________________
Name:______________________
Title:____________________
Date:______________________
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FORM OF SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT
SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER AGREEMENT
Subsequent Transfer Agreement, dated as of _______________, 200_, among
IndyMac MBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"),
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., a federal savings bank ("IndyMac Bank"), in its capacity
as seller under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below (the
"Seller"), and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Trustee").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Depositor, IndyMac Bank (in its capacity as Seller and in its
capacity as Master Servicer) and the Trustee, are parties to the pooling and
servicing agreement dated as of ________________, 200_ (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement") relating to the Residential Asset Securitization Trust
200_-__ Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200_-_; and
WHEREAS, as contemplated in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Seller
desires to convey certain Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, and the
Depositor desires to simultaneously convey the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.01. Defined Terms.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined have the
meanings given to them in Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
"Agreement" means this Subsequent Transfer Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.
"Subsequent Mortgage Loans" means the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule specified in Section 1.02.
"Subsequent Transfer Date" means, with respect to this Agreement,
______________, 200_.
"Cut-off Date" means, with respect to each of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans,
the later of _____________, 200_ and its date of origination.
Section 1.02. Mortgage Loan Schedule.
Annexed hereto is a supplement to Schedule I to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement listing the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be conveyed by
the Seller to the Depositor and simultaneously by the Depositor to the Trustee
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement on the
Subsequent Transfer Date.
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Section 1.03. Conveyance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller.
Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1.05 and Section 1.06, in
consideration of the Trustee's delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of
$__________ (i.e., an amount not greater than the aggregate Cut-off Date
Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans), the Seller does hereby
sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Depositor, without recourse
(subject to the Seller's obligations hereunder) all of the Seller's interest
in the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal
received or receivable by the Seller on or with respect to each Subsequent
Mortgage Loan after the related Cut-off Date and all interest and principal
payments on each Subsequent Mortgage Loan received before such related Cut-off
Date in respect of installments of interest and principal due thereafter, but
not including payments of principal and interest due and payable on each
Subsequent Mortgage Loan by such related Cut-off Date, and the Depositor
simultaneously does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise
convey to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without
recourse, all the interest of the Depositor in each Subsequent Mortgage Loan,
including all interest and principal received or receivable by the Depositor
on or with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan after the related Cut-off
Date and all interest and principal payments on each Subsequent Mortgage Loan
received before such related Cut-off Date in respect of installments of
interest and principal due thereafter, but not including payments of principal
and interest due and payable on each Subsequent Mortgage Loan by such related
Cut-off Date.
Section 1.04. Allocation of the Amounts to be Released from the Pre-Funding
Account.
Of the $__________ (i.e., an amount not greater than the aggregate
Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans), released by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.03, the Trustee shall release the sum of
$__________ (i.e., an amount not greater than the aggregate Cut-off Date
Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
Section 1.05. Representations and Warranties of Seller.
The Seller does hereby reaffirm the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 2.03 and on Schedule II of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee as purchasers
hereunder are true with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. Such
representations and warranties shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment
of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Depositor and the simultaneous sale,
transfer and assignment of such Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Trustee.
Section 1.06. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
The Depositor does hereby reaffirm the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 2.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the
benefit of the Trustee as purchaser hereunder are true with respect to the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans. Such representations and warranties shall survive
the sale, transfer and assignment of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the
Trustee.
Section 1.07. Conditions Precedent.
The obligation of the Trustee to acquire the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, by the Subsequent Transfer Date, of
the conditions precedent identified in Section 2.08(d).
The Trustee shall not be required to investigate or otherwise verify
satisfaction of the conditions listed above, but shall be entitled to
conclusively rely upon Opinions of Counsel and Officer's Certificates
confirming such fulfillment.
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Section 1.08. Reaffirmation of Agreement.
All terms, conditions and provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement are hereby reaffirmed and incorporated by reference by the Seller as
to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
Section 1.09. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
under this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with such laws; except
that, the immunities, authority, and standard of care of the Trustee shall be
governed by the jurisdiction in which its Corporate Trust Office is located.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Seller and the Trustee have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective
duly authorized officers as of the day and the year first above written.
INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.
as Seller
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
INDYMAC MBS, INC.
as Depositor
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
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