FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
and
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
GREENPOINT HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2000-2
HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED SECURITIES,
SERIES 2000-2
Dated as of September 15, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(This Table of Contents is for convenience of reference only and shall not
be deemed to be part of this Agreement. All capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in Article
I of this Agreement.)
Page
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS...................................................1
SECTION 2. OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS...................................2
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE UNDERWRITER...............2
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INSURER...................3
SECTION 5. INDEMNIFICATION.................................................4
SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS, ETC.................................................6
SECTION 7. NOTICES.........................................................6
SECTION 8. SEVERABILITY....................................................6
SECTION 9. GOVERNING LAW...................................................6
SECTION 10. COUNTERPARTS...................................................7
SECTION 11. HEADINGS.......................................................7
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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT, dated as of September 15, 2000, by and between
FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY, as Insurer, and XXXXXX BROTHERS INC., as
the Underwriter.
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, all capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in
the Annex A to the Pooling Agreement and Indenture or Surety Bond No. 00010638
issued by the Insurer in favor of the Trustee (the "Policy"). For purposes of
this Indemnification Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
"Certificates" means the GreenPoint Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-2 Home
Equity Loan Asset Backed Class A-1 Certificates, Series 2000-2 as issued
pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
"Class A Securities" means the Certificates and the Notes.
"Insurance Agreement" means the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement (as the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time), dated as of
September 26, 2000, by and among the Insurer, GreenPoint Home Equity Loan Trust
2000-2, GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., as seller of the Mortgage Loans to the
Sponsor and as Servicer, the Sponsor, Bank One, National Association, as
Trustee, and Xxxxxxx Mac.
"Insurer" means Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, or any successor
thereto, as issuer of the Policy.
"Insurer Information" has the meaning given such term in Section 4.
"Notes" means the GreenPoint Home Equity Loan Trust 2000-2 Home Equity Loan
Asset Backed Class A-2 Notes, as issued pursuant to the Pooling Agreement.
"Offering Documents" means the Base Prospectus (the "Prospectus"), dated
February 15, 2000, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus
Supplement"), dated September 15, 2000, in respect of the Notes and any
amendment or supplement thereto, and any other offering document in respect of
the Notes that makes reference to the Policy; and the Information Circular (the
"Information Circular") dated September 15, 2000, in respect of the
Certificates, the Offering Circular (the "Offering Circular") in respect of
Xxxxxxx Mac Giant and Other Pass-Through Certificates (SPC) dated December 1,
1999, and the Offering Circular Supplement (the "Offering Circular Supplement")
dated September 15, 2000, in respect of the Xxxxxxx Mac Structured Pass-Through
Certificates, Series T-029, and any amendment or supplement thereto, and any
other offering document in respect of the certificates that makes reference to
the Policy.
"Pooling Agreement" means that certain Pooling Agreement and Indenture
relating to the Class A Securities, dated as of September 1, 2000, between
GreenPoint Home
Equity Loan Trust 2000-2, as issuer, Bank One, National Association, as Trustee,
and Xxxxxxx Mac without regard to any amendment or supplement thereto.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of September 1, 2000, by and among GreenPoint Mortgage Securities Inc.,
as Sponsor, GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc., and Servicer, GreenPoint Home
Equity Loan Trust 2000-2, and Bank One, National Association, as Trustee,
without regard to any amendment or supplement thereto.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, including, unless the
context otherwise requires, the rules and regulations thereunder, as amended
from time to time.
"Securities Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
including, unless the context otherwise requires, the rules and regulations
thereunder, as amended from time to time.
"Sponsor" means GreenPoint Mortgage Securities Inc.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement between GreenPoint Mortgage
Securities Inc., as Sponsor and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee,
dated as of September 1, 2000, without regard to any amendment or supplement
thereto.
"Underwriter" means Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
"Underwriter Information" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.
SECTION 2. OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS.
The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Indemnification Agreement shall refer to this Indemnification
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indemnification
Agreement, and Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this
Indemnification Agreement unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to
terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of such terms. The words "include" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation."
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE UNDERWRITER.
The Underwriter represents and warrants as of the Closing Date as follows:
(a) Offering Document. The Underwriter will not use, or distribute to
other broker-dealers for use, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement,
and any amendment or supplement thereto, the Information Circular and any
amendments or supplements thereto, the Offering Circular and the Offering
Circular Supplement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, each of
which includes such information relating to the Insurer, unless such
information has been furnished by the Insurer for inclusion therein and has
been approved by the Insurer.
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(b) Underwriter Information. As to the Underwriter, all material
provided in writing to the Sponsor for inclusion in the Offering Documents
(as revised from time to time, and as included in such Offering Document or
any other Offering Document), being such information located in the Xxxxxxx
Mac Offering Circular Supplement relating to the Certificates, being the
name of Xxxxxx on the front cover, the 4th sentence under the heading
"Certain Risk Considerations -- the SPC's Are Subject to Market Risk" on
page S-2, and the second paragraph under the heading "Plan of Distribution"
on page S-11; and being such information located in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to the Notes, being the next to last sentence of the
next to last paragraph on page S-1, the first two sentences of the
paragraph immediately preceding the Table of Contents on page S-2, and the
third paragraph under the heading "Method of Distribution" (the
"Underwriter Information"), insofar as such information relates to such
Underwriter shall be true and correct in all material respects.
(c) Compliance with Laws. The Underwriter will comply in all material
respects with all legal requirements in connection with its offers and
sales of the Notes and will make such offers and sales in the manner
provided in the Offering Document.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INSURER.
The Insurer represents and warrants to the Underwriter as follows:
(a) Organization and Licensing. The Insurer is a duly organized and
validly existing New York stock insurance company duly qualified to conduct
an insurance business in the State of New York.
(b) Corporate Power. The Insurer has the corporate power and
authority to issue the Policy and execute and deliver this Indemnification
Agreement and the Insurance Agreement and to perform all of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder.
(c) Authorization; Approvals. Proceedings legally required for the
issuance of the Policy and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Indemnification Agreement and the Insurance Agreement have been taken and
licenses, orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals of any
governmental boards or bodies legally required for the enforceability of
the Policy have been obtained; any proceedings not taken and any licenses,
authorizations or approvals not obtained are not material to the
enforceability of the Policy.
(d) Enforceability. The Policy, when issued, and this Indemnification
Agreement and the Insurance Agreement will each constitute a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Insurer, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and by general principles of equity and subject to principles of public
policy limiting the right to enforce the indemnification provisions
contained therein and herein, insofar as such provisions relate to
indemnification for liabilities arising under federal securities laws.
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(e) Financial Information. The balance sheet of the Insurer as of
December 31, 1999 and the related statements of income, stockholder's
equity and cash flows for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 1999,
and the accompanying footnotes, together with an opinion thereon dated
January 21, 2000 of KPMG LLP, independent certified public accountants,
which are referred to in the Offering Document relating to the Notes,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the
Insurer as of such dates and for the periods covered by such statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied. The balance sheet of the Insurer as of June 30, 2000 and the
related statements of operations, stockholder's equity and cash flows for
the six-month period ended June 30, 2000 and the accompanying footnotes,
which is referred to in the Offering Document relating to the Notes, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition of the Insurer as
of such date and for such six-month period in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Since June 30, 2000,
there has been no change in such financial condition of the Insurer that
would materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its
obligations under the Policy.
(f) Insurer Information. The information in the Prospectus Supplement
and the Information Circular as of the date hereof under the caption "The
Insurer and the Policy" and the financial statements of the Insurer
attached as Annex I and Annex II in the Prospectus Supplement and the
Information Circular as of December 31, 1998 and December 31, 1999, and for
the respective twelve-month periods then ended, and as of June 30, 2000,
and for the six-month period then ended (the "Insurer Information") are
true and correct in all material respects and do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact.
SECTION 5. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Underwriter agrees to pay, and to protect, indemnify and save
harmless, the Insurer and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees,
agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Insurer within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities
Exchange Act from and against, any and all claims, losses, liabilities
(including penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands, damages, costs
or expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys,
consultants and auditors and reasonable costs of investigations) of any
nature arising out of or by reason of any untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Underwriter Information with respect to the
Underwriter or a breach of any of the representations and warranties of the
Underwriter contained in Section 3.
(b) The Insurer agrees to pay, and to protect, indemnify and save
harmless, the Underwriter and its officers, directors, shareholders,
employees, agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Securities Exchange Act from and against, any and all claims,
losses, liabilities (including penalties), actions, suits, judgments,
demands, damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses
of attorneys, consultants and auditors and reasonable costs of
investigations) of any nature arising out
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of or by reason of any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Insurer Information or a breach of any of the representations and
warranties of the Insurer contained in Section 4, subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 4(f).
(c) If any action or proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be brought or asserted against any Person
(individually, an "Indemnified Party" and, collectively, the "Indemnified
Parties") in respect of which the indemnity provided in this Section 5(a)
or (b) may be sought from the Underwriter, on the one hand, or the Insurer,
on the other (each, an "Indemnifying Party") hereunder, each such
Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in writing,
and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment
of all expenses. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense
thereof at the expense of the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that
the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party if (i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed to pay such
fees and expenses, (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or proceeding and employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party in any such action or proceeding or
(iii) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party, and the Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party (in which
case, if the Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing
that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the
Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to
assume the defense of such action or proceeding on behalf of such
Indemnified Party, it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying
Party shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or
separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys at any time for the Indemnified Parties,
which firm shall be designated in writing by the Indemnified Party). The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such
action or proceeding effected without its written consent to the extent
that any such settlement shall be prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party,
but, if settled with its written consent, or if there is a final judgment
for the plaintiff in any such action or proceeding with respect to which
the Indemnifying Party shall have received notice in accordance with this
subsection (c), the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify and hold the
Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d) To provide for just and equitable contribution if the
indemnification provided by the Indemnifying Party is determined to be
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party (other
than due to application of this Section), each Indemnifying Party shall
contribute to the losses incurred by the Indemnified Party on the basis of
the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and the
Indemnified Party, on the other hand.
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SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS, ETC.
This Indemnification Agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or
terminated only by written instrument or written instruments signed by the
parties hereto.
SECTION 7. NOTICES.
All demands, notices and other communications to be given hereunder shall
be in writing (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) and shall be
mailed by registered mail or personally delivered and telecopied to the
recipient as follows:
(a) To the Insurer:
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Research and Risk Management
GreenPoint Home Equity
Loan Trust 2000-2
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation: (000) 000-0000
(b) To the Underwriter:
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: 212-526-7415
Confirmation: 000-000-0000
A party may specify an additional or different address or addresses by
writing mailed or delivered to the other parties as aforesaid. All such notices
and other communications shall be effective upon receipt.
SECTION 8. SEVERABILITY.
In the event that any provision of this Indemnification Agreement shall be
held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the
parties hereto agree that such holding shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable any other provision hereof. The parties hereto further agree that
the holding by any court of competent jurisdiction that any remedy pursued by
any party hereto is unavailable or unenforceable shall not affect in any way the
ability of such party to pursue any other remedy available to it.
SECTION 9. GOVERNING LAW.
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This Indemnification Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to the
conflict of laws provisions thereof).
SECTION 10. COUNTERPARTS.
This Indemnification Agreement may be executed in counterparts by the
parties hereto, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 11. HEADINGS.
The headings of Sections and the Table of Contents contained in this
Indemnification Agreement are provided for convenience only. They form no part
of this Indemnification Agreement and shall not affect its construction or
interpretation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, all as
of the day and year first above mentioned.
FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
as Insurer
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxx
Title: Team Leader
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC,
as Underwriter
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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