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Exhibit 4.1
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Relating to
ADVANTA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
1998-2
Among
ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC.,
as Sponsor,
ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA,
as Master Servicer,
and
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Trustee
Dated as of June 1, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Not a Part of this Agreement)
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Parties.................................................................................................................1
Recitals................................................................................................................1
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION............................................................................1
Section 1.1. Definitions................................................................................1
Section 1.2. Use of Words and Phrases..................................................................57
Section 1.3. Captions; Table of Contents...............................................................57
Section 1.4. Opinions..................................................................................57
ARTICLE II ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST.................................................................58
Section 2.1. Establishment of the Trust................................................................58
Section 2.2. Office....................................................................................58
Section 2.3. Purposes and Powers.......................................................................58
Section 2.4. Appointment of the Trustee; Declaration of Trust..........................................58
Section 2.5. Expenses of the Trust.....................................................................58
Section 2.6. Ownership of the Trust....................................................................58
Section 2.7. Situs of the Trust........................................................................59
Section 2.8. Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions. [Revise].................................................59
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE SPONSOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER; COVENANT OF SPONSOR
TO CONVEY MORTGAGE LOANS..................................................................61
Section 3.1. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor.............................................61
Section 3.2. Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer....................................63
Section 3.3. Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor with Respect to the Mortgage Loans..........65
Section 3.4. Covenants of Sponsor to Take Certain Actions with Respect to the Mortgage Loans In
Certain Situations....................................................................67
Section 3.5. Conveyance of the Mortgage Loans..........................................................68
Section 3.6. Acceptance by Trustee; Certain Substitutions of Mortgage Loans; Certification by Trustee..71
Section 3.7. Cooperation Procedures....................................................................72
ARTICLE IV ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES...........................................................................72
Section 4.1. Issuance of Certificates..................................................................72
Section 4.2. Sale of Certificates......................................................................72
ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS.......................................................................72
Section 5.1. Terms.....................................................................................72
Section 5.2. Forms.....................................................................................73
Section 5.3. Execution, Authentication and Delivery....................................................73
Section 5.4. Registration and Transfer of Certificates.................................................73
Section 5.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.........................................75
Section 5.6. Persons Deemed Owners.....................................................................76
Section 5.7. Cancellation..............................................................................76
Section 5.8. Limitation on Transfer of Ownership Rights................................................76
Section 5.9. Assignment of Rights......................................................................77
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS...................................................................................................77
Section 6.1. Distributions.............................................................................77
Section 6.2. Money for Distributions to be Held in Trust; Withholding..................................78
Section 6.3. Protection of Trust Estate................................................................78
Section 6.4. Performance of Obligations................................................................79
Section 6.5. Negative Covenants........................................................................79
Section 6.6. No Other Powers...........................................................................80
Section 6.7. Limitation of Suits.......................................................................80
Section 6.8. Unconditional Rights of Owners to Receive Distributions...................................81
Section 6.9. Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................................................81
Section 6.10. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..............................................................81
Section 6.11. Control by Owners.........................................................................81
ARTICLE VII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES.......................................................................82
Section 7.1. Collection of Money.......................................................................82
Section 7.2. Establishment of Certificate Account......................................................82
Section 7.3. The Insurance Policy......................................................................82
Section 7.4. [RESERVED]................................................................................83
Section 7.5. Flow of Funds.............................................................................83
Section 7.6. Investment of Accounts....................................................................90
Section 7.7. Eligible Investments......................................................................90
Section 7.8. Reports by Trustee........................................................................91
Section 7.9. Additional Reports by Trustee.............................................................94
Section 7.10. Supplemental Interest Payment Account, Supplement Interest Payments and Class R
Distribution Account...................................................................95
ARTICLE VIII SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION OF MORTGAGE LOANS............................................................96
Section 8.1. Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers.........................................................96
Section 8.2. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments..............................................98
Section 8.3. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between Master Servicer and Sub-Servicers........................98
Section 8.4. Successor Sub-Servicers...................................................................98
Section 8.5. Liability of Master Servicer..............................................................98
Section 8.6. No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicer and Trustee or the Owners................99
Section 8.7. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreement by Trustee...........................99
Section 8.8. Principal and Interest Account............................................................99
Section 8.9. Delinquency Advances, Compensating Interest and Servicing Advances........................101
Section 8.10. Purchase of Mortgage Loans................................................................102
Section 8.11. Maintenance of Insurance..................................................................103
Section 8.12. Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption and Substitution Agreements...............................103
Section 8.13. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.................................................104
Section 8.14. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Files....................................................106
Section 8.15. Servicing Compensation....................................................................107
Section 8.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance.........................................................107
Section 8.17. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Reports..................................107
Section 8.18. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans..............108
Section 8.19. Assignment of Agreement...................................................................108
Section 8.20. Removal of Master Servicer; Resignation of Master Servicer................................108
Section 8.21. Inspections by the Insurer and the Trustee; Errors and Omissions Insurance................112
Section 8.22. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Master Servicer............112
Section 8.23. Notices of Material Events................................................................112
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF TRUST........................................................................................113
Section 9.1. Termination of Trust......................................................................113
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Section 9.2. Termination Upon Option of Master Servicer................................................114
Section 9.3. Termination Upon Loss of REMIC Status.....................................................114
Section 9.4. Disposition of Proceeds...................................................................115
Section 9.5. Netting of Amounts........................................................................116
ARTICLE X THE TRUSTEE..................................................................................................116
Section 10.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.......................................................116
Section 10.2. Removal of Trustee for Cause..............................................................117
Section 10.3. Certain Rights of the Trustee.............................................................118
Section 10.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Certificates..................................119
Section 10.5. May Hold Certificates.....................................................................119
Section 10.6. Money Held in Trust.......................................................................119
Section 10.7. No Lien for Fees..........................................................................120
Section 10.8. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...................................................120
Section 10.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.........................................120
Section 10.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee............................................121
Section 10.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of the Trustee................122
Section 10.12. Reporting; Withholding....................................................................122
Section 10.13. Liability of the Trustee..................................................................122
Section 10.14. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.............................................123
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS...............................................................................................124
Section 11.1. Compliance Certificates and Opinions......................................................124
Section 11.2. Form of Documents Delivered to the Trustee................................................124
Section 11.3. Acts of Owners............................................................................125
Section 11.4. Notices, etc., to Trustee.................................................................126
Section 11.5. Notices and Reports to Owners; Waiver of Notices..........................................126
Section 11.6. Rules by Trustee and Sponsor..............................................................126
Section 11.7. Successors and Assigns....................................................................126
Section 11.8. Severability..............................................................................127
Section 11.9. Benefits of Agreement.....................................................................127
Section 11.10. Legal Holidays............................................................................127
Section 11.11. Governing Law.............................................................................127
Section 11.12. Counterparts..............................................................................127
Section 11.13. Usury.....................................................................................127
Section 11.14. Amendment.................................................................................128
Section 11.15. REMIC Status; Taxes.......................................................................129
Section 11.16. Additional Limitation on Action and Imposition of Tax.....................................130
Section 11.17. Appointment of Tax Matters Person.........................................................131
Section 11.18. The Insurer...............................................................................131
Section 11.19. Maintenance of Records....................................................................131
Section 11.20. Notices...................................................................................131
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, relating to ADVANTA MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST 1998-2, dated as of June 1, 1998, by and among ADVANTA MORTGAGE
CONDUIT SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as Sponsor of
the Trust (the "Sponsor"), ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA, a Delaware corporation,
in its capacity as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and BANKERS TRUST
COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as
trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Sponsor wishes to establish a trust, and to provide
for the allocation and sale of the beneficial interests therein and the
maintenance and distribution of the trust estate;
WHEREAS, the Master Servicer has agreed to service the Mortgage
Loans, which constitute the principal assets of the trust estate;
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Certificates, when
executed and authenticated by the Trustee valid instruments, and to make this
Agreement a valid agreement, in accordance with their and its terms, have been
done;
WHEREAS, Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A. is willing to
serve in the capacity of Trustee hereunder; and
WHEREAS, Ambac Assurance Corporation (the "Insurer") is intended
to be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement and is hereby recognized by
the parties hereto to be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein contained, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
"Accepted Servicing Practices": The Master Servicer's normal
servicing practices in servicing and administering mortgage loans for its own
account, which in general will conform to the mortgage servicing practices of
prudent mortgage lending institutions which service for their own account
mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in
which the related Properties are located and will give due consideration to the
Certificateholders' reliance on the Master Servicer.
"Account": Any account established in accordance with Sections
7.2, 7.10 or 8.8 hereof each of which shall be established at a Designated
Depository Institution.
"Accrual Period": With respect to the Fixed Rate Certificates,
the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the Payment Date
occurs. A "calendar month" shall be deemed to be 30 days. All calculations of
interest on such Certificates will be made on the basis of a 360-day year
assumed to consist of twelve 30-day months. With respect to the Floating Rate
Certificates, the period commencing on the immediately preceding Payment Date
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(or the Startup Day in the case of the first Payment Date) to and including the
day prior to the current Payment Date. Calculations of interest on such
Certificates will be made on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in
the related Accrual Period in a year of 360 days.
"Advanta Mortgage Files": For any Mortgage Loan identified on
the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans with an "A" code, the items listed as
(a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) on Exhibit B hereto.
"Advanta Servicing Fee": With respect to any Mortgage Loan that
is not an Unaffiliated Originator Loan, an amount retained by the Master
Servicer or by any successor thereto as compensation for servicing and
administration duties relating to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 8.15
hereof and equal to 0.50% per annum of the then outstanding Loan Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the opening of business on the first day of each
calendar month payable on a monthly basis.
"Affiliated Originators": Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, a
Delaware corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic, a Pennsylvania
corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, a Pennsylvania corporation,
Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midwest, a Pennsylvania corporation, Advanta Mortgage
Corp. of New Jersey, a New Jersey corporation, Advanta Mortgage Corp.
Northeast, a New York corporation, Advanta National Bank, a national banking
association, Advanta Finance Corp., a Nevada corporation.
"Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance": As of any date of
determination thereof, the sum of the then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (other than the Class F-IO Certificates and
the Class A-IO Certificates).
"Agreement": This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as it may be
amended from time to time, and including the Exhibits hereto.
"A-IO Period": The period from the Startup Day through and
including the 14th Payment Date.
"AMHC": Advanta Mortgage Holding Company, a Delaware
corporation and the corporate parent of Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, and the
indirect corporate parent of Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc.
"Appraised Value": The appraised value of any Property based
upon the appraisal or other valuation made at the time of the origination of
the related Mortgage Loan, or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan which is a
purchase money mortgage, the sales price of the Property at such time of
origination, if such sales price is less than such appraised value.
"Authorized Officer": With respect to any Person, any person who
is authorized to act for such Person in matters relating to this Agreement, and
whose action is binding upon such Person and, with respect to the Trustee, the
Sponsor and the Master Servicer, initially including those individuals whose
names appear on the lists of Authorized Officers delivered on the Startup Day.
"Available Funds Cap Rate": The Group IA Available Funds Cap
Rate, the Group IB Available Funds Cap Rate, the Group IIA Available Funds Cap
Rate or the Group IIB Available Funds Cap Rate, as applicable.
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"Balloon Loan": Any Mortgage Loan which has an amortization
schedule which extends beyond its maturity date, resulting in a relatively
large unamortized principal balance due in a single payment at maturity.
"Business Day": Any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which the Insurer is closed or commercial banking institutions in the
State of New York, the State of California or in the city in which the
principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
"Capped Certificate": As of any Payment Date, either or both of
the Class A-16 Certificates or the Class A-18 Certificates, to the extent that
the Pass-Through Rate of either such Class has been limited by the Group IIA
Available Funds Cap Rate or the Group IIB Available Funds Cap Rate, as
applicable, for such Payment Date.
"Capped Interest Shortfall": As defined in Section 7.10(b)
hereof.
"Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates, each
representing the interests and the rights described in this Agreement.
"Certificate Account": The Certificate Account established in
accordance with Section 7.2 hereof and maintained by the Trustee.
"Certificate Principal Balance": As of the Startup Day as to
each of the following Classes of Certificates, the Certificate Principal
Balances thereof, as follows:
Class A-1 Certificates = $ 73,000,000
Class A-2 Certificates = $ 41,000,000
Class A-3 Certificates = $ 34,000,000
Class A-4 Certificates = $ 17,000,000
Class A-5 Certificates = $ 24,000,000
Class A-6 Certificates = $ 27,000,000
Class A-7 Certificates = $ 15,000,000
Class A-8 Certificates = $ 9,000,000
Class A-9 Certificates = $ 88,000,000
Class A-10 Certificates = $ 61,000,000
Class A-11 Certificates = $ 38,000,000
Class A-12 Certificates = $ 28,000,000
Class A-13 Certificates = $ 28,000,000
Class A-14 Certificates = $ 36,000,000
Class A-15 Certificates = $ 31,000,000
Class A-16 Certificates = $180,000,000
Class A-17 Certificates = $ 60,000,000
Class A-18 Certificates = $101,250,000
Class A-19 Certificates = $ 33,750,000
As of any Payment Date with respect to the Class X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0, X-0
X-0, X-0, X-0, X-00, X-00, X-00, X-00, X-00, X-00, X-00, X-00, X-00, and the
Class A-19 Certificates, the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class
A-2 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-3 Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class A-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-5 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-7
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Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-8 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class A-9 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-10 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class A-11 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-12
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-13 Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class A-14 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-15 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-16 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-17
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-18 Certificate Principal Balance,
and the Class A-19 Certificate Principal Balance, respectively, as of such
Payment Date.
The Class F-IO Certificates, the Class A-IO Certificates and the
Class R Certificates do not have a Certificate Principal Balance.
"Civil Relief Act": The Soldiers and Sailors' Civil Relief Act
of 1940, as amended from time to time.
"Civil Relief Act Shortfalls": Interest shortfalls resulting
from the application of the Civil Relief Act.
"Class": Any Class of the Class A Certificates or the Class R
Certificates.
"Class A Certificate": Any one of the Class A-1 Certificates, the
Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates,
the Class A-5 Certificates, the Class A-6 Certificates, the Class A-7
Certificates, the Class A-8 Certificates, the Class A-9 Certificates, the Class
A-10 Certificates, the Class A-11 Certificates, the Class A-12 Certificates, the
Class A-13 Certificates, the Class A-14 Certificates, the Class A-15
Certificates, the Class A-16 Certificates, the Class A-17 Certificates, the
Class A-18 Certificates, the Class A-19 Certificates, the Class F-IO
Certificates or the Class A-IO Certificates.
"Class A Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A Certificates less any amounts actually distributed on such Class A
Certificates with respect to the Class A Principal Distribution Amount pursuant
to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to principal thereon on all prior
Payment Dates.
"Class A Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date, the
Class A-1 Current Interest, the Class A-2 Current Interest, the Class A-3
Current Interest, the Class A-4 Current Interest, the Class A-5 Current
Interest, the Class A-6 Current Interest, the Class A-7 Current Interest, the
Class A-8 Current Interest, the Class A-9 Current Interest, the Class A-10
Current Interest, the Class A-11 Current Interest, the Class A-12 Current
Interest, the Class A-13 Current Interest, the Class A-14 Current Interest, the
Class A-15 Current Interest, the Class A-16 Current Interest, the Class A-17
Current Interest, the Class A-18 Current Interest, the Class A-19 Current
Interest, the Class F-IO Current Interest or the Class A-IO Current Interest.
"Class A Distribution Amount": The sum of the Class A-1
Distribution Amount, the Class A-2 Distribution Amount, the Class A-3
Distribution Amount, the Class A-4 Distribution Amount, the Class A-5
Distribution Amount, the Class A-6 Distribution Amount, the Class A-7
Distribution Amount, the Class A-8 Distribution Amount, the Class A-9
Distribution Amount, the Class A-10 Distribution Amount, the Class A-11
Distribution Amount, the Class A-12 Distribution Amount, the Class A-13
Distribution Amount, the Class A-14 Distribution Amount, the Class A-15
Distribution Amount, the Class A-16 Distribution Amount, the Class A-17
Distribution Amount, the Class A-18 Distribution Amount, the Class A-19
Distribution Amount, the Class F-IO Distribution Amount and the Class A-IO
Distribution Amount.
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"Class A Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class A-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-5 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-7 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-8 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-9
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-10 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class A-11 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-12 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-13 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-14 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-15 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class
A-16 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-17 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-18 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-19 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount or the Class
A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount.
"Class A Principal Distribution Amount": Either the Group IA
Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Group IB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, the Group IIA Class A Principal Distribution Amount or the
Group IIB Class A Principal Distribution Amount, as appropriate.
"Class A-1 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-1 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-1 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to the
Class A-1 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-1 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-1 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group
IA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-1
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-1 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-1 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-1 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-1 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IA Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-1 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-1 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-1
Certificates on
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such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days' interest on such
amount at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.44% per annum.
"Class A-2 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-2 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-2 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to the
Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-2 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-2 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-2 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group
IA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-2
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-2 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-2 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-2 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-2 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IA Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-2 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-2 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-2
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment Date,
6.12% per annum.
"Class A-3 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-3 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-3 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-3 Certificates less any amounts
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actually distributed with respect to the Class A-3 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to principal thereon on all prior Payment
Dates.
"Class A-3 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-3 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-3 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-3 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group
IA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-3
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-3 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-3 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-3 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-3 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IA Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-3 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-3 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-3 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-3
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.19% per annum.
"Class A-4 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-4 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-4 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-4 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to the
Class A-4 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-4 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-4 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-4 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-4 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group
IA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-4
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-4 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
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"Class A-4 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-4 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-4 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IA Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-4 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-4 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-4 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-4
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.31% per annum.
"Class A-5 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-5 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-5 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-5 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to the
Class A-5 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(d) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-5 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-5 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-5 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-5 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group
IA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-5
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-5 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-5 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-5 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-5 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IA Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-5 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-5 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-5 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-5
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate.
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"Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.33% per annum.
"Class A-6 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-6 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-6 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-6 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-6 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-6 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-6 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-6 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-6 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-6
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-6 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-6 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-6 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-6 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IA Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-6 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-6 Formula Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date, occurring prior to the Clean-Up Call Date, 6.63% per annum; with
respect to any Payment Date occurring after the Clean-Up Date, 7.38%.
"Class A-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-6 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-6 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-6
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-6 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-6 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment Date,
the lesser of (x) the Class A-6 Formula Pass-Through Rate and (y) the Group IA
Available Funds Cap Rate for such Payment Date.
"Class A-7 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-7 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
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"Class A-7 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-7 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to the
Class A-7 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-7 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-7 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-7 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date an
amount equal to the sum of (i), the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-7
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during the
related Accrual Period at the Class A-7 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group IA
Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-7
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-7 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-7 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-7 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-7 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and until the Class A-7 Certificate Principal
Balance has been reduced to zero, (z) Class A-7/A-8 Lockout Distribution Amount
payable to the Owners of the Class A-7 Certificates pursuant to Section
7.5(b)(F).
"Class A-7 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-7 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-7 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-7
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-7 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-7/A-8 Lockout Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the product of (i) the applicable Class A-7/A-8 Lockout Percentage
for such Payment Date and (ii) the Class A-7/A-8 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution
Amount for such Payment Date; provided, that in no event shall the Class A-7/A-8
Lockout Distribution Amount exceed the Group IA Class A Principal Distribution
Amount for the related Payment Date or the Class A-7 Certificate Principal
Balance (if the Class A-7 Certificates are then receiving distributions of
principal) or of the Class A-8 Certificates (if the Class A-8 Certificates are
then receiving distributions of principal).
"Class A-7/A-8 Lockout Percentage": For each Payment Date, the
percentage set forth below:
CLASS A-7/A-8
PAYMENT DATES LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE
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July 1998-June 2001 0%
July 2001-June 2003 45%
July 2003-June 2004 80%
July 2004-June 2005 100%
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CLASS A-7/A-8
PAYMENT DATES LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE
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July 2005 and thereafter 300%
"Class A-7/A-8 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution Amount": With
respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction,
the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of (i) if
the Class A-7 Certificate Principal Balance is greater than zero at the
beginning of such Payment Date, and the Class A-7 Certificates are then
outstanding, of the Class A-7 Certificates and (ii) if the Class A-7 Certificate
Principal Balance is equal to zero, then of at the beginning of such Payment
Date then of the Class A-8 Certificates, in either case immediately prior to
such Payment Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of all Classes of the Certificates relating to the Group IA
Pool immediately prior to such Payment Date and (y) the Principal Distribution
Amount with respect to the Group IA Pool for such Payment Date.
"Class A-7 Pass-Through Rate": 6.15% per annum.
"Class A-8 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-8 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-8 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-8 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to the
Class A-8 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-8 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-8 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-8 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date an
amount equal to the sum of (i), the amount of interest accrued on the Class A-8
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during the
related Accrual Period at the Class A-8 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group IA
Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-8
Certificates to the extent such Group IA Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-8 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IA during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-8 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-8 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-8 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the sum of (i) the Class A-8 Lockout
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-8 Certificates pursuant
to Section 7.5(b)(F) and (ii) the portion, if any, of the Group IA Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-8 Certificates pursuant
to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-8 Formula Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date occurring prior to the Clean-Up Call Date, 6.36% per annum; with
respect to any Payment Date occurring after the Clean-Up Call Date, 7.11%.
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"Class A-8 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-8 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-8 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-8
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-8 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-8 Pass Through Rate": With respect to any Payment Date,
the lesser of (x) the Class A-8 Formula Pass-Through Rate and (y) the Group IA
Available Funds Cap Rate.
"Class A-9 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-9 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-9, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-9 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-9 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to the
Class A-9 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-9 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-9 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-9 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-9 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-9 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the Group
IB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-9
Certificates to the extent such Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-9 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IB during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-9 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-9 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-9 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-9 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-9 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-9 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-9 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-9
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-9 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-9 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment Date,
6.44% per annum.
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"Class A-10 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-10 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-10, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-10 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-10 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-10 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-10 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-10 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-10 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-10 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-10 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-10
Certificates to the extent such Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-10 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IB during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-10 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-10 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-10
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-10 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-10 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-10 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-10 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-10
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-10 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-10 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.12% per annum.
"Class A-11 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-11 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-11, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-11 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-11 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-11 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-11 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-11 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
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"Class A-11 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-11 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-11 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-11
Certificates to the extent such Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-11 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IB during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-11 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-11 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-11
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-11 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-11 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-11 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-11 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-11
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-11 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-11 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.21% per annum.
"Class A-12 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-12 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-12, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-12 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-12 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-12 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-12 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-12 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-12 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-12 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-12 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-12
Certificates to the extent such Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-12 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IB during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-12 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-12 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-12
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-12 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
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"Class A-12 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-12 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-12 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-12
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-12 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-12 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.33% per annum.
"Class A-13 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-13 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-13, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-13 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-13 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-13 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(d) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-13 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-13 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-13 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-13 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-13 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-13
Certificates to the extent such Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-13 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IB during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-13 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-13 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-13
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-13 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-13 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-13 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-13 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-13
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-13 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-13 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, 6.36% per annum.
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"Class A-14 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-14 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-14, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-14 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-14 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-14 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-14 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-14 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-14 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-14 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-14 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the IB
Group Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-14
Certificates to the extent such Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-14 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IB during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-14 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-14 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-14
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the Group IB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-14 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-14 Formula Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date, occurring prior to the Clean-Up Call Date, 6.65% per annum; with
respect to any Payment Date occurring after the Clean-Up Call Date, 7.40%.
"Class A-14 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-14 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-14 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-14
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-14 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-14 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, the lesser of (x) the Class A-14 Formula Pass-Through Rate and (y) the
Group IB Available Funds Cap Rate for such Payment Date.
"Class A-15 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-15 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-15, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-15 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-15 Certificates less any amounts
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actually distributed with respect to the Class A-15 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to principal thereon on all prior Payment
Dates.
"Class A-15 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-15 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-15 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date
an amount equal to the sum of (i), the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-15 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-15 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class A-15
Certificates to the extent such Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-15 Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IB during the
related Remittance Period.
"Class A-15 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-15 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-15
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the sum of (i) the Class A-15
Lockout Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-15 Certificates
pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) and (ii) the portion, if any, of the Group IB
Principal Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-15
Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-15 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-15 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-15 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-15
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-15 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-15 Lockout Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the product of (i) the applicable Class A-15 Lockout Percentage
for such Payment Date and (ii) the Class A-15 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution
Amount for such Payment Date; provided, that in no event shall the Class A-15
Lockout Distribution Amount exceed the Group IB Principal Distribution Amount
for the related Payment Date or the Class A-15 Certificate Principal Balance.
"Class A-15 Lockout Percentage": For each Payment Date, the
percentage set forth below:
CLASS A-15
PAYMENT DATES LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE
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July 1998-June 2001 0%
July 2001-June 2003 45%
July 2003-June 2004 80%
July 2004-June 2005 100%
July 2005 and thereafter 300%
"Class A-15 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution Amount": With respect
to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the
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Class A-15 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Group IB Certificates immediately prior to such Payment Date and (y) the
Group IB Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date.
"Class A-15 Formula Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date prior to the Clean-Up Call Date, 6.25% per annum; with respect to
any Payment Date occurring after the Clean-Up Call Date, 7.00%.
"Class A-15 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, the lesser of (x) the Class A-15 Formula Pass-Through Rate and (y) the
Group IB Available Funds Cap Rate.
"Class A-16 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-16 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-16, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-16 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-16 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-16 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-16 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-16 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-16 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-16 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-16 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IIA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class
A-16 Certificates to the extent such Group IIA Preference Amount has not been
paid; provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-16 Certificates'
pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IIA during
the related Remittance Period.
"Class A-16 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-16 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-16
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any and (z) the Group IIA Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-16 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-16 Formula Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date which occurs on or prior to the Clean-up Call Date, LIBOR plus
0.16% per annum and for any Payment Date thereafter, LIBOR plus 0.32% per annum.
"Class A-16 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-16 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-16 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-16
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-16 Pass-Through Rate.
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"Class A-16 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, the least of (x) the Class A-16 Formula Pass-Through Rate and (y) the
Group IIA Available Funds Cap Rate for such Payment Date.
"Class A-16 Supplemental Interest Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (A) the lesser of (x) the interest due on
the Class A-16 Certificates on any Payment Date calculated at the Class A-16
Formula Pass-Through Rate or (y) the Group IIA Maximum Rate over (B) the
interest due on the Class A-16 Certificates calculated at the Group IIA
Available Funds Cap Rate.
"Class A-17 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-17 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-17, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-17 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-17 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-17 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-17 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-17 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-17 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date
an amount equal to the sum of (i), the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-17 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-17 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IIA Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class
A-17 Certificates to the extent such Group IIA Preference Amount has not been
paid; provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-17 Certificates'
pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IIA during
the related Remittance Period.
"Class A-17 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-17 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-17
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the sum of (i) the Class A-17
Lockout Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-17 Certificates
pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) and (ii) the portion, if any, of the Group IIA
Principal Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-17
Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
"Class A-17 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-17 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-17 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-17
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-17 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-17 Lockout Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the product of (i) the applicable Class A-17 Lockout Percentage
for such Payment Date and (ii) the Class A-17 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution
Amount for such Payment Date; provided, that in no event shall the Class A-17
Lockout Distribution Amount exceed the Group IIA Principal
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Distribution Amount for the related Payment Date or the Class A-17 Certificate
Principal Balance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the July 2003 Payment Date
and thereafter, the Class A-17 Lockout Distribution Amount is equal to 100% of
the Group IIA Principal Distribution Amount.
"Class A-17 Lockout Percentage": For each Payment Date, the
percentage set forth below:
CLASS A-17
PAYMENT DATES LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE
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July 1998-January 2000 0%
February 2000-June 2003 500%
"Class A-17 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution Amount": With respect
to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Class A-17 Certificate Principal Balance immediately
prior to such Payment Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IIA Certificates immediately prior to
such Payment Date and (y) the Group IIA Class A Principal Distribution Amount
for such Payment Date.
"Class A-17 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, the lesser of (x) 6.05% per annum or (y) the Group IIA Available Funds Cap
Rate.
"Class A-18 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-18 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-18, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-18 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-18 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-18 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-18 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-18 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-18 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-18 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-18 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IIB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class
A-18 Certificates to the extent such Group IIB Preference Amount has not been
paid; provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-18 Certificates'
pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IIB during
the related Remittance Period.
"Class A-18 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-18 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-18
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any and (z) the Group IIB Class A Principal
Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of Class A-18 Certificates pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
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"Class A-18 Formula Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date which occurs on or prior to the Clean-up Call Date, LIBOR plus
0.16% per annum and for any Payment Date thereafter, LIBOR plus 0.32% per annum.
"Class A-18 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-18 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-18 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-18
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-18 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-18 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, the least of (x) the Class A-18 Formula Rate and (y) the Group IIB
Available Funds Cap Rate and (z) 14%.
"Class A-18 Supplemental Interest Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (A) the lesser of (x) the interest due on
the Class A-18 Certificates on any Payment Date calculated at the Class A-18
Formula Pass-Through Rate or (y) the Group IIB Maximum Rate over (B) the
interest due on the Class A-18 Certificates calculated at the Group IIB
Available Funds Cap Rate.
"Class A-19 Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-19 Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-19, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-19 Certificate Principal Balance": As of any time of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance as of the Startup Day of all
Class A-19 Certificates less any amounts actually distributed with respect to
the Class A-19 Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof with respect to
principal thereon on all prior Payment Dates.
"Class A-19 Certificate Termination Date": The Payment Date on
which the Class A-19 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero.
"Class A-19 Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date
an amount equal to the sum of (i), the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-19 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date during
the related Accrual Period at the Class A-19 Pass-Through Rate and (ii) the
Group IIB Preference Amount related to interest previously paid on the Class
A-19 Certificates to the extent such Group IIB Preference Amount has not been
paid; provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-19 Certificates'
pro rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls relating to Group IIB during
the related Remittance Period.
"Class A-19 Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-19 Current Interest, (y) the Class A-19
Interest Carry Forward Amount, if any, and (z) the sum of (i) the Class A-19
Lockout Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-19 Certificates
pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) and (ii) the portion, if any, of the Group IIB
Principal Distribution Amount payable to the Owners of the Class A-19
Certificates pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(F) hereof.
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"Class A-19 Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-19 Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-19 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-19
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-19 Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-19 Lockout Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the product of (i) the applicable Class A-19 Lockout Percentage
for such Payment Date and (ii) the Class A-19 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution
Amount for such Payment Date; provided, that in no event shall the Class A-19
Lockout Distribution Amount exceed the Group IIB Principal Distribution Amount
for the related Payment Date or the Class A-19 Certificate Principal Balance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the July 2003 Payment Date and thereafter,
the Class A-19 Lockout Distribution Amount is equal to 100% of the Group IIA
Principal Distribution Amount.
"Class A-19 Lockout Percentage": For each Payment Date, the
percentage set forth below:
CLASS A-19
PAYMENT DATES LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE
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July 1998 - January 2000 0%
February 2000 - June 2003 500%
"Class A-19 Lockout Pro Rata Distribution Amount": With respect
to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Class A-19 Certificate Principal Balance immediately
prior to such Payment Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IIB Certificates immediately prior to
such Payment Date and (y) the Group IIB Class A Principal Distribution Amount
for such Payment Date.
"Class A-19 Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Payment
Date, the lesser of (x) 6.05% per annum and (y) the Group IIB Available Funds
Cap Rate.
"Class A-IO Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class A-IO Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-21, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class A-IO Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
A-IO Notional Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment
Date during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-IO Pass-Through Rate and
(ii) the sum of (i) the product of (x) the Group IIA Preference Amount and (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-17 Certificates and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IIA Certificates and (ii) the product
of (x) the Group IIA Preference Amount and (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-19 Certificates and
the denominator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the
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Group IIB Certificates related to interest previously paid on the Class A-IO
Certificates to the extent such Group I Preference Amount has not been paid;
provided, that such amount will be reduced by the Class A-IO Certificates' pro
rata share of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls during the related Remittance
Period.
"Class A-IO Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class A-IO Current Interest and (y) the Class A-IO
Interest Carry Forward Amount.
"Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class A-IO Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the amount of the actual
distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of the Class A-IO
Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y) 30 days'
interest on such amount at the Class A-IO Pass-Through Rate.
"Class A-IO Notional Certificate Principal Balance": With respect
to any date on or prior to the 14th Payment Date, the sum of the Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class A-17 Certificates and the Class A-19
Certificates as of such date. With respect to any date after the 14th Payment
Date, zero.
"Class A-IO Pass-Through Rate": 5.00% per annum.
"Class F-IO Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated
on the face thereof as a Class F-IO Certificate, substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit A-20, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.
"Class F-IO Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of interest accrued on the Class
F-IO Notional Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment
Date during the related Accrual Period at the Class F-IO Pass-Through Rate and
(ii) the sum of (i) the product of the Group IA Preference Amount and a
fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances
of the Class A-7 Certificates and the Class A-8 Certificates and the denominator
of which is the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IA
Certificates plus (ii) the product of the Group IIA Preference Amount and a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A-15 Certificates and the denomination of which is the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IB Certificates related to interest
previously paid on the Class F-IO Certificates to the extent such Group IA
Preference Amount or Group IB Preference Amount has not been paid; provided,
that such amount will be reduced by the Class F-IO Certificates' pro rata share
of any Civil Relief Act Shortfalls during the related Remittance Period.
"Class F-IO Distribution Amount": With respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Class F-IO Current Interest and (y) the Class F-IO
Interest Carry Forward Amount.
"Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (A) the
Class F-IO Current Interest as of the immediately preceding Payment Date and (B)
in the event of an Insurer Default, any unpaid Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as calculated up through the previous Payment Date and outstanding on
such immediately preceding Payment Date, exceeds (ii) the
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amount of the actual distribution with respect to interest made to the Owners of
the Class F-IO Certificates on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (y)
30 days' interest on such amount at the Class F-IO Pass-Through Rate.
"Class F-IO Notional Certificate Principal Balance": With respect
to any date on or prior to the 30th Payment Date, the sum of the Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class A-7 Certificates, the Class A-8 Certificates and
the Class A-15 Certificates as of such date. With respect to any date after the
30th Payment Date, zero.
"Class F-IO Pass-Through Rate": 5.00% per annum.
"Class R Certificate": Any one of the Certificates designated on
the face thereof as a Class R Certificate, substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit A-14, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein, and evidencing an interest
designated as the "residual interest" in the Upper-Tier REMIC for the purposes
of the REMIC Provisions.
"Clean-Up Call Date": The first Remittance Date following the
date on which the aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans has declined to
10% or less of the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Startup Day.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and any
successor statute.
"Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio": With respect to any First
Mortgage Loan, the percentage equal to the Original Principal Amount of the
related Note divided by the Appraised Value of the related Property and with
respect to any Second Mortgage Loan or any Third Mortgage Loan, the percentage
equal to (a) the sum of (i) the remaining principal balance, as of origination
of the Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage Loan, as appropriate, of the
Senior Lien note(s) relating to such Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage
Loan, as appropriate, and (ii) the Original Principal Amount of the Note
relating to such Second Mortgage Loan or Third Mortgage Loan, as appropriate,
divided by (b) the Appraised Value.
"Compensating Interest": As defined in Section 8.9(b) hereof.
"Conduit Acquisition Trust": The trust described in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 1997 among the Sponsor, Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A., as trustee, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, as the
master servicer, and the "Borrowers" named therein.
"Conduit Mortgage Files": For any Mortgage Loan identified on
the related Schedule of Mortgage Loans with a "B" code, the items listed on
Exhibit B hereto.
"Control Party": Until the last sentence of Section 11.18 hereof
is applicable and so long as no Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Insurer, and thereafter, the Trustee.
"Coupon Rate": The rate of interest borne by each Note.
"Current Interest": With respect to any Payment Date, the sum of
the Class A-1 Current Interest, the Class A-2 Current Interest, the Class A-3
Current Interest, the Class X-0
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Current Interest, the Class A-5 Current Interest, the Class A-6 Current
Interest, the Class A-7 Current Interest, the Class A-8 Current Interest, the
Class A-9 Current Interest, the Class A-10 Current Interest, the Class A-11
Current Interest, the Class A-12 Current Interest, the Class A-13 Current
Interest, the Class A-14 Current Interest, the Class A-15 Current Interest, the
Class A-16 Current Interest, the Class A-17 Current Interest, the Class A-18
Current Interest, the Class A-19 Current Interest, the Class F-IO Interest and
the Class A-IO Current Interest.
"Cut-Off Date": The opening of business June 1, 1998.
"Date-of-Payment Loan": Any Mortgage Loan as to which, pursuant
to the Note relating thereto, interest is computed and charged to the Mortgagor
at the Coupon Rate on the outstanding principal balance of such Note based on
the number of days elapsed between receipt of the Mortgagor's last payment
through receipt of the Mortgagor's most current payment.
"Delinquency Advance": As defined in Section 8.9(a) hereof.
"Delinquent": A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due
thereon is not made by the close of business on the day such payment is
scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days delinquent" if such payment has
not been received by the close of business on the corresponding day of the month
immediately succeeding the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is
no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month
in which a payment was due on the 31st day of such month) then on the last day
of such immediately succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90
days delinquent" and so on.
"Delivery Order": The delivery order in the form set forth as
Exhibit F hereto and delivered by the Sponsor to the Trustee on the Startup Day
pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof.
"Depository": The Depository Trust Company, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 and any successor Depository hereafter named.
"Designated Depository Institution": With respect to each
Account, an institution whose deposits are insured by the Bank Insurance Fund or
the Savings Association Insurance Fund of the FDIC, the long-term deposits of
which shall be rated A2 or better by Xxxxx'x and in the highest short-term
rating category for Xxxxx'x, unless otherwise approved in writing by the
Trustee, the Insurer and Xxxxx'x, and which is any of the following: (i) a
federal savings and loan association duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the applicable banking
laws of any state, (iii) a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (iv) a principal
subsidiary of a bank holding company, or (v) approved in writing by the Trustee,
the Insurer and Xxxxx'x and, in each case acting or designated by the Master
Servicer as the depository institution for the Principal and Interest Account;
provided, however, that any such institution or association shall have combined
capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $100,000,000. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an Account may be held by an institution otherwise meeting the
preceding requirements except that the only applicable rating requirement shall
be that the unsecured and uncollateralized debt obligations thereof shall be
rated Baa3 or better by Xxxxx'x if such institution has trust powers and the
Principal and Interest Account is held by such institution in its corporate
trust department.
"Designated Residual Owner": Advanta Conduit Receivables, Inc.
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"Determination Date": As to each Payment Date, the third
Business Day preceding such Payment Date or such earlier day as shall be agreed
to by the Insurer and the Trustee.
"Direct Participant" or "DTC Participant": Any broker-dealer,
bank or other financial institution for which the Depository holds Class A
Certificates from time to time as a securities depository.
"Disqualified Organization": "Disqualified Organization" shall
have the meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at
Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and
applicable to the Trust.
"Document Delivery Requirements": The Sponsor's obligations to
deliver certain legal documents, to prepare and record certain Mortgage
assignments or to deliver certain opinions relating to Mortgage assignments, in
each case with respect to the Mortgage Loans and as set forth in Section 3.5
hereof.
"Eligible Investments": Those investments so designated
pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.
"Event of Default": Any event described in clauses (a) or (b)
of Section 8.20 hereof.
"Xxxxxx Xxx": The Federal National Mortgage Association, a
federally-chartered and privately-owned corporation existing under the Federal
National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, or any successor
thereof.
"FDIC": The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
"File": The documents delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.5 hereof pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional
documents required to be added to the Advanta Mortgage File or Conduit Mortgage
File, as appropriate, pursuant to this Agreement.
"Final Determination": As defined in Section 9.3(a) hereof.
"F-IO Period": The period from the Startup Day through and
including the 30th Payment Date.
"First Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a
first priority mortgage lien with respect to any Property.
"Fixed Rate Certificates": The Group IA Certificates, the Group
IIA Certificates, the Class A-17 Certificates, the Class A-19 Certificates, the
Class F-IO Certificates and the Class A-IO Certificates.
"Floating Rate Certificates": The Class A-16 Certificates and
the Class A-18 Certificates.
"Formula Interest Shortfall": As defined in Section 7.10(b)
hereof.
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"Formula Pass-Through Rate": As appropriate, the Class A-6
Formula Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-8 Formula Pass-Through Rate, the
Class A-14 Formula Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-15 Formula
Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-16 Formula Pass-Through Rate, and the
Class A-18 Formula Pass-Through Rate.
"Xxxxxxx Mac": The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
a corporate instrumentality of the United States created pursuant to
the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor
thereof.
"Full Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Class of Capped Certificates and any Payment Date, the interest due
with respect to such Class of Capped Certificates, calculated using the
Formula Pass-Through Rate with respect thereto.
"Gross Margin": With respect to each Mortgage Loan with an
adjustable rate, the fixed percentage amount set forth in the related Mortgage
Note which amount is added to the Index in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note to determine, on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date, the
Coupon Rate for such Mortgage Loan, subject to any maximum.
"Group": Group IA, Group IB, Group IIA or Group IIB.
"Group I Net Weighted Average Coupon Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date, the weighted average of the Coupon Rates of the Mortgage Loans in
Group I (weighted by the Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group I), less
0.50% per annum.
"Group II Net Weighted Average Coupon Rate": With respect to any
Payment Date, the weighted average of the Coupon Rates of the Mortgage Loans in
Group II (weighted by the Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group II), less
0.50% per annum.
"Group IA": The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the related
Schedule of Mortgage Loans as having been assigned to Group IA, including any
Qualified Replacement Mortgages delivered in replacement thereof and assigned to
Group IA.
"Group IA Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a)
hereof.
"Group IA Available Funds Cap Rate": As of any Payment Date, an
amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to (A)(i) the aggregate amount of
interest due and collected (or advanced) at the Coupon Rates on all of the
Mortgage Loans in the Group IA Pool for the related Remittance Period minus (ii)
the aggregate of the Servicing Fee, the Premium and the Trustee's Fee, in each
case relating to Group IA divided by (B) the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group IA immediately prior to such Payment
Date, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year assumed to consist of twelve
30-day months.
"Group IA Certificate Principal Balance": As of any date
of determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of all
Group IA Certificates.
"Group IA Certificates": The Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2
Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class
A-5 Certificates, the Class A-6 Certificates, the Class A-7 Certificates and the
Class A-8 Certificates.
"Group IA Class A Principal Distribution Amount": As of
any Payment Date, the lesser of:
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(a) the Available Funds for the related Mortgage Loan Group, plus
any related Insured Payment and minus the related Group
Interest Distribution Amount, and
(b) (i) the sum, without duplication of:
(A) the amount of any Subordination Deficit due from any
prior period with respect to the Group IA Pool;
(B) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the Group IA Pool
during the related Remittance Period;
(C) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related
Mortgage Loan Group that either was repurchased by the
Sponsor or an Originator or purchased by the Master
Servicer or any Sub-Servicer on the Group IA Pool, to
the extent such Loan Balance is actually received by the
Trustee;
(D) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor or an
Originator on the related Remittance Date in connection
with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in the Group IA
Pool, to the extent such Substitution Amounts are
actually received by the Trustee;
(E) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
the Group IA Pool during the related Remittance Period
(to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds relate to
principal);
(F) the amount of any Subordination Deficit with respect to
the Group IA Pool for such Payment Date;
(G) the proceeds received by the Trustee from any
termination of the Group IA Pool (to the extent such
proceeds relate to principal);
(H) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with
respect to Group IA Pool for such Payment Date to the
extent of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow available for
such purpose;
minus
(ii) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount with
respect to Group IA Pool for such Payment Date.
"Group IA Deficiency Amount": The excess, if any, of the
Group IA Required Distributions over the Group IA Net Available
Distribution Amount.
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"Group IA Insured Quantity": As to the Group IA Certificates and any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Group IA Interest Distribution Amount for such
Payment Date and (y) the Group IA Subordination Deficit, if any, as of such
Payment Date.
"Group IA Insured Payment": An amount equal to the sum of
(i) as of each Payment Date, the Group IA Deficiency Amount and (ii)
any unpaid Group IA Preference Amount.
"Group IA Interest Amount Available": As of any Payment Date, the
Group IA Interest Remittance Amount less the sum of the portion of the Trustee's
Fees related to Group IA and the Premium Amount for such Payment Date.
"Group IA Interest Distribution Amount": As of any Payment Date, the
sum of (i) the Class A-1 Current Interest, Class A-2 Current Interest, Class A-3
Current Interest, Class A-4 Current Interest, Class A-5 Current Interest, Class
A-6 Current Interest, Class A-7 Current Interest, Class A-8 Interest and Group
IA Pool Class F-IO Current Interest and (ii) any Class A-1 Interest
Carry-Forward Amount, Class A-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class A-3
Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class A-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class
A-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class A-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount,
Class A-7 Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class A-8 Interest Carry Forward Amount
and Group IA Pool Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount.
"Group IA Interest Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest collected by the Master
Servicer during the related Remittance Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans
in Group IA (less the Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loans), (ii)
all Delinquency Advances and all Special Advances made by the Master Servicer on
such Remittance Date with respect to Group IA, (iii) all Compensating Interest
paid by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group IA,
net of amounts allowed to be retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c), (iv) the
portion of the Loan Purchase Price and the Substitution Amount relating to
interest on the Mortgage Loans in Group IA and (v) the portion of any Net
Liquidation Proceeds relating to interest with respect to Group IA and (vi) the
proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust Estate related to Group IA (to the
extent such proceeds relate to interest and Group IA).
"Group IA Monthly Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the
sum of (i) the Group IA Interest Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date and
(ii) the Group IA Principal Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date.
"Group IA Monthly Excess Interest Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Group IA Interest Amount Available
for the related Remittance Period over (ii) the Interest Distribution Amount on
the Group IA Certificates on such Payment Date.
"Group IA Net Available Distribution Amount": The Group IA
Total Available Funds.
"Group IA Original Pool Balance": The aggregate principal
balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group IA as of the Startup Day, which
sum is $240,000,002.39.
"Group IA Pool Class F-IO Current Interest": As of any Payment Date,
(i) the Class F-IO Current Interest multiplied by the (ii) the quotient of the
Aggregate Principal Balances
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of the Class A-7 Certificates and the Class A-8 Certificates divided by the
Class F-IO Notional Principal Balance.
"Group IA Pool Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount": As of any
Payment Date, (i) the Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount multiplied by
(ii) the quotient of the Aggregate Principal Balances of the Class A-7
Certificates and the Class A-8 Certificates divided by the Class F-IO Notional
Principal Balance.
"Group IA Release Amount": As of any Payment Date, the lesser of (x)
the Group IA Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment Date and (y) the
excess of (i) the Group IA Subordinated Amount for such Payment Date, assuming
that 100% of the Group IA Principal Remittance Amount is applied on such Payment
Date to the payment of principal on the Group IA Certificates over (ii) the
Group IA Specified Overcollateralization Amount for such Payment Date.
"Group IA Preference Amount": Any amount previously distributed to
an Owner on the Group IA Certificates that is recoverable and sought to be
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), as amended from time to time, in
accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent
jurisdiction.
"Group IA Principal Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans in Group IA during the related
Remittance Period, (ii) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in Group IA that
was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such Remittance Date, to the
extent such Loan Balance was actually deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, (iii) any Substitution Amounts relating to principal delivered by the
Sponsor in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group IA, to the
extent such Substitution Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal and
Interest Account on such Remittance Date, (iv) all Net Liquidation Proceeds
actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans in
Group IA during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net
Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) net of amounts allowed to be retained
pursuant to Section 8.8(c) and (v) the proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust
Estate related to Group IA (to the extent such proceeds related to principal).
"Group IA Reimbursement Amount": As of any Payment Date, the sum of
(x)(i) all Group IA Insured Payments previously received by the Trustee not
previously repaid to the Insurer pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(D)(4) hereof plus
(ii) interest accrued on each such Group IA Insured Payment not previously
repaid calculated from the date the Trustee received the related Group IA
Insured Payment at the Late Payment Rate applicable to such date and (y)(i) any
amounts then due and owing to the Insurer relating to the Group IA Certificates
under the Insurance Agreement plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late
Payment Rate. The Insurer shall notify the Trustee and the Sponsor of the amount
of any Group IA Reimbursement Amount.
"Group IA Required Distributions": The Group IA Insured
Quantity.
"Group IA Specified Overcollateralization Amount": The Specified
Overcollateralization Amount with respect to Group IA.
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"Group IA Stepdown Date": The later to occur of (x) the 30th Payment
Date from the Startup Day and (y) the date on which principal received on the
Group IA Certificates is equal to 50% of the Group IA Original Pool Balance.
"Group IA Subordinated Amount": As of any Payment Date, the amount,
if any, by which (x) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group
IA as of the last day of the immediately preceding Remittance Period exceeds (y)
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IA Certificates (after
taking into account all distributions of principal on such Group IA Certificates
as of such Payment Date).
"Group IA Subordination Deficit": With respect to any Payment Date,
the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Group IA Certificates, after taking into account all distributions to be
made on such Payment Date (except for any payment to be made as to principal
from the proceeds of the Certificate Insurance Policy), exceeds (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Group IA Pool as of the
close of business on the last day of the preceding Remittance Period.
"Group IA Subordination Increase Amount": Any Net Monthly
Excess Cashflow used as an accelerated payment of principal with
respect to Group IA.
"Group IA Subordination Reduction Amount": As of any Payment Date,
the lesser of (x) the Group IA Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment Date
and (y) the excess of (i) the Group IA Subordinated Amount for such Payment
Date, assuming that 100% of the Group IA Principal Remittance Amount is applied
on such Payment Date to the payment of principal on the Group IA Certificates
over (i) the Group IA Specified Overcollateralization Amount for such Payment
Date.
"Group IA Total Available Funds": As defined in Section
7.3(a) hereof.
"Group IB": The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the related
Schedule of Mortgage Loans as having been assigned to Group IB, including any
Qualified Replacement Mortgages delivered in replacement thereof and assigned to
Group IB.
"Group IB Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a)
hereof.
"Group IB Available Funds Cap Rate": As of any Payment Date, an
amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to (A) (i) the aggregate amount of
interest due and collected (or advanced) at the Coupon Rates on all of the
Mortgage Loans in the Group IB Pool for the related Remittance Period minus (ii)
the aggregate of the Servicing Fee, the Premium and the Trustee's Fee, in each
case relating to the Group IB Pool, on such Payment Date, divided by (B) the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Group IB Pool
immediately prior to such Payment Date, calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year assumed to consist of twelve 30-day months.
"Group IB Certificate Principal Balance": As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of all Group IB
Certificates.
"Group IB Certificates": The Class A-9 Certificates, the
Class A-10 Certificates, the Class A-11 Certificates, the Class A-12
Certificates, the Class A-13 Certificates, the Class A-14 Certificates
and the Class A-15 Certificates.
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"Group IB Class A Principal Distribution Amount": As of any Payment
Date, the lesser of:
(a) the Available Funds for the Group IB Pool, plus any related
Insured Payment and minus the related Group Interest
Distribution Amount, and
(b) (i) the sum, without duplication of:
(A) the amount of any Subordination Deficit due from any
prior period with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
Group;
(B) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the Group IB Pool
during the related Remittance Period;
(C) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the Group IB
Pool that either was repurchased by the Sponsor or an
Originator or purchased by the Sponsor or an Originator
or purchased by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer
on the related Remittance Date, to the extent such Loan
Balance is actually received by the Trustee;
(D) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor or an
Originator on the related Remittance Date in connection
with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in the Group IB
Pool, to the extent such Substitution Amounts are
actually received by the Trustee;
(E) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
the Group IB Pool during the related Remittance Period
(to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds relate to
principal);
(F) the amount of any Subordination Deficit with respect to
the Group IB Pool for such Payment Date;
(G) the proceeds received by the Trustee from any
termination of the Group IB Pool (to the extent such
proceeds relate to principal);
(H) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with
respect to Group IB Pool for such Payment Date to the
extent of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow available for
such purpose;
minus
(ii) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount with
respect to Group IB Pool for such Payment Date.
"Group IB Deficiency Amount": The excess, if any, of the
Group IB Required Distributions over the Group IB Net Available
Distribution Amount.
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"Group IB Insured Quantity": As to the Group IB Certificates and any
Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Group IB Interest Distribution Amount for such
Payment Date and (y) the Group IB Subordination Deficit, if any, as of such
Payment Date.
"Group IB Insured Payment": An amount equal to the sum of
(i) as of each Payment Date, the Group IB Deficiency Amount and (ii)
any unpaid Group IB Preference Amount.
"Group IB Interest Amount Available": As of any Payment Date, the
Group IB Interest Remittance Amount less the sum of the portion of the Trustee's
Fees related to Group IB and the Premium Amount for such Payment Date.
"Group IB Interest Distribution Amount": As of any Payment Date, the
sum of (i) the Class A-9 Current Interest, Class A-10 Current Interest, Class
A-11 Current Interest, Class A-12 Current Interest, Class A-13 Current Interest,
Class A-14 Current Interest, Class A-15 Current Interest, and Group IB Pool
Class F-IO Current Interest and (ii) any Class A-9 Interest Carry-Forward
Amount, Class A-10 Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class A-11 Interest Carry
Forward Amount, Class A-12 Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class A-13 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, Class A-14 Interest Carry Forward Amount, Class A-15
Interest Carry Forward Amount and Group IB Pool Class F-IO Interest Carry
Forward Amount.
"Group IB Interest Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest collected by the Master
Servicer during the related Remittance Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans
in Group IB (less the Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loans), (ii)
all Delinquency Advances and all Special Advances made by the Master Servicer on
such Remittance Date with respect to Group IB, (iii) all Compensating Interest
paid by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group IB,
net of amounts allowed to be retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c), (iv) the
portion of the Loan Purchase Price and the Substitution Amount relating to
interest on the Mortgage Loans in Group IB and (v) the portion of any Net
Liquidation Proceeds relating to interest with respect to Group IB and (vi) the
proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust Estate related to Group IB (to the
extent such proceeds relate to interest and Group IB).
"Group IB Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount": For any Payment
Date, the sum of (x) the Group IB Monthly Excess Interest Amount and
(y) the Group IB Subordination Reduction Amount for such Payment Date.
"Group IB Monthly Excess Interest Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Group IB Interest Amount Available
for the related Remittance Period over (ii) the Interest Distribution Amount on
the Group IB Certificates on such Payment Date.
"Group IB Monthly Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date, the
sum of (i) the Group IB Interest Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date and
(ii) the Group IB Principal Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date.
"Group IB Net Available Distribution Amount": The Group IB
Total Available Funds.
"Group IB Original Pool Balance": The aggregate principal
balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group IB as of the Startup Day, which
sum is $310,000,003.76.
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"Group IB Pool Class F-IO Current Interest": As of any Payment Date,
(i) the Class F-IO Current Interest multiplied by the (ii) the quotient of the
Aggregate Principal Balances of the Class A-15 Certificates divided by the Class
F-IO Notional Principal Balance.
"Group IB Pool Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount": As of any
Payment Date, (i) the Class F-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount multiplied by
(ii) the quotient of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Class A-15
Certificates divided by the Class F-IO Notional Principal Balance.
"Group IB Preference Amount": Any amount previously distributed to
an Owner on the Group IB Certificates that is recoverable and sought to be
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), as amended from time to time, in
accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent
jurisdiction.
"Group IB Principal Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans in Group IB during the related
Remittance Period, (ii) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in Group IB that
was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such Remittance Date, to the
extent such Loan Balance was actually deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, (iii) any Substitution Amounts relating to principal delivered by the
Sponsor in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group IB, to the
extent such Substitution Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal and
Interest Account on such Remittance Date, (iv) all Net Liquidation Proceeds
actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans in
Group IB during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net
Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) net of amounts allowed to be retained
pursuant to Section 8.8(c) and (v) the proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust
Estate related to Group IB (to the extent such proceeds related to principal).
"Group IB Reimbursement Amount": As of any Payment Date, the sum of
(x)(i) all Group IB Insured Payments previously received by the Trustee not
previously repaid to the Insurer pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(D)(4) hereof plus
(ii) interest accrued on each such Group IB Insured Payment not previously
repaid calculated from the date the Trustee received the related Group IB
Insured Payment at the Late Payment Rate applicable to such date and (y)(i) any
amounts then due and owing to the Insurer relating to the Group IB Certificates
under the Insurance Agreement plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late
Payment Rate. The Insurer shall notify the Trustee and the Sponsor of the amount
of any Group IB Reimbursement Amount.
"Group IB Required Distributions": The Group IB Insured
Quantity.
"Group IB Specified Overcollateralization Amount": The
Specified Overcollateralization Amount with respect to Group IA.
"Group IB Stepdown Date": The later to occur of (x) the 30th Payment
Date from the Startup Day and (y) the date on which principal received on the
Group IB Certificates is equal to 50% of the Group IB Original Pool Balance.
"Group IB Subordinated Amount": As of any Payment Date, the
difference between (x) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group
IB as of the last day of the immediately preceding Remittance Period and (y) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance
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of the Group IB Certificates (after taking into account all distributions of
principal on such Group IB Certificates as of such Payment Date).
"Group IB Subordination Deficit": With respect to any Payment Date,
the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Group IB Certificates, after taking into account all distributions to be
made on such Payment Date (except for any payment to be made as to principal
from the proceeds of the Certificate Insurance Policy), exceeds (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Group IB Pool as of
the close of business on the last day of the preceding Remittance Period.
"Group IB Subordination Increase Amount": Any Net Monthly
Excess Cashflow used as an accelerated payment of principal with
respect to Group IB.
"Group IB Subordination Reduction Amount": As of any Payment
Date, the lesser of (x) the Group IB Principal Remittance Amount for such
Payment Date and (y) the excess of (i) the Group IB Subordinated Amount for such
Payment Date, assuming that 100% of the Group IB Principal Remittance Amount is
applied on such Payment Date to the payment of principal on the Group IB
Certificates over (ii) the Group IB Specified Overcollateralization Amount for
such Payment Date.
"Group IB Total Available Funds": As defined in Section
7.3(a) hereof.
"Group IIA": The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the related
Schedule of Mortgage Loans as having been assigned to Group IIA, including any
Qualified Replacement Mortgages delivered in replacement thereof and assigned
to Group IIA.
"Group IIA Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a)
hereof.
"Group IIA Available Funds Cap Rate": As of any Payment Date, an
amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to the lesser of (x) the Group IIA
Maximum Rate and (y) (a)(i) the aggregate amount of interest due and collected
(or advanced) at the Coupon Rates on all of the Mortgage Loans in the Group IIA
Pool for the related Remittance Period minus (ii) the aggregate of the Servicing
Fee, the Premium and the Trustee's Fee, in each case relating to the Group IIA
Pool, on such Payment Date minus (iii) the Group IIA Pool Class A-IO Interest,
divided by (b) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group
IIA immediately prior to such Payment Date, calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year and the actual number of days elapsed (except with respect to the portion
of the Group IIA Pool relating to the Class A-17 Certificates, which shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year assumed to consist of twelve 30-day
months), minus (c) commencing on the seventh Payment Date, 0.50%.
"Group IIA Certificate Principal Balance": As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of all Group IIA
Certificates.
"Group IIA Certificates": The Class A-16 Certificates and the
Class A-17 Certificates.
"Group IIA Class A Principal Distribution Amount": As of any
Payment Date, the lesser of:
(a) the Available Funds for the Group IIB Pool, plus any related
Insured Payment and minus the related Group Interest
Distribution Amount, and
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(b) (i) the sum, without duplication of:
(A) the amount of any Subordination Deficit due from any
prior period with respect to the Group IIB Pool;
(B) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the Group IIB Pool
during the related Remittance Period;
(C) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the Group IIB
Pool that either was repurchased by the Sponsor or an
Originator or purchased by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer on the related Remittance Date, to the
extent such Loan Balance is actually received by the
Trustee;
(D) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor or an
Originator on the related Remittance Date in connection
with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in the Group IIB
Pool, to the extent such Substitution Amounts are
actually received by the Trustee;
(E) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
the Group IIB Pool during the related Remittance Period
(to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds relate to
principal);
(F) the amount of any Subordination Deficit with respect to
the Group IIB Pool for such Payment Date;
(G) the proceeds received by the Trustee from any
termination of the Group IIB Pool (to the extent such
proceeds relate to principal);
(H) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with
respect to Group IIB Pool for such Payment Date to the
extent of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow available for
such purpose;
minus
(ii) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount
with respect to Group IIB Pool for such Payment
Date.
"Group IIA Pool Class A-IO Interest": An amount equal to (a) the
aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-17
Certificates divided by (b) the Class A-IO Notional Principal Balance,
multiplied by the Class A-IO Interest Amount.
"Group IIA Deficiency Amount": The excess, if any, of the
Group IIA Required Distributions over the Group IIA Net Available
Distribution Amount.
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"Group IIA Insured Quantity": As to the Group IIA Certificates and
any Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Group IIA Interest Distribution Amount for
such Payment Date and (y) the Group IIA Subordination Deficit, if any, as of
such Payment Date.
"Group IIA Insured Payment": An amount equal to the sum of
(i) as of each Payment Date, the Group IIA Deficiency Amount and (ii)
any unpaid Group IIA Preference Amount.
"Group IIA Interest Amount Available": As of any Payment Date, the
Group IIA Interest Remittance Amount less the sum of the portion of the
Trustee's Fees related to Group IIA and the Premium Amount for such Payment
Date.
"Group IIA Interest Distribution Amount": As of any Payment Date,
the sum of (i) the Class A-16 Current Interest, Class A-17 Current Interest and
Group IIA Pool Class A-IO Current Interest and (ii) any Class A-16 Interest
Carry-Forward Amount, Class A-17 Interest Carry Forward Amount and any Group IIA
Pool Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount.
"Group IIA Interest Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest collected by the Master
Servicer during the related Remittance Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans
in Group IIA (less the Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loans), (ii)
all Delinquency Advances and all Special Advances made by the Master Servicer on
such Remittance Date with respect to Group IIA, (iii) all Compensating Interest
paid by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group IIA,
net of amounts allowed to be retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c), (iv) the
portion of the Loan Purchase Price and the Substitution Amount relating to
interest on the Mortgage Loans in Group IIA and (v) the portion of any Net
Liquidation Proceeds relating to interest with respect to Group IIA and (vi) the
proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust Estate related to Group IIA (to the
extent such proceeds relate to interest and Group IIA).
"Group IIA Maximum Rate": With respect to any, Payment Date, an
amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to (a)(i) the aggregate amount due
and collected (or advanced) on all of the Mortgage Loans in Group IIA for the
related Remittance Period (using such Mortgage Loans' maximum lifetime Coupon
Rate) minus (ii) the aggregate of the Servicing Fee, the Premium and the
Trustee's Fee, in each case relating to Group IIA, on such Payment Date divided
by (b) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group IIA as of
the beginning of such related Remittance Period, calculated on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed (except with respect to the
portion of Group IIA relating to the Class A-17 Certificates, which shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year assumed to consist of twelve 30-day
months).
"Group IIA Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount": For any Payment Date,
the sum of (x) the Group IIA Monthly Excess Interest Amount and (y) the Group
IIA Subordination Reduction Amount for such Payment Date.
"Group IIA Monthly Excess Interest Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Group IIA Interest Amount Available
for the related Remittance Period over (ii) the Interest Distribution Amount on
the Group IIA Certificates on such Payment Date.
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"Group IIA Monthly Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum of (i) the Group IIA Interest Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date
and (ii) the Group IIA Principal Remittance Amount for such Remittance Date.
"Group IIA Net Available Distribution Amount": The Group IIA Total
Available Funds.
"Group IIA Original Pool Balance": The aggregate principal
balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group IIA as of the Startup Day,
which sum is $240,000,049.52.
"Group IIA Pool Class A-IO Current Interest": As of any Payment
Date, (i) the Class A-IO Current Interest multiplied by the (ii) the quotient of
the Aggregate Principal Balances of the Class A-17 Certificates divided by the
Class A-IO Notional Principal Balance.
"Group IIA Pool Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount": As of any
Payment Date, (i) the Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount multiplied by
(ii) the quotient of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Class A-17
Certificates divided by the Class A-IO Notional Principal Balance.
"Group IIA Preference Amount": Any amount previously distributed to
an Owner on the Group IIA Certificates that is recoverable and sought to be
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), as amended from time to time, in
accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent
jurisdiction.
"Group IIA Principal Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans in Group IIA during the related
Remittance Period, (ii) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in Group IIA that
was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such Remittance Date, to the
extent such Loan Balance was actually deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, (iii) any Substitution Amounts relating to principal delivered by the
Sponsor in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group IIA, to
the extent such Substitution Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal
and Interest Account on such Remittance Date, (iv) all Net Liquidation Proceeds
actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans in
Group IIA during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net
Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) net of amounts allowed to be retained
pursuant to Section 8.8(c) and (v) the proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust
Estate related to Group IIA (to the extent such proceeds related to principal).
"Group IIA Reimbursement Amount": As of any Payment Date, the sum of
(x)(i) all Group IIA Insured Payments previously received by the Trustee not
previously repaid to the Insurer pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(1)(4) hereof plus
(ii) interest accrued on each such Group IIA Insured Payment not previously
repaid calculated from the date the Trustee received the related Group IIA
Insured Payment at the Late Payment Rate applicable to such date and (y)(i) any
amounts then due and owing to the Insurer relating to the Group IIA Certificates
under the Insurance Agreement plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late
Payment Rate. The Insurer shall notify the Trustee and the Sponsor of the amount
of any Group IIA Reimbursement Amount.
"Group IIA Required Distributions": The Group IIA Insured
Quantity.
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"Group IA Specified Overcollateralization Amount": The Specified
Overcollateralization Amount with respect to Group IA.
"Group IIA Stepdown Date": The later to occur of (x) the 30th
Payment Date from the Startup Day and (y) the date on which principal received
on the Group IIA Certificates is equal to 50% of the Group IIA Original Pool
Balance.
"Group IIA Subordinated Amount": As of any Payment Date, the
difference between (x) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group
IIA as of the last day of the immediately preceding Remittance Period and (y)
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IIA Certificates (after
taking into account all distributions of principal on such Group IIA
Certificates as of such Payment Date).
"Group IIA Subordination Deficit": With respect to any Payment Date,
the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Group IIA Certificates, after taking into account all distributions to be
made on such Payment Date (except for any payment to be made as to principal
from the proceeds of the Certificate Insurance Policy), exceeds (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Group IIA Pool as of
the close of business on the last day of the preceding Remittance Period.
"Group IIA Subordination Increase Amount": Any Net Monthly
Excess Cashflow used as an accelerated payment of principal with
respect to Group IIA.
"Group IIA Supplemental Interest Amount": With respect to a Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Class A-16 Current Interest Amount due on
the Class A-16 Certificates on any Payment Date calculated at the lesser of (1)
the related Formula Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Payment Date or (2) the
Group IIA Maximum Rate applicable to such Payment Date over (y) the interest due
on such Class calculated at the Group IIA Available Funds Cap Rate applicable to
such Payment Date.
"Group IIA Subordination Reduction Amount": As of any Payment Date,
the lesser of (x) the Group IIA Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment
Date and (y) the excess of (i) the Group IIA Subordinated Amount for such
Payment Date, assuming that 100% of the Group IIA Principal Remittance Amount is
applied on such Payment Date to the payment of principal on the Group IIA
Certificates over (ii) the Group IIA Specified Overcollateralization Amount for
such Payment Date.
"Group IIA Total Available Funds": As defined in Section
7.3(a) hereof.
"Group IIB": The pool of Mortgage Loans identified in the related
Schedule of Mortgage Loans as having been assigned to Group IIB, including any
Qualified Replacement Mortgages delivered in replacement thereof and assigned to
Group IIB.
"Group IIB Available Funds": As defined in Section 7.3(a)
hereof.
"Group IIB Available Funds Cap Rate": As of any Payment Date, an
amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to the lesser of (x) the Group IIB
Maximum Rate and (y) (a)(i) the aggregate amount of interest due and collected
(or advanced) at the Coupon Rates on all of the Mortgage Loans in the Group IIB
Pool for the related Remittance Period minus (ii) the aggregate of the Servicing
Fee, the Premium and the Trustee's Fee, in each case relating to the Group IIB
Pool, on such Payment Date minus (iii) the Group IIB Pool Class A-IO Interest,
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divided by (b) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group
IIB immediately prior to such Payment Date, calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year and the actual number of days elapsed (except with respect to the portion
of the Group IIB Pool relating to the Class A-19 Certificates, which shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year assumed to consist of twelve 30-day
months), minus (c) commencing on the seventh Payment Date, 0.50%.
"Group IIB Certificate Principal Balance": As of any date
of determination, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of all
Group IIB Certificates.
"Group IIB Certificates": The Class A-18 Certificates and the Class
A-19 Certificates.
"Group IIB Class A Principal Distribution Amount": As of any
Payment Date, lesser of:
(a) the Available Funds for the Group IIB Pool, plus any related
Insured Payment and minus the related Group Interest
Distribution Amount, and
(b) (i) the sum, without duplication of:
(A) the amount of any Subordination Deficit due from any
prior period with respect to the related Group IIB Pool;
(B) the principal actually collected by the Master Servicer
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the Group IIB Pool
during the related Remittance Period;
(C) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the Group IIB
Pool that either was repurchased by the Sponsor or an
Originator or purchased by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer on the related Remittance Date, to the
extent such Loan Balance is actually received by the
Trustee;
(D) any Substitution Amounts delivered by the Sponsor or an
Originator on the related Remittance Date in connection
with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in the Group IIB
Pool, to the extent such Substitution Amounts are
actually received by the Trustee;
(E) all Net Liquidation Proceeds actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
the Group IIB Pool during the related Remittance Period
(to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds relate to
principal);
(F) the amount of any Subordination Deficit with respect to
the Group IIB Pool for such Payment Date;
(G) the proceeds received by the Trustee from any
termination of the Group IIB Pool (to the extent such
proceeds relate to principal);
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(H) the amount of any Subordination Increase Amount with
respect to Group IIB Pool for such Payment Date to the
extent of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow available for
such purpose;
minus
(ii) the amount of any Subordination Reduction Amount
with respect to Group IIB Pool for such Payment
Date.
"Group IIB Deficiency Amount": The excess, if any, of the Group IIB
Required Distributions over the Group IIB Net Available Distribution Amount.
"Group IIB Insured Quantity": As to the Group IIB Certificates and
any Payment Date, the sum of (x) the Group IIB Interest Distribution Amount for
such Payment Date and (y) the Group IIB Subordination Deficit, if any, as of
such Payment Date.
"Group IIB Insured Payment": An amount equal to the sum of
(i) as of each Payment Date, the Group IIB Deficiency Amount and (ii)
any unpaid Group IIB Preference Amount.
"Group IIB Interest Amount Available": As of any Payment Date, the
Group IIB Interest Remittance Amount less the sum of the portion of the
Trustee's Fees related to Group IIB and the Premium Amount for such Payment
Date.
"Group IIB Interest Distribution Amount": As of any Payment Date,
the sum of (i) the Class A-18 Current Interest, Class A-19 Current Interest and
Group IIB Pool Class A-IO Current Interest and (ii) any Class A-18 Interest
Carry-Forward Amount, Class A-19 Interest Carry Forward Amount and any Group IIB
Pool Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount.
"Group IIB Interest Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) all interest collected by the Master
Servicer during the related Remittance Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans
in Group IIB (less the Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loans), (ii)
all Delinquency Advances and all Special Advances made by the Master Servicer on
such Remittance Date with respect to Group IIB, (iii) all Compensating Interest
paid by the Master Servicer on such Remittance Date with respect to Group IIB,
net of amounts allowed to be retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c), (iv) the
portion of the Loan Purchase Price and the Substitution Amount relating to
interest on the Mortgage Loans in Group IIB and (v) the portion of any Net
Liquidation Proceeds relating to interest with respect to Group IIB and (vi) the
proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust Estate related to Group IIB (to the
extent such proceeds relate to interest and Group IIB).
"Group IIB Maximum Rate": With respect to any Payment Date, an
amount, expressed as a per annum rate, equal to (a)(i) the aggregate amount due
and collected (or advanced) on all of the Mortgage Loans in Group IIB for the
related Remittance Period (using such Mortgage Loans' maximum lifetime Coupon
Rate) minus (ii) the aggregate of the Servicing Fee, the Premium and the
Trustee's Fee, in each case relating to Group IIB, on such Payment Date divided
by (b) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group IIB as of
the beginning of such related Remittance Period, calculated on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed (except with respect to the
portion of the Group IIB relating to the
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Class A-19 Certificates, which shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year assumed to consist of twelve 30-day months).
"Group IIB Monthly Excess Cashflow Amount": For any Payment Date,
the sum of (x) the Group IIB Monthly Excess Interest Amount and (y) the Group
IIB Subordination Reduction Amount for such Payment Date.
"Group IIB Monthly Excess Interest Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Group IIB Interest Amount
Available for the related Remittance Period over (ii) the Interest Distribution
Amount on the Group IIB Certificates on such Payment Date.
"Group IIB Monthly Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum of (i) the Group IIB Interest Remittance Amount for such Remittance
Date and (ii) the Group IIB Principal Remittance Amount for such Remittance
Date.
"Group IIB Net Available Distribution Amount": The Group IIB Total
Available Funds.
"Group IIB Original Pool Balance": The aggregate principal
balances of the Mortgage Loans in Group IIB as of the Startup Day, which sum
is $135,000,003.42.
"Group IIB Pool Class A-IO Interest": An amount equal to (a) the
aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-19
Certificates divided by (b) the Class A-IO Notional Principal Balance,
multiplied by the Class A-IO Interest Amount.
"Group IIB Pool Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount": As of
any Payment Date, (i) the Class A-IO Interest Carry Forward Amount multiplied
by (ii) the quotient of the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Class A-19
Certificates divided by the Class A-IO Notional Principal Balance.
"Group IIB Preference Amount": Any amount previously distributed to
an Owner on the Group IIB Certificates that is recoverable and sought to be
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), as amended from time to time, in
accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent
jurisdiction.
"Group IIB Principal Remittance Amount": As of any Remittance Date,
the sum, without duplication, of (i) the principal actually collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans in Group IIB during the related
Remittance Period, (ii) the Loan Balance of each Mortgage Loan in Group IIB
that was purchased from the Trustee on or prior to such Remittance Date, to the
extent such Loan Balance was actually deposited in the Principal and Interest
Account, (iii) any Substitution Amounts relating to principal delivered by the
Sponsor in connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan in Group IIB, to
the extent such Substitution Amounts were actually deposited in the Principal
and Interest Account on such Remittance Date, (iv) all Net Liquidation Proceeds
actually collected by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans
in Group IIB during the related Remittance Period (to the extent such Net
Liquidation Proceeds related to principal) net of amounts allowed to be
retained pursuant to Section 8.8(c) and (v) the proceeds of any liquidation of
the Trust Estate related to Group IIB (to the extent such proceeds related
to principal).
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"Group IIB Reimbursement Amount": As of any Payment Date, the sum of
(x)(i) all Group IIB Insured Payments previously received by the Trustee not
previously repaid to the Insurer pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(D)(4) hereof plus
(ii) interest accrued on each such Group IIB Insured Payment not previously
repaid calculated from the date the Trustee received the related Group IIB
Insured Payment at the Late Payment Rate applicable to such date and (y)(i) any
amounts then due and owing to the Insurer relating to the Group IIB Certificates
under the Insurance Agreement plus (ii) interest on such amounts at the Late
Payment Rate. The Insurer shall notify the Trustee and the Sponsor of the amount
of any Group IIB Reimbursement Amount.
"Group IIB Required Distributions": The Group IIB Insured Quantity.
"Group IIB Specified Overcollateralization Amount": The Specified
Overcollateralization Amount with respect to Group IIB.
"Group IIB Stepdown Date": The later to occur of (x) the 30th
Payment Date from the Startup Day and (y) the date on which principal received
on the Group IIB Certificates is equal to 50% of the Group IIB Original Pool
Balance.
"Group IIB Subordinated Amount": As of any Payment Date, the
difference between (x) the aggregate Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group
IIB as of the last day of the immediately preceding Remittance Period and (y)
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group IIB Certificates (after
taking into account all distributions of principal on such Group IIB
Certificates as of such Payment Date).
"Group IIB Subordination Deficit": With respect to any Payment Date,
the amount, if any, by which (x) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Group IIB Certificates, after taking into account all distributions to be
made on such Payment Date (except for any payment to be made as to principal
from the proceeds of the Certificate Insurance Policy), exceeds (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Group IIB Pool as of
the close of business on the last day of the preceding Remittance Period.
"Group IIB Subordination Increase Amount": Any Net Monthly Excess
Cashflow used as an accelerated payment of principal with respect to Group IIB.
"Group IIB Subordination Reduction Amount": As of any Payment Date,
the lesser of (x) the Group IIB Principal Remittance Amount for such Payment
Date and (y) the excess of (i) the Group IIB Subordinated Amount for such
Payment Date, assuming that 100% of the Group IIB Principal Remittance Amount is
applied on such Payment Date to the payment of principal on the Group IIB
Certificates over (ii) the Group IIB Specified Overcollateralization Amount for
such Payment Date.
"Group IIB Supplemental Interest Amount": With respect to a Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Class A-18 Current Interest Amount due on
the Class A-18 Certificates on any Payment Date calculated at the lesser of (1)
the related Formula Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Payment Date or (2) the
Group IIB Maximum Rate applicable to such Payment Date over (y) the interest due
on such Class calculated at the Group IIB Available Funds Cap Rate applicable to
such Payment Date.
"Group IIB Total Available Funds": As defined in Section
7.3(a) hereof.
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"Indemnification Agreement": The Indemnification Agreement dated
as of March 12, 1998 among the Insurer, the Sponsor and the Representative as
may be amended from time to time.
"Index": With respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage Note, the
applicable index set forth therein.
"Indirect Participant" shall mean any financial institution for whom
any Direct Participant holds an interest in a Class A Certificate.
"Initial Lower-Tier Balance": As set forth in Section 2.8(a)
hereof.
"Insurance Agreement": The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement
dated as of June 1, 1998 between the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, AMHC, the
Trustee and the Insurer, as it may be amended from time to time.
"Insurance Policy": The Insurance Policy.
"Insured Quantity": With respect to Group IA, the Group IA Insured
Quantity, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB Insured Quantity; with respect
to Group IIA, the Group IIA Insured Quantity, and with respect to Group IIB,
the Group IIB Insured Quantity.
"Insurer": Ambac Assurance Corporation, a Wisconsin-domiciled
stock insurance corporation.
"Insurer Default": Any one of the following events shall have
occurred and be continuing:
(a) The Insurer shall have failed to make a payment required under
the Insurance Policy;
(b) The Insurer shall have (i) filed a petition or commenced any
case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the United States
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar Federal or state law relating to
insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization, (ii) made
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (iii) had an order for
relief entered against it under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar Federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation,
liquidation or reorganization which is final and nonappealable; or
(c) A court of competent jurisdiction, the New York Department of
Insurance, or other competent regulatory authority shall have entered a final
and nonappealable order, judgment or decree (i) appointing a custodian,
trustee, agent or receiver for the Insurer or for all or any material portion
of its property or (ii) authorizing the taking of possession by a custodian,
trustee, agent or receiver of the Insurer (or the taking of possession of all
or any material portion of the property of the Insurer).
"Insured Payment": The Group IA Insured Payment, the Group IB
Insured Payment, the Group IIA Insured Payment and the Group IIB Insured
Payment.
"Interest Advance": As defined in Section 7.10(b) hereof.
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"Interest Determination Date": With respect to any Accrual Period
for the Class A-16 Certificates or the Class A-18 Certificates, the second
London Business Day preceding the first day of such Accrual Period.
"Interest Rate Adjustment Date": The date on which an adjustment to
the Coupon Rate on a Note becomes effective.
"Late Payment Rate": For any Payment Date, the lesser of (a) the
greater of (x) the per annum rate of interest publicly announced from time to
time by Citibank, N.A. as its prime or base lending rate (any change in such
rate of interest to be effective on the date such change is announced by
Citibank, N.A.), plus 2% per annum and (y) the then applicable highest rate of
interest on the Certificates and (b) the maximum rate permissible under
applicable usury or similar laws limiting interest rates. The Late Payment Rate
shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year
of 360 days.
"LIBOR": With respect to any Accrual Period for the Class A-16
Certificates and the Class A-18 Certificates, the rate determined by the Trustee
on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the offered rates of
the Reference Banks for one-month U.S. dollar deposits, as such rates appear on
Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest
Determination Date. On each Interest Determination Date, LIBOR for the related
Accrual Period will be established by the Trustee as follows:
(ii) If on such Interest Determination Date two or more Reference
Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the related Accrual
Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounded
upwards if necessary to the nearest 1/100,000 of 1% (0.0000001) with five
one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, of all such
quotations).
(iii) If on such Interest Determination Date fewer than two
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the related
Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean, rounded upward, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100,000 of 1% (0.0000001), with five
one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, of the offered per
annum rates that one or more leading banks in New York City, selected by
the Indenture Trustee, are quoting as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New
York City time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to leading European Banks
for United States dollar deposits for the Index Maturity; provided, that
if the banks selected as aforesaid are not quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, LIBOR in effect for the applicable Interest Period will be LIBOR
in effect for the previous Interest Period.
"Liquidated Loan": As defined in Section 8.13(b) hereof. A
Mortgage Loan which is purchased from the Trust pursuant to Section 3.3, 3.4,
3.6(b) or 8.10 hereof is not a "Liquidated Loan".
"Liquidation Expenses": Expenses which are incurred by the Master
Servicer or any Sub-servicer in connection with the liquidation of any defaulted
Mortgage Loan, such expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees and
expenses, and any unreimbursed Servicing Advances expended by the Master
Servicer or any Sub-servicer pursuant to Section 8.9 with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan.
"Liquidation Proceeds": With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any
amounts (including the proceeds of any Mortgage Loan Insurance Policy) recovered
by the Master
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Servicer in connection with such Liquidated Loan, whether through trustee's
sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise.
"Loan Balance": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the outstanding
principal balance thereof as of the Cut-Off Date, less any related Principal
Remittance Amounts relating to such Mortgage Loan included in previous related
Monthly Remittance Amounts that were transferred by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer to the Trustee for deposit in the related Certificate Account;
provided, however, (x) that the Loan Balance for any Mortgage Loan which has
become a Liquidated Loan shall be zero as of the first day of the Remittance
Period following the Remittance Period in which such Mortgage Loan becomes a
Liquidated Loan, and at all times thereafter and (y) the Loan Balance "as of the
Cut-Off Date" for any Mortgage Loan originated during the period from the
Cut-Off Date to the Startup Day shall be the original Loan Balance thereof.
"Loan Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan purchased
from the Trust on a Remittance Date pursuant to Section 3.3, 3.4, 3.6(b) or 8.10
hereof, an amount equal to the Loan Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date
of purchase, plus one month's interest on the outstanding Loan Balance thereof
as of the beginning of the preceding Remittance Period computed at the Coupon
Rate less the Servicing Fee (expressed as an annual percentage rate), if any,
together with, without duplication, the aggregate amount of (i) all delinquent
interest, all Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances theretofore made with
respect to such Mortgage Loan and not subsequently recovered from the related
Mortgage Loan, (ii) all Delinquency Advances which the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer has theretofore failed to remit with respect to such Mortgage Loan
and (iii) any Group Reimbursement Amount relating to such Mortgage Loan relating
to such Group.
"London Business Day": A day on which banks are open for
dealing in foreign currency, and exchange in London and New York City.
"Lower-Tier Balance": As to each Class of Lower-Tier Interests and
any Payment Date, the Initial Lower-Tier Balance as set forth in Section 2.8(a)
minus all amounts distributed as principal of such Class on previous Payment
Dates pursuant to Section 7.5(d) or (e).
"Lower-Tier Group I Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Lower-Tier Interest 1 Monthly Interest, the
Lower-Tier Interest 2 Monthly Interest and the Group I Principal Distribution
Amount.
"Lower-Tier Group II Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Lower-Tier Interest 3 Monthly Interest and the
Group II Principal Distribution Amount.
"Lower-Tier Interest 1": The interest of that name established
pursuant to Section 2.08(a) hereof.
"Lower-Tier Interest 2": The interest of that name established
pursuant to Section 2.08(a) hereof.
"Lower-Tier Interest 3": The interest of that name established
pursuant to Section 2.08(a) hereof.
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"Lower-Tier Interest 4": The interest of that name established
pursuant to Section 2.08(a) hereof.
"Lower-Tier Interest 1 Monthly Interest": With respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of interest accrued on the Lower-Tier Balance of the
Lower-Tier Interest 1 immediately prior to such Payment Date during the related
Accrual Period at the Lower-Tier Interest 1 Pass-Through Rate.
"Lower-Tier Interest 1 Pass-Through Rate": For any Payment Date,
the Group I Net Weighted Average Coupon Rate.
"Lower-Tier Interest 2 Monthly Interest": With respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of interest accrued on the Lower-Tier Balance of the
Lower-Tier Interest 2 immediately prior to such Payment Date during the related
Accrual Period at the Lower-Tier Interest 2 Pass-Through Rate.
"Lower-Tier Interest 2 Pass-Through Rate": For any Payment Date,
the Group I Net Weighted Average Coupon Rate.
"Lower-Tier Interest 3 Monthly Interest": With respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of interest accrued on the Lower-Tier Balance of the
Lower-Tier Interest 3 immediately prior to such Payment Date during the related
Accrual Period at the Lower-Tier Interest 3 Pass-Through Rate.
"Lower-Tier Interest 3 Pass-Through Rate": For any Payment Date,
the Group II Net Weighted Average Coupon Rate.
"Lower-Tier Interest 4 Monthly Interest": With respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of interest accrued on the Lower-Tier Balance of the
Lower-Tier Interest 4 immediately prior to such Payment Date during the related
Accrual Period at the Lower-Tier Interest 4 Pass-Through Rate.
"Lower-Tier Interest 4 Pass-Through Rate": For any Payment Date,
the Group II Net Weighted Average Coupon Rate.
"Lower-Tier Pass-Through Rate": As to each of the respective
Lower-Tier Interests, the applicable "Lower-Tier Pass-Through Rate" set forth in
Section 2.08 hereof.
"Lower-Tier REMIC": The segregated pool of assets referred to as the
Trust Estate, other than the Upper-Tier Group I Distribution Account and the
Upper-Tier Group II Distribution Account which are assets of the Upper-Tier
REMIC.
"Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class": With respect to the Lower-Tier
REMIC, the interest therein designated as the "residual interest" therein for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class shall be
uncertificated, and shall be issuable only in Percentage Interest of 100% to
Advanta Conduit Receivables, Inc. as Tax Matters Person. Such interests shall be
non-transferable, except that Advanta Conduit Receivables, Inc. may assign such
interest to another person who accepts such assignment and the designation as
Tax Matters Person pursuant to Section 11.17 hereof. The Lower-Tier REMIC
Residual Class is entitled only to any amounts at any time held in the
Certificate Account and not required to be
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paid to the Upper-Tier REMIC, which is expected to be zero at all times during
the term of this Agreement.
"Master Servicer": Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, a Delaware
corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns.
"Master Servicer's Trust Receipt": The Master Servicer's trust
receipt in the form set forth as Exhibit J hereto.
"Master Servicing Fee": As to any Payment Date the product of (x)
one-twelfth of 0.50% and (y) the aggregate Loan Balances of the Unaffiliated
Originator Loans as of the opening of business on the first day of the calendar
month preceding such Payment Date.
"Master Transfer Agreement": Any one of the Master Loan Transfer
Agreements among the Sponsor and/or the Conduit Acquisition Trust, the Trustee
and one or more Originators. For purposes of this Agreement the Master Loan
Transfer Agreements are (x) the Master Loan Transfer Agreement dated as of June
15, 1997 among the Sponsor, the Trustee and the Affiliated Originators named
therein and (y) any similar agreement with an Unaffiliated Originator designated
as a "Master Transfer Agreement" together, in either case, with any related
Conveyance Agreements (as defined therein).
"Maximum Rate": Means the Group IIA Maximum Rate or the Group IIB
Maximum Rate, as applicable.
"Monthly Excess Interest Amount": With respect to Group IA, the
Group IA Monthly Interest Amount, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB Monthly
Interest Amount, with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA Monthly Interest
Amount, and with respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB Monthly Interest Amount.
"Monthly Remittance Amount": With respect to Group IA, the Group IA
Monthly Remittance Amount, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB Monthly
Remittance Amount, with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA Monthly Remittance
Amount, and with respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB Monthly Remittance Amount.
"Mortgage Loan Insurance Policy":" Any hazard, title or primary
mortgage insurance policy relating to a Mortgage Loan.
"Moody's": Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first or second or third lien on an estate in fee simple interest in
real property securing a Note.
"Mortgage Loan Group": Either Group IA, Group IB, Group IIA or Group
IIB. References herein to the related Class of Class A Certificates, when used
with respect to a Mortgage Loan Group, shall mean (A) in the case of Group IA,
the Group IA Certificates, (B) in the case of Group IB, the Group IB
Certificates, (C) in the case of Group IIA, the Group IIA Certificates and (D)
in the case of Group IIB, the Group IIB Certificates.
"Mortgage Loans": Such of the mortgage loans transferred and
assigned to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.5(a) hereof, together with any
Qualified Replacement Mortgages substituted therefor in accordance with this
Agreement, as from time to time are held as a part of
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the Trust Estate, the Mortgage Loans originally so held being identified in the
Schedule of Mortgage Loans. The term "Mortgage Loan" includes the terms "First
Mortgage Loan", "Second Mortgage Loan" and "Third Mortgage Loan". The term
"Mortgage Loan" includes any Mortgage Loan which is Delinquent, which relates to
a foreclosure or which relates to a Property which is REO Property prior to such
Property's disposition by the Trust. Any mortgage loan which, although intended
by the parties hereto to have been, and which purportedly was, transferred and
assigned to the Trust by the Sponsor, in fact was not transferred and assigned
to the Trust for any reason whatsoever shall nevertheless be considered a
"Mortgage Loan" for all purposes of this Agreement.
"Mortgagor": The obligor on a Note.
"Net Liquidation Proceeds": As to any Liquidated Loan, Liquidation
Proceeds net of, without duplication, Liquidation Expenses and unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and accrued and unpaid
Servicing Fees through the date of liquidation relating to such Liquidated Loan.
In no event shall Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Liquidated Loan
be less than zero.
"Net Monthly Excess CashFlow": As defined in Section 7.5(b)(E).
"Nonrecoverable Advances": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, (a)
any Delinquency Advance or Servicing Advance previously made and not reimbursed
pursuant to Sections 7.5(b)(E)(3), 8.9(a) or 8.9(c) or (b) a Delinquency Advance
or Servicing Advance proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property either of which, in the good faith business judgment of the Master
Servicer, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate delivered no later than 1
Business Day prior to the related Determination Date to the Insurer and the
Trustee would not be ultimately recoverable pursuant to Sections 7.5, 8.9(a) or
8.9(c).
"Note": The note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
"Officer's Certificate": A certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of any Person delivering such certificate and delivered to the Trustee.
"Operative Documents": Collectively, this Agreement, the Master
Transfer Agreements, Insurance Policy, the Insurance Agreement, the
Indemnification Agreement and Certificates.
"Original Principal Amount": With respect to each Note, the
principal amount of such Note or the mortgage note relating to a Senior Lien, as
the case may be, on the date of origination thereof.
"Originator": Any entity from which the Sponsor has purchased
Mortgage Loans, or Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA, Advanta Mortgage Corp.
Midatlantic, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Midatlantic II, Advanta Mortgage Corp.
Midwest, Advanta Mortgage Corp. of New Jersey, Advanta Mortgage Corp. Northeast,
Advanta National Bank and Advanta Finance Corp.
"Outstanding": With respect to all Certificates of a Class, as of
any date of determination, all such Certificates theretofore executed and
delivered hereunder except:
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(i) Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Certificates or portions thereof for which full and
final payment money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee in trust for the Owners of such Certificates;
(iii) Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any
such Certificates are held by a bona fide purchaser; and
(iv) Certificates alleged to have been destroyed, lost
or stolen for which replacement Certificates have been issued as provided
for in Section 5.5 hereof.
"Owner": The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the
Register, to the extent described in Section 5.6.
"Pass-Through Rate": As to the each Class of Certificates, the
related Pass-Through Rate.
"Payment Date": Any date on which the Trustee is required to make
distributions to the Owners, which shall be the 25th day of each month,
commencing in the month following the Startup Day, or if the 25th day is not a
Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day.
"Percentage Interest": As to any Class A Certificate, that
percentage, expressed as a fraction, the numerator of which is the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Certificate as of the Cut-Off Date and the denominator
of which is the Certificate Principal Balance of all Certificates of the same
Class as of the Cut-Off Date; and as to any Class R Certificate, that Percentage
Interest set forth on such Class R Certificate.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Pool Cumulative Realized Losses": With respect to any period, the
sum of all Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related
Group experienced during such period.
"Pool Delinquency Rate": With respect to any Remittance Period, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (x) the aggregate principal
balances of all Mortgage Loans 90 or more days Delinquent (including all
foreclosures and REO Properties) as of the close of business on the last day of
such Remittance Period over (y) the Pool Principal Balance as of the close of
business on the last day of such Remittance Period.
"Pool Principal Balance": The aggregate principal balances of all
Mortgage Loans.
"Pool Rolling Six Month Delinquency Rate": As of any Payment Date
commencing with the seventh Payment Date, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, equal to the average of the Pool Delinquency Rates for each of the
six immediately preceding Remittance Periods with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
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"Premium Amount": As to any Payment Date, the product of (x)
one-twelfth of the Premium Percentage and (y) the sum of the Group IA
Certificate Principal Balance, the Group IB Certificate Principal Balance, the
Group IIA Certificate Principal Balance and the Group IIB Certificate Principal
Balance on such Payment Date (after taking into account any distributions of the
Group IA Principal Distribution Amount, Group IB Principal Distribution Amount,
Group IIA Principal Distribution Amount and the Group IIB Principal Distribution
Amount on such Payment Date).
"Premium Percentage": As defined in the Insurance Agreement.
"Prepaid Installment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
installment of principal thereof and interest thereon received prior to the
scheduled due date for such installment, intended by the Mortgagor as an early
payment thereof and not as a Prepayment with respect to such Mortgage Loan.
"Prepayment": Any payment of principal of a Mortgage Loan which is
received by the Master Servicer in advance of the scheduled due date for the
payment of such principal (other than the principal portion of any Prepaid
Installment), and the proceeds of any Mortgage Loan Insurance Policy which are
to be applied as a payment of principal on the related Mortgage Loan shall be
deemed to be Prepayments for all purposes of this Agreement.
"Preservation Expenses": Expenditures made by the Master Servicer or
any Sub-Servicer in connection with a foreclosed Mortgage Loan prior to the
liquidation thereof, including, without limitation, expenditures for real estate
property taxes, hazard insurance premiums, property restoration or preservation.
"Principal and Interest Account": Collectively, each principal and
interest account created by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to
Section 8.8(a) hereof, or pursuant to any Sub-Servicing Agreement.
"Principal Remittance Amount": As applicable, the Group IA Principal
Remittance Amount, the Group IB Principal Remittance Amount, the Group IIA
Principal Amount or the Group IIB Principal Remittance Amount.
"Prohibited Transaction": "Prohibited transaction" shall have the
meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section
860F(a)(2) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the
Trust.
"Property": The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.
"Property Insurance Policy": Any hazard, title or primary mortgage
insurance policy relating to a Mortgage Loan.
"Prospectus": Such final prospectus dated October 30, 1997, as
supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated June 11, 1998 relating to the
Class A Certificates.
"Purchase Option Period": As defined in Section 9.3(b) hereof.
"Qualified Liquidation": "Qualified liquidation" shall have the
meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section
860F(a)(4) of the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the
Trust and the Tax Estates.
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"Qualified Mortgage": "Qualified mortgage" shall have the meaning
set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(3) of
the Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust and the
Mortgage Loan Groups.
"Qualified Replacement Mortgage": A Mortgage Loan substituted for
another pursuant to Section 3.3, 3.4 or 3.6(b) hereof, which (i) bears a
variable rate of interest if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted for is in Group
IIA or Group IIB or bears a fixed rate of interest if the Mortgage Loan to be
substituted for is in Group IA or Group IB, (ii) has a Coupon Rate at least
equal to the Coupon Rate of the Mortgage Loan being replaced, (which, in the
case of a Mortgage Loan in Group II, shall mean a Mortgage Loan having the same
interest rate index, a margin over such index and a maximum interest rate at
least equal to those applicable to the Mortgage Loan being replaced), (iii) is
of the same or better property type and the same or better occupancy status as
the replaced Mortgage Loan, (iv) shall be of the same or better credit quality
classification (determined in accordance with the Originators' credit
underwriting guidelines) as the Mortgage Loan being replaced, (v) shall mature
no later than May 31, 2028, (vi) has a Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the
Cut-Off Date no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the replaced
Mortgage Loan at such time, (vii) has a Loan Balance as of the related
Replacement Cut-Off Date equal to or less than the Loan Balance of the replaced
Mortgage Loans as of such Replacement Cut-Off Date, (viii) satisfies all of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 and the criteria set
forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(4) of the
Code (or any successor statute thereto) and applicable to the Trust, all as
evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Sponsor delivered to the Insurer
and the Trustee prior to any such substitution and (ix) is a valid First
Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted for is a valid First
Mortgage Loan or, Second Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan to be substituted
for is a Second Mortgage Loan, or Third Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan to be
substituted for is a Third Mortgage Loan. In the event that one or more mortgage
loans are proposed to be substituted for one or more mortgage loans, the Insurer
may allow the foregoing tests to be met on a weighted average basis with respect
to the Mortgage Loans in Group I only or other aggregate basis acceptable to the
Insurer, as evidenced by a written consent delivered to the Trustee by the
Insurer, except that the requirement of clauses (vi) and (viii) hereof must be
satisfied as to each Qualified Replacement Mortgage.
"Rating Agency": Each of Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
"Realized Loss": As to any Liquidated Loan, the amount, if any, by
which the Loan Balance thereof as of the date of liquidation is in excess of Net
Liquidation Proceeds realized thereon.
"Record Date": With respect to each Payment Date, (a) with respect
to the Fixed Rate Certificates, the last Business Day of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs and
(b) with respect to the Floating Rate Certificates, the Business Day immediately
preceding such Payment Date (unless the Floating Rate Certificates become
definitive, in which event the Record Date shall be the last Business Day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Payment
Date occurs).
"Reference Banks": Bankers Trust Company, Barclay's Bank PLC, The
Bank of Tokyo and National Westminster Bank PLC; provided that if any of the
foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading
banks selected by the Trustee which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place
of business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under
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common control with the Sponsor or any affiliate thereof, (iii) whose quotations
appear on the Telerate Page 3750 on the relevant Interest Determination Date and
(iv) which have been designated as such by the Trustee.
"Reimbursement Amount": With respect to Group IA, the Group IA
Reimbursement Amount, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB Reimbursement
Amount, with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA Reimbursement Amount and with
respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB Reimbursement Amount.
"Register": The register maintained by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 5.4 hereof, in which the names of the Owners are set forth.
"Registrar": The Trustee, acting in its capacity as Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof, or any duly appointed and eligible
successor thereto.
"Registration Statement": The Registration Statement filed by the
Sponsor with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including all amendments
thereto and including the Prospectus relating to the Class A Certificates
constituting a part thereof.
"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 the Code, and related provisions, and regulations and
rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to
time.
"REMIC Trust": The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Trust
Estate, except for the Supplemental Interest Trust and the Supplemental Interest
Payment Account.
"Remittance Date": Any date on which the Master Servicer is required
to remit monies on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account to the Trustee,
which shall be no later than the 18th day of each month, or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, commencing in the month
following the month in which the Startup Day occurs.
"Remittance Period": The period (inclusive) beginning on
the first day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in
which a Remittance Date occurs and ending on the last day of such
immediately preceding calendar month.
"REO Property": A Property acquired by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer on behalf of the Trust through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.
"Replacement Cut-Off Date": With respect to any Qualified
Replacement Mortgage, the first day of the calendar month in which such
Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the Trust.
"Representation Letter" The letters to, or agreements with, the
Depository to effectuate a book entry system with respect to the Class A
Certificates registered in the Register under the nominee name of the
Depository.
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"Representative": Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., Incorporated, as
representative of the Underwriters.
"Required Distributions": The Group IA Required Distributions, the
Group IB Required Distributions, the Group IIA Required Distributions or the
Group IIB Required Distributions, as applicable.
"Schedules of Mortgage Loans": The Schedules of Mortgage Loans,
attached hereto as Schedule I. Such Schedules shall also contain one of the
following codes for each Mortgage Loan: "C" if such Mortgage Loan is an
Unaffiliated Originator Loan or "A" for all other Mortgage Loans. The
information contained on each Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be delivered to the
Trustee on a computer readable magnetic tape or disk.
"Second Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a second
priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property.
"Securities Act": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Lien": With respect to any Second Mortgage Loan, the
mortgage loan relating to the corresponding Property having a first priority
lien; and with respect to any Third Mortgage Loan, the mortgage loans relating
to the corresponding Property having first and second priority liens.
"Servicer Affiliate": A Person (i) controlling, controlled by or
under common control with the Master Servicer and (ii) which is qualified to
service residential mortgage loans.
"Servicing Advance": As defined in Section 8.9(c) and Section 8.13
hereof.
"Servicing Fee": With respect to any Mortgage Loan which is an
Unaffiliated Originator Loan, the sum of any servicing fee relating to such
Unaffiliated Originator Loan and the Master Servicing Fee. With respect to any
Mortgage Loan other than an Unaffiliated Originator Loan, the Advanta Servicing
Fee. The Sponsor shall inform the Trustee as to the level of any servicing fee
relating to an Unaffiliated Originator Loan, which shall not be in excess of
0.50% per month, unless otherwise approved by the Control Party in writing.
"Servicer Termination Loss Trigger": As defined in the Insurance
Agreement.
"Special Advance": Any advance made by the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 8.9(d) hereof.
"Specified Overcollateralization Amount": As defined in the
Insurance Agreement.
"Sponsor": Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Standard & Poor's": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division
of The McGraw Hill Companies.
"Startup Day": June 22, 1998.
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"Reimbursement Amount": With respect to Group IA, the Group IA
Reimbursement Amount, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB Reimbursement
Amount, with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA Reimbursement Amount and with
respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB Reimbursement Amount.
"Subordinated Amount": With respect to Group IA, the Group IA
Subordinated Amount, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB Subordinated Amount,
with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA Subordinated Amount and with respect to
Group IIB, the Group IIB Subordinated Amount.
"Subordination Deficit": With respect to Group IA, the Group IA
Subordinated Deficit, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB Subordinated
Deficit, with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA Subordinated Deficit and with
respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB Subordinated Deficit.
"Subordination Increase Amount": With respect to Group IA, the Group
IA Subordination Increase Amount, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB
Subordination Increase Amount, with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA
Subordination Increase Amount and with respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB
Subordination Increase Amount.
Subordination Reduction Amount": With respect to Group IA, the Group
IA Subordination Reduction Amount, with respect to Group IB, the Group IB
Subordination Reduction Amount, with respect to Group IIA, the Group IIA
Subordination Reduction Amount and with respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB
Subordination Reduction Amount.
"Substitution Amount": In connection with the delivery of any
Qualified Replacement Mortgage, if the outstanding principal amount of such
Qualified Replacement Mortgage as of the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date is
less than the Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loan being replaced as of such
Replacement Cut-Off Date, an amount equal to such difference together with
accrued and unpaid interest on such amount calculated at the Coupon Rate net of
the Servicing Fee of the Mortgage Loan being replaced.
"Sub-Servicer": Any Person with whom the Master Servicer has entered
into a Sub-Servicing Agreement and who satisfies any requirements set forth in
Section 8.3 hereof in respect of the qualification of a Sub-Servicer .
"Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the Master
Servicer and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and/or administration of
certain Mortgage Loans as permitted by Section 8.3.
"Supplemental Interest Amount": With respect to Group IIA, the Group
IIA Supplemental Interest Amount; with respect to Group IIB, the Group IIB
Supplemental Interst Amount.
"Supplemental Interest Payment Account": The Supplemental Interest
Payment Account established in accordance with Section 7.10(a) hereof and
maintained by the Trustee.
"Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available": As defined in
Section 7.10(b) hereof.
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"Supplemental Interest Trust": The Advanta Supplemental Interest
Trust 1998-2 created pursuant to Section 7.10(a) hereof.
"Tax Matters Person": The Tax Matters Person appointed pursuant to
Section 11.17 hereof.
"Tax Matters Person Residual Interest": The 100% interest in the
Class R Certificates and the Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class, each of which
shall be issued to and held by Advanta Conduit Receivables, Inc. throughout the
term hereof unless another Person shall accept an assignment of such interest
and the designation of Tax Matters Person pursuant to Section 11.17 hereof.
"Termination Notice": As defined in Section 9.3(b) hereof.
"Termination Price": As defined in Section 9.2(a) hereof.
"Third Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan which constitutes a third
priority mortgage lien with respect to the related Property.
"Total Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to a Mortgage Loan
Group, an amount equal to the sum of (x) the Total Monthly Excess Interest
Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date plus any
Subordination Reduction Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group and
Payment Date.
"Transaction Documents": Collectively this Agreement, the Insurance
Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Class A Certificates, the
Master Transfer Agreements, any Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification
Agreement, the Registration Statement relating to the Class A Certificates and
the Certificates.
"Trust": Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-2, the trust created under
this Agreement.
"Trust Estate": Collectively, all money, instruments and other
property, to the extent such money, instruments and other property are subject
or intended to be held in trust, and in the subtrusts, for the benefit of the
Owners, including all proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, (i) the
Mortgage Loans, (ii) such amounts, including Eligible Investments, as from time
to time may be held in all Accounts, (iii) any Property, the ownership of which
has been effected on behalf of the Trust as a result of foreclosure or
acceptance by the Master Servicer of a deed in lieu of foreclosure and that has
not been withdrawn from the Trust, (iv) any Insurance Policies relating to the
Mortgage Loans and any rights of the Sponsor under any Insurance Policies, (v)
Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Liquidated Loan, (vi) the rights of
the Trustee under the Insurance Policy, and (vii) the rights of the Sponsor
against any Originator pursuant to the related Master Transfer Agreement.
"Trustee": Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., located on the
date of execution of this Agreement at Bankers Trust Company, 0 Xxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, a national banking association, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Trustee under this Agreement, and any successor
hereunder.
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"Trustee's Fees": With respect to any Payment Date and Mortgage Loan
Group, the product of (x) one-twelfth of 0.00700% and (y) the aggregate Loan
Balance of the Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Loan Group as of the
beginning of the related Remittance Period.
"Unaffiliated Originator Loan": Any Mortgage Loan purchased by the
Sponsor from an Unaffiliated Originator and sold to the Trust by the Sponsor.
"Unaffiliated Originators": Any Originator who is not affiliated
with the Sponsor.
"Uncertificated Interest": As defined in Section 2.8(b) hereof.
"Underwriters": Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Xxxxxx Brothers
Inc. and Prudential Securities Incorporated.
"Upper-Tier Group I Distribution Account": The Upper-Tier Group I
Distribution Account established pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.
"Upper-Tier Group II Distribution Account": The Upper-Tier Group II
Distribution Account established pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.
"Upper-Tier REMIC": The REMIC established pursuant to Section 2.8
hereof with respect to the Class A Certificates. The assets of the Upper-Tier
REMIC shall include the Upper-Tier Group I Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier
Group II Distribution Account and the right to receive the distributions
deposited therein with respect to each Lower-Tier Interest.
SECTION 1.2. USE OF WORDS AND PHRASES. "Herein", "hereby",
"hereunder", "hereof", "hereinbefore", "hereinafter" and other equivalent words
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not solely to the particular section of
this Agreement in which any such word is used. The definitions set forth in
Section 1.1 hereof include both the singular and the plural. Whenever used in
this Agreement, any pronoun shall be deemed to include both singular and plural
and to cover all genders.
SECTION 1.3. CAPTIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. The captions or headings
in this Agreement and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and in no
way define, limit or describe the scope and intent of any provisions of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.4. OPINIONS. Each opinion with respect to the validity,
binding nature and enforceability of documents or Certificates may be qualified
to the extent that the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law) and may state that no
opinion is expressed on the availability of the remedy of specific enforcement,
injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy. Any opinion required to be
furnished by any Person hereunder must be delivered by counsel upon whose
opinion the addressee of such opinion may reasonably rely, and such opinion may
state that it is given in reasonable reliance upon an opinion of another, a copy
of which must be attached, concerning the laws of a foreign jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST
SECTION 2.1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST. The parties hereto do
hereby create and establish, pursuant to the laws of the State of New York and
this Agreement, the Trust, which, for convenience, shall be known as "Advanta
Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-2". Each Mortgage Loan Group shall constitute a
sub-trust of the Trust.
SECTION 2.2. OFFICE. The office of the Trust shall be in care of
the Trustee, addressed to Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other address as the Trustee may
designate by notice to the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Owners and the
Insurer.
SECTION 2.3. PURPOSES AND POWERS. The purpose of the Trust is to
engage in the following activities, and only such activities: (i) the issuance
of the Certificates and the acquiring, owning and holding of Mortgage Loans and
the Trust Estate in connection therewith; (ii) activities that are necessary,
suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or
connected therewith, including the investment of monies in accordance with this
Agreement; and (iii) such other activities as may be required in connection with
conservation of the Trust Estate and distributions to the Owners; provided,
however, that nothing contained herein shall permit the Trustee to take any
action which would result in the loss of REMIC status for the REMIC Trust.
SECTION 2.4. APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE; DECLARATION OF TRUST. The
Sponsor hereby appoints the Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the
Startup Day, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein. The
Trustee hereby acknowledges and accepts such appointment, represents and
warrants its eligibility as of the Startup Day to serve as Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.8 hereof and declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust
upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the
Owners and the Insurer, as their interests may appear.
SECTION 2.5. EXPENSES OF THE TRUST. Any expenses of the Trust that
have been reviewed and approved by the Sponsor (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), including the reasonable expenses of the Trustee shall
be paid by the Sponsor to the Trustee or to such other Person to whom such
amounts may be due. Failure by the Sponsor to pay any such fees or other
expenses shall not relieve the Trustee of its obligations hereunder. The Trustee
hereby covenants with the Owners that every material contract or other material
agreement entered into by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall expressly
state therein that no Owner shall be personally liable in connection with such
contract or agreement.
SECTION 2.6. OWNERSHIP OF THE TRUST. On the Startup Day the
ownership interests in the Trust and the subtrusts shall be transferred as set
forth in Section 4.2 hereof, such transfer to be evidenced by sale of the
Certificates as described therein. Thereafter, transfer of any ownership
interest shall be governed by Sections 5.4 and 5.8 hereof.
SECTION 2.7. SITUS OF THE TRUST. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust constitute a trust under the laws of the State of
New York. The Trust will be created in, and all Accounts maintained by the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust will be located in, the State of New York. The
Trust will not have any employees and will not have any real or personal
property (other than property acquired pursuant to Section 8.13 hereof) located
in any state other
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than in the State of New York and payments will be received by the Trust
only in the State of New York and payments from the Trust will be made only from
the State of New York. The Trust's only office will be at the office of the
Trustee as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
SECTION 2.8. MISCELLANEOUS REMIC PROVISIONS.
(a) The beneficial ownership interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC shall
be evidenced by the interests having the characteristics and terms as follows:
Initial Lower- Lower-Tier Pass Final Scheduled
Class Designation Tier Balance Through Rate Payment Dates
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Lower-Tier Interest 1 $ 55,000,000 (1) 01/25/2029
Lower-Tier Interest 2 $495,000,000 (1) 01/25/2029
Lower-Tier Interest 3 $281,250,000 (2) 01/25/2029
Lower-Tier Interest 4 $ 93,750,000 (2) 01/25/2029
Lower-Tier REMIC Residual (3) (3) 01/25/2029
(1) On any Payment Date, the Group I Net Weighted Average Coupon Rate.
(2) On any Payment Date, the Group II Net Weighted Average Coupon
Rate.
(3) The Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class is not issued with a Lower-Tier
Balance or a Lower-Tier Pass Through Rate.
(b) The Lower-Tier Interests shall be issued as non-certified
interests. The Lower-Tier Interests (other than the Lower-Tier REMIC Residual)
shall be issued and held by the Trustee as assets of the Upper-Tier REMIC.
(c) Lower-Tier Interest 1 has an initial principal balance equal to
the initial balance of the sum of the Class A-7, Class A-8 and Class A-15
Certificate Principal Balances. Lower-Tier Interest 2 has an initial balance
equal to the excess of the Group I Original Pool Balance over the sum of the
Class A-7, Class A-8 and Class A-15 Certificate Principal Balances. Lower-Tier
Interest 4 has an initial balance equal to the initial balance of the sum of the
Class A-17 and Class A-19 Certificate Principal Balances. Lower-Tier Interest 3
has an initial balance equal to the excess of the Group II Original Pool Balance
over the sum of the Class A-17 and Class A-19 Certificate Principal Balances.
(d) On each Payment Date, the Group 1 Principal Distribution Amount
shall be allocated as follows: an amount equal to the principal payable on the
Class A-7, Class A-8 and Class A-15 Certificates shall be payable on Lower-Tier
Interest 1 and the remaining amount shall be payable on Lower-Tier Interest 2.
On each Payment Date, to the extent that the Monthly Excess Interest Amount is
paid to the Class A-7, Class A-8 and Class A-15 Certificates, an amount of
interest otherwise payable on Lower-Tier Interest 2 shall instead be paid as
principal on Lower-Tier Interest 1 (and will be accrued and added to principal
on Lower-Tier Interest 2). Group I Applied Realized Losses shall be allocated as
follows: an amount equal to the Group I Applied Realized Losses allocable to the
Class A-6 Certificates shall be allocable to Lower-Tier Interest 1 and the
remaining Group I Applied Realized Losses shall be allocable to Lower-Tier
Interest 2.
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(e) On each Payment Date, the Group II Principal Distribution Amount
shall be allocated as follows: an amount equal to the principal payable on the
Class A-17 and Class A-19 Certificates shall be payable on Lower-Tier Interest 4
and the remaining amount shall be payable on Lower-Tier Interest 3. On each
Payment Date, to the extent the Monthly Excess Interest Amount is paid to the
Class A-17 and Class A-19 Certificates, an amount of interest otherwise payable
on Lower-Tier Interest 3 shall instead be paid as principal on Lower-Tier
Interest 4 (and will be accrued and added to principal on Lower-Tier Interest
3). Group II Applied Realized Losses shall be allocated as follows: an amount
equal to the Group II Applied Realized Losses allocable to the Class A-17 and
Class A-19 Certificates shall be allocable to Lower-Tier Interest 4 and the
remaining Group II Applied Realized Losses shall be allocable to Lower-Tier
Interest 3.
(f) The Sponsor hereby designates Lower-Tier Interest 1, Lower-Tier
Interest 2 and Lower-Tier Interest 3 as "regular interests" in the Lower-Tier
REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC Residual as the single class of "residual
interests" in the Lower-Tier REMIC.
(g) The Sponsor hereby designates the Class A-1 Certificates, Class
A-2 Certificates, Class A-3 Certificates, Class A-4 Certificates, Class A-5
Certificates, Class A-6 Certificates, Class A-7 Certificates, Class A-8
Certificates, Class A-9 Certificates, Class A-10 Certificates, Class A-11
Certificates, Class A-12 Certificates, Class A-13 Certificates, Class A-14
Certificates, Class A-16 Certificates, Class A-17 Certificates, Class A-18 and
Class A-19 Certificates as "regular interests," and the Class R Certificates as
the single class of "residual interests" in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.
(h) The Startup Day is hereby designated as the "startup day" of the
Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(9) of the Code.
(i) The Owner of the Tax Matters Person Residual Interests in the
Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC is hereby designated as "tax matters
person" as defined in the REMIC Provisions with respect to each such REMIC.
(j) The Trust and each REMIC shall, for federal income tax purposes,
maintain books on a calendar year basis and report income on an accrual basis.
(k) The Trustee shall cause the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier
REMIC each to elect to be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any
inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of the
Trust shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of such election
to be treated as a REMIC. The Trustee shall report all expenses of the Trust
Estate to the Lower-Tier REMIC.
(l) For all Federal tax law purposes amounts transferred by the
Trustee to the Owners of the Class R Certificates shall be treated as
distributions by the Upper-Tier REMIC and amounts, if any, distributed on the
Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class, if any, shall be treated as distributions by
the Lower-Tier REMIC. It is expected that there shall not be any distributions
to the Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class.
(m) The Trustee shall provide to the Internal Revenue Service and to
the person described in Section 860(E)(e)(3) and (6) of the Code the information
described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.860D-1(b)(5)(ii), or any successor
regulation thereto with respect to both the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier
REMIC. Such information will be provided
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in the manner described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.860E-2(a)(5), or any
successor regulation thereto.
(n) The final scheduled Payment Date for any Class of Certificates
is hereby established as follows:
CLASS FINAL SCHEDULED PAYMENT DATES
Class Final Scheduled
Payment Date
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Class A-1 May 25, 2013
Class A-2 May 25, 2014
Class A-3 April 25, 2019
Class A-4 December 25, 2022
Class A-5 July 25, 2026
Class A-6 June 25, 2028
Class A-7 March 25, 2013
Class A-8 June 25, 2028
Class A-9 August 25, 2011
Class A-10 June 25, 2014
Class A-11 November 25, 2016
Class A-12 August 25, 2019
Class A-13 January 25, 2025
Class A-14 June 25, 2028
Class A-15 June 25, 2028
Class A-16 June 25, 2028
Class A-17 September 25, 2018
Class A-18 June 25, 2028
Class A-19 February 25, 2018
Class F-IO December 25, 2000
Class A-IO August 25, 1999
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
OF THE SPONSOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER;
COVENANT OF SPONSOR TO CONVEY MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SPONSOR. The
Sponsor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, the Insurer
and to the Owners as of the Startup Day that:
(a) The Sponsor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of
its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such qualification
necessary. The Sponsor has all requisite corporate power and authority to own
and operate its properties, to carry out its business as presently conducted and
as proposed to be conducted and to enter into and discharge its obligations
under this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
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(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents to which the Sponsor is a party by the Sponsor and its
performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and of the other
Operative Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Sponsor and will not violate the
Sponsor's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or constitute a default (or an
event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other
instrument to which the Sponsor is a party or by which the Sponsor is bound, or
violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court, governmental
agency or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Sponsor or any of
its properties.
(c) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the
Sponsor is a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligation of the Sponsor, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, except as the enforcement hereof and thereof may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of
equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(d) The Sponsor is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency, which might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations
of the Sponsor or its properties or might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other
Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(e) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Sponsor's
knowledge, threatened against the Sponsor which litigation might have
consequences that would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or any other
Operative Document to which it is a party or that would materially and adversely
affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Sponsor or
its properties or might have consequences that would materially and adversely
affect its performance hereunder and under the other Operative Documents to
which it is a party.
(f) No certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or
report delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Sponsor contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the certificate, statement or report not misleading.
(g) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which
describe the Sponsor or matters or activities for which the Sponsor is
responsible in accordance with the Operative Documents or which are attributed
to the Sponsor therein are true and correct in all material respects, and the
Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
with respect to the Sponsor or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein
with respect to the Sponsor not misleading. To the best of the Sponsor's
knowledge and belief, the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact required to be stated therein or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading.
(h) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions,
variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses
required to be taken, given or
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obtained, as the case may be, by or from any federal, state or other
governmental authority or agency (other than any such actions, approvals, etc.
under any state securities laws, real estate syndication or "Blue Sky" statutes,
as to which the Sponsor makes no such representation or warranty), that are
necessary or advisable in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Certificates and the execution and delivery by the Sponsor of the Operative
Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or obtained, as
the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof, are not
subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or
otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken or
review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be obtained
or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Operative Documents on
the part of the Sponsor and the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations
under this Agreement and such of the other Operative Documents to which it is a
party.
(i) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of business of the Sponsor.
(j) The Sponsor received fair consideration and reasonably
equivalent value in exchange for the sale of the interests in the Mortgage Loans
evidenced by the Certificates.
(k) The Sponsor did not sell any interest in any Mortgage Loan
evidenced by the Certificates with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of
its respective creditors.
(l) The Sponsor is solvent and the Sponsor will not be rendered
insolvent as a result of the sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust or the sale
of the Certificates.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 3.1 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans to
the Trustee.
SECTION 3.2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE MASTER
SERVICER.
The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is, and each Sub-Servicer
is, in compliance with the laws of each state in which any Property is located
to the extent necessary to enable it to perform its obligations hereunder and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the
nature of its business, or the properties owned or leased by it make such
qualification necessary. The Master Servicer and each Sub-servicer has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to
carry out its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted
and to enter into and discharge its obligations under this Agreement and the
other Operative Documents to which it is a party. The Master Servicer has, on a
consolidated basis with its parent, AMHC, equity of at least $5,000,000, as
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master
Servicer and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and
the other Operative Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Master Servicer and will
not violate the Master Servicer's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material
contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party
or by which the Master Servicer is bound or violate any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any court, governmental
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agency or body or other tribunal having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer or
any of its properties.
(b) This Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which the
Master Servicer is a party, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by the other parties hereto and thereto, each constitutes a valid, legal and
binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance
with the terms hereof, except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding or action in equity or at law).
(c) The Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order
or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state,
municipal or governmental agency, which might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations
of the Master Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other
Operative Documents to which the Master Servicer is a party.
(d) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master
Servicer's knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which litigation
might have consequences that would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or
any other Operative Document to which it is a party or that would materially and
adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Master Servicer or its properties or might have consequences that would
materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder and under the other
Operative Documents to which the Master Servicer is a party.
(e) No certificate of an officer, statement furnished in writing or
report delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by the Master Servicer contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the certificate, statement or report not misleading.
(f) The statements contained in the Registration Statement which
describe the Master Servicer or matters or activities for which the Master
Servicer is responsible in accordance with the Operative Documents or which are
attributed to the Master Servicer therein are true and correct in all material
respects, and the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact with respect to the Master Servicer or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
contained therein with respect to the Master Servicer not misleading. To the
best of the Master Servicer's knowledge and belief, the Registration Statement
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading.
(g) [Reserved.]
(h) All actions, approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions,
variances, franchises, orders, permits, authorizations, rights and licenses
required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any
federal, state or other governmental authority or agency (other than any such
actions, approvals, etc. under any state securities laws, real estate
syndication or "Blue Sky" statutes, as to which the Master Servicer makes no
such representation or warranty), that are necessary or advisable in connection
with the execution and delivery by the Master Servicer of the Operative
Documents to which it is a party, have been duly taken, given or
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obtained, as the case may be, are in full force and effect on the date hereof,
are not subject to any pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial
or otherwise) and either the time within which any appeal therefrom may be taken
or review thereof may be obtained has expired or no review thereof may be
obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and are adequate to authorize the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents on the part of the Master Servicer and the performance by
the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement and such of the
other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(i) The collection practices used by the Master Servicer with
respect to the Mortgage Loans directly serviced by it have been, in all material
respects, legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage loan servicing
business.
(j) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of business of the Master Servicer.
(k) The terms of each existing Sub-Servicing Agreement and each
designated Sub-servicer are acceptable to the Master Servicer and any new
Sub-Servicing Agreements or Sub-servicers will comply with the provisions of
Section 8.3.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 3.2 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans to
the Trustee.
Upon discovery by any of the Originators, the Master Servicer, the
Sponsor, any Sub-Servicer, the Insurer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.2 which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Insurer, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
Within 30 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of breach, the Master
Servicer shall cure such breach in all material respects and, upon the Master
Servicer's continued failure to cure such breach, may thereafter be removed by
the Trustee or the Insurer pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof; provided, however,
that if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Insurer and the Trustee that it is diligently pursuing remedial action, then
the cure period may be extended with the written approval of the Insurer and the
Trustee.
SECTION 3.3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SPONSOR WITH
RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) The Sponsor makes the following representations and warranties
as to the Mortgage Loans on which the Insurer relies and the Trustee relies in
accepting the Mortgage Loans in trust and executing and authenticating the
Certificates. Such representations and warranties speak as of the Startup Day
with respect to the Mortgage Loans, or as of the date upon which any Qualified
Replacement Mortgage is added to the Trust, but shall survive the sale,
transfer, and assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee:
(i) The information with respect to each Mortgage Loan set forth in
the Schedules of Mortgage Loans is true and correct as of the Cut-Off
Date;
(ii) All of the Notes and other original or certified documentation
set forth in Section 3.5 (including all material documents related
thereto) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, except the Mortgage Loans
listed on Schedule I-a (the "Exception Loans") hereto, has been delivered
to the Trustee on the Startup Day, or as otherwise
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provided in Section 3.5. The Sponsor hereby covenants to deliver, or
cause to be delivered, the File (including the original Note) for each
Exception Loan to the Trustee on or before July 7, 1998 or shall
repurchase such Exception Loan from the Trust (without regard to any cure
period) by remitting the Loan Purchase Price therefore to the Trustee on
or before July 7, 1998;
(iii) Except for any Unaffiliated Originator Loans being serviced by
a servicer other than the Master Servicer, each Mortgage Loan is being
serviced by the Master Servicer or a Person controlling, controlled by or
under common control with the Master Servicer and qualified to service
mortgage loans;
(iv) The Note related to each Mortgage Loan in Group IA and Group IB
bears a Coupon Rate of at least 6.50% per annum;
(v) As of the Cut-Off Date, no more than 0.51% of the aggregate Loan
Balance of the Mortgage Loans are 30-59 days Delinquent and no Mortgage
Loan is 60 or more days' Delinquent;
(vi) As of the Cut-Off Date, no more than 1.00% of the aggregate
Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans is secured by Properties located
within any single zip code area and less than 11.36% of the aggregate
Loan Balance of the Mortgage Loans consists of Date of Payment Loans or
"simple interest" Mortgage Loans;
(vii) Each Mortgage Loan conforms, and all such Mortgage Loans in
the aggregate conform, in all material respects to the description
thereof set forth in the Registration Statement;
(viii) Except for the Bulk Acquisition Loans and any Unaffiliated
Originator Loans, as of the Cut-Off Date, no more than 5.30% of the Loan
Balance of the Mortgage Loans relates to Mortgage Loans originated under
the Originators' non-income verification program for self-employed
borrowers; and
(ix) The credit underwriting guidelines applicable to each Mortgage
Loan conform in all material respects to the description thereof set
forth in the Prospectus.
(b) The Sponsor hereby assigns to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Owners of the Certificates and the Insurer (so long as a Insurer Default had
not occurred and is continuing) all of its right, title and interest in respect
of each Master Transfer Agreement applicable to the related Mortgage Loan.
Insofar as such Master Transfer Agreement provides for representations and
warranties made by the related Originator in respect of a Mortgage Loan and any
remedies provided thereunder for any breach of such representations and
warranties, such right, title and interest may be enforced by the Master
Servicer or by the Trustee on behalf of the Owners and the Insurer. Upon the
discovery by the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer or the Trustee of a
breach of any of the representations and warranties made in a Master Transfer
Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Owners or of the Insurer in such Mortgage Loan,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other
parties. The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the related Originator of
such breach and request that such Originator cure such breach or take the
actions described in Section 3.4(b) hereof within the time periods required
thereby, and if such Originator does not cure such breach in all material
respects, the Sponsor shall cure such breach or take such actions. The
obligations of the Sponsor or Master Servicer, as the case may be, set
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forth herein with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole obligations of the Master
Servicer and of the Sponsor in respect of such breach.
SECTION 3.4. COVENANTS OF SPONSOR TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS WITH
RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
(a) With the provisos and limitations as to remedies set forth in
this Section 3.4, upon the discovery by any Originator, the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer, the Insurer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee that the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement or in the Master
Transfer Agreement were untrue in any material respect as of the Startup Day and
such breaches of the representations and warranties materially and adversely
affect the interests of the Owners or of the Insurer, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
The Sponsor acknowledges that a breach of any representation or
warranty (x) relating to marketability of title sufficient to transfer
unencumbered title to a Mortgage Loan, (y) relating to enforceability of the
Mortgage Loan against the related Mortgagor or Property or (z) set forth in
clause (viii) of Section 3.3 above constitutes breach of a representation or
warranty which "materially and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or
of the Insurer in such Mortgage Loan.
(b) Upon the earliest to occur of the Sponsor's discovery, its
receipt of notice of breach from any one of the other parties hereto or from the
Insurer or such time as a breach of any representation and warranty materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or of the Insurer as set forth
above, the Sponsor hereby covenants and warrants that it shall promptly cure
such breach in all material respects or it shall (or shall cause an affiliate of
the Sponsor to or an Originator to), subject to the further requirements of this
paragraph, on the second Remittance Date next succeeding such discovery, receipt
of notice or such other time (i) substitute in lieu of each Mortgage Loan in the
related Mortgage Loan Group which has given rise to the requirement for action
by the Sponsor a Qualified Replacement Mortgage and deliver the Substitution
Amount applicable thereto, together with the aggregate amount of all Delinquency
Advances and Servicing Advances theretofore made with respect to such Mortgage
Loan, to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account
or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the REMIC Trust at a purchase price
equal to the Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be
delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest
Account. In connection with any such proposed purchase or substitution, the
Sponsor at its expense, shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee and the
Insurer an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters stating
whether or not such a proposed purchase or substitution would constitute a
Prohibited Transaction for the REMIC Trust or would jeopardize the status of the
REMIC Trust as a REMIC, and the Sponsor shall only be required to take either
such action to the extent such action would not constitute a Prohibited
Transaction for the REMIC Trust or would not jeopardize the status of the REMIC
Trust as a REMIC. Any required purchase or substitution, if delayed by the
absence of such opinion shall nonetheless occur upon the earlier of (i) the
occurrence of a default or imminent default with respect to the Mortgage Loan,
(ii) the delivery of such opinion or (iii) at the direction of the Control
Party. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Sponsor to cure
the defect, or substitute for, or purchase any Mortgage Loan as to which a
representation or warranty is untrue in any material respect and has not been
remedied shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Owners, the Trustee
and the Insurer.
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(c) In the event that any Qualified Replacement Mortgage is
delivered by an Originator or by the Sponsor (or by an affiliate of the Sponsor,
as the case may be) to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.3, Section 3.4 or Section
3.6 hereof, the related Originator and the Sponsor shall be obligated to take
the actions described in Section 3.4(b) with respect to such Qualified
Replacement Mortgage upon the discovery by any of the Owners, the Sponsor, the
Master Servicer, the Insurer, any Sub-Servicer or the Trustee that the
representations and warranties set forth in the related Master Transfer
Agreement or in Section 3.3 above are untrue in any material respect on the date
such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is conveyed to the Trust such that the
interests of the Owners or the Insurer in the related Qualified Replacement
Mortgage are materially and adversely affected; provided, however, that for the
purposes of this subsection (c) the representations and warranties in the
related Master Transfer Agreement or as set forth in Section 3.3 above referring
to items "as of the Cut-Off Date" or "as of the Startup Day" shall be deemed to
refer to such items as of the date such Qualified Replacement Mortgage is
conveyed to the Trust.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the covenants set forth in this
Section 3.4 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Loans (including
Qualified Replacement Mortgage Loans) to the Trustee.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Sponsor shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the File (including the
original Note) for each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee on or before July 6, 1998
or shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust (without regard to any
cure period) by remitting the Loan Purchase Price on or before July 6, 1998.
SECTION 3.5. CONVEYANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) The Sponsor and its Affiliate, Advanta Conduit Receivables,
Inc., concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, and on behalf of the
Conduit Acquisition Trust, hereby each transfers, sells, assigns, sets over and
otherwise conveys without recourse, to the Trustee, all right, title and
interest of the Sponsor and Advanta Conduit Receivables, Inc. in and to each
Mortgage Loan listed on the Schedule of Mortgage Loans delivered by the Sponsor
on the Startup Day, all its right, title and interest in and to principal
collected and interest accruing on each such Mortgage Loan on and after the
Cut-Off Date and all its right, title and interest in and to all Insurance
Policies and any other assets included or to be included in the Trust for the
benefit of Owners and the Insurer. The transfer by the Sponsor and Advanta
Conduit Receivables, Inc. of the Mortgage Loans set forth on the Schedule of
Mortgage Loans to the Trustee is absolute and is intended by the Owners and all
parties hereto to be treated as a sale by the Sponsor and Advanta Conduit
Receivables, Inc.
(b) The Sponsor agrees to take or cause to be taken such actions and
execute such documents (including, without limitation, the filing of all
necessary continuation statements for the UCC-1 financing statements filed in
the State of New York (which shall have been filed within 90 days of the Startup
Day) describing the Mortgage Loans and naming the Sponsor and Advanta Conduit
Receivables, Inc. as debtor and the Trustee as the secured party and any
amendments to UCC-1 financing statements required to reflect a change in the
name or corporate structure of the debtor or the filing of any additional UCC-1
financing statements due to a change in the principal officer of the debtor
(within 90 days of any event necessitating such filing) as are necessary to
perfect and protect the Owners' and the Insurer's interests in each Mortgage
Loan and the proceeds thereof.
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(c) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage
Loans, the Sponsor agrees to:
(i) cause to be delivered, on the Startup Day, without
recourse, to the Trustee the items listed in the definitions of "Advanta
Mortgage Files" and "Conduit Mortgage Files," as appropriate; provided
that the assignments of mortgage listed in clause (e) of Exhibit B hereto
shall be delivered to the Trustee within 75 Business Days of the Startup
Day.
(ii) cause, within 75 Business Days following the
Startup Day the assignments of Mortgage to be submitted for recording in
the appropriate jurisdictions wherein such recordation is necessary to
perfect the lien thereof as against creditors of or purchasers from the
related Originator to the Trustee; provided, however, that, for
administrative convenience and facilitation of servicing and to reduce
closing costs, assignments of mortgage shall not be required to be
submitted for recording with respect to any Mortgage Loan which relates
to an Advanta Mortgage File only if the Trustee, the Insurer and each
Rating Agency has received an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory in form
and substance to the Insurer and to each Rating Agency, to the effect
that the recordation of such assignments in any specific jurisdiction is
not necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the related Mortgage.
All recording required pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be
accomplished at the expense of the Originators or of the Sponsor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.5, in those
instances where the public recording office retains the original Mortgage, the
assignment of a Mortgage or the intervening assignments of the Mortgage after it
has been recorded, the Sponsor shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations
hereunder upon delivery to the Trustee of a copy of such Mortgage, such
assignment or assignments of Mortgage certified by the public recording office
to be a true copy of the recorded original thereof.
Copies of all Mortgage assignments received by the Trustee shall be
kept in the related file.
Such assignments of mortgage shall, in addition to the requirements
specified in Exhibit B, be in recordable form. On or before the Startup Day, the
Sponsor shall deliver to the Trustee original executed powers of attorney, from
the current recordholders of the related Mortgage substantially in the form of
Exhibit H, authorizing the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee to record
the assignments of mortgage as provided in clause (ii) above. Pursuant to such
power of attorney, the Trustee also may execute a new assignment of mortgage for
any Mortgage Loan if the original assignment of mortgage delivered by the
Sponsor to the Trustee is not in recordable form at such time as the assignment
of mortgage is to be recorded by the Trustee.
(d) In the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full on
or after the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Startup Day, the Sponsor, in lieu of
the foregoing, will deliver within 15 Business Days after the Startup Day, to
the Trustee a certification of an Authorized Officer in the form set forth in
Exhibit C.
(e) The Sponsor (or the Conduit Acquisition Trust or an affiliate of
the Sponsor) shall transfer, sell, assign, set over and otherwise convey without
recourse, to the Trustee all right, title and interest of the Sponsor (or the
Conduit Acquisition Trust or of such affiliate) in and to any Qualified
Replacement Mortgage delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3, Section
3.4 or Section 3.6 hereof and all its right, title and interest to principal
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collected and interest accruing on such Qualified Replacement Mortgage on and
after the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date; provided, however, that the
Sponsor (or the Conduit Acquisition or such affiliate) shall reserve and retain
all right, title and interest in and to payments of principal and interest due
on such Qualified Replacement Mortgage prior to the applicable Replacement
Cut-Off Date.
(f) As to each Mortgage Loan released from the Trust in connection
with the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage therefor, the Trustee
will transfer, sell, assign, set over and otherwise convey without recourse, on
the Sponsor's order, all of its right, title and interest in and to such
released Mortgage Loan and all the Trust's right, title and interest to
principal collected and interest accruing on such released Mortgage Loan on and
after the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date; provided, however, that the Trust
shall reserve and retain all right, title and interest in and to payments of
principal collected and interest accruing on such released Mortgage Loan prior
to the applicable Replacement Cut-Off Date.
(g) In connection with any transfer and assignment of a Qualified
Replacement Mortgage to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Sponsor agrees
to cause to be delivered to the Trustee the items described in Section 3.5(b) on
the date of such transfer and assignment or, if a later delivery time is
permitted by Section 3.5(b), then no later than such later delivery time.
(h) As to each Mortgage Loan released from the Trust in connection
with the conveyance of a Qualified Replacement Mortgage the Trustee shall
deliver on the date of conveyance of such Qualified Replacement Mortgage and on
the order of the Sponsor (i) the original Note, or the certified copy, relating
thereto, endorsed without recourse, to the Sponsor and (ii) such other documents
as constituted the File with respect thereto.
(i) If a Mortgage assignment is lost during the process of
recording, or is returned from the recorder's office unrecorded due to a defect
therein, the Sponsor shall prepare a substitute assignment or cure such defect,
as the case may be, and thereafter cause each such assignment to be duly
recorded.
(j) The Sponsor shall cause to be reflected on the records of the
Conduit Acquisition Trust that the Mortgage Loans have been sold to the Trust.
(k) To the extent that the ratings, if any, then assigned to the
unsecured debt of the Sponsor or of the Sponsor's ultimate corporate parent are
satisfactory to the Control Party and each of the Rating Agencies, then any of
the Document Delivery Requirements described above may be waived by an
instrument signed by the Control Party and each of the Rating Agencies (or any
documents theretofore delivered to the Trustee returned to the Sponsor) on such
terms and subject to such conditions as the Control Party, and each of the
Rating Agencies may permit.
SECTION 3.6. ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE; CERTAIN SUBSTITUTIONS OF
MORTGAGE LOANS; CERTIFICATION BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Startup Day an
acknowledgment of receipt in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto of the Files
delivered by the Sponsor, and declares that it will hold such documents and any
amendments, replacement or supplements thereto, as well as any other assets
included in the definition of Trust Estate and delivered to the Trustee, as
Trustee in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for
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the benefit of the Owners and the Insurer. On or before the tenth Business Day
after the Startup Day, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Insurer and
the Master Servicer an acknowledgement of receipt of the original Notes for each
Mortgage Loan. The Trustee further agrees to review any documents delivered by
the Sponsor within 90 days after the Startup Day (or within 90 days with respect
to any Qualified Replacement Mortgage after the assignment thereof) and to
deliver to the Sponsor, the Insurer and the Master Servicer a Certification in
the form attached as Exhibit E hereto. The Trustee shall be under no duty or
obligation to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine, enforceable, or
appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are other than what they
purport to be on their face, nor shall the Trustee be under any duty to
determine independently whether there are any intervening assignments or
assumption or modification agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
(b) If the Trustee during such 90-day period finds any document
constituting a part of a File which is not properly executed, has not been
received within the specified period, or is unrelated to the Mortgage Loans
identified in the Schedules of Mortgage Loans, or that any Mortgage Loan does
not conform in a material respect to the description thereof as set forth in the
Schedules of Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall promptly so notify the Sponsor
and the Insurer. In performing any such review, the Trustee may conclusively
rely on the Sponsor as to the purported genuineness of any such document and any
signature thereon. The Sponsor agrees to use reasonable efforts to remedy a
material defect in a document constituting part of a File of which it is so
notified by the Trustee. If, however, within 60 days after the Trustee's notice
to it respecting such defect the Sponsor has not remedied or caused to be
remedied the defect and the defect materially and adversely affects the interest
in the related Mortgage Loan of the Owners or of the Insurer, the Sponsor will
(or will cause the related Originator or an affiliate of the Sponsor to) on the
next succeeding Remittance Date (i) substitute in lieu of such Mortgage Loan a
Qualified Replacement Mortgage and, deliver the Substitution Amount applicable
thereto to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account
or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan at a purchase price equal to the Loan
Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be delivered to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Principal and Interest Account. In connection with
any such proposed purchase or substitution the Sponsor shall cause at the
Sponsor's expense to be delivered to the Trustee and the Insurer an opinion of
counsel experienced in federal income tax matters stating whether or not such a
proposed purchase or substitution would constitute a Prohibited Transaction for
the Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC or would jeopardize the status of the
Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC as a REMIC, and the Sponsor shall only be
required to take either such action to the extent such action would not
constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC
or would not jeopardize the status of the Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC
as a REMIC. Any required purchase or substitution, if delayed by the absence of
such opinion shall nonetheless occur upon the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a
default or imminent default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the
delivery of such opinion or (iii) at the direction of the Control Party.
SECTION 3.7. COOPERATION PROCEDURES.
(a) The Sponsor shall, in connection with the delivery of each
Qualified Replacement Mortgage to the Trustee, provide the Trustee with the
information set forth in the Schedules of Mortgage Loans with respect to such
Qualified Replacement Mortgage.
(b) The Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee covenant to
provide each other and to the Insurer with all data and information required to
be provided by them hereunder at the times required hereunder, and additionally
covenant reasonably to cooperate
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with each other in providing any additional information required by any of them
in connection with their respective duties hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 4.1. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. On the Startup Day, upon
the Trustee's receipt from the Sponsor of an executed Delivery Order in the
form set forth as Exhibit F hereto, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver the Certificates on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the
directions set forth in such Delivery Order.
SECTION 4.2. SALE OF CERTIFICATES. At 11 a.m. New York City
time on the Startup Date, at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, the Sponsor will sell and convey the Mortgage Loans
and the money, instruments and other property related thereto to the Trustee,
and the Trustee will (i) deliver to the Representative, the Group IA
Certificates, the Group IIA Certificates, the Class A-IO Certificates and the
Class F-IO Certificates with an aggregate Percentage Interest in each Class
equal to 100%, registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other names as
the Representative shall direct, against payment of the purchase price thereof
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Trustee, (ii) deliver to
Advanta National Bank the Class IB Certificates and the Class IIB Certificates,
registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other names as Advanta National
Bank shall direct, and (iii) deliver to the Sponsor, the Class R Certificates,
with an aggregate Percentage Interest equal to 100%, registered as the Sponsor
shall request. Upon receipt of the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates,
the Trustee shall, from the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates, pay other
fees and expenses identified by the Sponsor, and pay to the Sponsor the balance
after deducting such amounts.
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 5.1. TERMS.
(a) The Certificates are pass-through securities having the rights
described therein and herein. Notwithstanding references herein or therein with
respect to the Certificates as to "principal" and "interest" no debt of any
Person is represented thereby, nor are the Certificates or the underlying Notes
guaranteed by any Person (except that the Notes may be recourse to the
Mortgagors thereof to the extent permitted by law and except for the rights of
the Trustee with respect to the Insurance Policy). Distributions on the
Certificates are payable solely from payments received on or with respect to the
Mortgage Loans (other than the Servicing Fees), monies in the Principal and
Interest Account, and the Supplemental Interest Payment Account, except as
otherwise provided herein, from earnings on monies and the proceeds of property
held as a part of the Trust Estate and, from Insured Payments. Each Certificate
entitles the Owner thereof to receive monthly, on each Payment Date, in order of
priority of distributions with respect to such Class of Certificates, a
specified portion of such payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
related Mortgage Loan Group and Insured Payments, pro rata in accordance with
such Owner's Percentage Interest and certain amounts payable from the
Supplemental Interest Payment Account.
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(b) Each Owner is required, and hereby agrees, to return to the
Trustee any Certificate with respect to which the Trustee has made the final
distribution due thereon. Any such Certificate as to which the Trustee has made
the final distribution thereon shall be deemed cancelled and shall no longer be
Outstanding for any purpose of this Agreement, whether or not such Certificate
is ever returned to the Trustee.
SECTION 5.2. FORMS. The Certificates shall be in substantially
the forms set forth in Exhibit A hereof with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Agreement or as may in the Sponsor's judgment be necessary, appropriate or
convenient to comply, or facilitate compliance, with applicable laws, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
applicable securities laws or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by
the Authorized Officer of the Sponsor executing such Delivery Order, as
evidenced by his execution thereof.
SECTION 5.3. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY. Each
Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Trust, by the manual signature
of one of the Trustee's Authorized Officers and shall be authenticated by the
manual signature of one of the Trustee's Authorized Officers.
(a) Certificates bearing the manual signature of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Trustee shall, upon proper
authentication by the Trustee, bind the Trust, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
execution and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the
date of authentication of such Certificates.
(b) The initial Certificates shall be dated as of the Startup Day
and delivered at the Closing to the parties specified in Section 4.2 hereof.
(c) No Certificate shall be valid until executed and authenticated
as set forth above.
SECTION 5.4. REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Trustee, as registrar, shall cause to be kept a register
(the "Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and
the registration of transfer of Certificates. The Trustee is hereby appointed
registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers of
Certificates as herein provided. The Owners and the Insurer shall have the right
to inspect the Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.8 hereof, upon surrender
for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office designated as the
location of the Register, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver,
in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Certificates of a like Class and in the aggregate principal amount of the
Certificate so surrendered.
(c) At the option of any Owner, Certificates of any Class owned by
such Owner may be exchanged for other Certificates authorized of like Class,
tenor and a like aggregate original principal amount and bearing numbers not
contemporaneously outstanding, upon surrender of the Certificates to be
exchanged at the office designated as the location of the
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Register. Whenever any Certificate is so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee
shall execute, authenticate and deliver the Certificate or Certificates which
the Owner making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(d) Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Certificates shall be valid evidence of the same ownership interests
in the Trust and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the
Certificates surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(e) Any Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the
Owner thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(f) No service charge shall be made to an Owner for any registration
of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates; any other expenses in connection with such transfer or exchange
shall be an expense of the Trust.
(g) It is intended that the Class A Certificates be registered so as
to participate in a global book-entry system with the Depository, as set forth
herein. Each Class of Class A Certificates shall, except as otherwise provided
in the next paragraph, be initially issued in the form of a single fully
registered Class A Certificate with a denomination equal to the Aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such
Class A Certificate shall be registered in the Register in the name of Cede &
Co., or any successor thereto, as nominee for the Depository.
The Sponsor and the Trustee are hereby authorized to execute and
deliver the Representation Letter with the Depository.
With respect to Class A Certificates registered in the Register in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer, the Insurer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation
to Direct or Indirect Participants or beneficial owners for which the Depository
holds Class A Certificates from time to time as a Depository. Without limiting
the immediately preceding sentence, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the
Insurer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect
to (i) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, Cede & Co., or any Direct
or Indirect Participant with respect to the ownership interest in the Class A
Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any
other Person, other than a registered Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in
the Register, of any notice with respect to the Class A Certificates or (iii)
the payment to any Direct or Indirect Participant or any other Person, other
than a registered Owner of a Class A Certificate as shown in the Register, of
any amount with respect to any distribution of principal or interest on the
Class A Certificates. No Person other than a registered Owner of a Class A
Certificate as shown in the Register shall receive a certificate evidencing such
Class A Certificate.
Upon delivery by the Depository to the Trustee of written notice to
the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new nominee in
place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions hereof with respect to the
payment of interest by the mailing of checks or drafts to the registered Owners
of Class A Certificates appearing as registered Owners in the registration
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books maintained by the Trustee at the close of business on a Record Date, the
name "Cede & Co." in this Agreement shall refer to such new nominee of the
Depository.
(h) In the event that (i) the Depository or the Sponsor advises the
Trustee and the Insurer in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or
able to discharge properly its responsibilities as nominee and depository with
respect to the Class A Certificates and the Sponsor or the Trustee is unable to
locate a qualified successor or (ii) the Sponsor at its sole option elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, the Class A Certificates
shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Register in the name of
Cede & Co. (or a successor nominee) as nominee of the Depository. At that time,
the Sponsor may determine that the Class A Certificates shall be registered in
the name of and deposited with a successor depository operating a global
book-entry system, as may be acceptable to the Sponsor, or such depository's
agent or designee but, if the Sponsor does not select such alternative global
book-entry system, then the Class A Certificates may be registered in whatever
name or names registered Owners of Class A Certificates transferring Class A
Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions hereof;
provided, that the cost of any such re-registration shall be paid by the
Sponsor.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, so long as any Class A Certificate is registered in the name of Cede &
Co., as nominee of the Depository, all distributions of principal or interest on
such Class A Certificates as the case may be and all notices with respect to
such Class A Certificates as the case may be shall be made and given,
respectively, in the manner provided in the Representation Letter.
(j) Neither the Sponsor, the Master Servicer, the Insurer, nor the
Trustee will have any liability for any actions taken by DTC or its nominee,
Euroclear or CEDEL, including, without limitation, actions for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests in the Class A Certificates held by Euroclear, CEDEL or Cede & Co., as
nominee for DTC, or for maintaining supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
SECTION 5.5. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.
If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and (ii) in the case of any mutilated Certificate, such mutilated
Certificate shall first be surrendered to the Trustee, and in the case of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, there shall be first delivered to the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by it to hold
the Trustee harmless (provided, that with respect to an Owner which is an
insurance company, a letter of indemnity furnished by it shall be sufficient
for this purpose; provided, that such insurance company possesses at least an
investment grade rating from any of the Rating Agencies), then, in the absence
of notice to the Trustee that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate 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 aggregate principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, 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; any other expenses
in connection with such issuance shall be an expense of the Trust.
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Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in exchange
for or in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall
constitute evidence of a substitute interest in the Trust, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and
all other Certificates of the same Class duly issued hereunder and such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall not be valid for any
purpose.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates.
SECTION 5.6. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The Trustee and any agent of
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 with
respect to such Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither
the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 5.7. CANCELLATION. All Certificates surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by
it. No Certificate shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Certificate cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Agreement. All cancelled Certificates may be held by the Trustee in
accordance with its standard retention policy.
SECTION 5.8. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.
(a) No sale or other transfer of record or beneficial ownership of a
Class R Certificate or assignment of an interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC
Residual Class (whether pursuant to a purchase, a transfer resulting from a
default under a secured lending agreement or otherwise) shall be made to a
Disqualified Organization or an agent of a Disqualified Organization. The
transfer, sale or other disposition of a Class R Certificate or assignment of an
interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class (whether pursuant to a purchase,
a transfer resulting from a default under a secured lending agreement or
otherwise) to a Disqualified Organization shall be deemed to be of no legal
force or effect whatsoever and such transferee shall not be deemed to be an
Owner for any purpose hereunder, including, but not limited to, the receipt of
distributions on such Class R Certificate or Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class.
Furthermore, in no event shall the Trustee accept surrender for transfer,
registration of transfer, or register the transfer, of any Class R Certificate
nor authenticate and make available any new Class R Certificate unless the
Trustee has received an affidavit from the proposed transferee in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I. Each holder of a Class R Certificate by his
acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to have consented to the
provisions of this Section 5.08(b). The Lower-Tier REMIC Residual Class is not
transferable except that the Owner of the Tax Matters Person Residual Interest
in the Lower-Tier REMIC may assign its interest to another Person who accepts
such assignment and the designation as Tax Matters Person pursuant to Section
11.17 hereof.
(b) No other sale or other transfer of record or beneficial
ownership of a Class R Certificate shall be made unless such transfer is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act
and laws. In the event such a transfer is to be made within three years from the
Startup Day, (i) the Trustee or the Sponsor shall require a written opinion of
counsel acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Sponsor that
such transfer
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may be made pursuant to an exemption, describing the applicable exemption and
the basis therefor, from said Act and laws or is being made pursuant to said Act
and laws, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Sponsor, and (ii) the Trustee shall require the Transferee to execute an
investment letter acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Sponsor certifying to the Trustee and the Sponsor the facts surrounding such
transfer, which investment letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the
Sponsor. The Owner of a Class R Certificate desiring to effect such transfer
shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Sponsor 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 Class R Certificate shall be
acquired by or transferred to (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in
section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA")) subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (as
defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Code,
or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are deemed to be assets of a plan
described in (i) or (ii) above by reason of such plan's investment in the entity
(each, a "Benefit Plan Entity"). Any transferee of a Class R Certificate shall
(x) certify that it is not any of the above and (y) deliver an opinion of
counsel to that effect.
SECTION 5.9. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS. An Owner may pledge,
encumber, hypothecate or assign all or any part of its right to receive
distributions hereunder, but such pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or
assignment shall not constitute a transfer of an ownership interest sufficient
to render the transferee an Owner of the Trust without compliance with the
provisions of Section 5.4 and Section 5.8 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
SECTION 6.1. DISTRIBUTIONS. The Trustee will duly and
punctually pay distributions with respect to the Certificates in accordance
with the terms of the Certificates and this Agreement. Such distributions shall
be made (i) by check mailed on each Payment Date or (ii) if requested by any
Owner, to such Owner by wire transfer to an account within the United States
designated no later than five Business Days prior to the related Record Date,
made on each Payment Date, in each case to each Owner of record on the
immediately preceding Record Date; provided, however, that an Owner of a Class
A Certificate shall only be entitled to payment by wire transfer if such Owner
owns Class A Certificates in the aggregate denomination of at least $5,000,000.
SECTION 6.2. MONEY FOR DISTRIBUTIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
WITHHOLDING.
(a) All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any
Certificate that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Certificate
Account pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof from Insured Payments shall be made by
and on behalf of the Trustee, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Certificate
Account for payments of the Certificates and no Insured Payment shall be paid
over to the Trustee except as provided in this Section.
(b) The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall comply with all
requirements of the Code and applicable state and local law with respect to the
withholding from any distributions made by it to any Owner of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting
requirements in connection therewith.
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(c) Any money held by the Trustee in trust for the payment of any
amount due with respect to any Class A Certificate and remaining unclaimed by
the Owner of such Class A Certificate for the period then specified in the
escheat laws of the State of New York after such amount has become due and
payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid first, to the Insurer on
account of any Reimbursement Amount, and second to the Owners of the Class R
Certificates; and the Owner of such Class A Certificate shall thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Owners of the Class R Certificates,
or the Insurer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so
paid to the Insurer or the Owners of the Class R Certificates), and all
liability of the Trustee with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee, before being required to make any such
payment, shall at the expense of the Sponsor cause to be published once, in the
eastern edition of The Wall Street Journal, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall be not fewer
than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be paid to the Insurer or the Owners of the Class R
Certificates as provided above. The Trustee shall, at the direction of the
Sponsor, also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Sponsor, any other
reasonable means of notification of such payment (including but not limited to
mailing notice of such payment to Owners whose right to or interest in monies
due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the Register at the last
address of record for each such Owner).
SECTION 6.3. PROTECTION OF TRUST ESTATE.
(a) The Trustee will hold the Trust Estate in trust for the benefit
of the Owners and the Insurer as their interests may appear, and, upon request
of the Insurer, or with the consent of the Insurer, at the request and expense
of the Sponsor, will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements
and amendments hereto pursuant to Section 11.14 hereof and all instruments of
further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action upon
such request as it deems reasonably necessary or advisable, to:
(i) more effectively hold in trust all or any portion of
the Trust Estate;
(ii) perfect, publish notice of, or protect the validity
of any grant made or to be made by this Agreement;
(iii) enforce any of the Mortgage Loans; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and
the rights of the Trustee, and the ownership interests of the Owners
represented thereby, in such Trust Estate against the claims of all
Persons and parties.
The Trustee shall send copies of any request received from the
Insurer or the Sponsor to take any action pursuant to this Section 6.3 to the
other party.
(b) The Trustee shall have the power to enforce, and shall enforce
the obligations of the other parties to this Agreement and of the Insurer by
action, suit or proceeding at law or equity, and shall also have the power to
enjoin, by action or suit in equity, any acts or occurrences which may be
unlawful or in violation of the rights of the Owners; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall require any action by the Trustee unless the
Trustee shall first (i) have been furnished indemnity satisfactory to it and
(ii) when required by this Agreement, have been requested to take such action by
a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the affected Class or
Classes of Class A Certificates then Outstanding or, if there
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are no longer any affected Class A Certificates then outstanding, by such
majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class R Certificates.
(c) The Trustee shall execute any instrument required pursuant to
this Section so long as such instrument does not conflict with this Agreement or
with the Trustee's fiduciary duties.
SECTION 6.4. PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS.
(a) The Trustee will not take any action that would release the
Sponsor or the Insurer from any of their respective covenants or obligations
under any instrument or document relating to the Trust Estate or the
Certificates or which would result in the amendment, hypothecation,
subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or
effectiveness of, any such instrument or document, except as expressly provided
in this Agreement or such other instrument or document.
The Trustee may contract with other Persons to assist it in
performing its duties hereunder.
SECTION 6.5. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. The Trustee will not, to the
extent within the control of the Trustee, take any of the following actions:
(i) sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any
of the Trust Estate except as expressly permitted by this Agreement;
(ii) claim any credit on or make any deduction from the
distributions payable in respect of, the Certificates (other than amounts
properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim
against any present or former Owner by reason of the payment of any taxes
levied or assessed upon any of the Trust Estate;
(iii) incur, assume or guaranty on behalf of the Trust
any indebtedness of any Person except pursuant to this Agreement;
(iv) dissolve or liquidate the Trust Estate in whole or
in part, except pursuant to Article IX hereof; or
(v) (A) impair the validity or effectiveness of this
Agreement, or release any Person from any covenants or obligations with
respect to the Trust or to the Certificates under this Agreement, except
as may be expressly permitted hereby or (B) create or extend any lien,
charge, adverse claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance
to or upon the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein
or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.6. NO OTHER POWERS. The Trustee will not, to
the extent within the control of the Trustee, permit the Trust to engage in any
business activity or transaction other than those activities permitted by
Section 2.3 hereof.
SECTION 6.7. LIMITATION OF SUITS. No Owner shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
this Agreement or the Insurance Policy or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
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(A) the Owners of not less than 25% of the
Percentage Interests represented by the affected Class or Classes
of Certificates then Outstanding or, if there are no affected
Classes of Class A Certificates then Outstanding, by such
percentage of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class R
Certificates, shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute such proceeding in respect of such Event of Default;
(B) such Owner or Owners have offered to the
Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(C) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
proceeding;
(D) the Insurer consented in writing thereto; and
(E) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Insurer
or by the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests
represented by the Class A Certificates or, if there are no Class A
Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage
Interests represented by the Class R Certificates;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners shall have any right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing themselves of, any provision
of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Owner
of the same Class or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Owner of the same Class or to enforce any right under this Agreement,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of
all the Owners of the same Class.
In the event the Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Owners, each representing less than a
majority of the applicable Class of Certificates, the Trustee shall act at the
direction of the Insurer, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.8. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF OWNERS TO RECEIVE
DISTRIBUTIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Owner
of any Certificate shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive distributions to the extent provided herein and therein with respect to
such Certificate or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
distribution, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Owner.
SECTION 6.9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as otherwise
provided herein, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee, the Insurer or to the Owners is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Except
as otherwise provided herein, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 6.10 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay of the
Trustee, the Insurer or any Owner of any Certificate to exercise any right or
remedy under this Agreement to
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any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and
remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee, the Insurer or to the
Owners may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee, the Insurer or by the Owners, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.11 CONTROL BY OWNERS. The Insurer (so long as a
Insurer Default has not occurred and is continuing) or the Owners of a majority
of the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then
Outstanding, with the consent of the Control Party (which may not be
unreasonably withheld) or, if there are no longer any Class A Certificates then
Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the
Class R Certificates then Outstanding, with the consent of the Control Party
(which may not be unreasonably withheld) may direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Control Party with
respect to the Certificates or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Control Party with respect to the Certificates or the Trust Estate, including,
but not limited to, those powers set forth in Section 6.3 and Section 8.20
hereof; provided that:
(A) such direction shall not be in conflict with any
rule of law or with this Agreement;
(B) the Control Party shall have been provided with
indemnity satisfactory to it; and
(C) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee, which is not inconsistent with such direction;
provided, however, that the Trustee need not take any action which
it determines might involve it in liability or may be unjustly
prejudicial to the Owners not so directing; provided, further, that
in the event that any directions provided by the Trustee and the
Insurer conflict with each other, the Insurer's direction shall
prevail.
So long as an Insurer Default has not occurred and is continuing,
the Insurer shall act as the Control Party and be subrogated thereto until all
Reimbursement Amounts have been paid.
ARTICLE VII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 7.1. COLLECTION OF MONEY. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the Trustee may demand payment or delivery of all
money and other property payable to or receivable by the Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement, including all payments due on the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the respective terms and conditions of such Mortgage Loans and required to
be paid over to the Trustee by the Master Servicer or by any Sub-Servicer. The
Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it, other than
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 6.2(b) hereof, as part of the Trust
Estate and shall apply it as provided in this Agreement.
SECTION 7.2. ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT. The Sponsor
shall cause to be established, and the Trustee shall maintain, at the corporate
trust office of the Trustee, a Certificate Account, the Upper-Tier Group I
Distribution Account and the Upper Tier Group II Distribution Account, each of
which is to be held by the Trustee in the name of the Trust for the
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benefit of the Owners of the Certificates relating to such Mortgage Loan Group
and the Insurer, as their interests may appear.
SECTION 7.3. THE INSURANCE POLICY.
(a) On each Determination Date the Trustee shall determine with
respect to the immediately following Payment Date the amounts to be on deposit
in each Certificate Account on such Payment Date with respect to each Mortgage
Loan Group (disregarding the amounts of any Insured Payments with respect to
such Mortgage Loan Group) and equal to the sum of (x) such amounts excluding the
amount of any Total Monthly Excess Cashflow amounts included in such amounts and
excluding an amount equal to the Premium Amount with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group together with any Master Servicing Fees and Trustee's Fees with
respect to such Mortgage Loan Group for the related Payment Date plus (y) any
amounts of Total Monthly Excess Cashflow to be applied on account of such
Mortgage Loan Group on such Payment Date; the amounts described in the preceding
clause (x) with respect to each Mortgage Loan Group and Payment Date, are the
"Available Funds" with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group; the sum of the
amounts described in the preceding clauses (x) and (y) are the "Total Available
Funds" with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group;
(b) If the Insured Quantity for any Mortgage Loan Group for any
Payment Date exceeds the Total Available Funds with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group for such Payment Date after taking into account the portion of the
Principal Distribution Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group to be
actually distributed on such Payment Date without regard to any Insured Payment
to be made with respect to such Payment Date (such event being a "Deficiency
Amount" with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group), the Trustee shall complete a
Notice in the form of Exhibit A to the Insurance Policy and submit such notice
to the Insurer no later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the second
Business Day preceding such Payment Date as a claim for a Insured Payment in an
amount equal to such Deficiency Amount. Upon receipt of Insured Payments from
the Insurer under the Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall deposit such Insured
Payments in the Certificate Account.
(c) The Trustee shall distribute all Insured Payments received, or
the proceeds thereof, in accordance with Section 7.5(b)(F) to the Owners of the
Class A Certificates of the related Class.
(d) The Trustee shall (i) receive Insured Payments as
attorney-in-fact of each Owner of the Class A Certificates of the related Class
receiving any Insured Payment from the Insurer and (ii) disburse such Insured
Payment to the Owners of the related Class A Certificates as set forth in
Section 7.5(b)(F). The Insurer shall be entitled to receive the related
Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(D)(4) hereof with respect to
each Insured Payment made by the Insurer. The Trustee hereby agrees on behalf of
each Owner of Class A Certificates and the Trust for the benefit of the Insurer
that it recognizes that to the extent the Insurer makes Insured Payments, either
directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Trustee), to the Owners of such
Class A Certificates, the Insurer will be entitled to receive the related
Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(D)(4) hereof.
Insured Payments disbursed by the Trustee from proceeds of the
Insurance Policy shall not be considered payment by the Trust nor shall such
payments discharge the obligation of the Trust with respect to such insured
Certificates, and the Insurer shall become the owner of such unpaid amounts due
from the Trust in respect of insured Certificates.
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SECTION 7.4. [RESERVED]
SECTION 7.5. FLOW OF FUNDS.
(a) On each Remittance Date, the Trustee shall deposit to the
Certificate Account with respect to each Mortgage Loan, without duplication,
upon receipt, any Insured Payments relating to such Mortgage Loan Group, the
proceeds of any liquidation of the assets of the Trust, insofar as such assets
relate to such Mortgage Loan Group, together with the Monthly Remittance Amount
with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group remitted by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer.
(b) Subject to any superseding provisions of clause (e) below during
the continuance of a Insurer Default, on each Payment Date the Trustee shall
make the following allocations, disbursements and transfers of amounts then on
deposit in the Certificate Account for each Mortgage Loan Group in the following
order of priority, and each such allocation, transfer and disbursement shall be
treated as having occurred only after all preceding allocations, transfers and
disbursements have occurred:
(A) first, from amounts then on deposit in the
Certificate Account to the Master Servicer, an amount equal to any
Master Servicing Fees then due to it on account of the Unaffiliated
Originator Loans included on such Mortgage Loan Group not
theretofore received by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
8.8(c)(i) hereof, as reported by the Master Servicer to the
Trustee;
(B) second, from amounts then on deposit therein with
respect to such Mortgage Loan Group, the related Premium Amount for
such Payment Date;
(C) third, from amounts then on deposit in the
Certificate Account with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group, to
the Trustee, an amount equal to the Trustee's Fees then due to it
with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group;
(D) fourth, on each Payment Date, the Trustee shall
allocate the Total Monthly Excess Cash Flow with respect to each
Mortgage Loan Group in the following order of priority:
1. first, such Total Monthly Excess Cashflow shall be
allocated on such Payment Date with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan Group in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the
related Insured Quantity for such Payment Date over (y) the
Available Funds with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group for such
Payment Date (the amount of such difference being the "Available
Funds Shortfall" with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Group);
2. second,
(a) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(1)
above is the Group IA Pool, then any remaining portion of the
Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (D)(1) above
shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the
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following order of priority: the Group IIA Pool, then the
Group, then the Group IB Pool and then the Group IIB Pool;
(b) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(1)
above is the Group IB Pool, then any remaining portion of the
Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (D)(1) above
shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following
order of priority: the Group IIB Pool, then the Group IA Pool
and then the Group IIA Pool;
(c) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(1)
above is the Group IIA Pool, then any remaining portion of
the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such
Mortgage Loan Group after the application described in (D)(1)
above shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall
with respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the
following order of priority: the Group IA Pool, then the
Group IIB Pool and then the Group IB Pool; and
(d) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(1)
above is the Group IIB Pool, then any remaining portion of
the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such
Mortgage Loan Group after the application described in (D)(1)
above shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall
with respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the
following order of priority: the Group IB Pool, then the
Group IIA Pool and then the Group IA Pool;
3. third, any portion of the Total Monthly Excess
Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage Loan Group remaining after
the allocations described in clauses (1) and (2) above shall be
paid to the Insurer in respect of amounts owed on account of any
Reimbursement Amount with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
Group;
4. fourth,
(a) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(3)
above is the Group IA Pool, then any remaining portion of the
Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (D)(3) above
shall be used to fund any Reimbursement Amount with respect
to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following order of
priority: the Group IIA Pool, then the Group IB Pool and then
the Group IIB Pool;
(b) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(3)
above is the Group IB Pool, then any remaining portion of the
Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (D)(3) above
shall be used to fund any Reimbursement Amount with respect
to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following order of
priority: the Group IIB Pool, then the Group IA Pool and then
the Group IIA Pool;
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(c) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(3)
above is the Group IIA Pool, then any remaining portion of
the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such
Mortgage Loan Group after the application described in (D)(3)
above shall be used to fund any Reimbursement Amount with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following
order of priority: the Group IA Pool, then the Group IIB Pool
and then the Group IB Pool; and
(d) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (D)(3)
above is the Group IIB Pool, then any remaining portion of
the Total Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such
Mortgage Loan Group after the application described in (D)(3)
above shall be used to fund any Reimbursement Amount with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following
order of priority: the Group IB Pool, then the Group IIA Pool
and then the Group IA Pool;
(E) fifth, the amount, if any, of the Total Monthly
Excess Cashflow with respect to a Mortgage Loan Group on a Payment
Date remaining after the allocations described in clause (4) above
is the "Net Monthly Excess Cashflow" with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group for such Payment Date; such amount is required to be
applied in the following order of priority:
1. first, such Net Monthly Excess Cashflow shall be used to
reduce to zero, through the payment of a Subordination Increase
Amount, any Subordination Deficiency Amount with respect to the
related Mortgage Loan Group as of such Payment Date;
2. second,
(a) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (E)(1)
above is the Group IA Pool, then any remaining portion of the
Net Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (E)(1) above
shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following
order of priority: the Group IIA Pool, then, the Group IB
Pool and then the Group IIB Pool;
(b) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (E)(1)
above is the Group IB Pool, then any remaining portion of the
Net Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (E)(1) above
shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following
order of priority: the Group IIB Pool, then, the Group IA
Pool and then the Group IIA Pool;
(c) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (E)(1)
above is the Group IIA Pool, then any remaining portion of
the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (E)(1) above
shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the
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following order of priority: the Group IA Pool, then, the
Group IIB Pool and then the Group IB Pool; and
(d) if the Mortgage Loan Group described in (E)(1)
above is the Group IIB Pool, then any remaining portion of
the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow with respect to such Mortgage
Loan Group after the application described in (E)(1) above
shall be used to fund any Available Funds Shortfall with
respect to the other Mortgage Loan Groups in the following
order of priority: the Group IB Pool, then, the Group IIA
Pool and then the Group IA Pool;
3. third, any remaining Net Monthly Excess Cashflow remaining
after the applications described in clauses (1) and (2) above shall
be paid to the Master Servicer to the extent of any unreimbursed
Delinquency Advances, unreimbursed Servicing Advances and accrued
and unpaid Servicing Fees, with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
Group, in each case as certified to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer to be owing to it as of such Payment Date.
(F) sixth, following the making by the Trustee of all
allocations, transfers and disbursements described above under
Sections 7.3 and 7.10 hereof and the prior clauses of this Section
7.5, from amounts (including any related Insured Payment) then on
deposit in the Certificate Account with respect to each related
Mortgage Loan Group, (such amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan
Group, the related "Group Distribution Amount") shall be applied as
follows:
(i) with respect to the Group IA Pool, the Group Distribution Amount
shall be applied:
(a) first, pro rata, to the Owners of the Group IA
Certificates, their respective Class A Current Interest;
(b) second, pro, rata, to the Owners of the Group IA
Certificates, their respective Class A Interest Carry Forward
Amount;
(c) third, the lesser of (x) the remaining amount of
the Group Distribution Amount with respect to the Group IA
Pool and (y) the Group IA Class A Principal Distribution
Amount shall be applied in the following order of priority:
(i) First, the Group IA Principal Distribution
Amount shall be distributed to the Owners of
the Class A-7 Certificates (x) in an amount
equal to the Class A-7/A-8 Lockout
Distribution Amount until the Class A-7
Certificate Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero, and (y) once the Class A-7
Certificate Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero, the Owners of the Class A-8
Certificates are entitled to receive
payments of principal in an amount equal to
the Class A-7/A-8 Lockout Distribution
Amount;
(ii) Second, the excess of (i) the Group IA
Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed in clause First above
shall be distributed to the Owners of the
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Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2
Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates,
the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5
Certificates and the Class A-6 Certificates,
sequentially in that order, until the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class
(in ascending order of numerical
designation) has been reduced to zero;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any
Payment Date on which the Subordinated
Amount related to Group IA is zero and the
Insurer is in default, the Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to the
Group IA Certificates shall be distributed
pro rata and not in accordance with the
above priorities.
(ii) With respect to the Group IB Pool, the Group Distribution
Amount shall be applied:
(a) first, pro rata, to the Owners of the Group IB
Certificates, their respective Class A Current Interest;
(b) second, pro, rata, to the Owners of the Group IB
Certificates, their respective Class A Interest Carry Forward
Amount;
(c) third, the lesser of (x) the remaining amount of
the Group Distribution Amount with respect to the Group IB
Pool and (y) the Group IB Principal Distribution Amount shall
be applied in the following order of priority:
(i) First, the Group IB Principal Distribution
Amount shall be distributed to the Owners of
the Class A-15 Certificates in an amount
equal to the Class A-15 Lockout Distribution
Amount;
(ii) Second, the excess of (i) the Group IB
Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed in clause First above
shall be distributed to the Owners of the
Class A-9 Certificates, the Class A-10
Certificates, the Class A-11 Certificates,
the Class A-12 Certificates, the Class A-13
Certificates and the Class A-14
Certificates, sequentially in that order,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of
each Class (in ascending order of numerical
designation) has been reduced to zero;
(iii) With respect to the Group IIA Pool, the Group Distribution
Amount shall be applied:
(a) first, pro rata, to the Owners of the Group IIA
Certificates, their respective Class A Carry Forward Amount;
(b) second, pro, rata, to the Owners of the Group IIA
Certificates, their respective Class A Interest Carry Forward
Amount;
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(c) third, the lesser of (x) the remaining amount of
the Group Distribution Amount with respect to the Group IIA
Pool and (y) the Group IIA Class A Principal Distribution
Amount shall be applied in the following order of priority:
(i) First, the Group IIA Principal Distribution
Amount shall be distributed to the Owners of
the Class A-17 Certificates in an amount
equal to the Class A-17 Lockout Distribution
Amount;
(ii) Second, the excess of (i) the Group IIA
Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed in clause First above
shall be distributed to the Owners of the
Class A-16 Certificates, until the Class
A-16 Certificate Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero;
(iv) With respect to the Group IIB Pool, the Group Distribution
Amount shall be applied:
(a) first, pro rata, to the Owners of the Group IIB
Certificates, their respective Class A Current Interest;
(b) second, pro, rata, to the Owners of the Group IIB
Certificates, their respective Class A Interest Carry Forward
Amount;
(c) third, the lesser of (x) the remaining amount of
the Group Distribution Amount with respect to the Group IIB
Pool and (y) the Group IIB Class A Principal Distribution
Amount shall be applied in the following order of priority:
(i) First, the Group IIB Principal Distribution
Amount shall be distributed to the Owners of
the Class A-19 Certificates in an amount
equal to the Class A-19 Lockout Distribution
Amount;
(ii) Second, the excess of (i) the Group IIB
Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the
amount distributed in clause First above
shall be distributed to the Owners of the
Class A-18 Certificates, until the Class
A-18 Certificate Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero for such Payment Date;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any
Payment Date on which the Subordinated
Amount related to Group IIB is zero and the
Insurer is in default of its payment of
principal payable, the Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to the
Group IIB Certificates shall be distributed
pro rata and not in accordance with the
above priorities.
(A) seventh, on each Payment Date, the Trustee shall
transfer all remaining monies then on deposit in the Certificate
Account to the Supplemental
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Interest Payment Account; such transfer shall be deemed to be a
distribution on the Class R Certificates.
(c) On any Payment Date during the continuance of any Insurer
Default:
No Premium Amounts or Reimbursement Amounts shall be paid to the
Insurer, and any amounts otherwise payable to the Insurer as
Premium Amounts or Reimbursement Amounts shall be retained in the
Certificate Account as the Total Available Funds with respect to
the related Mortgage Loan Group, as appropriate.
(d) The Trustee shall distribute on each Payment Date to the
Owners of each Class of Class A Certificates, from the amount then on deposit
in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, the Class A Distribution Amount with
respect to such Class on such Payment Date. Any application of such amount
shall be first made to interest and then to principal (subject to the
requirements of paragraph (c) above).
(e) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the
aggregate amount distributed to the Owners of any Class A Certificates on
account of principal shall not exceed the Original Certificate Principal
Balance for the related Class.
SECTION 7.6. INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
(a) So long as no event described in Sections 8.20(a) or (b) hereof
shall have occurred and be continuing, and consistent with any requirements of
the Code, all or a portion of the Accounts held by the Trustee shall be
invested and reinvested by the Trustee in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Owners and the Insurer, as their interests may appear, as
directed in writing by the Master Servicer, in one or more Eligible Investments
bearing interest or sold at a discount. During the continuance of an event
described in Sections 8.20(a) or (b) hereof and following any removal of the
Master Servicer, the Control Party shall direct such investments. No investment
in any Account shall mature later than the Business Day immediately preceding
the next Payment Date.
(b) If any amounts are needed for disbursement from any Account
held by the Trustee and sufficient uninvested funds are not available to make
such disbursement, the Trustee shall cause to be sold or otherwise converted to
cash a sufficient amount of the investments in such Account. No investments
will be liquidated prior to maturity unless the proceeds thereof are needed for
disbursement.
(c) Subject to Section 10.1 hereof, the Trustee shall not in any
way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any Account held by the
Trustee resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein
(except and only to the extent that the bank serving as Trustee is the obligor
thereon and is otherwise liable).
(d) The Trustee shall hold funds in the Accounts held by the
Trustee uninvested upon the occurrence of either of the following events:
(i) the Master Servicer or the Control Party, as the case may be,
shall have failed to give investment directions to the Trustee within ten
days after receipt of a written request for such directions from the
Trustee; or
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(ii) the Master Servicer or the Control Party, as the case may be,
shall have failed to give investment directions to the Trustee during the
ten-day period described in clause (d)(i) preceding, by 11:15 a.m. New
York time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Master Servicer and
the Trustee) on any Business Day (any such investment by the Trustee
pursuant to this clause (d)(ii) to mature on the next Business Day after
the date of such investment).
(e) For purposes of investment, the Trustee shall aggregate all
amounts on deposit in the Accounts. All income or other gain from investments
in the Accounts shall be deposited, pro rata, in the Accounts immediately on
receipt, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged, pro
rata, to the Accounts.
SECTION 7.7. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS. The following are Eligible
Investments:
(a) Direct general obligations of the United States or the
obligations of any agency or instrumentality of the United States fully and
unconditionally guaranteed, the timely payment or the guarantee of which
constitutes a full faith and credit obligation of the United States.
(b) Federal Housing Administration debentures and rated Aa2 or
higher by Moody's and AA or better by Standard & Poor's.
(c) Xxxxxxx Mac senior debt obligations and rated Aa2 or higher
by Moody's and AA or better by Standard & Poor's.
(d) Federal Home Loan Banks' consolidated senior debt
obligations and rated Aa2 or higher by Moody's and AA or better by Standard &
Poor's.
(e) Xxxxxx Xxx senior debt obligations and rated Aa2 or higher
by Moody's.
(f) Federal funds, certificates of deposit, time and demand
deposits, and bankers' acceptances (having original maturities of not more than
365 days) of any domestic bank, the short-term debt obligations of which have
been rated A-1 or better by Standard & Poor's and P-1 by Moody's.
(g) Investment agreements approved by the Control Party provided:
1. The agreement is with a bank or insurance company which
has an unsecured, uninsured and unguaranteed obligation (or
claims-paying ability) rated Aa2 or better by Moody's and AA or
better by Standard & Poor's, and
2. Monies invested thereunder may be withdrawn without any
penalty, premium or charge upon not more than one day's notice
(provided such notice may be amended or canceled at any time prior
to the withdrawal date), and
3. The agreement is not subordinated to any other
obligations of such insurance company or bank, and
4. The same guaranteed interest rate will be paid on any
future deposits made pursuant to such agreement, and
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5. The Trustee and the Insurer receive an opinion of counsel
that such agreement is an enforceable obligation of such insurance
company or bank.
(h) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than
365 days) rated A-1 or better by Standard & Poor's and P-1 or better by
Moody's.
(i) Investments in money market funds rated AAAm or AAAM-G by
Standard & Poor's and Aaa or P-1 by Moody's.
(j) Investments approved in writing by the Control Party and
acceptable to the Rating Agencies and the Insurer;
SECTION 7.8. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) On each Payment Date the Trustee shall provide to each Owner,
to the Master Servicer, to the Insurer, to each Underwriter, to the Sponsor and
to each Rating Agency a written report in substantially the form set forth as
Exhibit I hereto with respect to each Mortgage Loan Group, as such form may be
revised by the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Rating Agencies from time
to time, but in every case setting forth the information requested on Exhibit I
hereto and the following information:
(i) the amount of the distribution with respect to the
related Class of Certificates;
(ii) the amount of such distributions allocable to principal,
separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Prepayments or other
unscheduled recoveries of principal included therein;
(iii) the amount of such distributions allocable to interest;
(iv) the Interest Carry Forward Amount for each Class;
(v) the Certificate Principal Balance for each Class of
Class A Certificates (other than the Class A-IO Certificates) and the
Class A-IO and Class F-IO Notional Principal Balances of the Class A-IO
and Class F-IO Certificates as of such Payment Date, together with the
principal amount of such Class of Class A Certificates (other than the
Class A-IO and Class F-IO Certificates) (based on a Certificate in an
original principal amount of $1,000) then outstanding, in each case after
giving effect to any payment of principal on such Payment Date;
(vi) with respect to the Class A Certificates, the amount
of any Class A Insured Payment included in the amounts distributed in
respect of the Class A Certificates;
(vii) the aggregate Loan Balance of all Mortgage Loans
after giving effect to any payment of principal on such Payment Date both
in the aggregate and in each of the Mortgage Loan Groups;
(viii) information furnished by the Sponsor pursuant to
Section 6049(d)(7)(C) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder to assist the Owners in computing their market discount;
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(ix) the total of any Substitution Amounts and any Loan
Purchase Price amounts included in such distribution;
(x) the weighted average Coupon Rate of the Mortgage Loans with
respect to each Group;
(xi) the amount of any Supplemental Interest Amount,;
(xii) the Subordinated Amount, for each Mortgage Loan,
after giving effect to any payment of principal on such Payment Date;
(xiii) the aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans in
each Mortgage Loan Group that were repurchased during the related
Remittance Period and any repurchases pursuant to Section 8.10;
(xiv) the amounts, if any, of any Realized Losses in each
Mortgage Loan Group for the related Remittance Period;
(xv) the Pool Rolling Six-Month Delinquency Rate and the
Pool Cumulative Realized Losses (x) as a percentage of the average Pool
Principal Balance as of the close of business on the last day of each of
the twelve preceding Remittance Periods and (y) as a percentage of the
sum of the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-Off Date;
(xvi) a number with respect to each Class (the "Pool Factor"
for such Class) computed by dividing the Certificate Principal Balance
for such Class (after giving effect to any distribution of principal to
be made on such Payment Date) by the Certificate Principal Balance for
such Class on the Startup Day;
(xvii) whether a Servicer Termination Delinquency Rate
Trigger or a Servicer Termination Loss Trigger has occurred, as such
terms are defined in the Insurance Agreement.
Items (i) through (iii) above shall, with respect to each Class of
Class A Certificates, be presented on the basis of a Certificate having a $1,000
denomination. In addition, by January 31 of each calendar year following any
year during which the Certificates are outstanding, the Trustee shall furnish a
report to each Owner of record at any time during each calendar year as to the
aggregate of amounts reported pursuant to (i), (ii) and (iii) with respect to
the Certificates for such calendar year.
(b) In addition, on each Payment Date the Trustee will distribute
to each Owner, to the Insurer, to each Underwriter, to the Master Servicer, to
the Sponsor and to each Rating Agency, together with the information described
in Subsection (a) preceding, the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan Group as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the
prior calendar month, which is hereby required to be prepared by the Master
Servicer and furnished to the Trustee for such purpose on or prior to the
related Remittance Date:
(i) the total number of Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Loan Group
and the aggregate Loan Balances thereof, together with the number,
aggregate principal balances of such Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan
Group and the percentage
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(based on the aggregate Loan Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such
Mortgage Loan Group) of the aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans
to the aggregate Loan Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related
Mortgage Loan Group (a) 30-59 days Delinquent, (b) 60-89 days Delinquent
and (c) 90 or more days Delinquent;
(ii) the number, aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans in
each Mortgage Loan Group and percentage (based on the aggregate Loan
Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group) of the
aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans to the aggregate Loan
Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group in
foreclosure proceedings (and whether any such Mortgage Loans are also
included in any of the statistics described in the foregoing clause (i));
(iii) the number, aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans in
each Mortgage Loan Group and percentage (based on the aggregate Loan
Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group) of the
aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans to the aggregate Loan
Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group relating
to Mortgagors in bankruptcy proceedings (and whether any such Mortgage
Loans are also included in any of the statistics described in the
foregoing clause (i));
(iv) the number, aggregate Loan Balances of all Mortgage Loans in
each Mortgage Loan Group and percentage (based on the aggregate Loan
Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Loan Group) of the
aggregate Loan Balances of such Mortgage Loans to the aggregate Loan
Balance of all Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Loan Group relating
to REO Properties (and whether any such Mortgage Loans are also included
in any of the statistics described in the foregoing clause (i));
(v) the loan number of the related Mortgage Loan and the book value
of any REO Property in each Mortgage Loan Group; and
(vi) the aggregate Loan Balance of 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage
Loans with respect to each Group.
(c) The foregoing reports shall be sent be to an Owner only
insofar as such Owner owns a Certificate with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan Group.
(d) The Sponsor and the Master Servicer, on behalf of
Certificateholders and the Trust (the "Trust Parties") hereby authorize the
Trustee to include the loan level information with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, excluding any information relating to the fees or amounts due to the
Insurer, contained in reports provided to the Insurer or the Trustee by the
Master Servicer hereunder and, if so directed by an Authorized Officer of the
Sponsor in writing to the Trustee, the monthly report to the Owners prepared by
the Trustee (the "Information") on The Bloomberg, an on-line computer based
on-line information network maintained by Bloomberg L.P. ("Bloomberg") or on
any other on-line computer based on-line information network or service
("Information Network"), or in other electronic or print information services
deemed acceptable by the Sponsor or the Master Servicer as designated in
writing to the Trustee by an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer. The
Trust Parties agree not to commence any actions or proceedings, or otherwise
assert any claims, against the Trustee or its affiliates or any of the
Trustee's or its affiliates' respective agents, representatives, directors,
officers or employees (collectively, the "Designated Parties"), arising out of,
or related to or in connection with the dissemination and/or use of any
Information by the Trustee, including, but not limited to, claims
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based on allegations of inaccurate or incomplete information by the Trustee to
Bloomberg or to any Information Network or otherwise (other than in connection
with the Trustee's negligence or willful misconduct). The Trust Parties waive
their rights to assert any such claims against the Designated Parties and fully
and finally release the Designated Parties from any and all such claims,
demands, obligations, actions and liabilities (other than in connection with
such Designated Parties' negligence or willful misconduct). The Trustee makes no
representations or warranties, expressed or implied, of any kind whatsoever with
respect to the accuracy, adequacy, timeliness, completeness, merchantability or
fitness for any particular purpose of any Information in any form or manner. The
authorizations, covenants and obligations of the Trust Parties under this
section shall be irrevocable and shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.9. ADDITIONAL REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee shall report to the Sponsor, the Insurer and the
Master Servicer with respect to the amount then held in each Account (including
investment earnings accrued or scheduled to accrue) held by the Trustee and the
identity of the investments included therein, as the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer or the Insurer may from time to time request. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall, at the request of the Sponsor,
the Master Servicer or the Insurer, transmit promptly to the Sponsor, the
Insurer and the Master Servicer copies of all accounting of receipts in respect
of the Mortgage Loans furnished to it by the Master Servicer and shall notify
the Sponsor, the Insurer and the Master Servicer if any such receipts have not
been received by the Trustee.
(b) The Trustee shall immediately report to the Insurer, Sponsor and
Master Servicer with respect to its actual knowledge, without independent
investigation, of any breach of any of the representations or warranties
relating to individual Mortgage Loans set forth in any Master Transfer Agreement
or in Section 3.3(a) hereof.
SECTION 7.10. SUPPLEMENTAL INTEREST PAYMENT ACCOUNT, SUPPLEMENT
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND CLASS R DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.
(a) The parties hereto do hereby create and establish a trust, the
"Advanta Supplemental Interest Trust 1998-2" (the "Supplemental Interest
Trust"). The Supplemental Interest Trust shall hold a trust account, the
"Supplemental Interest Payment Account" to be held by the Trustee in its name on
behalf of the Supplemental Interest Trust. None of the assets of the
Supplemental Interest Trust shall be considered assets of either REMIC, and any
amounts transferred from the Upper-Tier REMIC to the Supplemental Interest Trust
shall be treated as distributions with respect to the Class R Certificates.
(b) The amount, if any, on deposit in the Supplemental Interest
Payment Account on any Payment Date is the "Supplemental Interest Payment Amount
Available" on such Payment Date.
If, on any Determination Date the Trustee determines that the
Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available to be available on the next
Payment Date is less than the excess of (x) the excess of (i) the Full Interest
Distribution Amount over (ii) the Current Interest over (y) the Supplemental
Interest Payment Amount Available as of such Payment Date (the "Formula
Interest Shortfall"), the Trustee shall demand that the Designated Residual
Owner fund the Formula Interest Shortfall on the related Payment Date.
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The amount so funded by the Designated Residual Owner on any such
Payment Date is the "Interest Advance" for such Payment Date.
On each Payment Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the
Supplemental Interest Payment Account and pay to the Owners of the Capped
Certificates which are not receiving the Full Interest Distribution Amount with
respect to such Class on such Distribution Date the amount by which such Full
Interest Distribution Amount with respect to such Class exceeds the Current
Interest with respect to such Class on such Payment Date (the "Capped Interest
Shortfall"). To the extent that the Supplemental Interest Payment Amount
Available is less than the Formula Interest Shortfall, the Supplemental
Interest Payment Amount Available shall be applied on a pro rata basis to each
class of the Capped Certificates in amounts equal to the product of (a) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Capped Interest Shortfall with respect
to such Class and the denominator of which is the Formula Interest Shortfall
and (b) the Supplemental Interest Payment Amount Available.
(c) Any portion of the Supplemental Interest Payment Amount
Available after application of clause (b) above shall be applied in the
following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Designated Residual Owner, as reimbursement for
unpaid Interest Advances, together with interest thereon, with the
earliest Interest Advances being deemed to be paid first;
(ii) second, to the owners of the Class R Certificates the remainder
pro rata in accordance with their Percentage Interests.
ARTICLE VIII
SERVICING AND ADMINISTRATION
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 8.1. MASTER SERVICER AND SUB-SERVICERS.
(a) Acting directly or through one or more Sub-Servicers as
provided in Section 8.3, the Master Servicer, as master servicer, shall service
and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and on
behalf of the Trustee and the Insurer and with reasonable care, and using that
degree of skill and attention that the Master exercises with respect to
comparable mortgage loans that it services for itself or others, and shall have
full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem
necessary or desirable.
(b) The duties of the Master Servicer shall include collecting and
posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Mortgagors or by federal,
state or local government authorities with respect to the Mortgage Loans,
investigating delinquencies, reporting tax information to Mortgagors in
accordance with its customary practices and accounting for collections and
furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Trustee and the Insurer, as
applicable, with respect to distributions, paying Compensating Interest and
making Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant hereto. The Master
Servicer shall follow its customary standards, policies and procedures in
performing its duties as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall cooperate
with the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee with reasonable promptness
information in its possession as may be necessary or appropriate to enable the
Trustee to perform its tax reporting duties hereunder. The Trustee shall
furnish the Master Servicer or
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any Sub-servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master
Servicer (i) shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the
Trustee, to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Owners, the Insurer
and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of full release or discharge and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the related
Properties; (ii) may consent to any modification of the terms of any Note not
expressly prohibited hereby if the effect of any such modification (x) will not
be to affect materially and adversely the security afforded by the related
Property, the timing of receipt of any payments required hereby or the
interests of the Insurer and (y) will not cause the Upper-Tier REMIC or the
Lower-Tier REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC.
(d) The Master Servicer shall have the right using that degree of
skill and attention that the Master Servicer exercises with respect to
comparable mortgage loans that it services for itself or others, to approve
applications of Mortgagors for consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages,
(ii) alterations to Properties and (iii) removal, demolition or division of
Properties. No application for approval shall be considered by the Master
Servicer unless: (x) the provisions of the related Note and Mortgage have been
complied with; (y) the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio (which may, for this
purpose, be determined at the time of any such action in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee) and the Mortgagor's debt-to-income ratio after any
release does not exceed the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio and debt-to-income
ratio applicable to such Mortgage Loan at origination and (z) the lien priority
of the related Mortgage is not adversely affected; provided, however, that the
foregoing requirements (x), (y) and (z) shall not apply to any such situation
described in this paragraph if such situation results from any condemnation or
easement activity by a governmental entity.
(e) The parties intend that each of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the
Upper-Tier REMIC shall constitute, and that the affairs of each shall be
conducted so as to qualify each as a REMIC. In furtherance of such intention,
the Master Servicer covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the
Master Servicer is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of each such
REMIC and that in such capacity it shall: (i) use its best efforts to conduct
the affairs of each such REMIC at all times that any Class of Certificates are
outstanding so as to maintain the status of each such REMIC as a REMIC under the
REMIC Provisions; (ii) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to
take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of either
such REMIC or that would subject the Trust to tax and (iii) exercise reasonable
care not to allow either such REMIC to receive income from the performance of
services or from assets not permitted under the REMIC Provisions to be held by
each REMIC.
(f) The Master Servicer may, and is hereby authorized to, perform
any of its servicing responsibilities with respect to all or certain of the
Mortgage Loans through a Sub-Servicer as it may from time to time designate,
but no such designation of a Sub-Servicer shall serve to release the Master
Servicer from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Such Sub-Servicer
shall have all the rights and powers of the Master Servicer with respect to
such Mortgage Loans under this Agreement.
(g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to
Sections 8.13 and 8.14, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a
Sub-Servicer may be authorized and empowered pursuant to a power of attorney
executed and delivered by the Trustee
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to execute and deliver, and may be authorized and empowered by the Trustee, to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Owners, the Insurer and the
Trustee or any of them, (i) any and all 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
Properties, (ii) and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed in
lieu of foreclosure so as to effect ownership of any Property on behalf of the
Trustee, and (iii) to hold title to any Property upon such foreclosure or deed
in lieu of foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee; provided, however, that Section
8.14(a) shall constitute a power of attorney from the Trustee to the Master
Servicer or any Sub-servicer to execute an instrument of satisfaction (or
assignment of mortgage without recourse) with respect to any Mortgage Loan paid
in full (or with respect to which payment in full has been escrowed). Subject to
Sections 8.13 and 8.14, the Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer and any
Sub-servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents as the Master
Servicer or such Sub-Servicer shall reasonably request to enable the Master
Servicer and such Sub-Servicer to carry out their respective servicing and
administrative duties hereunder.
(h) The Master Servicer shall give prompt notice to the Trustee of
any action, of which the Master Servicer has actual knowledge, to (i) assert a
claim against the Trust or (ii) assert jurisdiction over the Trust.
(i) Servicing Advances incurred by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (including
any penalties in connection with the payment of any taxes and assessments or
other charges) on any Property shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer or
such Sub-Servicer to the extent described in Section 8.9(c) and in Section
7.5(b)(E)(3).
SECTION 8.2. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN MORTGAGE LOAN PAYMENTS.
(a) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent such procedures shall
be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any
applicable Insurance Policies, follow Accepted Servicing Practices. Consistent
with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any
assumption fees, late payment charges, charges for checks returned for
insufficient funds, prepayment fees, if any, or other fees which may be
collected in the ordinary course of servicing the Mortgage Loans, (ii) if a
Mortgagor is in default or about to be in default because of a Mortgagor's
financial condition, arrange with the Mortgagor a schedule for the payment of
delinquent payments due on the related Mortgage Loan; provided, however, the
Master Servicer shall not reschedule the payment of delinquent payments more
than one time in any twelve consecutive months with respect to any Mortgagor.
(b) The Master Servicer shall hold in escrow on behalf of the
related Mortgagor all Prepaid Installments received by it, and shall apply such
Prepaid Installments as directed by such Mortgagor and as set forth in the
related Note.
SECTION 8.3. SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN MASTER SERVICER AND
SUB-SERVICERS. The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements for
any servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans with any institution which is
in compliance with the laws of each state necessary to enable it to perform its
obligations under such Sub-Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall give
notice to the Insurer and the Trustee of the appointment of any Sub-Servicer and
shall furnish to the Insurer and the Trustee a copy of the Subservicing
Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the Master shall be deemed to have
received payments on Mortgage Loans when any Sub-Servicer has received such
payments. Any
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such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be consistent with and not violate the
provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.4. SUCCESSOR SUB-SERVICERS. The Master Servicer may
terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement and to either itself directly
service the related Mortgage Loans itself or enter into a Sub-Servicing
Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicers that qualifies under Section 8.3.
SECTION 8.5. LIABILITY OF MASTER SERVICER. The Master Servicer
shall not be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding
any Sub-Servicing Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement relating
to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or
otherwise, and the Master Servicer shall be obligated to the same extent and
under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to
enter into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for indemnification of the Master
by such Sub-Servicer and nothing contained in such Sub-Servicing Agreement
shall be deemed to limit or modify this Agreement. The Trust shall not
indemnify the Master Servicer for any losses due to the Master Servicer's
negligence.
SECTION 8.6. NO CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUB-SERVICER AND
TRUSTEE OR THE OWNERS. Any Sub-Servicing Agreement and any other transactions
or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer shall be
deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and the Master Servicer alone and the
Insurer, the Trustee and the Owners shall not be deemed parties thereto and
shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect
to any Sub-Servicer except as set forth in Section 8.7.
SECTION 8.7. ASSUMPTION OR TERMINATION OF SUB-SERVICING
AGREEMENT BY TRUSTEE. In connection with the assumption of the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities and of the authority, power and rights
of the Master Servicer hereunder by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.20, it is
understood and agreed that the Master Servicer's rights and obligations under
any Sub-Servicing Agreement then in force between the Master Servicer and a
Sub-Servicer may be assumed or terminated by the Trustee at its option. Any
termination fee due under any such Sub-Servicing agreement shall be paid by the
preceding Master Servicer but in no event shall the Trustee be liable for any
such fee.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party documents and
records relating to each Sub-Servicing Agreement and an accounting of amounts
collected and held by it and otherwise use its best reasonable efforts to effect
the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreements to the
assuming party, without the payment of any fee by the Trustee, notwithstanding
any contrary provision in any Sub-Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 8.8. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNT.
(a) The Master Servicer and/or each Sub-servicer, as applicable,
shall, for each of Group IA, Group IB, Group IIA, and Group IIB, establish in
the name of the Trust for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates
relating to such Mortgage Loan Group and the Insurer, as their interests may
appear, and maintain at one or more Designated Depository Institutions a
Principal and Interest Account for each such Mortgage Loan Group.
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Subject to Subsections (c) and (e) below, the Master Servicer and
any Sub-servicer shall deposit all receipts related to the Mortgage Loans in
each such Mortgage Loan Group to their respective Principal and Interest Account
on a daily basis (but no later than the first Business Day after receipt).
On the Startup Day and each day thereafter, as applicable, the
Sponsor and/or the Master Servicer shall deposit to each Principal and Interest
Account all receipts related to the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Loan Group
which relate to or are received on or after the Cut-Off Date.
(b) All funds in the Principal and Interest Account for each
Mortgage Loan Group may only be held (i) uninvested, up to the limits insured
by the FDIC or (ii) invested in Eligible Investments. The Principal and
Interest Accounts shall be held in trust in the name of the Trust and for the
benefit of the Owners of the Certificates relating to such Mortgage Loan Group
(i.e. in the case of the Principal and Interest Account for Group IA, the Group
IA Certificates, in the case of the Principal and Interest Account for Group
IB, the Group IB Certificates, in the case of the Principal and Interest
Account for Group IIA, the Group IIA Certificates and in the case of the
Principal and Interest Account for Group IIB, the Group IIB Certificates) and
the Insurer. Any investment earnings on funds held in each Principal and
Interest Account shall be for the account of the Master Servicer and may only
be withdrawn from such Principal and Interest Account by the Master Servicer
immediately following the remittance of the Monthly Remittance Amounts by the
Master Servicer. Any references herein to amounts on deposit in the Principal
and Interest Accounts shall refer to amounts net of such investment earnings.
Any investment losses are at the expense of the Master Servicer and shall be
replaced on or prior to the Remittance Date.
(c) Subject to Subsection (e) below, the Master Servicer shall
deposit to each Principal and Interest Account all principal and interest
collections on the Mortgage Loans for the related Mortgage Loan Group received
on or after the Cut-Off Date including any Prepaid Installments, Prepayments
and Net Liquidation Proceeds, all Loan Purchase Prices and Substitution Amounts
received or paid by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans,
other recoveries or amounts related to such Mortgage Loans received by the
Master Servicer, Compensating Interest and Delinquency Advances together with
any amounts which are reimbursable from such Principal and Interest Account,
but net of (i) the Servicing Fee with respect to each such Mortgage Loan and
other servicing compensation to the Master Servicer as permitted by Section
8.15 hereof, (ii) principal (including Prepayments) collected on the related
Mortgage Loans prior to the Cut-Off Date, (iii) interest accruing on the
related Mortgage Loans prior to the Cut-Off Date and (iv) Net Liquidation
Proceeds to the extent such Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the sum of the Loan
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan and accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
(d) (i) The Master Servicer may make withdrawals from each
Principal and Interest Account only for the following purposes:
(1) to effect the timely remittance to the Trustee of the
Monthly Remittance Amounts due on the Remittance Date;
(2) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 8.9(a) hereof for
unreimbursed Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances and
Nonrecoverable Advances;
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(3) to withdraw investment earnings on amounts on deposit in
the Principal and Interest Account;
(4) to withdraw amounts that have been deposited to a
Principal and Interest Account in error; and
(5) to clear and terminate each Principal and Interest Account
following the termination of the Trust Estate pursuant to Article X.
(ii) On the tenth day of each month, the Master Servicer shall
send to the Trustee a report, in the form of a computer tape, detailing
the payments on the Mortgage Loans during the prior Remittance Period.
Such tape shall be in the form and have the specifications as may be
agreed to between the Master Servicer and the Trustee from time to time.
The Insurer shall have the right to request this computer tape upon
providing 3 Business Days written notice to the Master Servicer.
(iii) On each Remittance Date the Master Servicer shall remit to
the Trustee by wire transfer, or otherwise make funds available in
immediately available funds for deposit in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 7.5(a) of this Agreement. On each Remittance Date the
Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee by wire transfer, or otherwise
make funds available in immediately available funds for deposit in the
Certificate Account pursuant to Section 7.5 of this Agreement, (A) for
Group IA, the Group IA Interest Remittance Amount and the Group IA
Principal Remittance Amount, (B) for Group IB, the Group IB Interest
Remittance Amount and the Group IB Principal Remittance Amount, (C) for
Group IIA, the Group IIA Interest Remittance Amount and the Group IIA
Principal Remittance Amount and (D) for Group IIB, the Group IIB Interest
Remittance Amount and the Group IIB Principal Remittance Amount.
(e) To the extent that the ratings, if any, then assigned to the
unsecured debt of the Master Servicer or of the Master Servicer's ultimate
corporate parent are satisfactory to the Insurer, the Trustee and each Rating
Agency, then the requirement to maintain the Principal and Interest Accounts
may be waived by an instrument signed by the Insurer, Trustee and each Rating
Agency, and the Master Servicer may be allowed to co-mingle with its general
funds the amounts otherwise required to be deposited to the Principal and
Interest Account, on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Insurer,
the Trustee and each Rating Agency may permit.
(f) For administrative purposes, each Principal and Interest
Account may be established as a sub-account of a single account. Amounts on
deposit in all Principal and Interest Accounts may be commingled for purposes
of investment.
SECTION 8.9. DELINQUENCY ADVANCES, COMPENSATING INTEREST AND
SERVICING ADVANCES.
(a) The Master Servicer is required, not later than each
Remittance Date, to deposit into the Principal and Interest Account an amount
equal to the sum of the interest portions (net of the Servicing Fees) due, but
not collected, with respect to Delinquent Mortgage Loans during the prior
Remittance Period, but only if, in its good faith business judgment, the Master
Servicer reasonably believes that such amount will ultimately be recovered from
the related Mortgage Loan. Such amounts are "Delinquency Advances".
The Master Servicer shall be permitted to fund its payment of
Delinquency Advances on any Remittance Date and to reimburse itself for any
Delinquency Advances paid
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from the Master Servicer's own funds, from collections on the related Mortgage
Loan. The Master Servicer may use funds deposited to the Principal and Interest
Account subsequent to the related Remittance Period and shall deposit into the
Principal and Interest Account with respect thereto (i) late collections from
the Mortgagor whose Delinquency gave rise to the shortfall which resulted in
such Delinquency Advance and (ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds recovered on account
of the related Mortgage Loan to the extent of the amount of aggregate
Delinquency Advances related thereto or (iii) from its own funds. If not
therefore recovered from the related Mortgagor or the related Net Liquidation
Proceeds, Delinquency Advances constituting Nonrecoverable Advances shall be
recoverable pursuant to Section 7.5(b)(E)(3) hereof.
(b) On or prior to each Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall
deposit in the Principal and Interest Account with respect to any full
Prepayment received on a Mortgage Loan during the related Remittance Period out
of its own funds without any right of reimbursement therefor, an amount equal
to the difference between (x) 30 days' interest at the Mortgage Loan's Coupon
Rate (less the Servicing Fee) on the Loan Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the first day of the related Remittance Period and (y) to the extent not
previously advanced, the interest (less the Servicing Fee) paid by the
Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgage Loan during such Remittance Period (any
such amount paid by the Master Servicer, "Compensating Interest"). The Master
Servicer shall in no event be required to pay Compensating Interest with
respect to any Remittance Period in an amount in excess of the aggregate
Servicing Fee received by the Master Servicer with respect to all Mortgage
Loans for such Remittance Period.
(c) The Master Servicer will pay all "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses incurred in the performance of its servicing obligations, including,
but not limited to, the cost of (i) Preservation Expenses, (ii) any enforcement
or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, and (iii) the management and
liquidation of REO Property, but is only required to pay such costs and
expenses to the extent the Master Servicer reasonably believes such costs and
expenses will increase Net Liquidation Proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan.
Each such amount so paid will constitute a "Servicing Advance". The Master
Servicer may recover Servicing Advances (x) from the Mortgagors to the extent
permitted by the Mortgage Loans, from Liquidation Proceeds realized upon the
liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan and (y) as provided in Section
7.5(b)(E)(3) hereof. In no case may the Master Servicer recover Servicing
Advances from principal and interest payments on any Mortgage Loan or from any
amounts relating to any other Mortgage Loan except as provided pursuant to
Section 7.5(b)(E)(3) hereof.
(d) On each Remittance Date in June and July of 1998, the Master
Servicer shall make four Special Advances, one with respect to each Mortgage
Loan Group equal to the sum of (x) one-month's interest, calculated at the
weighted average Pass-Through Rate (applicable to the July or August 1998
Payment Date, as the case may be, for the classes of Class A Certificates
related to such Group) with respect to all Mortgage Loans not having a payment
due during June or July 1998, as the case may be, (y) the Premium Amount with
respect to such Mortgage Loans for the July or August 1998 Payment Date, as the
case may be, and (z) the Trustee's Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loans for
the July or August 1998 Payment Date, as the case may be; the amounts of such
advances shall be included in the related Interest Remittance Amount.
Reimbursement of Special Advances shall be made only as provided in Section
7.5(b)(E)(3).
SECTION 8.10. PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The Master Servicer
may, but is not obligated to, purchase for its own account any Mortgage Loan
which becomes Delinquent, in whole or in part, as to four consecutive monthly
installments or any Mortgage Loan as to which
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enforcement proceedings have been brought by the Master Servicer or by any
Sub-servicer pursuant to Section 8.13. Any such Loan so purchased shall be
purchased by the Master Servicer on a Remittance Date at a purchase price equal
to the Loan Purchase Price thereof, which purchase price shall be deposited in
the Principal and Interest Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master
Servicer may not purchase any such Mortgage Loan unless the Master Servicer has
delivered to the Trustee and the Insurer an opinion of counsel experienced in
federal income tax matters acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that such a
purchase would not constitute a Prohibited Transaction for the Trust or
otherwise subject the Trust to tax and would not jeopardize the status of either
the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Lower-Tier REMIC as a REMIC.
SECTION 8.11. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.
(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained with respect
to each Mortgage Loan a hazard insurance policy with a generally acceptable
carrier that provides for fire and extended coverage, and which provides for a
recovery by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust of insurance proceeds
relating to such Mortgage Loan in an amount not less than the least of (i) the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the minimum amount
required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis and (iii)
the full insurable value of the premises.
(b) If the Mortgage Loan at the time of origination relates to a
Property in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the Master Servicer will
cause to be maintained with respect thereto a flood insurance policy in a form
meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing
coverage, and which provides for a recovery by the Master Servicer on behalf of
the Trust of insurance proceeds relating to such Mortgage Loan of not less than
the least of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii)
the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement
cost basis and (iii) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. The Master Servicer shall indemnify
the Trust and the Insurer out of the Master Servicer's own funds for any loss
to the Trust and the Insurer resulting from the Master Servicer's failure to
maintain the insurance required by this Section.
(c) In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy insuring against fire, flood and hazards of extended
coverage on all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy names
the Master Servicer as loss payee and provides coverage in an amount equal to
the aggregate unpaid principal balance on the Mortgage Loans without
co-insurance, and otherwise complies with the requirements of this Section
8.11, the Master Servicer shall be deemed conclusively to have satisfied its
obligations with respect to fire and hazard insurance coverage under this
Section 8.11, it being understood and agreed that such blanket policy may
contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer shall, in the
event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Property a
policy complying with the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8.11, and there
shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in
the Principal and Interest Account from the Master Servicer's own funds the
difference, if any, between the amount that would have been payable under a
policy complying with the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8.11 and the
amount paid under such blanket policy. Upon the request of the Trustee or the
Insurer, the Master Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee and the
Insurer, a certified true copy of such policy.
SECTION 8.12. DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AND SUBSTITUTION
AGREEMENTS. When a Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Master
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Servicer shall, to the extent it has knowledge of such conveyance or prospective
conveyance, exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of the related
Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale" clause contained in the related Mortgage
or Note; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not exercise any such
right if (i) the "due-on-sale" clause, in the reasonable belief of the Master
Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable law or (ii) the Master Servicer
reasonably believes that to permit an assumption of the Mortgage Loan would not
materially and adversely affect the interest of the Owners or of the Insurer. In
such event, the Master Servicer shall enter into an assumption and modification
agreement with the person to whom such property has been or is about to be
conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Note and,
unless prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage Documents, the Mortgagor
remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not permitted under applicable law,
the Master Servicer is authorized to enter into a substitution of liability
agreement with such person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released
from liability and such person is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable
under the Note; provided, however, that to the extent any such substitution of
liability agreement would be delivered by the Master Servicer outside of its
usual procedures for mortgage loans held in its own portfolio the Master
Servicer shall, prior to executing and delivering such agreement, obtain the
prior written consent of the Control Party. The Mortgage Loan, as assumed, shall
conform in all respects to the requirements, representations and warranties of
this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such
assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to the
Trustee the original copy of such assumption or substitution agreement, which
copy shall be added by the Trustee to the related File and which shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such File to the same extent as all other
documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The Master Servicer shall
be responsible for recording or causing the recordation any such assumption or
substitution agreements. In connection with any such assumption or substitution
agreement, the required monthly payment on the related Mortgage Loan shall not
be changed but shall remain as in effect immediately prior to the assumption or
substitution, the stated maturity or outstanding principal amount of such
Mortgage Loan shall not be changed nor shall any required monthly payments of
principal or interest be deferred or forgiven. Any fee collected by the Master
Servicer or the Sub-Servicer for consenting to any such conveyance or entering
into an assumption or substitution agreement shall be retained by or paid to the
Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach
or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption
of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Master
Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
SECTION 8.13. REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.
(a) The Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably
effect the ownership on behalf of the Trust of Properties relating to defaulted
Mortgage Loans as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for
collection of Delinquent payments and which the Master Servicer has not
purchased pursuant to Section 8.10. In connection with such foreclosure or other
conversion, the Master Servicer shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it hereunder, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise or use, as prudent mortgage lenders would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs, including, but not limited
to, advancing funds for the payment of taxes, amounts due with respect to Senior
Liens, and insurance premiums. Any amounts so advanced shall constitute
"Servicing Advances" within the meaning of Section 8.9(c) hereof. The Master
Servicer shall sell
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any REO Property within 35 months of its acquisition by the Trust, unless the
Master Servicer obtains for the Trustee an opinion of counsel experienced in
federal income tax matters, addressed to the Trustee, the Insurer and the Master
Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Trust of such REO Property for
any greater period will not result in the imposition of taxes on "Prohibited
Transactions" of the Trust or any REMIC therein as defined in Section 860F of
the Code or cause either the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions at any time that any Certificates
are outstanding. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing provisions, the
Master Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property
for the Owners and the Insurer solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition
and sale in a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify
as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code
or result in the receipt by the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper Tier REMIC of any
"income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B)
of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is subject to
taxation under the REMIC Provisions. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO
Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected
by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner
and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is
located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of
the Owners, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to
be in the best interest of the Owners for the period prior to the sale of such
REO Property. The Master Servicer shall take into account the existence of any
hazardous substances, hazardous wastes or solid wastes, as such terms are
defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability
Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or other federal, state
or local environmental legislation, on a REO Property in determining whether to
foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of such REO
Property. With respect to any Mortgage Loan secured by a mixed use REO Property,
the Master Servicer shall, prior to foreclosing upon or otherwise comparably
effecting the ownership in the name of the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trust, either (x) perform a "phase one environmental study" of such REO Property
or (y) repurchase such REO Property at the Loan Purchase Price.
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing provisions, the
Master Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property
for the Owners solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a
manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure
property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the
receipt by the Trust of any "income from non-permitted assets" within the
meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or any "net income from foreclosure
property" which is subject to taxation under the REMIC Provisions. Pursuant to
its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself
or through an agent selected by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such
REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the
locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its
conservation and protection of the interests of the Owners, rent the same, or
any part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the
Owners for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Master
Servicer shall take into account the existence of any hazardous substances,
hazardous wastes or solid wastes, as such terms are defined in the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act of 1976, or other federal, state or local environmental
legislation, on a Property in determining whether to foreclose upon or otherwise
comparably convert the ownership of such Property.
(b) The Master Servicer shall determine, with respect to each
defaulted Mortgage Loan, when it has recovered, whether through trustee's sale,
foreclosure sale or
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otherwise, all amounts it expects to recover from or on account of such
defaulted Mortgage Loan, whereupon such Mortgage Loan shall become a "Liquidated
Loan" and shall promptly deliver to the Insurer a related liquidation report
with respect to such Liquidated Loan.
SECTION 8.14. TRUSTEE TO COOPERATE; RELEASE OF FILES.
(a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan (including the
repurchase of any Mortgage Loan or any liquidation of such Mortgage Loan through
foreclosure or otherwise), or the receipt by the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer shall
deliver to the Trustee a Master Servicer's Trust Receipt. Upon receipt of such
Master Servicer's Trust Receipt, the Trustee shall promptly release the related
File, in trust to (i) the Master Servicer, (ii) an escrow agent or (iii) any
employee, agent or attorney of the Trustee, in each case pending its release by
the Master Servicer, such escrow agent or such employee, agent or attorney of
the Trustee, as the case may be. Upon any such payment in full, or the receipt
of such notification that such funds have been placed in escrow, the Master
Servicer or any Sub-servicer is authorized to give, as attorney-in-fact for the
Trustee and the mortgagee under the Mortgage which secured the Note, an
instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of Mortgage without recourse)
regarding the Property relating to such Mortgage, which instrument of
satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Person
or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor of payment in full, it
being understood and agreed that no expense incurred in connection with such
instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be
chargeable to the Principal and Interest Account. In lieu of executing any such
satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer may prepare and submit to the Trustee, a satisfaction (or
assignment without recourse, if requested by the Person or Persons entitled
thereto) in form for execution by the Trustee with all requisite information
completed by the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer; in such event, the Trustee
shall execute and acknowledge such satisfaction or assignment, as the case may
be, and deliver the same with the related File, as aforesaid.
(b) From time to time and as appropriate in the servicing of any
Mortgage Loan, including, without limitation, foreclosure or other comparable
conversion of a Mortgage Loan or collection under any applicable Property
Insurance Policy, the Trustee shall (except in the case of the payment or
liquidation pursuant to which the related File is released to an escrow agent
or an employee, agent or attorney of the Trustee), upon request of the Master
Servicer or any Sub-servicer and delivery to the Trustee of a Master Servicer's
Trust Receipt, release the related File to the Master Servicer and shall
execute such documents as shall be necessary to the prosecution of any such
proceedings, including, without limitation, an assignment without recourse of
the related Mortgage to the Master Servicer; provided that the Master Servicer
shall not have received and not returned at any one time more than 10% of the
entire number of Files. The Trustee shall complete in the name of the Trustee
any endorsement in blank on any Note prior to releasing such Note to the Master
Servicer or any Sub-servicer. Such receipt shall obligate the Master Servicer
or any Sub-servicer to return the File to the Trustee when the need therefor by
the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer no longer exists unless the Mortgage
Loan shall be liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of the liquidation
information, in physical or electronic form, the Master Servicer's Trust
Receipt shall be released by the Trustee to the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer.
(c) No costs associated with the procedures described in this
Section 8.14 shall be an expense of the Trust.
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(x) The provisions set forth in Subsections (a) and (b) may be
superseded by any waiver of the Document Delivery Requirement as may be given
by the Insurer and the Rating Agencies pursuant to Section 3.5(j) hereof.
(e) Each Master Servicer's Trust Receipt may be delivered to the
Trustee (i) via mail or courier, (ii) via facsimile or (iii) by such other
means, including, without limitation, electronic or computer readable medium,
as the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall mutually agree. The Trustee shall
promptly release the related File(s) within five (5) to seven (7) business days
of receipt of a properly completed Master Servicer's Trust Receipt pursuant to
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above or such shorter period as may be agreed upon
by the Master Servicer and the Trustee. Receipt of a Master Servicer's Trust
Receipt pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall be authorization to
the Trustee to release such Files, provided the Trustee has determined that
such Master Servicer's Trust Receipt has been executed, with respect to clauses
(i) or (ii) above, or approved, with respect to clause (iii) above, by an
Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer or any Sub-servicer, and so long as
the Trustee complies with its duties and obligations under this Agreement. If
the Trustee is unable to release the Files within the time frames previously
specified, the Trustee shall immediately notify the Master Servicer or any
Sub-servicer indicating the reason for such delay, but in no event shall such
notification be later than five business days after receipt of a Master
Servicer's Trust Receipt. If the Master Servicer is required to pay penalties
or damages due solely to the Trustee's negligent failure to release the related
File or the Trustee's negligent failure to execute and release documents in a
timely manner, the Trustee shall be liable for such penalties or damages.
On each day that the Master Servicer remits to the Trustee Master
Servicer's Trust Receipts pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above, the Master
Servicer or any Sub-servicer shall also submit to the Trustee a summary of the
total amount of such Master Servicer's Trust Receipts requested on such day by
the same method as described in such clauses (ii) or (iii) above.
SECTION 8.15. SERVICING COMPENSATION. As compensation for its
activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain the
amount of the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan. Additional
servicing compensation in the form of prepayment charges, release fees, bad
check charges, assumption fees, late payment charges, or any other
servicing-related fees, Net Liquidation Proceeds not required to be deposited
in the Principal and Interest Account pursuant to Section 8.8(c)(v) and similar
items may, to the extent collected from Mortgagors, be retained by the Master
Servicer.
SECTION 8.16. ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. The Master
Servicer, at its own expense, will deliver to the Trustee, the Insurer and each
Rating Agency, on or before the last day of March of each year, commencing in
1999, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signer thereof, that (i) a
review of the activities of the Master Servicer during such preceding calendar
year and of performance under this Agreement has been made under such officers'
supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such
review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this
Agreement for such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of
all such obligations, specifying each such default known to such officers and
the nature and status thereof including the steps being taken by the Master
Servicer to remedy such defaults.
SECTION 8.17. ANNUAL INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS'
REPORTS. On or before the last day of March of each year, commencing in 1999,
the Master Servicer, at its own expense, shall cause to be delivered to the
Trustee, the Insurer and each Rating Agency a letter or letters of a firm of
independent, nationally recognized certified public accountants
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reasonably acceptable to the Control Party stating that such firm has, with
respect to the Master Servicer's overall servicing operations (i) performed
applicable tests in accordance with the compliance testing procedures as set
forth in Appendix 3 of the Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Approved Nonsupervised
Mortgagees or (ii) examined such operations in accordance with the requirements
of the Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers, and in either case
stating such firm's conclusions relating thereto.
SECTION 8.18. ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION
REGARDING THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The Master Servicer shall provide to the Trustee,
the Insurer, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of each of the
foregoing access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by
applicable state and federal regulations, such access being afforded without
charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the
offices of the Master Servicer designated by it.
SECTION 8.19. ASSIGNMENT OF AGREEMENT. The Master Servicer may
not assign its obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, unless it
shall have first obtained the written consent of the Trustee and the Insurer,
which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that
any assignee must meet the eligibility requirements set forth in Section
8.20(g) hereof for a successor servicer. Notice of any such assignment shall be
given by the Master Servicer to the Trustee, the Insurer and Xxxxx'x.
SECTION 8.20. REMOVAL OF MASTER SERVICER; RESIGNATION OF MASTER
SERVICER.
(a) The Trustee, with the consent of the Insurer (or the Owners
pursuant to Section 6.11 hereof) may remove the Master Servicer upon the
occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) The Master Servicer shall fail to deliver to the Trustee any
proceeds or required payment, which failure continues unremedied for five
Business Days following written notice to an Authorized Officer of the
Master Servicer from the Trustee or from any Owner.
(ii) The Master Servicer shall (i) apply for or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian or similar
entity with respect to itself or its property, (ii) admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, (iii) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, (v) commence a voluntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws of the United States of America or file a voluntary
petition or answer seeking reorganization, an arrangement with creditors
or an order for relief or seeking to take advantage of any insolvency law
or file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed
against it in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceeding or
(vi) take corporate action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing;
(iii) If without the application, approval or consent of the Master
Servicer, a proceeding shall be instituted in any court of competent
jurisdiction, under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking in respect of the Master
Servicer an order for relief or an adjudication in bankruptcy,
reorganization, dissolution, winding up, liquidation, a composition or
arrangement with creditors, a readjustment of debts, the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator or custodian or similar entity with respect
to the Master Servicer or of all or any substantial part of its assets, or
other like relief in respect thereof under any bankruptcy or insolvency
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law, and, if such proceeding is being contested by the Master Servicer in
good faith, the same shall (A) result in the entry of an order for relief
or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) continue undismissed or
pending and unstayed for any period of seventy-five (75) consecutive days;
or
(iv) The Master Servicer shall fail to perform any one or more of
its obligations hereunder other than the obligations contemplated by
Subsection 8.20(i) above, and shall continue in default thereof for a
period of sixty (60) days after notice by the Trustee or the Insurer of
said failure; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer can
demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Control Party that it is
diligently pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be extended
with the written approval of the Control Party; or
(v) The Master Servicer shall fail to cure any breach of any of its
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 which materially
and adversely affects the interests of the Owners or the Insurer for a
period of thirty (30) days after the Master Servicer's discovery or
receipt of notice thereof; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer
can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Control Party that
it is diligently pursuing remedial action, then the cure period may be
extended with the written approval of the Control Party.
(b) The Certificate Insurer also may remove the Master Servicer
upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) upon the making of any Insured Payment; provided, however, that
the Insurer shall have no right to remove the Master Servicer under this
clause (i) if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Insurer that such event was due to circumstances
beyond the control of the Master Servicer; or
(ii) the failure by the Master Servicer to make any required
Servicing Advance; or
(iii) the failure by the Master Servicer to perform any one or more
of its obligations hereunder or under the Insurance Agreement, which
failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Insurer and
the Trustee; or
(iv) the failure by the Master Servicer to make any required
Delinquency Advance, any Special Advance or to pay any Compensating
Interest; or
(v) the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Delinquency Rate
Trigger or a Servicer Termination Loss Trigger, as such terms are defined
in the Insurance Agreement; or
(vi) the enactment of any law by a legislative body that declares,
or any finding or ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction, that the
Insurance Agreement or this Agreement is not valid and binding on the
Sponsor or the Master Servicer;
provided, however, with respect to clause (iv), if the Master Servicer can
demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Control Party that any such
event was due to circumstances beyond the control of the Master Servicer, such
event shall not be considered an event of termination of the Master Servicer;
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provided, however, that (x) prior to any removal of the Master Servicer by the
Control Party pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 8.20(b), the
Master Servicer shall first have been given by the Control Party and by
registered or certified mail, notice of the occurrence of one or more of the
events set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above and the Master Servicer
shall not have remedied, or shall not have taken actions satisfactory to the
Control Party to remedy, such event or events within 30 days (60 days with
respect to clause (iii)) after the Master Servicer's receipt of such notice
(provided, however, that if the Master Servicer can demonstrate to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Control Party that it is diligently pursuing
remedial action, then the cure period in each case may be extended with the
written approval of the Control Party) and (y) in the event of the refusal or
inability of the Master Servicer to make any required Delinquency Advance or
Special Advance or to pay any Compensating Interest or Monthly Remittance, such
removal shall be effective (without the requirement of any action on the part of
the Insurer or of the Trustee) at 4 p.m. on the second Business Day following
the day on which the Trustee or the Insurer notifies an Authorized Officer of
the Master Servicer that a required Delinquency Advance or Special Advance has
not been received by the Trustee. Upon the Trustee's determination that a
required Delinquency Advance or Special Advance or payment of Compensating
Interest has not been made by the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall so notify
in writing an Authorized Officer of the Master Servicer and the Insurer as soon
as is reasonably practical.
(c) The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it, except upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in material
conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by
it, the other activities of the Master Servicer so causing such a conflict
being of a type and nature carried on by the Master Servicer at the date of
this Agreement. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master
Servicer shall be evidenced by an opinion of counsel to such effect which shall
be delivered to the Trustee and the Insurer.
(d) No removal or resignation of the Master Servicer shall become
effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer shall have assumed the
Master Servicer's responsibilities and obligations in accordance with this
Section. If no successor servicer is available, the Trustee shall act as
successor servicer and perform all of the obligations of this Section,
including, without limitation, making Delinquency Advances and paying
Compensating Interest; provided, however, that the Trustee will not be
obligated to act as successor servicer if it is legally unable to perform its
duties hereunder.
(e) Upon removal or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Master
Servicer also shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to a successor
servicer or the Trustee all the books and records (including, without
limitation, records kept in electronic form) that the Master Servicer has
maintained for the Mortgage Loans, including all tax bills, assessment notices,
insurance premium notices and all other documents as well as all original
documents then in the Master Servicer's possession.
(f) Any collections received by the Master Servicer after removal or
resignation shall be endorsed by it to the Trustee and remitted directly and
immediately to the Trustee or the successor Master Servicer.
(g) Upon removal or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Trustee
(x) may solicit bids for a successor servicer as described below, and (y)
pending the appointment of a successor Master Servicer as a result of
soliciting such bids, shall serve as Master Servicer. The Trustee shall, if it
is unable to obtain a qualifying bid and is prevented by law from acting as
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Master Servicer, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, any housing and home finance institution, bank or mortgage servicing
institution which has shareholders' equity of not less than $10,000,000, as
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
acceptable to the Insurer 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. The compensation of any successor servicer
(including, without limitation, the Trustee) so appointed shall be the aggregate
Servicing Fees, together with the other servicing compensation in the form of
assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise as provided in Sections 8.8
and 8.15; provided, however, that if the Trustee acts as successor Master
Servicer then the Sponsor agrees to pay to the Trustee at such time that the
Trustee becomes such successor Master Servicer a fee of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) for each Mortgage Loan then included in the Trust Estate. The Trustee
shall be obligated to serve as successor Master Servicer whether or not the
$25.00 fee described in the preceding sentence is paid by the Sponsor, but shall
in any event be entitled to receive, and to enforce payment of, such fee from
the Sponsor.
(h) In the event the Trustee solicits bids as provided above, the
Trustee shall solicit, by public announcement, bids from housing and home
finance institutions, banks and mortgage servicing institutions meeting the
qualifications set forth above. Such public announcement shall specify that the
successor Master Servicer shall be entitled to the full amount of the aggregate
Servicing Fees as servicing compensation, together with the other servicing
compensation in the form of assumption fees, late payment charges or otherwise
as provided in Sections 8.8 and 8.15. Within thirty days after any such public
announcement, the Trustee shall negotiate and effect the sale, transfer and
assignment of the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder to the
qualified party submitting the highest satisfactory bid. The Trustee shall
deduct from any sum received by the Trustee from the successor to the Master
Servicer in respect of such sale, transfer and assignment all costs and
expenses of any public announcement and of any sale, transfer and assignment of
the servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder. After such deductions, the
remainder of such sum shall be paid by the Trustee to the Master Servicer at
the time of such sale, transfer and assignment to the Master Servicer's
successor.
(i) The Trustee and such successor shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee and any
successor Master Servicer in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's
servicing responsibilities and rights hereunder and shall promptly provide the
Trustee or such successor Master Servicer, as applicable, all documents and
records reasonably requested by it to enable it to assume the Master Servicer's
functions hereunder and shall promptly also transfer to the Trustee or such
successor Master Servicer, as applicable, all amounts which then have been or
should have been deposited in the Principal and Interest Account by the Master
Servicer or which are thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Neither the Trustee nor any other successor Master Servicer shall be held
liable by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any
distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by (i) the failure of the
Master Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash, documents or
records to it, or (ii) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the Master Servicer or (iii) any breaches of a predecessor
Master Servicer.
(j) The Trustee or any other successor Master Servicer, upon
assuming the duties of Master Servicer hereunder, shall immediately make all
Delinquency Advances and pay all Compensating Interest which the Master
Servicer has theretofore failed to remit with respect to the Mortgage Loans;
provided, however, that if the Trustee is acting as successor Master Servicer,
the Trustee shall only be required to make Delinquency Advances (including the
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Delinquency Advances described in this clause (j)) if, in the Trustee's
reasonable good faith judgment, such Delinquency Advances will ultimately be
recoverable from the related Mortgage Loans.
(k) The Master Servicer which is being removed or is resigning
shall give notice to the Mortgagors and to each Rating Agency of the transfer
of the servicing to the successor.
(l) The Trustee shall give notice to the Insurer, each Rating
Agency and to the Owners of the occurrence of any event specified in Section
8.20(a) of which the Trustee has knowledge.
(m) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon
termination of the Master Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Master
Servicer which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such
termination.
SECTION 8.21. INSPECTIONS BY THE INSURER AND THE TRUSTEE; ERRORS
AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE.
(a) At any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
notice, the Insurer, the Trustee, or any agents or representatives thereof may
inspect the Master Servicer's servicing operations and discuss the servicing
operations of the Master Servicer with any of its officers or directors. The
costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or its agents or
representatives in connection with any such examinations or discussions shall
be paid by the Master Servicer.
(b) The Master Servicer agrees to maintain errors and omissions
coverage and a fidelity bond, each at least to the extent generally maintained
by prudent mortgage loan servicers having servicing portfolios of a similar
size.
SECTION 8.22. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS OF MASTER SERVICER. Any corporation into which the Master Servicer 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 Master
Servicer shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the business of the Master Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Master Servicer hereunder upon notice to the Insurer, without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto provided that such corporation is a housing and home finance
institution, bank or mortgage servicing institution which has shareholders'
equity of not less than $10,000,000, as determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
SECTION 8.23. NOTICES OF MATERIAL EVENTS. The Master Servicer
shall give prompt notice to the Insurer, the Trustee, and each Rating Agency
of the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) The submission of any claim or the initiation of any legal
process, litigation or administrative or judicial investigation against the
Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC in any federal, state or local court or
before any governmental body or agency, or before any arbitration board, or any
such proceedings threatened by any governmental agency, which, if adversely
determined, would have a material adverse effect upon any the Sponsor's, the
Master Servicer's or AMHC's ability to perform its obligations under any
Transaction Document;
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(b) The commencement of any proceedings by or against the Sponsor,
the Master Servicer or AMHC under any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
liquidation, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or of
any proceeding in which a receiver, liquidator, trustee or other similar
official shall have been, or may be, appointed or requested for the Sponsor,
the Master Servicer or AMHC; and
(c) The receipt of notice from any agency or governmental body
having authority over the conduct of any of the Sponsor's the Master Servicer's
or the AMHC's business that the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC is to
cease and desist, or to undertake any practice, program, procedure or policy
employed by the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or AMHC in the conduct of the
business of any of them, and such cessation or undertaking will materially
adversely affect the conduct of the Sponsor's, the Master Servicer's or AMHC's
business or its ability to perform under the Transaction Documents or
materially adversely affect the financial affairs of the Sponsor, the Master
Servicer or AMHC.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST
SECTION 9.1. TERMINATION OF TRUST. The Trust created hereunder
and all obligations created by this Agreement will terminate upon the earlier
of (i) the payment to the Owners of all Certificates from amounts other than
those available under the Insurance Policy of all amounts held by the Trustee
and required to be paid to such Owners pursuant to this Agreement upon the
later to occur of (a) the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance
made with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust Estate or (b)
the disposition of all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Estate, (ii) at any time when a Qualified Liquidation of
the REMIC Trust is effected as described below or (iii) as described in Section
9.2 or 9.3 hereof. To effect a termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause
(ii) above, the Owners of all Certificates then Outstanding shall (x)
unanimously direct the Trustee on behalf of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the
Upper-Tier REMIC to adopt a plan of complete liquidation with respect to each
of the Mortgage Loan Groups as contemplated by Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code
and (y) provide to the Trustee an opinion of counsel experienced in federal
income tax matters to the effect that such liquidation constitutes a Qualified
Liquidation, and the Trustee either shall sell the Mortgage Loans and
distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, or shall
distribute equitably in kind all of the assets of the Trust Estate to the
remaining Owners of the Certificates based on their interests in the Trust, and
distribute to the Insurer any amounts owed under the Insurance Agreement and
return the Insurance Policy to the Insurer, each in accordance with such plan,
so that the liquidation or distribution of the Trust Estate, the distribution
of any proceeds of the liquidation and the termination of this Agreement occur
no later than the close of the 90th day after the date of adoption of the plan
of liquidation and such liquidation qualifies as a Qualified Liquidation. In no
event, however, will the Trust created by this Agreement continue beyond the
expiration of twenty-one (21) years from the death of the last survivor of the
descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the late Ambassador of the United States to
the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof. The Trustee shall give written
notice of termination of the Agreement to each Owner in the manner set forth in
Section 11.5.
SECTION 9.2. TERMINATION UPON OPTION OF MASTER SERVICER.
(a) On any Remittance Date on or after the Clean-Up Call Date, the
Master Servicer acting directly or through one or more affiliates may determine
to purchase and may
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cause the purchase from the Trust of all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans
in the Trust Estate and all property theretofore acquired in respect of any such
Mortgage Loan by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise then
remaining in the Trust Estate at a price equal to the sum of (v) the greater of
(i) 100% of the aggregate Loan Balances of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the
day of purchase minus the amount actually remitted by the Master Servicer
representing the related Monthly Principal Remittance Amount on such Remittance
Date for the related Remittance Period and (ii) the fair market value of such
Mortgage Loans (disregarding accrued interest), (w) the amount of any difference
between the related Monthly Interest Remittance Amount actually remitted by the
Master Servicer on such Remittance Date and the related Monthly Interest
Remittance Amount due on such Remittance Date, (x) the related Group II
Reimbursement Amount, if any, and (y) the aggregate amount of any Delinquency
Advances and Servicing Advances remaining unreimbursed, together with any
accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees, as of such Remittance Date (such amount, the
"Termination Price"). In connection with such purchase, the Master Servicer
shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and
Interest Account for deposit to the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be
deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Master Servicer or its affiliate may not terminate the Trust
pursuant to this Section 9.2 without the consent of the Insurer, if termination
would result in a draw on the Insurance Policy.
(b) In connection with any such purchase, the Master Servicer shall
provide to the Trustee an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax
matters to the effect that such purchase constitutes a Qualified Liquidation of
the Lower-Tier REMIC and Upper-Tier REMIC.
(c) Promptly following any such purchase, the Trustee will release
the Files to the Master Servicer, or otherwise upon their order, in a manner
similar to that described in Section 8.14 hereof. (d) Upon such purchase, the
Insurance Policy will terminate and shall be returned to the Insurer.
SECTION 9.3. TERMINATION UPON LOSS OF REMIC STATUS.
(a) Following a (x) final determination by the Internal Revenue
Service, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in either case from which no
appeal is taken within the permitted time for such appeal, or (y) if any appeal
is taken, following a final determination of such appeal from which no further
appeal can be taken, to the effect that either the Upper-Tier REMIC or
Lower-Tier REMIC do not and will no longer qualify as a "REMIC" pursuant to
Section 860D of the Code (the "Final Determination") or (z) following the
delivery of an opinion of counsel ("REMIC Opinion") to the effect that the
effect of the Final Determination is to increase substantially the probability
that either the Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC will no longer qualify as
a "REMIC" pursuant to Section 860D of the Code, on any Remittance Date on or
after the date which is 30 calendar days following such Final Determination,
the Owners of a majority in Percentage Interest represented by the Class A
Certificates then Outstanding may direct the Trustee to adopt a plan of
complete liquidation with respect to the Trust Estate. In connection with such
purchase, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all amounts then on
deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit in the Certificate
Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding
such purchase.
(b) Upon receipt of such direction from the Owners of such Class A
Certificates or such notice from the Insurer, the Trustee shall notify the
holders of the Class R
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Certificates of such election to liquidate or such determination to purchase, as
the case may be, (the "Termination Notice"). The Owner of a majority of the
Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates then Outstanding may, on any
Remittance Date, within 60 days from the date of receipt of the Termination
Notice (the "Purchase Option Period"), at their option, purchase from the Trust
all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans in the Trust Estate, and all
property theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or
otherwise in respect of any Mortgage Loan then remaining in the Trust Estate at
a purchase price equal to the Termination Price.
(c) If, during the Purchase Option Period, the Owners of the Class R
Certificates have not exercised the option described in the immediately
preceding paragraph, then upon the expiration of the Purchase Option Period in
the event that the Owners of the Class A Certificates have given the Trustee the
direction described in clause (a)(i) above, the Trustee shall sell the Mortgage
Loans and distribute the proceeds of the liquidation of the Trust Estate, such
that, if so directed, the liquidation of the Trust Estate, the distribution of
the proceeds of such liquidation occur no later than the close of the 60th day,
or such later day as the Owners of the Class A Certificates shall permit or
direct in writing, after the expiration of the Purchase Option Period.
(d) Following a Final Determination, the Owners of a majority of the
Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates then Outstanding may, at their
option on any Remittance Date and upon delivery to the Owners of the Class A
Certificates and the Trustee of an opinion of counsel experienced in federal
income tax matters selected by the Owners of such Class R Certificates which
opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to a majority of
the Percentage Interests represented by the Class A Certificates then
Outstanding and the Trustee, to the effect that the effect of the Final
Determination is to increase substantially the probability that the gross income
of either the Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC will be subject to federal
taxation, purchase from the Trust all (but not fewer than all) Mortgage Loans in
the Trust Estate, and all property theretofore acquired by foreclosure, deed in
lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise in respect of any Mortgage Loan then remaining
in the Trust Estate at a purchase price equal to the Termination Price. In
connection with such purchase, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee
all amounts then on deposit in the Principal and Interest Account for deposit to
the Certificate Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred
immediately preceding such purchase. The foregoing opinion shall be deemed
satisfactory unless the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interest
represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding or the Trustee give the
Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates
notice that such opinion is not satisfactory within thirty days after receipt of
such opinion.
SECTION 9.4. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. The Trustee shall, upon
receipt thereof, deposit the proceeds of any liquidation of the Trust Estate
pursuant to this Article IX to the Certificate Account; provided, however, that
any amounts representing Servicing Fees, unreimbursed Delinquency Advances or
unreimbursed Servicing Advances theretofore funded by the Master Servicer from
the Master Servicer's own funds shall be paid by the Trustee to the Master
Servicer.
SECTION 9.5. NETTING OF AMOUNTS. If any Person paying the
Termination Price would receive a portion of the amount so paid, such Person
may net any such amount against the Termination Price otherwise payable.
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ARTICLE X
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 10.1. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The Trustee (i) undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee
and (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished pursuant to and conforming to
the requirements of this Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the appointment of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Trustee is hereby empowered to perform the duties of the Master
Servicer hereunder whether following the failure of the Master Servicer to
perform, pursuant to Section 8.20 hereof or otherwise. Specifically, and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the power:
(i) to collect Mortgagor payments;
(ii) to foreclose on defaulted Mortgage Loans;
(iii) to enforce due-on-sale clauses and to enter into assumption
and substitution agreements as permitted by Section 8.12 hereof;
(iv) to deliver instruments of satisfaction pursuant to Section
8.14;
(v) to make Delinquency Advances and Servicing Advances and to pay
Compensating Interest, and
(vi) to enforce the Mortgage Loans.
(c) 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, except that:
(i) his subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
subsection (a) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by an Authorized Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Insurer or of the Owners of a majority in Percentage
Interest of the Certificates of the affected Class or Classes and the
Insurer 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 relating
to such Certificates.
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(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
(e) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(f) The permissive right of the Trustee to take actions enumerated
in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct.
(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute any suit,
or to take any remedial proceeding under this Agreement, or to take any steps
in the execution of the trusts hereby created or in the enforcement of any
rights and powers hereunder until it shall be indemnified to its satisfaction
against any and all costs and expenses, outlays and counsel fees and other
reasonable disbursements and against all liability, except liability which is
adjudicated to have resulted from its negligence or willful misconduct, in
connection with any action so taken. The Trustee shall receive from the Sponsor
promptly upon demand therefor, reimbursement of expenses as are described in
the fee quote letter, dated August 28, 1997 and executed by the Sponsor.
SECTION 10.2. REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE FOR CAUSE.
(a) The Trustee may be removed pursuant to paragraph (b) hereof
upon the occurrence of any of the following events (whatever the reason for
such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(A) the Trustee shall fail to distribute to the Owners
entitled thereto on any Payment Date amounts available for
distribution in accordance with the terms hereof; or
(B) the Trustee shall fail in the performance of, or breach,
any covenant or agreement of the Trustee in this Agreement, or if
any representation or warranty of the Trustee made in this
Agreement or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant
hereto or in connection herewith shall prove to be incorrect in any
material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made,
and such failure or breach shall continue or not be cured for a
period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Trustee by the Sponsor, the Insurer or by
the Owners of at least 25% of the aggregate Percentage Interests
represented by the Class A Certificates then Outstanding a written
notice specifying such failure or breach and requiring it to be
remedied; or
(C) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator
or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or
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similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its
affairs, shall have been entered against the Trustee, and such
decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 75 days; or
(D) a conservator or receiver or liquidator or sequestrator
or custodian of the property of the Trustee is appointed in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Trustee or
relating to all or substantially all of its property; or
(E) the Trustee shall become insolvent (however insolvency is
evidenced), generally fail to pay its debts as they come due, file
or consent to the filing of a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment
for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of
its obligations, or take corporate action for the purpose of any of
the foregoing.
The Sponsor shall give to the Insurer and each Rating Agency
notice of the occurrence of any such event of which the Sponsor is aware.
(b) If any event described in Paragraph (a) occurs and is
continuing, then and in every such case (i) the Insurer or (ii) with the prior
written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the Insurer (x)
the Sponsor or (y) the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests
represented by the Class A Certificates, or, if there are no Class A
Certificates then Outstanding, by such Percentage Interest represented by any
Class of Class R Certificates then Outstanding may, whether or not the Trustee
resigns pursuant to Section 10.9 hereof, immediately, concurrently with the
giving of notice to the Trustee, and without delaying the 30 days required for
notice therein, appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the terms of Section
10.9 hereof.
SECTION 10.3. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 10.1 hereof:
(a) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be protected
in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, note or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Sponsor, the Insurer or the
Owners of any Class of Certificates mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced in writing;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written advice
of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reasonable reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction
of any of the Owners pursuant to
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this Agreement, unless such Owners shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) 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, direction, consent, order, bond,
note or other paper or document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see
fit;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed and supervised with
due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized by
the Authorized Officer of any Person or within its rights or powers under this
Agreement other than as to validity and sufficiency of its authentication of
the Certificates.
SECTION 10.4. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates, except any
such recitals relating to the Trustee, shall be taken as the statements of the
Sponsor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement or of the Certificates other than as to validity and sufficiency of
its authentication of the Certificates.
SECTION 10.5. MAY HOLD CERTIFICATES. The Trustee or any agent
of the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become an Owner or
pledgee of Certificates and may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 10.6. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. Money held by the Trustee in
trust hereunder need not be segregated from other trust funds except to the
extent required herein or required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Sponsor and except to the extent of income or other
gain on investments which are deposits in or certificates of deposit of the
Trustee in its commercial capacity and income or other gain actually received
by the Trustee on Eligible Investments.
SECTION 10.7. NO LIEN FOR FEES. The Trustee shall have no lien
on the Trust Estate for the payment of any fees and expenses.
SECTION 10.8. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY. There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any State authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, subject
to supervision or examination by the United States of America or any such State
having a rating or ratings acceptable to the Insurer or, if the last sentence
of Section 11.18 hereof is applicable, the Sponsor and having (x) long-term,
unsecured debt rated at least A-1 by Moody's (or such lower rating as may be
acceptable to Moody's) and (y) a short-term deposit rating of at least A-1 from
Standard & Poor's (or such lower rating as may be acceptable to
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Standard & Poor's). If such Trustee 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, the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall, upon the request of
the Sponsor (with the consent of the Insurer) (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld) or of the Insurer, resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article X.
SECTION 10.9. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to this Article X shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee under Section 10.10 hereof.
(b) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may
resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Sponsor and by
mailing notice of resignation by first-class Mail, postage prepaid, to the
Insurer and the Owners at their addresses appearing on the Register. A copy of
such notice shall be sent by the resigning Trustee to each Rating Agency. Upon
receiving notice of resignation, the Sponsor shall promptly appoint a successor
trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of
the Trust by an Authorized Officer of the Sponsor, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the Trustee so resigning and one copy to the successor
trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Owner may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for
the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor
trustee.
(c) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 10.8 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by
the Sponsor or by the Insurer, the Insurer or the Sponsor (with the written
consent of the Insurer) may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee
by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on behalf of the Trust by an
Authorized Officer of the Sponsor, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee.
(d) The Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests
represented by the Class A Certificates, or, if there are no Class A
Certificates then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interests
represented by Class R Certificates then Outstanding may at any time, with the
prior written consent of the Insurer, remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by delivering to the Trustee to be removed, to the successor
trustee so appointed, to the Sponsor and to the Insurer, copies of the record
of the act taken by the Owners, as provided for in Section 11.3 hereof.
(e) If the Trustee fails to perform its duties in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement or becomes ineligible to serve as Trustee, the
Insurer or, if the last sentence of Section 11.18 hereof is applicable, the
Sponsor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in triplicate, signed by the Insurer and the Sponsor duly
authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the
Sponsor, one complete set to the
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Insurer, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the
successor Trustee so appointed.
(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any cause,
the Sponsor shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee acceptable to the
Insurer. If within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability or
the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by act
of the Owners of a majority of the Percentage Interests represented by the
Class A Certificates then Outstanding or, if there are no Class A Certificates
then Outstanding, by such majority of the Percentage Interest of the Class R
Certificates delivered to the Sponsor and the retiring Trustee, the successor
Trustee so appointed shall forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment
become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Sponsor. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the
Sponsor or the Owners and shall have accepted appointment in the manner
hereinafter provided, any Owner may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor
Trustee.
(g) The Sponsor shall give notice of any removal of the Trustee by
mailing notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Insurer and to the Owners as their names and addresses appear in the Register.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of
its corporate trust office.
SECTION 10.10. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust and to its predecessor Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and stating its eligibility to
serve as Trustee 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 vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder; but, on
request of the Sponsor or the successor Trustee, such predecessor Trustee
shall, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all of the rights, powers and
trusts of the Trustee so ceasing to act, and shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such Trustee
so ceasing to act hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Sponsor on behalf of the Trust shall execute any and all instruments for more
fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in
this Section, the Sponsor shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Owners at their last addresses appearing upon the Register. The
Sponsor shall send a copy of such notice to each of the Rating Agencies and the
Insurer. If the Sponsor fails to mail such notice within ten days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall
cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Trust.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article X.
SECTION 10.11. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION
TO BUSINESS OF THE TRUSTEE. Any corporation or association into which the
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation or association resulting from
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any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party,
or any corporation or association succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto; provided, however, that such corporation
or association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article X.
In case any Certificates have been executed, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
Trustee may adopt such execution and deliver the Certificates so executed with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself executed such
Certificates.
SECTION 10.12. REPORTING; WITHHOLDING. The Trustee shall timely
provide to the Owners the Internal Revenue Service's Form 1099 and any other
statement required by applicable Treasury regulations as determined by the
Sponsor, and shall withhold, as required by applicable law, federal, state or
local taxes, if any, applicable to distributions to the Owners, including, but
not limited to, backup withholding under Section 3406 of the Code and the
withholding tax on distributions to foreign investors under Sections 1441 and
1442 of the Code.
SECTION 10.13. LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Trustee herein. Neither the
Trustee nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Trustee
shall be under any liability on any Certificate or otherwise to any Account,
the Sponsor, the Master Servicer or any Owner 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 Trustee or any such Person against any liability which
would otherwise be imposed by reason of negligent action, negligent failure to
act or bad faith in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Subject to the foregoing
sentence, the Trustee shall not be liable for losses on investments of amounts
in any Account (except for any losses on obligations on which the bank serving
as Trustee is the obligor and is otherwise liable). In addition, the Sponsor
and Master Servicer covenant and agree to indemnify the Trustee, and its
officers, directors, employees and agents, including, without limitation, when
the Trustee is acting as Master Servicer, and hold it harmless against, any and
all losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses (including legal fees and
expenses) other than those resulting from the negligence or bad faith of the
Trustee. The indemnification provided in this Section 10.13 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee
hereunder. The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in
good faith on any certificate, notice or other document of any kind prima facie
properly executed and submitted by the Authorized Officer of any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder.
SECTION 10.14. 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 Estate or Property 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
and the Insurer to act as co-Trustee or co-Trustees, jointly with the Trustee,
of all or any part of the Trust Estate or separate Trustee or separate Trustees
of any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Owners, such title to the Trust Estate, or
any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 10.14,
such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master Servicer and
the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master Servicer shall
not have joined in such appointment within
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15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in the case any event
indicated in Sections 8.20(a) or 8.20(b) shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment with the consent
of the Insurer. No co-Trustee or separate Trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 10.8 and no
notice to Owner of the appointment of any co-Trustee or separate Trustee shall
be required under Section 10.8.
Every separate Trustee and co-Trustee shall, to the extent
permitted, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee 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 Trust Estate 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;
(ii) No co-Trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other co-Trustee hereunder; and
(iii) The Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly may at any
time accept the resignation of or remove any 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 then separate Trustees and
co-Trustees, 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 Section 10.14. 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.
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.
The Trustee shall give to Moody's, the Sponsor and the Insurer
notice of the appointment of any Co-Trustee or separate Trustee.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. Upon any
application or request by the Sponsor, the Insurer or the Owners to the Trustee
to take any action under any provision of this Agreement, the Sponsor, the
Insurer or the Owners, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee a
certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that
in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of
any documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate
need be furnished.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained
in such certificate or opinion are based; and
(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 11.2. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Trustee may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an opinion of counsel,
unless such Authorized Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the opinion is erroneous. Any such certificate of an
Authorized Officer of the Trustee or any opinion of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matter upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, one or more Authorized Officers of the Sponsor or of the
Master Servicer, stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Sponsor or of the Master Servicer, unless
such Authorized Officer or counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous. Any opinion of counsel may also be based, insofar
as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an Authorized Officer of the Trustee, stating that the
information with respect to such matters is in the possession of the Trustee,
unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters
are erroneous. Any opinion of counsel may be based on the written opinion of
other counsel, in which event such opinion of counsel shall be accompanied by a
copy of such other counsel's opinion and shall include a statement to the
effect
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that such counsel believes that such counsel and the Trustee may reasonably rely
upon the opinion of such other counsel.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 11.3. ACTS OF OWNERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken
by the Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Owners in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Sponsor
and/or the Insurer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "act" of
the Owners signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Trust, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized
by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever
such execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership on
behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall
also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) The ownership of Certificates shall be proved by the Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Owner of any Certificate shall bind the Owner of
every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or
not notation of such action is made upon such Certificates.
SECTION 11.4. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or act of the Owners or other
documents provided or permitted by this Agreement to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with the Trustee by any Owner, the Insurer or by the
Sponsor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing to or with and received by the Trustee at its
corporate trust office as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
SECTION 11.5 NOTICES AND REPORTS TO OWNERS; WAIVER OF NOTICES. Where this
Agreement provides for notice to Owners of any event or the mailing of any
report to Owners, such notice or report shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Owner affected by such event or to whom such report is required to be
mailed, at the address of such Owner as it appears on the Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice or the mailing of such report. In any case where a notice
or report to Owners is
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mailed in the manner provided above, neither the failure to mail such notice or
report nor any defect in any notice or report so mailed to any particular Owner
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice or report with respect to other
Owners, and any notice or report which is mailed in the manner herein provided
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided.
Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a
result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical
to mail notice of any event to Owners when such notice is required to be given
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, then any manner of giving such
notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.
Where this Agreement provides for notice to any rating agency that
rated any Certificates, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other
rights or obligations created hereunder.
SECTION 11.6. RULES BY TRUSTEE AND SPONSOR. The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for any meeting of Owners. The Sponsor may make reasonable
rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 11.7. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and
agreements in this Agreement by any party hereto shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 11.8. SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in this
Agreement or in the Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.9. BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Agreement
or in the Certificates, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the Owners, the Insurer and the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Agreement.
SECTION 11.10. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where the date of any
Payment Date, any other date on which any distribution to any Owner is proposed
to be paid, or any date on which a notice is required to be sent to any Person
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not be a Business Day, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of the Certificates or this Agreement)
payment or mailing need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made or mailed on
the nominal date of any such Payment Date, or such other date for the payment
of any distribution to any Owner or the mailing of such notice, as the case may
be, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal
date, provided such payment is made in full on such next succeeding Business
Day.
SECTION 11.11. GOVERNING LAW. In view of the fact that Owners
are expected to reside in many states and outside the United States and the
desire to establish with certainty that this Agreement will be governed by and
construed and interpreted in accordance with the law
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of a state having a well-developed body of commercial and financial law relevant
to transactions of the type contemplated herein, this Agreement and each
Certificate shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of
the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed therein.
SECTION 11.12. COUNTERPARTS. This instrument may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 11.13. USURY. The amount of interest payable or paid on
any Certificate under the terms of this Agreement shall be limited to an amount
which shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate of interest allowed by the
applicable laws of the State of New York or any applicable law of the United
States permitting a higher maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such
applicable New York laws, which could lawfully be contracted for, charged or
received (the "Highest Lawful Rate"). In the event any payment of interest on
any Certificate exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the Trust stipulates that such
excess amount will be deemed to have been paid to the Owner of such Certificate
as a result of an error on the part of the Trustee acting on behalf of the
Trust and the Owner receiving such excess payment shall promptly, upon
discovery of such error or upon notice thereof from the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust, refund the amount of such excess or, at the option of such Owner,
apply the excess to the payment of principal of such Certificate, if any,
remaining unpaid. In addition, all sums paid or agreed to be paid to the
Trustee for the benefit of Owners of Certificates for the use, forbearance or
detention of money shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be
amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such
Certificates.
SECTION 11.14. AMENDMENT.
(a) The Trustee, the Sponsor and the Master Servicer, may at any
time and from time to time, with the prior written consent of the Insurer but
without the giving of notice to or the receipt of the consent of the Owners,
amend this Agreement, and the Trustee shall consent to such amendment, for the
purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity, or correcting or supplementing any
provision hereof which may be inconsistent with any other provision hereof, or
to add provisions hereto which are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof,
(ii) upon receipt of an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax
matters to the effect that no entity-level tax will be imposed on the REMIC
Trust or upon the transferor of a Class R Certificate as a result of the
ownership of any Class R Certificate by a Disqualified Organization, removing
the restriction on transfer set forth in Section 5.8(b) hereof or (iii)
complying with the requirements of the Code and the regulations proposed or
promulgated thereunder; provided, however, that any such action shall not, as
evidenced by an opinion of counsel delivered to the Trustee, materially and
adversely affect the interests of any Owner (without its written consent).
(b) The Trustee, the Sponsor and the Master Servicer may, at any
time and from time to time, with the prior written consent of the Insurer but
without the giving of notice to or the receipt of the consent of the Owners,
amend this Agreement, and the Trustee shall consent to such amendment, for the
purpose of changing the definitions of "Group IA Specified
Overcollateralization Amount," "Group IB Specified Overcollateralization
Amount," "Group IIA Specified Overcollateralization Amount" and "Group IIB
Specified Overcollateralization Amount"; provided, however, that no such change
shall affect the weighted average life of the related Class of Class A
Certificates (assuming an appropriate prepayment speed as determined by the
Representative) by more than five percent, as determined by the Representative.
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(c) This Agreement may also be amended by the Trustee, the
Sponsor, and the Master Servicer at any time and from time to time, with the
prior written approval of the Insurer and not less than a majority of the
Percentage Interest represented by each affected Class of Certificates then
Outstanding, for the purpose of adding any provisions or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Owners hereunder; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (a) change in any manner the amount of, or change the timing
of, payments which are required to be distributed to any Owner without the
consent of the Owner of such Certificate, (b) reduce the aforesaid percentages
of Percentage Interests which are required to consent to any such amendments or
(c) result in a down-rating or withdrawal of any ratings then assigned to the
Class A Certificates, without the consent of the Owners of all Certificates of
the Class or Classes affected then Outstanding.
(d) Each proposed amendment to this Agreement shall be accompanied
by an opinion of counsel nationally recognized in federal income tax matters
addressed to the Trustee and to the Insurer to the effect that such amendment
would not adversely affect the status of either the Upper-Tier REMIC or
Lower-Tier REMIC as a REMIC. Neither such opinion of counsel nor any expense of
any such proposed amendment shall be at the Trustee's expense.
(e) The Insurer, the Owners and each Rating Agency shall be
provided with copies of any amendments to this Agreement, together with copies
of any opinions or other documents or instruments executed in connection
therewith.
SECTION 11.15 REMIC STATUS; TAXES.
(a) The Tax Matters Person shall prepare and file or cause to be
filed with the Internal Revenue Service Federal tax or information returns with
respect to the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC and the Certificates
containing such information and at the times and in such manner as may be
required by the Code or applicable Treasury regulations, and shall furnish to
Owners such statements or information at the times and in such manner as may be
required thereby. For this purpose, the Tax Matters Person may, but need not,
rely on any proposed regulations of the United States Department of the
Treasury. The Tax Matters Person shall indicate the election to treat each of
the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC as a REMIC (which election shall
apply to the taxable period ending December 31, 1998 and each calendar year
thereafter) in such manner as the Code or applicable Treasury regulations may
prescribe. The Trustee, as Tax Matters Person appointed pursuant to Section
11.17 hereof shall sign all tax information returns filed pursuant to this
Section 11.15. The Tax Matters Person shall provide information necessary for
the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Class R Certificate to a
Disqualified Organization, or an agent of a Disqualified Organization, or a
pass-through entity in which a Disqualified Organization is the record holder
of an interest. The Tax Matters Person shall provide the Trustee with copies of
any Federal tax or information returns filed, or caused to be filed, by the Tax
Matters Person with respect to the REMIC Trust or the Certificates.
(b) The Tax Matters Person shall timely file all reports required
to be filed by the Trust with any federal, state or local governmental
authority having jurisdiction over the Trust, including other reports that must
be filed with the Owners, such as the Internal Revenue Service's Form 1066 and
Schedule Q and the form required under Section 6050K of the Code, if applicable
to REMICs. Furthermore, the Tax Matters Person shall report to Owners, if
required, with respect to the allocation
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of expenses pursuant to Section 212 of the Code in accordance with the specific
instructions to the Tax Matters Person by the Sponsor with respect to such
allocation of expenses. The Tax Matters Person shall collect any forms or
reports from the Owners determined by the Sponsor to be required under
applicable federal, state and local tax laws.
(c) The Tax Matters Person shall provide to the Internal Revenue
Service and to persons described in Section 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code the
information described in Proposed Treasury Regulation Section
1.860D-1(b)(5)(ii), or any successor regulation thereto. Such information will
be provided in the manner described in Proposed Treasury Regulation Section
1.860E(2)(a)(5), or any successor regulation thereto.
(d) The Sponsor covenants and agrees that within ten Business Days
after receiving a written request from the Trustee it shall provide to the
Trustee any information necessary to enable the Trustee to meet its obligations
under subsections (b) and (c) above.
(e) The Trustee, the Sponsor and the Master Servicer each
covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Owners (i) to take no action which
would result in the termination of "REMIC" status for the Upper-Tier REMIC and
Lower-Tier REMIC, (ii) not to engage in any "prohibited transaction", as such
term is defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and (iii) not to engage in
any other action which may result in the imposition on the Upper-Tier REMIC and
Lower-Tier REMIC of any other taxes under the Code.
(f) The Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC shall, for federal
income tax purposes, maintain books on a calendar year basis and report income
on an accrual basis.
(g) Except as otherwise permitted by Section 7.6(b), no Eligible
Investment shall be sold prior to its stated maturity (unless sold pursuant to a
plan of liquidation in accordance with Article IX hereof).
(h) Neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee shall enter into any
arrangement by which the Trustee will receive a fee or other compensation for
services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, which fee or other compensation
is paid from the Trust Estate, other than as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement.
(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (g) and (h), the Trustee
or the Sponsor may engage in any of the transactions prohibited by such
clauses, provided that the Trustee shall have received the prior written
consent of the Insurer and an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income
tax matters to the effect that such transaction does not result in a tax
imposed on the Trustee or cause a termination of REMIC status for either the
Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC; provided, however, that such transaction
is otherwise permitted under this Agreement.
SECTION 11.16. ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON ACTION AND IMPOSITION OF
TAX.
(a) Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall not, without having obtained, and delivered
to the Insurer, an opinion of counsel experienced in federal income tax matters
(which opinion shall be at the expense of the Sponsor) to the effect that such
transaction does not result in a tax imposed on the Trust or cause a
termination of REMIC status for either the Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier
REMIC, (i) sell any assets in the Trust Estate, (ii) accept any contribution of
assets after the Startup Day or (iii) agree to any modification of this
Agreement.
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(b) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of either the Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC as defined in
Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property"
as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to either the
Upper-Tier REMIC or Lower-Tier REMIC after the Startup Day pursuant to Section
860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax (other than any minimum tax imposed by
Sections 23151(a) or 23153(a) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code) is
imposed, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if such tax arises out of
or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this
Agreement, (ii) the Master Servicer, if such tax arises out of or results from
a breach by the Master Servicer of any of its obligations under this Agreement,
or otherwise (iii) the Owners of the Lower-Tier Residual Class and the Class R
Certificates in proportion to their Percentage Interests. To the extent such
tax is chargeable against the Owners of the Lower-Tier Residual Class and the
Class R Certificates, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Trustee is hereby authorized to retain from amounts otherwise
distributable to the Owners of the Class R Certificates on any Payment Date
sufficient funds to reimburse the Trustee for the payment of such tax (to the
extent that the Trustee has not been previously reimbursed or indemnified
therefor).
SECTION 11.17. APPOINTMENT OF TAX MATTERS PERSON. The Owners of
the Class R Certificates hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to act as
the Tax Matters Person for REMIC Trust for all purposes of the Code and such
Tax Matters Person will perform, or cause to be performed, such duties and
take, or cause to be taken, such actions as are required to be performed or
taken by the Tax Matters Person under the Code.
SECTION 11.18. THE INSURER. The Insurer is a third-party
beneficiary of this Agreement. Any right conferred to the Insurer shall be
suspended during any period in which the Insurer is in default in its payment
obligations under the Insurance Policy, except with respect to amendments to
this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.14. During the continuance of a Insurer
Default, the Insurer's rights hereunder shall vest in the Trustee on behalf of
the Owners of the Class A Certificates and shall be exercisable by the Owners
of at least a majority in Percentage Interest of the Class A Certificates then
Outstanding. At such time as the Class A Certificates are no longer Outstanding
hereunder and the Insurer has been reimbursed for all Reimbursement Amounts to
which it is entitled hereunder and the Insurance Policy has expired, the
Insurer's rights hereunder shall terminate.
SECTION 11.19. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS. Each Originator and Owner
of a Class R Certificate shall each continuously keep an original executed
counterpart of this Agreement in its official records.
SECTION 11.20. NOTICES. All notices hereunder shall be given as
follows, until any superseding instructions are given to all other Persons
listed below:
The Trustee: Bankers Trust Company
of California, N.A.
0 Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Advanta 1998-2
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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The Sponsor: Advanta Mortgage Conduit Services Inc.
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Structured Finance
The Master Servicer: Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
The Insurer: Ambac Assurance Corporation
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation: (000) 000-0000
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: The Mortgage Monitoring
Department
Standard & Poor's: Standard & Poor's Ratings Group
00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Manager, Structured Finance
Operations Group
Underwriters: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
as Representative of the Underwriters
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
ADVANTA MORTGAGE CONDUIT SERVICES, INC.
as Sponsor
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Vice President
ADVANTA MORTGAGE CORP. USA
as Master Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA,
N.A.,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Vice President
[POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT]
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SCHEDULE I -- Schedules of Mortgage Loans
EXHIBIT A -- Form of Certificates
EXHIBIT B -- Contents of Mortgage Loan File
EXHIBIT C -- Form of Certificate Re: Mortgage Loans Prepaid in Full After the Cut-Off Date
EXHIBIT D -- Form of Trustee's Acknowledgement of Receipt
EXHIBIT E -- Form of Certification
EXHIBIT F -- Form of Delivery Order
EXHIBIT G -- Form of Class R Tax Matters Transfer Certificate
EXHIBIT H -- Power of Attorney
EXHIBIT I -- Form of Monthly Report
EXHIBIT J -- Form of Master Servicer's Trust Receipt
EXHIBIT K -- Form of Lost Note Affidavit
Schedule I-a -- Exception Loans
