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STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC.
Seller,
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
Mortgage Loan Seller and Master Servicer,
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
Trustee,
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 1, 2000
relating to
WASHINGTON MUTUAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2000-3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS..............................................................................................2
SECTION 1.01 CALCULATIONS RESPECTING MORTGAGE LOANS. .....................................25
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..........................................................................25
SECTION 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND.....................................................25
SECTION 2.02 ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE........................................................28
SECTION 2.03 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE MASTER
SERVICER AND MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER............................................29
SECTION 2.04 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE
LOANS........................................................................31
SECTION 2.05 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.....................................................39
SECTION 2.06 REMIC PROVISIONS.............................................................39
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS.......................................................................................42
SECTION 3.01 SERVICING STANDARD...........................................................42
SECTION 3.02 ENFORCEMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF SUB-SERVICERS..............................43
SECTION 3.03 TERMINATION OF THE RIGHTS OF SUB-SERVICERS...................................44
SECTION 3.04 LIABILITY OF THE MASTER SERVICER.............................................44
SECTION 3.05 RIGHTS OF THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE IN RESPECT OF THE
MASTER SERVICER..............................................................44
SECTION 3.06 TRUSTEE TO ACT AS MASTER SERVICER............................................45
SECTION 3.07 COLLECTION OF MORTGAGE LOAN PAYMENTS.........................................45
SECTION 3.08 COLLECTION OF TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND SIMILAR ITEMS;
ESCROW ACCOUNTS..............................................................47
SECTION 3.09 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM THE CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT.............................48
SECTION 3.10 MAINTENANCE OF PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES AND
PMI POLICY; COLLECTIONS THEREUNDER...........................................49
SECTION 3.11 MAINTENANCE OF HAZARD INSURANCE AND OTHER INSURANCE..........................50
SECTION 3.12 ENFORCEMENT OF DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION
AGREEMENTS...................................................................52
SECTION 3.13 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS....................................53
SECTION 3.14 TRUSTEE TO COOPERATE; RELEASE OF TRUSTEE MORTGAGE FILES......................55
SECTION 3.15 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF MASTER
SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS...........................................................56
SECTION 3.16 SERVICING COMPENSATION; COMPENSATING INTEREST................................56
SECTION 3.17 REPORTS TO THE SELLER; ACCOUNT STATEMENTS....................................57
SECTION 3.18 ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE............................................57
SECTION 3.19 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' SERVICING
REPORT.......................................................................58
SECTION 3.20 REPORTS TO TRUSTEE...........................................................58
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND........................................................................59
SECTION 4.01 CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT..........................................................59
SECTION 4.02 RESERVED.....................................................................60
SECTION 4.03 MONTHLY STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.....................................60
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.....................................................................63
SECTION 5.01 DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY......................................................63
SECTION 5.02 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT...................................63
SECTION 5.03 ALLOCATION OF LOSSES.........................................................65
SECTION 5.04 MONTHLY ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER......................................67
SECTION 5.05 ADVANCES FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES.................................................67
SECTION 5.06 NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES......................................................68
SECTION 5.07 ADVANCE PROCEDURES...........................................................68
ARTICLE VI
THE CERTIFICATES........................................................................................69
SECTION 6.01 THE CERTIFICATES.............................................................69
SECTION 6.02 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES........................70
SECTION 6.03 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES............................72
SECTION 6.04 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS........................................................73
SECTION 6.05 ACCESS TO LIST OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS' NAMES AND
ADDRESSES....................................................................73
SECTION 6.06 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY..............................................73
SECTION 6.07 BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES......................................................73
SECTION 6.08 NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY...................................................74
SECTION 6.09 DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES......................................................75
ARTICLE VII
THE SELLER, MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER AND THE MASTER SERVICER................................................76
SECTION 7.01 LIABILITIES OF THE SELLER, MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER AND THE
MASTER SERVICER..............................................................76
SECTION 7.02 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE SELLER, THE MORTGAGE LOAN
SELLER OR THE MASTER SERVICER................................................77
SECTION 7.03 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF THE SELLER, THE MASTER SERVICER
AND OTHERS...................................................................78
SECTION 7.04 MASTER SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN................................................78
SECTION 7.05 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE; FIDELITY BONDS...............................78
SECTION 7.06 MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER AND MASTER SERVICER MAY OWN
CERTIFICATES.................................................................79
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT.................................................................................................80
SECTION 8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT............................................................80
SECTION 8.02 TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.....................................81
SECTION 8.03 NOTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS...........................................83
SECTION 8.04 WAIVER OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT..................................................83
ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE..................................................................................84
SECTION 9.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE............................................................84
SECTION 9.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE........................................85
SECTION 9.03 TRUSTEE NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR MORTGAGE LOANS........................87
SECTION 9.04 TRUSTEE MAY OWN CERTIFICATES.................................................87
SECTION 9.05 TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES..........................................87
SECTION 9.06 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE.........................................87
SECTION 9.07 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE...........................................88
SECTION 9.08 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE............................................................88
SECTION 9.09 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE...........................................89
SECTION 9.10 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE................................89
SECTION 9.11 OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE........................................................91
SECTION 9.12 TAX RETURNS, 1934 ACT REPORTING, OTHER DATA..................................91
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION.............................................................................................93
SECTION 10.01 TERMINATION UPON LIQUIDATION OR REPURCHASE OF ALL
MORTGAGE LOANS.......................................................93
SECTION 10.02 PROCEDURE UPON OPTIONAL OR OTHER FINAL TERMINATION...................94
SECTION 10.03 ADDITIONAL TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS..................................95
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS................................................................................96
SECTION 11.01 AMENDMENT............................................................96
SECTION 11.02 RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT; COUNTERPARTS...............................97
SECTION 11.03 GOVERNING LAW........................................................98
SECTION 11.04 INTENTION OF PARTIES.................................................98
SECTION 11.05 NOTICES..............................................................99
SECTION 11.06 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS..........................................100
SECTION 11.07 LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS..........................100
SECTION 11.08 CERTIFICATES NONASSESSABLE AND FULLY PAID...........................101
EXHIBIT A FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF CLASS X-0, X-0 XXX X-0 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT C FORM OF CLASS B-1, B-2 AND B-3 CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT D FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT E SCHEDULE OF MORTGAGE LOANS
EXHIBIT F-1 FORM OF INITIAL LOAN LIST CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT F-2 FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT F-3 FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT G FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
EXHIBIT H FORM OF RULE 144A TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT I FORM OF ERISA TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT J-1 FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT (TRANSFEREE)
EXHIBIT J-2 FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT (TRANSFEROR)
EXHIBIT K FORM OF NOTE ALLONGE
EXHIBIT L PMI POLICY FROM PMI INSURER
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of December 1, 2000, is
hereby executed by and among STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC., a
Delaware corporation, as seller (the "Seller"), WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
("Washington Mutual"), in its capacity as mortgage loan seller (the "Mortgage
Loan Seller") and in its capacity as master servicer (the "Master Servicer"),
and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., a national banking association,
as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein will have the meanings assigned to them in Article I
below.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Seller has acquired the Mortgage Loans from the Mortgage Loan
Seller on the Closing Date pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and
is the owner of the Mortgage Loans and the other property being conveyed by it
to the Trustee for inclusion in the Trust Fund. The Seller has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Agreement to provide for the conveyance to
the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and the other property constituting the Trust
Fund in exchange for the Certificates.
All covenants and agreements made by the Seller, the Mortgage Loan
Seller, the Master Servicer and the Trustee herein with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and the other property constituting the Trust Fund are for the benefit and
security of the Certificateholders. The Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the
Master Servicer are entering into this Agreement, and the Trustee is accepting
the trusts created hereby and thereby, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.
The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall make an election for the
assets constituting the Trust Fund to be treated for federal income tax purposes
as a REMIC. On the Closing Date, all the Classes of Certificates (other than the
Class R Certificates) will be designated "regular interests" in the REMIC and
the Class R Certificates will be designated the "residual interest" in the
REMIC.
As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of $1,996,677,711.
The parties hereto intend to effect an absolute sale and assignment of
the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement. However, the Mortgage
Loan Seller and the Seller will hereunder absolutely assign, and as a
precautionary matter grant a security interest in and to, its rights, if any, in
the Trust Fund and the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders to ensure that the interest of the Certificateholders
hereunder in the Mortgage Loans is fully protected.
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Seller,
the Master Servicer, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Trustee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
1933 ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1934 ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of
Certificates, the calendar month immediately preceding the month of such
Distribution Date.
ACCRUED CERTIFICATE INTEREST: For any Certificate for any Distribution
Date, will equal the interest accrued during the related Accrual Period at the
applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Current Principal Amount of such Certificate
immediately prior to such Distribution Date less (i) in the case of a Senior
Certificate, such Certificate's share of any Net Interest Shortfall from the
Mortgage Loans and the interest portion of any Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans allocated thereto and (ii) in the case of a Subordinate Certificate, such
Certificate's share of any Net Interest Shortfall and the interest portion of
any Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated thereto. Such Net Interest
Shortfalls will be allocated among the Certificates in proportion to the amount
of Accrued Certificate Interest that would have been allocated thereto in the
absence of such shortfalls. The interest portion of Realized Losses for the
Mortgage Loans will be allocated sequentially, in the following order, to the
Class B-3, Class B-2, Class B-1, Class M-3, Class M-2 and Class M-1
Certificates, and then to the Class A Certificates. Accrued Certificate Interest
is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
No Accrued Certificate Interest will be payable with respect to any Class of
Certificates after the Distribution Date on which the outstanding Current
Principal Amount of such Certificate has been reduced to zero.
ADVERSE REMIC EVENT: As defined in Section 2.06(f).
AGGREGATE EXPENSE RATE: The sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the PMI
Insurance Premium Rate (if applicable) and the Trustee Fee Rate.
AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCE: The aggregate of the Scheduled Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans at the date of determination.
AGGREGATE VOTING INTERESTS: The aggregate of the Voting Interests of
all Certificates under this Agreement.
AGREEMENT: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any and all
exhibits, amendments or supplements hereto.
APPRAISED VALUE: The appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based
upon the appraisal made for the originator at the time of the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan or the sales price
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of the Mortgaged Property at the time of such origination, whichever is less, or
with respect to any Mortgage Loan that represents a refinancing, the lower of
the appraised value at origination or the appraised value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of such refinancing.
ASSIGNMENT: An assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, in blank, of
the Mortgage, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction
wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect, if recorded, of
record the absolute sale and assignment of the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee for
the benefit of Certificateholders, which assignment, may be in the form of one
or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties
located in the same county, if permitted by law and accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel to that effect. An assignment shall include all applicable recording
information, unless the related original Mortgage has been delivered for
recording to the appropriate public recording office but has not yet been
returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.
BANKRUPTCY CODE: The United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from
time to time (11 U.S.C.).
BENEFICIAL HOLDER: A Person holding a beneficial interest in any
Certificate through a Participant or an Indirect Participant or a Person holding
a beneficial interest in any Definitive Certificate.
BLOOMBERG: Bloomberg L.P.
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES: The Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 or Class M-3
Certificates, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book
entries, as described in Section 6.07.
BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in New York or the state in which the Master
Servicer or the Corporate Trust Office are located are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to be closed.
CASH LIQUIDATION: As to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a
Mortgage Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred, a determination by the
Master Servicer that it has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Master Servicer
reasonably and in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to
such Mortgage Loan.
CERTIFICATE: Any Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1,
Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class R Certificate executed and authenticated by the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders in substantially the form or
forms attached as Exhibits hereto.
CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT: The separate account or accounts created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01, in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders for deposit of payments and
collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof,
which account or accounts must be an Eligible Account or Accounts.
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CERTIFICATE REGISTER: The register maintained pursuant to Section
6.02(a) hereof.
CERTIFICATEHOLDER OR HOLDER: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register.
CLASS: Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the same
designation.
CLASS B-1 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to:
(i) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is in effect, the remaining Principal Remittance Amount
for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior, Class M-1,
Class M-2 and Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, or
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(I) the remaining Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior, Class M-1,
Class M-2 and Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(II) the excess of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of the Senior, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class
M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Senior, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the
Current Principal Amount of the Class B-1 Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the
lesser of (x) the product of (1) 99.50% and (2) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
end of the related Due Period and (y) the amount, if any, by
which (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period exceeds
(b) the initial Current Principal Amount of the Class B-3
Certificates.
CLASS B-2 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to:
(i) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is in effect, the remaining Principal Remittance Amount
for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior, Class X-0,
Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3 and Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, or
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(I) the remaining Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior, Class X-0,
Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3 and Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount; and
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(II) the excess of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of the Senior, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3 and Class B-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
payment of the Senior, Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class M-3 and
Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution
Date) and (2) the Current Principal Amount of the Class B-2
Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over
(B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) 99.70% and (2) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the end of the related Due Period and (y) the amount, if
any, by which (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period
exceeds (b) the initial Current Principal Amount of the Class
B-3 Certificates.
CLASS M-1 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to:
(i) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is in effect, the remaining Principal Remittance Amount
for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount, or
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(I) the remaining Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount; and
(II) the excess of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of the Senior Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Senior Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Current
Principal Amount of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately
prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the
product of (1) 97.00% and (2) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
related Due Period and (y) the amount, if any, by which (a)
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the end of the related Due Period exceeds (b) the
initial Current Principal Amount of the Class B-3
Certificates.
CLASS M-2 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to:
(i) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is in effect, the remaining Principal Remittance Amount
for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, or
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(I) the remaining Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount; and
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(II) the excess of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of the Senior and Class M-1 Certificates
(after taking into account the payment of the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount and Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Current
Principal Amount of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately
prior to that Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the
product of (1) 98.30% and (2) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the
related Due Period and (y) the amount, if any, by which (a)
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the end of the related Due Period exceeds (b) the
initial Current Principal Amount of the Class B-3
Certificates.
CLASS M-3 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to:
(i) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is in effect, the remaining Principal Remittance Amount
for that Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior, Class M-1
and Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, or
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(I) the remaining Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date after distribution of the Senior, Class M-1
and Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount; and
(II) the excess of (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of the Senior, Class M-1 and Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Senior, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount
for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Current Principal
Amount of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of
(1) 99.00% and (2) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period
and (y) the amount, if any, by which (a) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
end of the related Due Period exceeds (b) the initial Current
Principal Amount of the Class B-3 Certificates.
CLEARING AGENCY: An organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the 1934 Act, which initially shall be DTC.
CLOSING DATE: December 21, 2000.
CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COMPENSATING INTEREST: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to interest shortfalls resulting from Principal Prepayments in Full by a
Mortgagor during the related Prepayment Period, but not more than the lesser of
(x) one-twelfth of 0.25% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal
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Balance of the Mortgage Loans immediately preceding such Distribution Date and
(y) the sum of the Servicing Fee to which the Master Servicer is entitled on
such Distribution Date.
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of California at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this
Agreement is located at 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000-0000 Attention: Washington Mutual Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-3.
CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: For any Certificate as of any Distribution
Date will equal such Certificate's Initial Current Principal Amount on the
Closing Date, as increased by any Deferred Interest allocated thereto pursuant
to Section 5.02(d), and as reduced by (i) all amounts distributed on previous
Distribution Dates on such Certificate on account of principal, (ii) the
principal portion of all Realized Losses previously allocated to such
Certificate (taking account of its applicable Loss Allocation Limitation) and
(iii) in the case of a Subordinate Certificate, such Certificate's pro rata
share, if any, of the Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount for previous
Distribution Dates. With respect to any Class of Certificates, the Current
Principal Amount thereof will equal the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of
all Certificates in such Class.
CURTAILMENT: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor which is not
a Principal Prepayment in Full.
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT: The deposit account or accounts created and
maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(b) hereof in a
depository institution which may be the Master Servicer for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, which account or accounts must be Eligible Accounts.
CUT-OFF DATE: December 1, 2000.
CUT-OFF DATE AGGREGATE LOAN BALANCE: The Aggregate Loan Balance as of
the Cut-off Date.
DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction
in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction
constituting a Deficient Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent
forgiveness of principal.
DEFERRED INTEREST: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and each related
Due Date, the excess, if any, of the amount of interest accrued on such Mortgage
Loan from the preceding Due Date to such Due Date over the amount of interest
included in the Monthly Payment payable on such Due Date.
DEFICIENT VALUATION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by
a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less
than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or that results
in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation in either case results
from a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
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DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE: A Certificate of any Class issued in
definitive, fully registered, certificated form.
DELETED MORTGAGE LOAN: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Replacement Mortgage Loan.
DELIVERED: With respect to any Eligible Investment, when the steps
applicable to such item as specified below are completed:
(i) if such item is an instrument, delivering such instrument
to the Trustee endorsed to the Trustee or its nominee or custodian or
endorsed in blank;
(ii) if such item is a certificated security, delivering such
certificated security to the Trustee in bearer form or in registered
form issued to the Trustee or endorsed to the Trustee or its nominee or
custodian or endorsed in blank by an effective endorsement;
(iii) if such item is a security entitlement other than a
United States Security Entitlement, causing a securities intermediary
(who shall maintain the related financial asset in a quantity
corresponding to the aggregate of all security entitlements it has
established with respect to such financial asset) to indicate by book
entry that such security entitlement has been credited to a securities
account of the Trustee or its nominee or custodian with such securities
intermediary;
(iv) if such item is a United States Security Entitlement,
causing a securities intermediary (who shall maintain the related
financial asset in a quantity corresponding to the aggregate of all
security entitlements it has established with respect to such financial
asset) to indicate by book entry that such United States Security
Entitlement has been credited to a securities account of the Trustee or
its nominee or custodian with such securities intermediary;
(v) if such item is a securities account, causing the
securities intermediary to indicate by book entry that all security
entitlements carried in the securities account have been credited to
such securities account and such securities account is in the name of
the Trustee or its nominee or custodian with such securities
intermediary; and
(vi) if such item is an uncertificated security, causing the
issuer of such uncertificated security to register the Trustee or its
nominee or custodian as the registered owner of such uncertificated
security.
DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT: The Letter of Representation by and among DTC,
the Seller and the Trustee with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates.
DETERMINATION DATE: The 18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 18th day) of the month of the
related Distribution Date.
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DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION: Either (i) the United States, (ii) any state
or political subdivision thereof, (iii) any foreign government, (iv) any
international organization, (v) any agency or instrumentality of any of the
foregoing, (vi) any tax-exempt organization (other than a cooperative described
in section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of
the Code unless such organization is subject to the tax imposed by section 511
of the Code, (vii) any organization described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the
Code, or (viii) any "electing large partnership" described in section 775 of the
Code, or (ix) any other entity designated as a Disqualified Organization by
relevant legislation amending the REMIC Provisions and in effect at or proposed
to be effective as of the time of the determination. In addition, a corporation
will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any state
or political subdivision thereof if all of its activities are subject to tax
and, with the exception of Xxxxxxx Mac, a majority of its board of directors is
not selected by such governmental unit.
DISTRIBUTION DATE: The 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is
not a Business Day the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in January 2001.
DOWNGRADE EVENT: The date upon which the long-term unsecured debt
rating of Washington Mutual is downgraded by Moody's below "A2," by S&P below
"A-" and by Fitch below A.
DTC: The Depository Trust Company.
DUE DATE: The date specified in the Mortgage Note on which Monthly
Payments are due.
DUE PERIOD: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period
commencing on the second day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.
ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT: Either (i) an account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state-chartered depository institution or trust company (which may be
the Master Servicer or an affiliate of the Master Servicer or which may be the
Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) the short-term unsecured debt
obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust
company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term
unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated by each Rating
Agency in its highest short-term rating category, provided that so long as
Washington Mutual is the Master Servicer, any account maintained with the Master
Servicer shall be an Eligible Account if the long-term unsecured debt
obligations of Washington Mutual are rated "A2" by Moody's or "A-" by S&P, (ii)
an account or accounts the deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC,
provided that any such deposits not so insured shall be otherwise maintained
such that (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and
the Rating Agencies) the applicable Certificateholders have a claim with respect
to the funds in such account or a perfected first priority security interest
against any collateral (which shall be limited to Eligible Investments) securing
such funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of
the depository institution or trust company with which such account is
maintained, (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the Trustee or the
trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company acting in its fiduciary capacity, provided that any such state chartered
depository institution is subject to regulation regarding funds
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on deposit substantially similar to the regulations set forth in 12
C.F.R.ss.9.10(b) or (iv) any account maintained at any Federal Home Loan Bank.
ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations, instruments and securities:
(i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof,
provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States;
(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
highest long-term rating of Xxxxx'x, S&P and Fitch, and will not result
in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating, if any, then assigned
to the Certificates by each applicable Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more
than 270 days) which is then rated in the highest commercial paper
rating category of Xxxxx'x, S&P and Fitch, and will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the rating, if any, then assigned to the
Certificates by each applicable Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, federal
funds or bankers' acceptances (in each case having maturities of not
more than 365 days) issued by any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any
state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper
and/or long-term debt obligations of such depository institution or
trust company (or in the case of a depository institution or trust
company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the
commercial paper or long-term debt obligations of such holding company)
are then rated in the highest rating category of Xxxxx'x, S&P and
Fitch, in the case of commercial paper, and in one of the two highest
rating categories in the case of long-term debt obligations, and will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating, if any, then
assigned to the Certificates by each applicable Rating Agency, and, in
the case of short-term debt obligations which have maturities of 30
days or less, the highest rating assigned by each Rating Agency;
(v) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in (i) and (ii) above or any other security issued or
guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, in
either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in (iv) above;
(vi) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued
by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or
any state thereof which, at the time of such investment or contractual
commitment providing for such investments are then rated in the highest
rating category of each Rating Agency or in such lower rating category
as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating, if
any, then assigned to the Certificates by each applicable Rating
Agency; and
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(vii) units of taxable money-market portfolios rated in the
highest rating category by Moody's and S&P and not restricted to
obligations issued or guaranteed by any agency or instrumentality of
the United States or entities whose obligations are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States and repurchase agreements
collateralized by such obligations.
PROVIDED, that (A) such obligation or security is held for a temporary period
pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(g)(1), and (B) Eligible
Investments shall include only such obligations or securities that are payable
on demand or mature on or before the (i) Business Day immediately preceding the
next Distribution Date with respect to amounts on deposit in the Certificate
Account (except for Eligible Investments described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of
this definition which may mature on the Distribution Date) and (ii) the second
Business Day immediately preceding the next Distribution Date with respect to
amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account. In addition, no Eligible Investment
which incorporates a penalty for early withdrawal will be used unless the
maturity of such Eligible Investment is on or before the Business Day
immediately preceding the next Distribution Date.
ERISA-RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE: Any Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and
Class R Certificate.
ESCROW ACCOUNT: As defined in Section 3.08.
EVENT OF DEFAULT: As defined in Section 8.01 hereof.
XXXXXX MAE: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally
chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE: The Distribution Date on which the final
distribution in respect of the Certificates will be made pursuant to Section
10.01, which Final Distribution Date shall in no event be later than the end of
the 90-day liquidation period described in Section 10.03.
FITCH: Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
XXXXXXX MAC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
GROSS MARGIN: The fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage
Note that is added to the related Index in accordance with the terms of the
related Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage
Loan, as modified pursuant to Section 3.01(d) hereof.
INDEX: One-Month MTA as specified in the related Mortgage Note for
calculation of the Mortgage Rate thereof, as modified pursuant to Section
3.01(d) hereof.
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INDIRECT PARTICIPANTS: Entities, such as banks, brokers, dealers and
trust companies, that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a
Participant, either directly or indirectly.
INITIAL CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: With respect to the Class A
Certificates in the aggregate, $1,951,752,300.00. With respect to the Class R
Certificates in the aggregate, $100.00. With respect to the Class M-1
Certificates in the aggregate, $14,975,100.00. With respect to the Class M-2
Certificates in the aggregate, $12,978,400.00. With respect to the Class M-3
Certificates in the aggregate, $6,988,400.00. With respect to the Class B-1
Certificates in the aggregate, $4,991,700.00. With respect to the Class B-2
Certificates in the aggregate, $1,996,600.00. With respect to the Class B-3
Certificates in the aggregate, $2,995,110.75. With respect to any single
Certificate, the Initial Current Principal Amount as stated on the face thereof.
INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Amounts paid pursuant to any insurance policy with
respect to a Mortgage Loan that have not been used to restore the related
property or to reimburse certain expenses.
INTEREST REMITTANCE AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) all interest collected (other than Payaheads) or advanced in respect
of Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period, less
(x) the Servicing Fee, the PMI Insurance Premium (if applicable) and the
Retained Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (y) unreimbursed Monthly
Advances to the extent allocable to interest and (z) other amounts due to the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to the extent allocable to
interest, (ii) any Compensating Interest paid by the Master Servicer with
respect to the Mortgage Loans with respect to the related Prepayment Period,
(iii) the portion of any Replacement Amount paid with respect to Replacement
Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period allocable to interest and
(iv) all Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and other recoveries collected
with respect to such Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period, to the
extent allocable to interest, as reduced by unreimbursed interest Monthly
Advances and other amounts due the Master Servicer, to the extent allocable to
interest.
LATEST POSSIBLE MATURITY DATE: The latest possible maturity date for
purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations is the
Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date for the Mortgage Loan
with the latest maturity date in the Trust Fund.
LIQUIDATED LOAN: With respect to any Distribution Date, a Mortgage Loan
which, as of the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the
related Determination Date, (a) has been liquidated through deed in lieu of
foreclosure, sale in foreclosure, trustee's sale or other realization as
provided by applicable law of real property subject to the related Mortgage and
any security agreements or (b) with respect to which payment under related
private mortgage insurance or hazard insurance and/or from any public or
governmental authority on account of a taking or condemnation of any such
property has been received; provided, however, that any REO Property shall not
be treated as a Liquidated Loan until such property has been finally liquidated.
LIQUIDATION EXPENSES: Customary and reasonable "out of pocket" expenses
incurred by the Master Servicer (or the related Sub-Servicer) in connection with
the liquidation of any defaulted Mortgage Loan and not recovered by the Master
Servicer (or the related Sub-Servicer) under a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy
for reasons other than the Master Servicer's failure to comply
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with Section 3.10 hereof, such expenses including, without limitation, legal
fees and expenses, any unreimbursed amount expended by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof respecting the related Mortgage to the extent
not previously reimbursed under any hazard insurance policy for reasons other
than the Master Servicer's failure to comply with Section 3.11 hereof and any
related and unreimbursed expenditures for real estate property taxes or for
property restoration or preservation.
LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Amounts other than Insurance Proceeds received in
connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through
trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or amounts received in connection
with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property.
LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO: As of any date, the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the principal balance of the related
Mortgage Loan at the date of determination and the denominator of which is the
Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property or, in the case of a
Replacement Mortgage Loan, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property
as of the date of its origination.
LOSS ALLOCATION LIMITATION: As defined in Section 5.03(b).
MASTER SERVICER: Washington Mutual Bank, FA or any successor under the
terms of this Agreement.
MASTER SERVICER ADVANCE DATE: As defined in Section 5.07(a) hereof.
MASTER SERVICER MORTGAGE FILE: All documents pertaining to a Mortgage
Loan not required to be included in the Trustee Mortgage File and held by the
Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer.
MONTHLY ADVANCE: The aggregate of the advances made by or on behalf of
the Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section
5.04 hereof.
MONTHLY PAYMENT: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any month, the
scheduled payment on such Mortgage Loan which is allocated to principal (if any)
and interest due during such month as calculated pursuant to the terms of the
related Mortgage Note.
MOODY'S: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
MORTGAGE: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first lien on a fee simple or leasehold estate in real property securing a
Mortgage Note.
MORTGAGE FILE: For each Mortgage Loan, the Trustee Mortgage File and
the Master Servicer Mortgage File.
MORTGAGE LOAN: Each of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to
the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time are held as a
part of the Trust Fund, evidenced by a
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Mortgage Note and secured by a Mortgage, the mortgage loans so held being
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as amended from time to time.
MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
dated as of December 1, 2000, by and among the Seller and the Mortgage Loan
Seller, pursuant to which the Seller purchased the Mortgage Loans from the
Mortgage Loan Seller.
MORTGAGE LOAN REPURCHASE PRICE: The price, calculated as set forth in
Section 10.01, to be paid in connection with the repurchase of the Mortgage
Loans pursuant to an Optional Termination of the Trust Fund.
MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE: The list of Mortgage Loans transferred to the
Trustee as part of the Trust Fund for the Certificates and from time to time
subject to this Agreement (as from time to time amended by the Master Servicer
to reflect the addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans and the deletion of
Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement), attached
hereto as Exhibit E, setting forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) the city, state and zip code for each Mortgaged Property;
(iii) the original term to maturity;
(iv) the remaining term to maturity as of the Cut-off Date;
(v) the original principal balance;
(vi) the Scheduled Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date;
(vii) the Mortgage Rate;
(viii) the Servicing Fee Rate;
(ix) the first Due Date;
(x) the Monthly Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
(xi) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(xii) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property;
(xiii) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
either (a) a detached single-family dwelling or a de minimis planned
unit development, (b) a condominium unit or a dwelling in a planned
unit development, or (c) a two- to four-family residential property;
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(xiv) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property at the
time of origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
(xv) the purpose for which the financing was made; and
(xvi) whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by the PMI Policy.
Such schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described
under (vi) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. Such schedule may be in the form
of more than one list collectively setting forth all of the information required
and shall also be in a computer-readable format acceptable to the Trustee.
MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER: Washington Mutual Bank, FA or its successor in
interest.
MORTGAGE NOTE: The original executed note or other evidence of the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, including a lost note
affidavit with a copy of the related note.
MORTGAGE RATE: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note,
which is set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
MORTGAGED PROPERTY: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.
MORTGAGOR: Each obligor on a Mortgage Note.
MORTGAGOR PREPAYMENTS: Prepayments in Full or Curtailments.
NEGATIVE AMORTIZATION LIMIT: On any date of determination, with respect
to a Mortgage Loan, the ratio of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage
Loan to the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan.
NET INTEREST SHORTFALLS: The sum of (i) Net Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls, (ii) Relief Act Shortfalls and (iii) Deferred Interest.
NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
the related Liquidation Proceeds net of (i) Liquidation Expenses and (ii) any
unreimbursed Monthly Advances or other servicing advances, if any, received and
retained in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan.
NET MORTGAGE RATE: As to each Mortgage Loan, a rate per annum equal to
the Mortgage Rate minus the Aggregate Expense Rate and the Retained Interest
Rate.
NET PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL: As to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan secured by an REO Property) that was
the subject of a Principal Prepayment during the related Prepayment Period by
the Mortgagor, an amount equal to the excess of (a) one month's interest at the
Mortgage Rate on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan before taking into
account such Principal Prepayment over (b) the sum of (i) the amount of interest
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paid by the Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to the date of such Principal
Prepayment and (ii) the Compensating Interest payable by the Master Servicer on
such Distribution Date.
NON-PERMITTED FOREIGN HOLDER: As defined in Section 6.02(g).
NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE: The portion of any Monthly Advance or any other
advance previously made or proposed to be made by the Master Servicer that, in
the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
current delinquency, would not be, ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer
from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds (net of Liquidation Expenses)
with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.
NON-U.S. PERSON: Any Person other than a U.S. Person.
OFFERING DOCUMENTS: Any prospectus (including any prospectus
supplement) or private placement memorandum relating to the offering and sale of
the Certificates.
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice Chair, a Group
President, an Executive Vice President, a Senior Executive Vice President,
Senior Vice President, a Vice President, or other authorized officer, and by the
Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant
Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the
Master Servicer, as the case may be, or in the case of the Trustee, a
Responsible Officer, and delivered to the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee, as required by this Agreement.
ONE-YEAR MTA: Except as provided in Section 3.01(d), the index used to
determine the Mortgage Rate for each Mortgage Loan, which is a per annum rate
equal to the twelve-month average, determined by adding together the annual
yields for the most recently available twelve months and dividing by 12, of the
annual yields on actively traded United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a
constant maturity of one year as publicized by the Federal Reserve Board in the
Federal Reserve Statistical Release entitled "Selected Interest Rates (G.13)" as
most recently available as of the date fifteen days prior to the interest rate
adjustment date on such Mortgage Loan.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Seller or the Master Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
With respect to any opinion dealing with the definition of Eligible Account in
this Article I, Sections 2.04 or 7.04 hereof or with the qualification of a
REMIC or compliance with the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (i) in fact be
independent of the Seller and the Master Servicer, (ii) not have any direct
financial interest in the Seller or the Master Servicer or in any affiliate of
either of them and (iii) not be connected with the Seller or the Master Servicer
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or
Person performing similar functions.
OPTIONAL TERMINATION: The purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 10.01(a).
OPTIONAL TERMINATION DATE: The date fixed by the Master Servicer for
the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 10.01.
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OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOAN: As to any date of determination, a Mortgage
Loan (including an REO Property) which was not the subject of a Principal
Prepayment in Full, Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition and which was not
purchased, deleted or substituted for prior to such date of determination
pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.04.
PARTICIPANT: A broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or
other Person for whom DTC effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with DTC.
PASS-THROUGH RATE: With respect to each Class of Certificates, the
weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the Mortgage Loans, weighted on
the Scheduled Principal Balances thereof.
PAYAHEAD: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Due Date therefor,
any Monthly Payment received by the Master Servicer during any Due Period in
addition to the Monthly Payment due on such Due Date, intended by the related
Mortgagor to be applied on a subsequent Due Date.
PERCENTAGE INTEREST: The percentage interest (which may be expressed as
a fraction) evidenced by any Certificate, which (a) in the case of each Class of
the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates, is equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the initial
Current Principal Amount of such Certificate, and the denominator of which is
equal to the initial Current Principal Amount of all Certificates of the same
Class and (b) in the case of the Class R Certificates, shall be 100%.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
PLACEMENT AGENTS: Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
PLAN: Any Person which is an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or
a plan subject to section 4975 of the Code.
PLAN ASSET REGULATIONS: The Department of Labor regulations set forth
in 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101.
PMI INSURANCE PREMIUM: The premium for the PMI Policy, equal to one
month's interest on Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans covered by
the PMI Policy as of the Cut-off Date at the PMI Insurance Premium Rate, payable
by the Master Servicer on each Servicer Remittance Date from amounts on deposit
in the Custodial Account in accordance with Section 3.09(b)(i) of this
Agreement.
PMI INSURANCE PREMIUM RATE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan covered
by the PMI Policy, the rate at which the premium on the PMI Policy accrues,
which is 0.17% per annum.
PMI INSURER: Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, or a successor
appointed in accordance with Section 3.10(d) of this Agreement.
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PMI POLICY: The primary guarantee insurance policy of the PMI Insurer
attached hereto as Exhibit L, or any successor PMI Policy.
PREPAYMENT PERIOD: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar
month prior to the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICY: Each primary policy of mortgage
guaranty insurance with respect to the Mortgage Loans or any replacement policy
therefor, other than the PMI Policy.
PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of
principal on a Mortgage Loan, including a recovery that takes the form of
Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, that is received in advance of its
scheduled Due Date other than a Payahead.
PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT IN FULL: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the Scheduled Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan.
PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) all principal collected (other than Payaheads) or advanced in respect
of Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period, (ii)
all Principal Prepayments in Full or Curtailments received during the related
Prepayment Period, (iii) the outstanding principal balance of each Mortgage Loan
that was purchased from the Trust Fund during the related Prepayment Period,
(iv) the portion of any Replacement Amount paid during the related Prepayment
Period allocable to principal, (v) all Net Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds and other recoveries collected with respect to such Mortgage Loans
during the related Prepayment Period, to the extent allocable to principal, as
reduced, in each case to the extent applicable, by unreimbursed Monthly Advances
and other amounts due to the Master Servicer or the Trustee, to the extent
allocable to principal as determined by the Master Servicer, and (vi) any
amounts received by the Trustee from the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer
for deposit to the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 7.01(e).
PURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
purchased by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer pursuant to Section
2.01, 2.02, 2.04 or 3.12 the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest
to the next Due Date on the Mortgage Loan at a rate equal to the Net Mortgage
Rate and (iii) the amount of any unreimbursed Monthly Advances and other
advances made by the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan and
reimbursable to the Master Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that if the
Master Servicer shall so choose, the Purchase Price with respect to any Mortgage
Loan purchased by the Master Servicer may be net of advances that would
otherwise be reimbursable to the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall
have no further entitlement to reimbursement for such advances. With respect to
any Mortgage Loan required or allowed to be purchased, the Master Servicer or
Mortgage Loan Seller, as applicable, shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate as to the calculation of the Purchase Price.
QUALIFIED INSURER: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified
as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business and each
other state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the
insurance policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed by the
insurance regulatory authority of the state of its principal place of business
and, to the extent
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required by applicable law, each such other state, to transact a mortgage
guaranty insurance business in such state and each such other state and to write
the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it and approved as an
insurer by Xxxxxxx Mac or Xxxxxx Xxx and whose claims-paying ability will not
adversely affect the rating on the Certificates.
RATING AGENCY: Each of Xxxxx'x, S&P and Fitch or any successor thereto.
REALIZED LOSS: An amount determined by the Master Servicer and
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, in connection
with any Mortgage Loan equal to (a) with respect to any Liquidated Loan, the
excess of the principal balance of such Liquidated Loan plus interest thereon at
a rate equal to the applicable Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which
interest was last paid up to the Due Date next succeeding such liquidation over
proceeds, if any, received in connection with such liquidation, after
application of all withdrawals permitted to be made by the Master Servicer from
the related Custodial Account with respect to such Mortgage Loan, (b) with
respect to any Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient
Valuation, the excess of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan over the
principal amount as reduced in connection with the proceedings resulting in the
Deficient Valuation, (c) with respect to any Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the present value of all monthly Debt
Service Reductions on such Mortgage Loan, assuming that the Mortgagor pays each
Monthly Payment on the applicable Due Date and that no Principal Prepayments are
received with respect to such Mortgage Loan, discounted monthly at the
applicable Mortgage Rate or (d) the amount of any reduction by the Master
Servicer to the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
3.01(c) hereof. In determining whether a Realized Loss is a Realized Loss of
principal, Liquidation Proceeds shall be allocated, first, to payment of
expenses related to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan, then to accrued unpaid
interest and finally to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan.
RECORD DATE: With respect to each Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which the
related Distribution Date occurs.
REFERENCE BANKS: As defined in Section 4.02(c).
RELIEF ACT: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended.
RELIEF ACT SHORTFALLS: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan, the amount of any interest that is not collectible from the
Mortgagor during the related Due Period pursuant to the Relief Act or similar
legislation or regulations as in effect from time to time.
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
REMICs, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of the Subchapter M of Chapter
1 of the Code and related provisions, and regulations (including proposed
regulations, rulings and administrative pronouncements) promulgated thereunder,
as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
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REO ACQUISITION: The acquisition by the Master Servicer on behalf of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any REO Property
pursuant to Section 3.13.
REO DISPOSITION: As to any REO Property, a determination by the Master
Servicer that it has received all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO
Proceeds and other payments and recoveries (including proceeds of a final sale)
which the Master Servicer expects to be finally recoverable from the sale or
other disposition of the REO Property.
REO PROPERTY: Any Mortgaged Property acquired by or in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders in foreclosure or by
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise treated as having been so acquired
pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.
REO PROCEEDS: Proceeds, net of expenses, received in respect of any REO
Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related
Mortgaged Property).
REPLACEMENT AMOUNT: As defined in the definition of Replacement
Mortgage Loan.
REPLACEMENT MORTGAGE LOAN: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Master
Servicer or Mortgage Loan Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the
date of such substitution, as confirmed in an Officers' Certificate delivered to
the Trustee, (i) have an outstanding Scheduled Principal Balance, after
deduction of the principal portion of the Monthly Payment due in the month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance, after
such deduction), not greater than nor materially less than the Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan (the amount of any shortage, the
"Replacement Amount") to be deposited by the Mortgage Loan Seller in the
Certificate Account in the month of substitution as set forth in Section 2.04 of
this Agreement and shall be treated as a Principal Prepayment thereunder); (ii)
at the time of substitution have a Net Mortgage Rate equal to or exceeding the
Net Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio
no higher than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a
remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less
than) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) be of the same or better credit quality
classification as that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) comply with each
representation and warranty relating to the Mortgage Loans set forth in Section
2.04 hereof; and (vi) at the time of substitution have not been delinquent for a
period of more than 30 days or more than once in the twelve months immediately
preceding such date of substitution. In the event that either one mortgage loan
is substituted for more than one Deleted Mortgage Loan or more than one mortgage
loan is substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, then (a) the
Scheduled Principal Balance referred to in clause (i) above shall be determined
in the aggregate, (b) the rate referred to in clause (ii) above shall be
determined on a loan-by-loan basis and (c) the Loan-to-Value Ratio referred to
in clause (iii) and the remaining term to maturity referred to in clause (iv)
above shall be determined on a weighted average basis; provided, further, that
the final scheduled maturity date of any Replacement Mortgage Loan shall not
exceed the latest Scheduled Final Distribution Date of any Class of
Certificates. Whenever a Replacement Mortgage Loan is substituted for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement, the party effecting such substitution
shall certify such qualification in writing to the Trustee.
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REQUIRED INSURANCE POLICY: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under this
Agreement in respect of such Mortgage Loan, including each standard hazard and,
if applicable, flood insurance policy.
RESERVE INTEREST RATE: As defined in Section 4.02.
RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE: The Class R Certificate.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary,
the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE: Any Class B-1, Class B-2 or Class B-3
Certificate.
RETAINED INTEREST: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, interest on such
Mortgage Loan at the Retained Interest Rate.
RETAINED INTEREST RATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the excess,
if any, of (a) the related Gross Margin minus the related Aggregate Expense Rate
over (b) 1.50% per annum; provided, that, in the event the Index and Gross
Margin are adjusted pursuant to Section 3.01(d), the Retained Interest Rate
shall be the rate per annum in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
RULE 144A: Rule 144A promulgated under the rules of the 1933 Act, as in
effect from time to time.
S&P: Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., or any successor in interest.
SCHEDULED FINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE: The Distribution Date occurring in
December 2030.
SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan as
of any Distribution Date, the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan at the
close of business on the Cut-off Date, after giving effect to principal payments
due on or before the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, less an amount equal
to principal payments due after the Cut-off Date and on or before the Due Date
in the related Due Period, whether or not received from the Mortgagor or
advanced by the Master Servicer, and all amounts allocable to unscheduled
principal payments (including Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds and condemnation proceeds, in each case to the extent
identified and applied prior to or during the related Prepayment Period) and
(ii) any REO Property as of any Distribution Date, the Scheduled Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan on the Due Date immediately preceding the
date of acquisition of such REO Property by or on behalf of the Trustee (reduced
by any amount applied as a reduction of principal on the Mortgage Loan), plus
(iii) any Deferred Interest allocated to such Mortgage Loan. With respect to any
Mortgage Loan and the Cut-off Date, as specified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
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SELLER: Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its successor in interest.
SENIOR CERTIFICATE: Any Class A Certificate or Class R Certificate.
SENIOR ENHANCEMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of
the Current Principal Amounts of the Subordinate Certificates and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period.
SENIOR PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to:
(i) prior to the Stepdown Date or on or after the Stepdown Date if a
Trigger Event is in effect, the Principal Remittance Amount for that
Distribution Date, or
(ii) on or after the Stepdown Date if a Trigger Event is not in effect
for that Distribution Date, the lesser of:
(I) the Principal Remittance Amount for that Distribution
Date; and
(II) the excess of (A) the aggregate Current Principal Amount
of the Senior Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of
(1) 95.50% and (2) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period
and (y) the amount, if any, by which (a) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
end of the related Due Period exceeds (b) the initial Current
Principal Amount of the Class B-3 Certificates.
SERVICER REMITTANCE DATE: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
Business Day immediately prior thereto.
SERVICING FEE: As to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, an
amount equal to the product of the Servicing Fee Rate and the Scheduled
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the Due Period.
SERVICING FEE RATE: For each Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a) 0.375%
per annum and (b) the excess of (x) the related Gross Margin over (y) the sum of
1.50% per annum, the PMI Insurance Premium Rate (if applicable) and the Trustee
Fee Rate; provided, that, in the event the Index and Gross Margin are adjusted
pursuant to Section 3.01(d), the Servicing Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum
in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
SERVICING OFFICER: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee on the
Closing Date by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, as such list may
from time to time be amended.
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SETTLEMENT DATE: December 21, 2000.
SIXTY-PLUS DELINQUENCY PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (x) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more days
delinquent in payment of principal and interest for that Distribution Date,
including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO Properties, over (y) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans immediately
preceding that Distribution Date.
STEPDOWN DATE: The later to occur of (x) the Distribution Date in
January 2004 and (y) the first Distribution Date on which the Senior Enhancement
Percentage is greater than or equal to 4.50%.
SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE: Any Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
B-1, Class B-2 or Class B-3 Certificate.
SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE WRITEDOWN AMOUNT: As of any Distribution Date,
the amount by which (a) the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of all of the
Certificates (after giving effect to the distribution of principal and the
allocation of Realized Losses in reduction of the Current Principal Amounts of
such Certificates on such Distribution Date) exceeds (b) the Scheduled Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans on the Due Date related to such Distribution
Date. The Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount will be allocated to the
Subordinate Certificates in inverse order of their numerical Class designations,
until the Current Principal Amount of each such Class has been reduced to zero.
SUB-SERVICER: Any other entity with respect to any Mortgage Loan under
any Sub-Servicing Agreement, either currently or in the future, applicable to
such Mortgage Loan and any successors and assigns under such Sub-Servicing
Agreement.
SUB-SERVICING AGREEMENT: Any servicing agreement between the Master
Servicer and a Sub-Servicer pursuant to which the Master Servicer delegates any
of its servicing responsibilities with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans.
TOTAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of the Interest Remittance Amount and Principal Remittance Amount for such
date.
TRIGGER EVENT: A Trigger Event will have occurred with respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date if the three-month average of
the Sixty-Plus Delinquency Percentage, as determined on that Distribution Date
and the immediately preceding two Distribution Dates, exceeds the Senior
Enhancement Percentage.
TRUST: The Trust created pursuant to this Agreement, known as the
"Washington Mutual Mortgage Loan Trust 2000-3."
TRUST FUND: The corpus of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement
consisting of (a) the Mortgage Loans listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
including all interest and principal received
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or receivable by the Seller on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans after the
Cut-off Date, but not including (i) payments of principal and interest due and
payable on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date, and (ii) the
Retained Interest, together with the Mortgage Files relating to the Mortgage
Loans, (b) REO Property, (c) the Custodial Account, the Certificate Account, and
all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement, (d) any insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (e)
any REO Property, (f) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary,
of any of the foregoing into cash or other liquid property and (g) the Seller's
rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.
TRUSTEE: Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as
trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and any
successor thereto, as provided herein.
TRUSTEE FEE: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
product of the Trustee Fee Rate and the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the related Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due Period.
TRUSTEE FEE RATE: 0.0025% per annum.
TRUSTEE MORTGAGE FILE: The mortgage documents listed in Section
2.01(b)(i)-(v) hereof pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any
additional documents required to be added to the Trustee Mortgage File pursuant
to this Agreement.
UNITED STATES REGULATIONS: 31 C.F.R. Part 357; 12 C.F.R. Part 615,
Subpart O; 12 C.F.R. Part 912; 12 C.F.R. Part 1511; 24 C.F.R. Part 81; 31 C.F.R.
Part 354; and 18 C.F.R. Part 1314.
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ENTITLEMENT: A "Security Entitlement" as
defined in a United States Regulation.
U.S. PERSON: Shall mean (i) a citizen or resident of the United States;
(ii) a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) created
or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of
any state thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii)
a partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) organized in
the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any state
thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia (unless provided
otherwise by future Treasury regulations) provided that, for purposes solely of
the Class R Certificates, no partnership or other entity treated as a
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a
United States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such partnership
either directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes are United States Persons; (iv) an estate
whose income is includible in gross income for United States income tax purposes
regardless of its source; or (v) a trust, if a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and
one or more U.S. Persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of
the trust. Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the
extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August
20, 1996, and treated as U.S. Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue
to be U.S. Persons.
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VOTING INTERESTS: The portion of the voting rights of all the
Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate for purposes of the voting
provisions of this Agreement. At all times during the term of this Agreement,
99% of all Voting Interests shall be allocated among the Class A, Class M-1,
Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates and 1%
shall be allocated to the Class R Certificates. The portion of such 99% Voting
Interests allocated among the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates shall be based on the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate Current
Principal Amount then outstanding of such Class and the denominator of which is
the Aggregate Loan Balance. Voting Interests shall be allocated among the
Certificates within each such Class in proportion to their outstanding Current
Principal Amounts or Percentage Interest (in the case of the Class R
Certificates).
WASHINGTON MUTUAL: Washington Mutual Bank, FA
SECTION 1.01 CALCULATIONS RESPECTING MORTGAGE LOANS.
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Calculations required to be made pursuant to this Agreement with
respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Trust Fund shall be made based upon current
information as to the terms of the Mortgage Loans and reports of payments
received from the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loans and payments to be made to
the Trustee as supplied to the Trustee by the Master Servicer. The Trustee shall
not be required to recompute, verify or recalculate the information supplied to
it by the Master Servicer.
SECTION 1.02 CALCULATIONS RESPECTING ACCRUED INTEREST.
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Accrued interest, if any, on any Certificate shall be calculated based
upon a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND.
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(a) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Seller does hereby transfer, assign, set over, deposit with and otherwise convey
to the Trustee, without recourse, in trust, all the right, title and interest of
the Seller in and to the Mortgage Loans. Such conveyance includes, without
limitation, the right to all distributions of principal and interest due with
respect to the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date (other than the Retained
Interest), together with all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to
the Certificate Account and all amounts from time to time credited to and the
proceeds of the Custodial Account, the Certificate Account, any REO Property and
the proceeds thereof, the Seller's rights under any Insurance Proceeds related
to the Mortgage Loans, and the Seller's security interest in any collateral
pledged to secure the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgaged Properties, to
have and to hold, in trust; and the Trustee declares that it shall hold the
Trust Fund, as trustee, in trust, for the benefit and use of the Holders of the
Certificates and for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement,
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and, concurrently with such receipt, has caused to be executed, authenticated
and delivered to or upon the order of the Seller, in exchange for the Trust
Fund, Certificates in the authorized denominations evidencing the entire
ownership of the Trust Fund.
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this agreement, the
Seller does hereby assign to the Trustee all of its rights and interest under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the Trustee. The Trustee hereby accepts
such assignment, and shall be entitled to exercise all such rights, of the
Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement as if, for such purpose, it
were the Seller.
(b) In connection with any such transfer and assignment, the Mortgage
Loan Seller does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee or its agents,
the following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so
assigned:
(i) the Mortgage Note, endorsed, in blank by facsimile
signature (which such endorsement may be pursuant to the use of a note
allonge in the form attached as Exhibit K), with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the
originator to the last endorser (or an original lost note affidavit
from the Mortgage Loan Seller stating that the Mortgage Note was lost,
misplaced or destroyed, with respect to such Mortgage Loans identified
in the Trustee's Certification referenced in Section 2.02), and if the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or any other material document or instrument
relating to the Mortgage Loan has been signed on behalf of the
Mortgagor by another person, the original power of attorney or other
instrument that authorized and empowered such person to sign, or a copy
of the original power of attorney or other instrument;
(ii) the original Mortgage, as recorded, with evidence of
recording indicated thereon establishing the Mortgage Loan Seller as
mortgagee thereof;
(iii) an original assignment or assignments of Mortgage (other
than an Assignment) showing an unbroken chain of title from the
originator to the Mortgage Loan Seller with evidence of recording
indicated thereon or a copy of the original certified by the Mortgage
Loan Seller;
(iv) the original or a copy, certified by the Mortgage Loan
Seller, of each assumption, modification, written assurance or
substitution agreement, if any, with respect to such Mortgage Loan, as
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule; and
(v) an Assignment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that in connection with any
Mortgage Loan the Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver an original recorded
counterpart of any of the documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses
(ii) or (iii) above with evidence of recording thereon concurrently with the
execution and delivery hereof, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver to the
Trustee a duplicate original or true copy of such document certified by the
Mortgage Loan Seller or the applicable public recording office to be a true and
complete duplicate original or copy of the original thereof submitted for
recording, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by a title insurance or
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escrow company or companies, evidencing that such Mortgage or assignment of
Mortgage has been delivered to the appropriate public recording office for
recordation. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver a
duplicate original or true copy certified as stated above of such document
required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above, within 90 days
of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall purchase the related
Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price therefor or replace the Mortgage Loan with a
Replacement Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within the time periods
for substitution set forth in Section 2.04.
(c) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly deliver to the Trustee (1)
the original recorded documents referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) above with
evidence of recording indicated thereon or a photocopy thereof certified by the
appropriate county recorder's office to be a true and complete copy of the
original thereof, upon receipt thereof from the public recording office, and (2)
upon discovery of any defect or omission in the deliveries of any of items (ii)
through (iv) in subsection (b) above with respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
correct and complete document or instrument meeting the requirements of such
item, but in no event shall any such delivery be made later than 90 days
following the Closing Date (unless, in the case of the foregoing clause (1),
such document has not been returned from the relevant recording office at such
time, in which case the Master Servicer shall make such delivery within 270 days
of the Closing Date; provided, however, that such 270 day period shall be
extended to 360 days upon presentation of an Officer's Certificate of the
Mortgage Loan Seller to the effect that such document has not yet been returned
from the relevant recording office, and shall be extended for additional
thirty-day periods). In the event the Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver such
original document with evidence of recording indicated thereon within the time
period set forth in the preceding sentence, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall
purchase the related Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price therefor or replace the
Mortgage Loan with a Replacement Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs
within the time periods for substitution set forth in Section 2.04.
From time to time the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer may
forward or cause to be forwarded to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders additional original documents evidencing an assumption or
modification of a Mortgage Loan.
(d) The Mortgage Loan Seller will promptly notify, in writing, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and the Trustee of the occurrence of a Downgrade
Event.
Within 90 days of the Closing Date, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
for which the related Mortgage Property is located in the States of Maryland or
Florida, and, with respect to all of the other Mortgage Loans, within 60 days
following the receipt of the notice of a Downgrade Event, the Trustee shall (a)
complete each endorsement referred to in clause (i) of subsection (b) above and
each Assignment referred to in (v) of subsection (b) above by inserting "to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Washington Mutual Mortgage Loan
Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-3" and (b) cause the
Master Servicer to record (and the Master Servicer hereby agrees to record), at
the expense of the Master Servicer, in the appropriate public office for real
property records each original assignment referred to in (v) above with respect
to each Mortgaged Property, and the Trustee shall release any such Assignment to
the Master Servicer for such purpose. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver
to the Trustee each original Assignment with evidence of recording indicated
thereon or a photocopy thereof certified by the appropriate county recorder's
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office to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof, upon receipt
thereof from the public recording official. If any Assignment is returned
unrecorded to the Master Servicer because of any defect therein, the Mortgage
Loan Seller or the Master Servicer shall cure or correct such defect and cause
such Assignment to be recorded in accordance with this paragraph and if such
defect is not cured within 60 days the Mortgage Loan Seller shall purchase the
Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price therefor or replace the Mortgage Loan with a
Replacement Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within the time periods
for substitution set forth in Sections 2.04.
SECTION 2.02 ACCEPTANCE BY TRUSTEE.
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(a) The Trustee will hold the documents referred to in Section
2.01(b)(i)-(v) above and the other documents constituting a part of the Trustee
Mortgage Files delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01 in trust for the use and
benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. Upon execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Trustee shall deliver to the Seller, the
Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer a certification (upon execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the "Initial Loan List Certification") in the form
set forth as Exhibit F-1 hereto to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan
listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, a Mortgage File has been delivered to the
Trustee. If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds that a Mortgage
File for any Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has not been
delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Mortgage Loan
Seller, the Master Servicer and the Seller in writing, and request that the
Mortgage Loan Seller correct or cure such defect. In the event the Mortgage Loan
Seller shall fail to deliver a Mortgage File reflected in the Initial Loan List
Certification within five days of such Initial Loan List Certification, the
Mortgage Loan Seller shall purchase the Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price
therefor or replace the Mortgage Loan with a Replacement Mortgage Loan if such
substitution occurs within the time periods for substitution set forth in
Section 2.04(b). Within 30 days after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Trustee shall ascertain whether all documents required to be
delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01(b) hereof are in its possession, and
shall deliver to the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer a
certification (within 30 days after execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the "Initial Certification" and within 90 days after the Initial Certification,
the "Final Certification", respectively) in the forms set forth as Exhibits F-2
and F-3 hereto to the effect that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule: (a) all documents required to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession, (b) such documents
have been reviewed by it and have not been mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn or
otherwise physically altered, and such documents relate to such Mortgage Loan
and (c) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed and each assignment of Mortgage has
been delivered as provided in Section 2.01(b) hereof. The Trustee shall deliver
to the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer a copy of each
of the Initial Certification and the Final Certification. If, in the course of
such review, the Trustee finds any document or documents constituting a part of
a Mortgage File which do not meet the requirements of the foregoing clauses
(a)-(c), the Trustee shall promptly notify the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master
Servicer and the Seller in writing, and request that the Mortgage Loan Seller
correct or cure such defect. In the event the Mortgage Loan Seller shall fail to
cure any document deficiency or defect reflected in the Final Certification
within 60 days of such Final Certification, or such longer period of time as may
be permitted in Section 2.01(c), it shall not be the obligation of the Trustee
hereunder to cure the same, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall purchase the
Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price therefor or replace the Mortgage Loan with
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a Replacement Mortgage Loan if such substitution occurs within the time periods
for substitution set forth in Section 2.04.
(b) The Seller agrees that at any time and from time to time upon
written request of the Trustee, the Seller shall promptly and duly execute and
deliver any and all such further documents and assurances, and take such further
actions as the Trustee reasonably may request in order to obtain or more fully
vest the benefits of the assignment intended hereunder (as set forth in Section
2.01 and in Section 2.04) and of the rights and powers herein granted.
(c) The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Trustee
Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
SECTION 2.03 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
MASTER SERVICER AND MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER.
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Washington Mutual, as Mortgage Loan Seller and Master Servicer, hereby
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Seller and the Trustee that,
as of the date hereof:
(i) Washington Mutual is a federally chartered savings
association, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the United States of America and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement in any
state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not
required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any
event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state,
to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of each Mortgage
Loan and the servicing of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement;
(ii) Washington Mutual has the full corporate power and
authority to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and
perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of Washington Mutual the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Seller and the
Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
Washington Mutual, enforceable against Washington Mutual in accordance
with its terms, except that (A) the enforceability thereof may be
limited to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and (B) the remedy
of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion
of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;
(iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Washington Mutual, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by Washington
Mutual hereunder, the consummation of any other of the transactions
herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the
terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of Washington
Mutual and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or
provision of the charter or bylaws of Washington Mutual or (B)
materially conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or
acceleration
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of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any other
material agreement or instrument to which Washington Mutual is a party
or by which it may be bound, or any statute, order or regulation
applicable to Washington Mutual of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over
Washington Mutual; and Washington Mutual is not a party to, bound by,
or in breach or violation of any material indenture or other material
agreement or instrument, or subject to or in violation of any statute,
order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which
materially and adversely affects, (1) the ability of Washington Mutual
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or (2) the business,
operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Master
Servicer taken as a whole;
(iv) Washington Mutual is, and will remain, subject to
supervision and examination by any state or federal authority as may be
applicable and will remain in good standing and qualified to do
business where so required by applicable law and is, and will remain an
approved servicer of conventional mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or
Xxxxxxx Mac;
(v) no litigation is pending or threatened against Washington
Mutual that would materially and adversely affect the execution,
delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of
Washington Mutual to service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of
its other obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof;
(vi) Washington Mutual will at all times comply in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable
rules and requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance
Policy;
(vii) no written information, certificate of an officer,
statement furnished in writing or written report delivered to the
Seller, any affiliate of the Seller or the Trustee and prepared by
Washington Mutual pursuant to this Agreement will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the information, certificate, statement or report not
misleading;
(viii) except for permits and similar authorizations required
under the securities or "blue sky" laws, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by Washington
Mutual of, or compliance by Washington Mutual with, this Agreement or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any
such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, Washington
Mutual has obtained the same;
(ix) Washington Mutual will service the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the standards set forth in this Agreement; and
(x) this Agreement and all other documents related hereto to
which Washington Mutual is a party have been approved by the Washington
Mutual's board of directors, which approval is reflected in the minutes
of such board, and shall continuously from the time of
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each such document's execution, be maintained as an official record of
the Washington Mutual.
SECTION 2.04 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER WITH RESPECT TO THE MORTGAGE
LOANS.
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(a) The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Seller and the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders that, as to each Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date or
such other date specifically set forth herein, and with respect to
representation (i) listed below, as of the Closing Date:
(i) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is
complete, true and correct.
(ii) None of the Mortgage Loans (by Scheduled Principal
Balance) are more than 30 days delinquent; Washington Mutual has not
advanced funds to, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any
advance of funds from a party other than the owner of the Mortgaged
Property subject to the Mortgage, directly or indirectly, for the
payment of any amount required by the Mortgage Loan.
(iii) There are no delinquent taxes, ground rents, water
charges, sewer rents, assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold
payments, including assessments payable in future installments or other
outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property.
(iv) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not
been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by
written instruments which have been recorded, if necessary to protect
the interests of the Trustee, and which are included in the Trustee
Mortgage File, the substance of which waiver, alteration or
modification has been approved by the primary mortgage guaranty
insurer, if any, and by the title insurer, to the extent required by
the related policy and is reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. No
instrument of waiver, alteration or modification has been executed, and
no Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in
connection with an assumption agreement approved by the primary
mortgage insurer, if any, and title insurer, to the extent required by
the policy, and which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage
File.
(v) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the
defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the
Mortgage Note and Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder,
render the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to
any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including
the defense of usury and no such right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.
(vi) All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are insured by
a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of
extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area
where the Mortgaged Property is located. All such insurance policies
contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Master Servicer, its
successors and
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assigns as mortgagee and all premiums due thereon have been paid. If
upon origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was in an
area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood
insurance has been made available) a flood insurance policy meeting the
requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance
Administration is in effect which policy conforms to the requirements
of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain all such insurance at Mortgagor's cost and
expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder
of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at Mortgagor's cost and
expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor.
(vii) Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local
law including, without limitation, environmental, usury, truth in
lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection,
equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws applicable to the Mortgage
Loan and the related Mortgaged Property have been complied with.
(viii) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled or
subordinated, or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged
Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole
or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any
such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission.
(ix) The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable first
lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the
Mortgaged Property subject only to (A) the lien of current real
property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (B) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters
of the public record as of the date of recording being acceptable to
mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in
lender's title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the
Mortgage Loan and which do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of
the Mortgaged Property, and (C) other matters to which like properties
are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage or the
use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related Mortgaged
Property. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent
document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage
establishes and creates a valid, existing and enforceable first lien
and first priority security interest on the property described therein
and the Mortgage Loan Seller has full right to sell and assign the same
to the Seller.
(x) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and
each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization.
(xi) All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had
legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan and to execute and
deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and
the Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties.
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(xii) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully
disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder
and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or
off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds
therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred
in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the
Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of
any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
(xiii) As of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage are not assigned or pledged, and immediately prior to the sale
of the Mortgage Loan to the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller was the
sole owner of record and holder thereof and with full right to transfer
and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Seller free and clear of any
encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest
and with full right and authority subject to no interest or
participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and
assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.
(xiv) The Mortgage Loan Seller or, if the Mortgage Loan was
not originated by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the originator is or was
(or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such
interest, were) (A) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing
requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is
located, and (B) either (i) organized under the laws of such state, or
(ii) qualified to do business in such state, or (iii) federal savings
and loan associations or national banks having principal offices in
such state, or (iv) not doing business in such state.
(xv) The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title
insurance policy acceptable to Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, issued by a
title insurer acceptable to Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac and qualified to
do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is
located, insuring (subject to the exceptions contained in (ix)(A)
through (C) above) the Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns
as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal
amount of the Mortgage Loan. The original title policy (or a copy
thereof sufficient to entitle the insured to make a claim thereunder)
and all riders thereto are in the Master Servicer Mortgage File or
otherwise maintained by the Master Servicer. Additionally, such
lender's title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and
egress, and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or
any interest therein. The Mortgage Loan Seller is the sole insured of
such lender's title insurance policy, and such lender's title insurance
policy is in full force and effect and will be in full force and effect
upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No claims have been made under such lender's title insurance
policy, and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the
Mortgage Loan Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which
would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance policy.
(xvi) Except for Mortgage Loans which are delinquent in
payment not more than 30 days, there is no default, breach, violation
or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage
Note and no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and
the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration, and the Mortgage Loan
Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration.
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(xvii) There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims
which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are
outstanding that under law could give rise to such lien) affecting the
related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to, or equal
or on parity with, the lien of the related Mortgage.
(xviii) All improvements which were considered in determining
the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property lay wholly within
the boundaries and building restriction lines of the Mortgaged
Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the
Mortgaged Property.
(xix) The Mortgage Loan was originated by the Mortgage Loan
Seller. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loan commenced no more than
sixty-two days after funds were disbursed in connection with the
Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Note has a Mortgage Rate that is
adjustable, based on One-Month U.S. Treasury, in the following manner:
Monthly Payments are due on the Due Date specified in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. Following the first interest rate adjustment date, the
Mortgage Rate is subject to adjustment monthly on each interest rate
adjustment date to a new Mortgage Rate (rounded as provided in the
related Mortgage Note) equal to the Index (determined as of the date
specified in the related Mortgage Note) plus the Gross Margin as
specified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, subject to a maximum lifetime
interest rate as specified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The amount of
each Monthly Payment is subject to adjustment on the anniversary of the
first Due Date and annually on the same date thereafter, subject to the
conditions that (i) the amount of a Monthly Payment will not increase
or decrease by an amount that is more or less than 7.5% of the current
Monthly Payment, (ii) on the fifth anniversary of the first Due Date
and on the same day every five years thereafter, the Monthly Payment
will be adjusted, without regard to the limitation in clause (i), to
fully amortize the then unpaid principal balance over the remaining
term to maturity and (iii) in the event that, as a result of Deferred
Interest, the unpaid principal balance at any time would exceed the
Negative Amortization Limit, the Monthly Payment will be adjusted at
such time, without regard to the limitation in clause (i), to fully
amortize the then unpaid principal balance over the remaining term to
maturity. Any Deferred Interest will be added to the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Note on each Due Date, unless the Mortgagor (to
the extent permitted in the Mortgage Note) elects to increase the
amount of the Monthly Payment to include the amount of Deferred
Interest or make a payment of the amount of Deferred Interest.
(xx) The origination practices used by the Mortgage Loan
Seller and the collection practices used by the Master Servicer with
respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been in all respects
legal, proper, prudent and customary in the mortgage origination and
servicing business. With respect to escrow deposits and escrow
payments, if any, all such payments are in the possession of, or under
the control of, the Master Servicer and there exist no deficiencies in
connection therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment
thereof have not been made.
(xxi) The Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and
waste and there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial
condemnation thereof.
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(xxii) The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable
provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of
the benefits of the security provided thereby, including, (A) in the
case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale,
and (B) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no other exemption
available to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell
the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose
the Mortgage. The Mortgagor has not notified the Master Servicer and
the Master Servicer has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed
to the Mortgagor under the Relief Act.
(xxiii) The Mortgage Loan was underwritten generally in
accordance with the Mortgage Loan Seller's underwriting standards in
effect at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated.
(xxiv) The Mortgage Note is not secured by any collateral
except the lien of the corresponding Mortgage and the security interest
of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage referred to in
(ix) above.
(xxv) The Master Servicer Mortgage File contains an appraisal
of the related Mortgaged Property signed prior to the approval of the
Mortgage Loan application by a qualified appraiser, duly appointed by
the originator of the Mortgage Loan, who had no interest, direct or
indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security
thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or
disapproval of the Mortgage Loan.
(xxvi) In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust,
a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has
been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the
Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the
Seller to the trustee under the deed of trust, except, in connection
with a trustee's sale after default by the Mortgagor.
(xxvii) No Mortgage Loan (A) contains provisions pursuant to
which Monthly Payments are paid or partially paid with funds deposited
in any separate account established by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the
Mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the Mortgagor or paid by any source
other than the Mortgagor or (B) contains any provision permitting a
temporary "buydown" of the related Mortgage Rate. No Mortgage Loan was
a graduated payment mortgage loan as of the date of its origination. No
Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation or other contingent interest
feature.
(xxviii) The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any
circumstances or condition existing on the Cut-off Date with respect to
the Mortgage, the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or the Mortgagor's
credit standing that as of the Cut-off Date causes the Mortgage Loan to
be an unacceptable investment, causes the Mortgage Loan to become
delinquent, or adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan.
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(xxix) Each such Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination in excess of 80% is and will be subject to a Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy, issued by a Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac
approved insurer, which provided private mortgage insurance in an
amount meeting Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac requirements. All provisions
of such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy have been and are being
complied with, such policy is in full force and effect, and all
premiums due thereunder have been paid. Any Mortgage subject to any
such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy obligates the Mortgagor
thereunder to maintain such insurance and to pay all premiums and
charges in connection therewith.
(xxx) The Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under
applicable law. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to
be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the related
Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the
same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, had been
made or obtained from the appropriate authorities.
(xxxi) No defense against coverage under any private mortgage
insurance (including, without limitation, any exclusions, denials or
defenses which would limit or reduce the availability of the timely
payment of the full amount of the loss otherwise due thereunder to the
insured) exists arising out of actions, representations, errors,
omissions, negligence, or fraud of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and the
Mortgage Loan Seller is not aware of any fact that could reasonably
lead the Mortgage Loan Seller to believe that any such defense exists
arising out of the actions, representations, errors, omissions,
negligence or fraud of the related Mortgagor or any party involved in
the application for such coverage.
(xxxii) The Assignment is in recordable form, is acceptable
for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is located and includes all applicable recording information,
except where the related original Mortgage has been delivered for
recording to the appropriate public recording office but has not yet
been returned to the Mortgage Loan Seller.
(xxxiii) Any advances made to the Mortgagor prior to the
Cut-off Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal
amount secured by the Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as
consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term.
The lien of the Mortgage securing the consolidated principal amount is
expressly insured as having first lien priority by a title insurance
policy, an endorsement to the policy insuring the mortgagee's
consolidated interest or by other title evidence acceptable to Xxxxxx
Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The consolidated principal amount does not exceed
the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan.
(xxxiv) If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit or a
planned unit development (other than a de minimis planned unit
development) such condominium or planned unit development project meets
the Mortgage Loan Seller's eligibility requirements.
(xxxv) Each Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage" for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
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(xxxvi) No fraud was committed by the originator of the
Mortgage Loan and the Mortgage Loan Seller is not aware of any fact
that would reasonably lead the Mortgage Loan Seller to believe that any
Mortgagor had committed fraud in connection with the origination of
such Mortgage Loan.
(xxxvii) Each Mortgage Loan identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being covered by the PMI Policy is covered by the PMI
Policy.
(b) Upon the discovery by the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee (or upon notice thereof in writing from a
Certificateholder) of a breach or breaches of any of the representations and
warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller made in Section 2.04(a) in respect of any
Mortgage Loan, or any breach of a representation or warranty of the Mortgage
Loan Seller or Master Servicer set forth in Section 2.03 or any breach of
representation or warranty of the Mortgage Loan Seller in Section 2 of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which breach or breaches, individually or in
the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the interests of the
Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other parties. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Mortgage Loan
Seller and Master Servicer of such breach of which a Responsible Officer has
actual knowledge or receives written notice and request that the Mortgage Loan
Seller or Master Servicer, as the case may be, cure such breach within 60 days
(or if such breach is not capable of being cured within 60 days and provided the
Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer, as the case may be is diligently
pursuing the cure thereof, within 120 days) from the date of such notice, and if
the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer does not cure such breach in all
material respects, the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer, as the case may
be, shall either (i) substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans for the
related Mortgage Loan, which substitution must be made as specified in this
Section or (ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders from the Trustee at the Purchase Price therefor.
The Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer shall not have any right to
substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan
more than two years after the Closing Date if the related Mortgage Loan is a
"defective obligation" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(4)(B)(ii) of the
Code, and any substitution must be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate
delivered to the Trustee, certifying that such Replacement Mortgage Loan
conforms to the requirements of this Agreement, and by an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such substitution will not cause the Trust Fund to fail to
qualify as a REMIC and will not result in a prohibited transaction tax, which
Opinion of Counsel shall be paid for by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master
Servicer, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such breach
would cause a Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified mortgage loan" as
described in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any substitution or purchase shall
occur within 90 days of the discovery of the breach.
As to any Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Loan Seller
or Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee or its agent for such
Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, and such
other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01(b), with the
Mortgage Note (i) endorsed in blank by facsimile signature if no Downgrade Event
has occurred or (ii) if a Downgrade Event has occurred, endorsed by facsimile
signature to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Washington Mutual
Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-3 (which
endorsement, in either case, may be in the form of
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a note allonge). As to any Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Loan
Seller or Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee the related Assignment
(i) in blank in recordable form or (ii) if a Downgrade Event has occurred,
assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Washington Mutual
Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-3. No
substitution will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for
such month. Monthly Payments due with respect to Replacement Mortgage Loans in
the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be
remitted by the Master Servicer to the Mortgage Loan Seller on the next
succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the Monthly Payment due on such Deleted Mortgage
Loan for such month and thereafter the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer,
as the case may be, shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect
of such Deleted Mortgage Loan.
Upon such substitution, the Master Servicer shall amend or cause to be
amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Deleted
Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans and
shall deliver such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Seller, the Mortgage
Loan Seller and the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Replacement Mortgage
Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects
and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have made, as of the date of
substitution, with respect to the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the
representations and warranties pertaining to the Mortgage Loans contained in
Section 2.04(a) hereof. Upon receipt of the Trustee Mortgage File pertaining to
any Replacement Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall release, or cause to be
released, the Trustee Mortgage File held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Mortgage Loan
Seller or Master Servicer as applicable and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall
be necessary to vest title (to the extent that such title was transferred to the
Trustee) in the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer as applicable, or its
designee, to any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section
2.04(b).
In any month in which the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer
substitutes one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the Replacement Amount (if
any) (after application of scheduled principal portion of the Monthly Payments
received in the month of substitution). Such Replacement Amount shall be
deposited into the Custodial Account by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master
Servicer in the month of substitution pursuant to Section 3.07, without any
reimbursement thereof. The Master Servicer shall give notice in writing to the
Trustee of such event, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate of a
Servicing Officer as to the calculation of such shortage.
In the event that the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer shall
have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, upon receipt by the Trustee of written
notification of the deposit of the Purchase Price, the Trustee shall release, or
cause to be released, the related Trustee Mortgage File held for the benefit of
the Certificateholders to the Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer as
applicable and the Trustee shall execute and deliver the related instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to
transfer title (to the extent that such title was transferred to the Trustee)
from the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and vest title in the
Mortgage Loan Seller or Master Servicer, or the designee thereof, as the case
may be, to any Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Section 2.04(b). It is
understood and agreed that the
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obligation under this Agreement of any Person to repurchase or substitute any
Mortgage Loan as to which such breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole and exclusive remedy respecting such breach available to
Certificateholders or the Trustee on their behalf.
SECTION 2.05 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
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The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans
together with the assignment to it of all other assets included in the Trust
Fund. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery, the Trustee, pursuant to
the written request of the Seller executed by an officer of the Seller, has
executed the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2,
Class B-3 and Class R Certificates and caused them to be authenticated and
delivered to or upon the order of the Seller in authorized denominations which
evidence ownership of the Trust Fund. The rights of the Holders of such
Certificates to receive distributions from the Trust Fund and all ownership
interests of the Holders of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class R Certificates in such distributions shall
be as set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.06 REMIC PROVISIONS.
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(a) As set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto, the Trustee shall
elect to treat the Trust Fund as a REMIC in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions. The Trustee shall make such election on Form 1066 or other
appropriate federal tax or information return for the taxable year ending on the
last day of the calendar year in which the Certificates are issued. For the
purposes of such election, each Class of Certificates, other than the Class R
Certificates, is hereby designated as a regular interest in the REMIC, and the
Class R Certificates are hereby designated as the sole residual interest in the
REMIC.
(b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day" of each
REMIC within the meaning of section 86OG(a)(9) of the Code.
(c) The Trustee shall pay any and all tax related expenses (not
including taxes) of the REMIC, including but not limited to any professional
fees or expenses related to audits or any administrative or judicial proceedings
with respect to such REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state
tax authorities, but only to the extent that (i) such expenses are ordinary or
routine expenses, including expenses of a routine audit but not expenses of
litigation (except as described in (ii)); or (ii) such expenses or liabilities
(including taxes and penalties) are attributable to the negligence or willful
misconduct of the Trustee in fulfilling its duties hereunder (including its
duties as tax return preparer). The Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement
of expenses to the extent provided in clause (i) above from the Certificate
Account.
(d) The Trustee shall prepare, sign and timely file, all of the REMIC's
federal and state tax and information returns as such REMIC's direct
representative. The expenses of preparing and filing such returns shall be borne
by the Trustee.
(e) The Trustee or its designee shall perform as directed by the Master
Servicer on behalf of the REMIC all reporting and other tax compliance duties
that are the responsibility of such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions,
or other compliance guidance issued by the Internal
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Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority. Among its other duties,
if required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions, or other such guidance, the
Trustee shall provide (i) to the Treasury or other governmental authority such
information as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the
transfer of a Residual Certificate to any disqualified person or organization
and (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required
by the Code or REMIC Provisions.
(f) The Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Holders of Certificates
shall take any action or cause the REMIC to take any action necessary to create
or maintain the status of such REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and
shall assist each other as necessary to create or maintain such status. Neither
the Trustee, the Master Servicer nor the Holder of any Residual Certificate
shall take any action, cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take (or
fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken
or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of such REMIC as
a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon such REMIC (including but
not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Code Section
860F(a)(2) and the tax on prohibited contributions set forth on Section 860G(d)
of the Code) (either such event, an "Adverse REMIC Event") unless the Trustee
and the Master Servicer have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated
action will not endanger such status or result in the imposition of such a tax.
In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to the REMIC or the assets
therein, or causing such REMIC to take any action, which is not expressly
permitted under the terms of this Agreement, any Holder of a Residual
Certificate will consult with the Trustee and the Master Servicer, or their
respective designees, in writing, with respect to whether such action could
cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to such REMIC, and no such
Person shall take any such action or cause such REMIC to take any such action as
to which the Trustee or the Master Servicer has advised it in writing that an
Adverse REMIC Event could occur.
(g) Each Holder of a Residual Certificate shall pay when due any and
all taxes imposed on the REMIC by federal or state governmental authorities. To
the extent that such Trust taxes are not paid by a Residual Certificateholder,
the Trustee shall pay any remaining REMIC taxes out of current or future amounts
otherwise distributable to the Holder of the Residual Certificate in the REMIC
or, if no such amounts are available, out of other amounts held in the
Certificate Account, and shall reduce amounts otherwise payable to holders of
regular interests in the REMIC.
(h) The Trustee shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain books
and records with respect to the REMIC on a calendar year and on an accrual
basis.
(i) Within 30 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall prepare
and file with the Internal Revenue Service Form 8811, "Information Return for
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMIC) and Issuers of Collateralized
Debt Obligations" for the REMIC.
(j) Neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall sell, dispose of
or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in connection with (i) the
default, imminent default or foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not
limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by deed in
lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of the Trust Fund, (iii) the
termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to Article X of this Agreement or (iv) a
purchase of Mortgage Loans
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pursuant to Article II or III of this Agreement) nor acquire any assets for the
Trust Fund, nor sell or dispose of any investments in the Custodial Account or
the Certificate Account for gain nor accept any contributions to the Trust Fund
after the Closing Date (a) unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel that
such sale, disposition, substitution or acquisition will not affect adversely
the status of the Trust Fund as a REMIC or (b) unless the Master Servicer has
determined in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax.
(k) In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth
herein, the Seller shall provide, or cause to be provided to the Trustee, within
ten days after the Settlement Date, all information or data that the Trustee
determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices
of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment
assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans
and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any and all such information and
data in the performance of its duties set forth herein. Thereafter, the Master
Servicer shall provide, promptly upon request therefor, any such additional
information or data that the Trustee may from time to time reasonably request in
order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein and the
Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any and all such information and data in
the performance of its duties set forth herein. The Seller shall indemnify the
Trustee and hold it harmless for any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense
of the Trustee arising from any failure of the Seller to provide, or to cause to
be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis. The
Master Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee and hold it harmless for any loss,
liability, damage, claim or expense of the Trustee arising from any failure of
the Master Servicer to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information
or data to the Trustee on a timely basis. The indemnification provisions
hereunder shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall extend to
any co-trustee appointed pursuant to this Agreement.
(l) The Department of Labor has granted administrative exemptions to
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. (Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-30, 55 F.R.
21455), Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (Prohibited Transaction Exemption
89-90, 55 F.R. 42581) and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. (Prohibited
Transaction Exemption 90-59, 55 F.R. 36724), each as amended (each an
"Exemption") from certain of the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA and the
Code.
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01 SERVICING STANDARD.
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(a) For and on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, the
Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with prudent mortgage loan servicing standards and procedures generally accepted
in the mortgage banking industry and generally in a manner consistent with
Xxxxxx Xxx guidelines except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
In connection with such servicing and administration, the Master Servicer shall
have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through any Sub-Servicer as
provided in Section 3.02 hereof, to do or cause to be done any and all things
that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and
administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject
to the terms hereof (1) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents (including, without limitation, estoppel
certificates), (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and
assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner
provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds, (iv) to consent to any subordinate financings to be
secured by any Mortgaged Property to the extent that such consent is required
pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage, (v) to consent to the application
of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration
of the applicable Mortgaged Property or otherwise, and (vi) subject to the
provisions of Section 3.07 and 3.13, to effectuate foreclosure or other
conversion of the ownership of the Mortgage Property securing any Mortgage Loan;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall take no action that is
materially inconsistent with or materially prejudices the interest of the
Trustee or the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and
interest of the Seller, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under the terms
of this Agreement unless such action is specifically called for by the terms
hereof.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to
the terms hereof, the Master Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the
Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Seller and the Trustee, when
the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificateholders or any of them, any
and all instruments of modification, satisfaction, cancellation or assignment,
or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments,
with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties
held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any such execution and delivery. The Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders shall execute any powers of attorney and
other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to
service and administer the Mortgage Loans.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to
the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer,
imminent) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan (i) that
would change the Net Mortgage Rate or, reduce or increase the principal balance
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(except for increases resulting from the addition of Deferred Interest and
reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or (ii) that would both
constitute a sale or exchange of such Mortgage Loan within the meaning of
Section 1001 of the Code (including any proposed, temporary or final regulations
promulgated thereunder) (other than in connection with a proposed conveyance or
assumption of such Mortgage Loan that is a Principal Prepayment made (or treated
as made) by the Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan)
and cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code.
(d) If an Index of One-Year MTA is no longer available, the Master
Servicer will choose a new Index which is based on comparable information. In
such event, the Master Servicer will also determine a new Gross Margin. The new
Gross Margin will be the difference between the average of One-Year MTA for the
most recent three-year period which ends on the last date One-Year MTA was
available plus the Gross Margin on the last date One-Year MTA was available and
the average of the new index for the most recent three year period which ends on
that date (or, if not available for such three-year period, for such time as it
is available), rounded as provided in the Mortgage Note.
SECTION 3.02 ENFORCEMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF SUB-SERVICERS.
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(a) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed
to have received the payments on the Mortgage Loans referred to in Sections 3.07
and 3.08 hereof when the related Sub-Servicer, if any, has received such
payments and shall remain obligated to deposit such payments in accordance with
Sections 3.07 and 3.08 hereof, regardless of whether such payments are remitted
by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer and the related
Sub-Servicer may enter into amendments to any applicable Sub-Servicing
Agreement; provided, however, that any such amendments shall be consistent with
and shall not violate the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer,
for the benefit of the Seller, the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall
supervise, administer, monitor and oversee the servicing of the Mortgage Loans
that are not serviced by it directly, and shall enforce the obligations of each
Sub-Servicer, if any, under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement. Such
enforcement shall include, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims,
termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements, as appropriate, and the pursuit of
other appropriate remedies, and shall be in such form and carried out to such an
extent and at such time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The
Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, but
shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from
such enforcement only to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all
amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific
recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys fees against the party against whom
such enforcement is directed. The Master Servicer shall not waive any event of
default by a Sub-Servicer under a Sub-Servicing Agreement which is a failure to
remit any payment required to be made by such Sub-Servicer that would result in
an Event of Default under this Agreement.
(c) During the term of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall
consult fully with each of the Sub-Servicers as may be necessary from time to
time to perform and carry out the Master
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Servicer's obligations hereunder and receive, review and evaluate all reports,
information and other data that are provided to the Master Servicer by each
Sub-Servicer and otherwise exercise reasonable efforts to cause each
Sub-Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to
be performed or observed by it under its Sub-Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.03 TERMINATION OF THE RIGHTS OF SUB-SERVICERS.
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If the Master Servicer terminates the rights of a Sub-Servicer under
any Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer shall service the Mortgage
Loans directly pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
or at the Master Servicer's election, enter into a substitute servicing
agreement with another mortgage loan servicing company reasonably acceptable to
the Master Servicer under which such mortgage loan servicing company shall
assume, satisfy, perform and carry out all liabilities, duties, responsibilities
and obligations that are to be, or otherwise were to have been, satisfied,
performed and carried out by the terminated Sub-Servicer, regardless of whether
such liabilities, duties, responsibilities or obligations shall have accrued
before or after the termination of the rights of such Sub-Servicer; provided,
however, that any such substitute servicer and any such substitute servicing
shall satisfy the requirements of Sections 3.01 and 3.02. If the Master Servicer
does not elect to enter into a substitute servicing agreement with a successor
servicer, the Master Servicer shall nevertheless service the Mortgage Loans
directly pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, until a
substitute Sub-Servicer has been appointed and designated and a substitute
servicing agreement has been entered into by the Master Servicer and such
substitute Sub-Servicer.
SECTION 3.04 LIABILITY OF THE MASTER SERVICER.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of
the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between
the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through a
Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable
to the Seller, the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the servicing and
administering of the Mortgage Loans included in the Trust Fund in accordance
with (and subject to the limitations contained within) the provisions of this
Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
Sub-Servicing Agreements or agreements or arrangements or by virtue of
indemnification from the Sub-Servicer and to the same extent and under the same
terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer 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
Servicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or
modify such indemnification.
SECTION 3.05 RIGHTS OF THE SELLER AND THE TRUSTEE IN RESPECT
OF THE MASTER SERVICER.
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The Master Servicer shall afford the Seller and the Trustee, without
charge but only upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, access
to all records and documentation in the Master Servicer's possession regarding
the Mortgage Loans and to all accounts, insurance policies and other matters in
the Master Servicer's possession relating to this Agreement and access to
officers of the Master Servicer responsible for its obligations hereunder. The
Seller may, but is not
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obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder. The
Seller shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure
to act by the Master Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance
of the Master Servicer hereunder or otherwise.
SECTION 3.06 TRUSTEE TO ACT AS MASTER SERVICER.
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In the event that the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be
the Master Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event of Default), the
Trustee shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be
liable for losses in connection with Eligible Investments required to be paid by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07 or 4.01 hereof, obligated to make
Monthly Advances if prohibited by applicable law, nor to effectuate repurchases
or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder as substitute Master Servicer,
including pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof and except that the Trustee makes no
representations and warranties hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.04
hereof). If the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Master
Servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any
other successor master servicer) shall succeed to any rights and obligations of
the Master Servicer under any Sub-Servicing Agreement and shall be deemed to
have assumed the Master Servicer's interest therein; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations
under this Agreement, any Sub-Servicing or substitute servicing agreement
arising prior to the date of such succession.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and
records relating to the Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by it and otherwise use its best
efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing to the
assuming party.
SECTION 3.07 COLLECTION OF MORTGAGE LOAN PAYMENTS.
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(a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans and
shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement,
follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage loans
comparable to the Mortgage Loans held in its own portfolio and serviced by the
Master Servicer. Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its
discretion (a) waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty
interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (b) subject to
Section 3.01, only upon determining that the coverage of such Mortgage Loan by
any related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy will not be affected, extend the
due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 365
days, but in no event beyond the maturity date of any Mortgage Loan. In the
event of any such arrangement described in clause (b) of the preceding sentence,
the Master Servicer shall continue to make timely Monthly Advances on the
related Mortgage Loan, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.04 of this
Agreement (but subject to any limitations contained therein), during the
scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage
Loan without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain, in its name on
behalf of the Certificateholders, the Custodial Account. The Master Servicer
shall deposit into the Custodial
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Account within two Business Days of receipt by the Master Servicer, or receipt
from the Sub-Servicers except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
following payments and collections received or made by it subsequent to the
Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal of and interest and any other
payments on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date):
(i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans
less the Servicing Fee, and the Retained Interest;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other
than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures, net of Liquidation
Expenses, unpaid servicing compensation and unreimbursed Monthly
Advances;
(iv) any amount of any losses required to be deposited by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(c) in connection with any
losses on Eligible Investments;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 hereof;
(vi) all proceeds of any purchase by the Mortgage Loan Seller
or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, of any Mortgage Loans or
property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Sections
2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 3.12 or 10.01 hereof and any Replacement
Amounts required to be deposited in connection with the substitution of
Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04
or 3.12 hereof; and
(vii) any other amounts required to be deposited in the
Custodial Account pursuant to this Agreement including, without
limitation, the amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to
Section 3.13 hereof.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer shall
be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicing Fee, payments in the nature of
prepayment penalties, fees or premiums, late payment charges and assumption fees
and any excess interest charges payable by the Mortgagor by virtue of any
default or other non-compliance by the Mortgagor with the terms of the Mortgage
or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith or
otherwise, if collected, need not be remitted or deposited into the Custodial
Account by the Master Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall
remit or deposit any amount not required to be remitted or deposited and not
otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.09 hereof, it may at any
time withdraw such amount from the Custodial Account on the following
Distribution Date, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. All
funds deposited in the Custodial Account shall be held by the Master Servicer in
trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this
Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.09. In no event shall the
Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Custodial Account at the
direction of the Master Servicer.
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(c) Any investments of amounts on deposit in the Custodial Account
shall be made by the Master Servicer in Eligible Investments, which shall mature
not later than the second Business Day preceding the Distribution Date following
the date of such investment (except that if such Eligible Investment is an
obligation of the institution that maintains the Custodial Account, then such
Eligible Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date). All
such Eligible Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. All income and gain net of any losses
realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer and shall be subject to withdrawal at its direction from time to time.
The amount of any losses net of any gains incurred by the Master Servicer in
respect of any such investments shall be remitted to the Trustee or deposited in
the Custodial Account out of the Master Servicer's own funds promptly following
the date the same are realized.
(d) The Master Servicer shall promptly give notice to the Trustee, the
Rating Agencies and the Seller of the location of the Custodial Account and of
any change thereof.
SECTION 3.08 COLLECTION OF TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND SIMILAR ITEMS;
ESCROW ACCOUNTS.
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(a) In addition to the Custodial Account, the Master Servicer shall
establish and maintain one or more custodial accounts (each, an "Escrow
Account") and deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or
advances by the Master Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments and
hazard insurance premiums or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors.
Escrow Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts. All costs incurred by the Master
Servicer or by the related Sub-Servicer in effecting the timely payments of
taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums
shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the
Certificateholders, be added to the Scheduled Principal Balance under the
related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so
permit.
(b) Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be
made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums or Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy premiums, condominium or PUD
association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.10 hereof (with respect to the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy)
and this Section 3.08 (with respect to taxes and assessments) and Section 3.11
hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors any sums
as may be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors
on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account
at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof. As
part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall, and the Sub-Servicers
shall, pursuant to any Sub-Servicing Agreement, be required to, pay to the
Mortgagors interest on funds in the Escrow Account, to the extent required by
law.
(c) The Master Servicer shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, to
the extent any related Sub-Servicer does not do so, advance the payments
referred to in Section 3.08(b) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall be required to so advance only
to the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master
Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise
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out of the related Mortgage Loan; and provided further, that such payments shall
be advanced when the tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is
intended is due.
SECTION 3.09 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM THE CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT.
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(a) The Master Servicer may (and, with respect to clauses (v) and (vii)
below, shall), from time to time, make, to the extent required or authorized
hereunder, withdrawals from the Custodial Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer from funds on deposit in the
Custodial Account earnings on or investment income with respect to
funds in the Custodial Account less losses referred to in Section
3.07(iv);
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for advances made
pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.08, 3.10, 3.11, 3.13, 5.04 and 5.05
hereof, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (ii)
being limited to amounts received in respect of the particular Mortgage
Loan (including, for this purpose, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds, amounts representing proceeds of other insurance policies, if
any, covering the related Mortgaged Property, rental and other income
from REO Property and proceeds of any purchase or repurchase of the
related Mortgage Loan);
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Nonrecoverable
Advances made in respect of any Mortgage Loan;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer from Liquidation
Proceeds for Liquidation Expenses and, to the extent that Liquidation
Proceeds after such reimbursement are in excess of the Scheduled
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan together with accrued
and unpaid interest thereon at a rate equal to the Mortgage Rate, to
pay out of such excess the amount of any unpaid servicing compensation
to the Master Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan, which may
include any unpaid servicing compensation to a Sub-Servicer (for
disbursement in accordance with Section 3.16 hereof);
(v) to pay to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer,
as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property
acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to
Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.04 or 3.12 hereof all amounts received thereon
and not taken into account in determining the Purchase Price of such
repurchased Mortgage Loan;
(vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Seller for
expenses incurred by and reimbursable to the Master Servicer or the
Seller pursuant to Section 7.03 hereof or Section 9.10(f);
(vii) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Custodial
Account pursuant to Section 3.07 and not required to be deposited
therein; and
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(viii) to clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof.
The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Custodial Account pursuant to such subclauses (ii) through
(v).
(b) On or prior to the Servicer Remittance Date, after payment of items
(i) through (ix) of Section 3.09(a), the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the
Custodial Account and remit the following:
(i) to the PMI Insurer, the PMI Insurance Premium for such
Servicer Remittance Date;
(ii) to the Trustee, in immediately available funds, an amount
equal to the Total Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date, which the Trustee, upon receipt thereof, shall deposit
in the Certificate Account.
SECTION 3.10 MAINTENANCE OF PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES
AND PMI POLICY; COLLECTIONS THEREUNDER.
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(a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Sub-Servicer to
take, any action that would result in loss of coverage under any applicable
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy for any loss which, but for the actions of the
Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer, would have been covered thereunder.
(b) The Master Servicer shall keep in full force and effect each
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy applicable to a Mortgage Loan being serviced
by it until the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, in the case of a
Mortgage Loan having a Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in excess of 80%, is
reduced to (i) 80% or less of the Appraised Value or (ii) 80% or less of its
current value based on a new appraisal. The Master Servicer agrees to pay to the
extent the related Mortgagor does not do so, the premiums for each Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy on a timely basis and shall use its best reasonable
efforts to cause itself or the Sub-Servicer to be named as loss payee; provided,
however, that the Master Servicer shall be required to pay such premiums only to
the extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master
Servicer, will be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise out of the related Mortgage Loan. In the event
that the insurer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy shall cease to be
qualified to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business under the laws of
the state of its organization or any other state that has jurisdiction over such
insurer (or if such insurer's claims-paying ability shall adversely affect the
rating on the Class A Certificates) or such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy is
cancelled or terminated for any reason, the Master Servicer shall exercise its
best reasonable efforts to obtain, or to cause the related Sub-Servicer to
obtain, from another Qualified Insurer, a replacement policy comparable to such
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy at the expense of the Mortgagor. The Master
Servicer shall not consent to the cancellation or refusal to renew any such
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy applicable to any Mortgage Loan, which is in
effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates and is required
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to be kept in force hereunder unless the replacement Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy for such cancelled or non-renewed policy is maintained with an insurer
with a rating not lower than the insurer issuing the Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policy in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Certificates or
whose claims-paying will not adversely affect the rating on the Certificates or
unless any such cancellation or refusal, or consent thereto, will not adversely
affect the rating on the Certificates. In connection with any assumption and
modification agreement entered into by the Master Servicer or a Sub-Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.12, the Master Servicer shall obtain a replacement Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy, as provided above.
(c) The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the PMI Insurer and shall
use its best efforts to furnish to the PMI Insurer all reasonable information in
the possession of the Master Servicer or to which the Master Servicer has access
with respect to each Mortgage Loan.
(d) In the event of a default by the PMI Insurer under the PMI Policy
(a "Replacement Event"), the Master Servicer shall use its best efforts to
obtain a substitute lender-paid primary mortgage insurance policy (a "Substitute
PMI Policy"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Master Servicer shall not be
obligated, and shall have no liability for failing, to obtain a Substitute PMI
Policy unless such Substitute PMI Policy can be obtained on the following terms
and conditions: (i) the Certificates shall be rated no lower than the rating
assigned by each Rating Agency to the Certificates immediately prior to such
Replacement Event, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency addressed to
the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, (ii) the timing and mechanism
for drawing on such new Substitute PMI Policy shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Master Servicer and the Trustee and (iii) the premiums under the proposed
Substitute PMI Policy shall not exceed such premiums under the existing PMI
Policy.
(e) In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of
the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself,
and on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, claims
to the insurer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and claims to the
PMI Insurer with respect to the PMI Policy and, in this regard, to take such
reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies or the PMI Policy respecting defaulted Mortgage
Loans. Pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, any amounts collected by the Master
Servicer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or the PMI Policy shall be
deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.09 hereof.
SECTION 3.11 MAINTENANCE OF HAZARD INSURANCE AND OTHER INSURANCE.
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(a) The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage
Loan, hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount that is at least
equal to the replacement cost of improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or its
Scheduled Principal Balance, whichever is less.
(b) Each policy of standard hazard insurance shall contain, or have an
accompanying endorsement that contains, a standard mortgagee clause complying in
all material respects in form and substance to applicable Xxxxxx Xxx guidelines.
The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained on property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, liability
insurance and, to the extent described below, flood insurance. Pursuant to
Section 3.07 hereof, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any such
policies (other than
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amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged
Property or property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Mortgage or the Master Servicer's
normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Custodial Account,
subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.09 hereof.
Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or the related Sub-Servicer in
maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly
distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Trustee for their
benefit, be added to the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall
be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of payments by the related Mortgagor
or out of Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by
Section 3.09 hereof. If the Mortgaged Property is located at the time of
origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard
area, the Master Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be maintained. Such
flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid
Scheduled Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or (ii) the maximum
amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program, if the area in which such Mortgaged Property
is located is participating in such program. Notwithstanding anything in this
paragraph to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall be required to pay the
costs of maintaining any insurance contemplated by this Section 3.11 only to the
extent that such advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer,
will be recoverable by the Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise out of the related Mortgage Loan.
(c) In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a
blanket policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it
shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in
the first sentence of Section 3.11(a), it being understood and agreed that such
policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent to
those commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers, and
provided that the provider of such blanket policy is rated by A.M. Best Company
A:V or higher and the claims-paying ability of such provider is rated in one of
the three highest rating categories by at least one nationally recognized
statistical rating organization. If such policy contains a deductible clause,
the Master Servicer shall, to the extent that there shall not have been
maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first
sentence of Section 3.11(a) and there shall have been a loss that would have
been covered by such policy, remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Custodial
Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of
such deductible clause, accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing Officer
describing the calculation of such amount. In connection with its activities as
administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to
present, on behalf of itself, the Seller, the Trustee or its agent for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy.
SECTION 3.12 ENFORCEMENT OF DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION
AGREEMENTS.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.12(a), when any
property subject to a Mortgage has been conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Master
Servicer shall, to the extent that it has knowledge of such conveyance, enforce
any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent
permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the
extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage
under any Required
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Insurance Policy. In the event that the Master Servicer or the related
Sub-Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or
if coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, the
Master Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.12(b), to take or enter into
an assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable
state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan
shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master Servicer enters
such agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The Master
Servicer, subject to Section 3.12(b), is also authorized with the prior approval
of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a
substitution of liability agreement with such person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such person is substituted as
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this
Section 3.12(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption which the Master
Servicer is restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.12(a) hereof, in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, if an
assumption is permitted under Section 3.12(a) and such Person is to enter into
an assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage
Note or Mortgage held for the benefit of the Certificateholders that requires
the signature of the Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the
Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan,
the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for
signature the assumption agreement with the Person to whom the Mortgaged
Property is to be conveyed and such modification agreement or supplement to the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to
carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with
any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged
Property to such Person. The Master Servicer shall also deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee with the foregoing documents a letter explaining the
nature of such documents and the reason or reasons why the Trustee's signature
is required.
With such letter, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a
certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying that: (i) a Servicing Officer has
examined and approved such documents as to form and substance, (ii) the
Trustee's execution and delivery thereof will not conflict with or violate any
terms of this Agreement or cause the unpaid balance and interest on the Mortgage
Loan to be uncollectible in whole or in part, (iii) any required consents of
insurers under any Required Insurance Policies have been obtained and (iv)
subsequent to the closing of the transaction involving the assumption or
transfer (A) the Mortgage Loan will continue to be secured by a first mortgage
lien pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, (B) such transaction will not
adversely affect the coverage under any Required Insurance Policies, (C) the
Mortgage Loan will fully amortize over the remaining term thereof or, if the
Mortgage Loan provided that the amortization period on which the Monthly
Payments were based was a longer period, such period has not been extended, (D)
the interest rate on the Mortgage Loan will not be altered nor will the term of
the Mortgage Loan be increased as a result of such assumption or transfer and
(E) if the seller/transferor of the Mortgaged Property is to be released from
liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer used the same underwriting
standards in evaluating the creditworthiness of the purchaser/transferee as were
used in making the
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original Mortgage Loan, and, based on such underwriting criteria, such release
will not (based on the Master Servicer's good faith determination) adversely
affect the collectibility of the Mortgage Loan. Upon receipt of such
certificate, the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders shall execute
any necessary instruments for such assumption or substitution of liability. Upon
the closing of the transactions contemplated by such documents, the Master
Servicer shall cause the originals of the assumption agreement, the release (if
any), or the modification or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage to be
delivered to the Trustee or its agent for the benefit of the Certificateholders
and deposited with the Trustee Mortgage File for such Mortgage Loan. Any fee
collected by the Master Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution
of liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation.
In the event that the Master Servicer, in connection with any such
assumption or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note, is
unable to deliver the certificate of the Servicing Officer set forth above, the
Master Servicer shall purchase, or cause the related Sub-Servicer to purchase,
the related Mortgage Loan in the manner, and at the Purchase Price, set forth in
Section 2.04(b) hereof.
SECTION 3.13 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.
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(a) The Master Servicer shall foreclose upon or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come
into and continue in default and as to which, in the reasonable judgment of the
Master Servicer, no satisfactory arrangements can, in accordance with prudent
lending practices, be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to
Section 3.01 hereof. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion,
the Master Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem
necessary or advisable, as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage
servicing activities and for its own portfolio and as are in accordance with the
requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy and shall
deliver to the Trustee a liquidation report with respect to the related Mortgage
Loan on the form of report customarily prepared by the Master Servicer. In
particular, the Master Servicer will service each Mortgage Loan in a manner that
preserves the right to proceed against all collateral securing such Mortgage
Loan (e.g., in accordance with any applicable "single action" rule). The Master
Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any
foreclosure or towards the restoration, repair, protection or maintenance of any
property unless it shall determine in its sole discretion that such expenses
will be recoverable to it as Liquidation Expenses either through Liquidation
Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals
from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.09(a) hereof) or through
Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar priority). The Master
Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in
any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to
reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged
Property, as contemplated in Section 3.09 hereof.
(b) In the event that any Mortgaged Property becomes an REO Property,
the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders, or its nominee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders. 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
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where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and
protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any
part thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the
Master Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of
such REO Property on such terms and conditions and for such periods as the
Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Master Servicer and the
Certificateholders. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the
event that the Trust Fund acquires any REO Property as aforesaid or otherwise in
connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall dispose of such REO Property within
three full years after the taxable year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund for
purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (or such shorter period as may be
necessary under applicable state (including any state in which such property is
located) law to maintain the status of any REMIC as a REMIC under applicable
state law and avoid taxes resulting from such property failing to be foreclosure
property under applicable state law) or, at the expense of the Trust Fund,
request, more than 60 days before the day on which such grace period would
otherwise expire, an extension of such grace period unless the Master Servicer
obtains for the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the
Master Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such REO
Property subsequent to such period will not result in the imposition of taxes on
"prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or cause any
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold
such REO Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the
Custodial Account for any costs incurred in obtaining such Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no REO Property acquired
by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or
otherwise used by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such circumstances or manner
or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such REO Property to fail to
qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of
the Code or (ii) subject any REMIC to the imposition of any federal income taxes
on the income earned from such REO Property, including any taxes imposed by
reason of Section 860G(c) of the Code, unless the Master Servicer has agreed to
indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any
such taxes.
(c) The decision of the Master Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted
Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Master Servicer that
the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing
such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged
Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding on behalf
of the Certificateholders, net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for
expenses incurred (including any taxes) in connection with such management,
advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.08, 3.10,
3.11, 3.13, 5.04 or 5.05 in connection with the related Mortgage Loan or REO
Property and Liquidation Expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in connection
with the related Mortgage Loan, shall be applied to the payment of principal of
and interest on the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing and
principal amortizing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all
such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments
on account of principal of and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall
be deposited into the Custodial Account.
(d) Prior to obtaining or causing the Trustee to obtain a deed as a
result of or in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise acquiring (or causing the
Trustee to acquire) possession of or title to any
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Mortgaged Property, if the Master Servicer determines that obtaining a deed or
otherwise acquiring title or possession of such Mortgaged Property would likely
subject the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to substantial
liability in respect of environmental conditions concerning the Mortgaged
Property, (a) the Master Servicer shall (i) notify the Trustee and the Seller of
such determination and (ii) refrain from obtaining or directing the Trustee to
obtain a deed as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise acquiring
title or possession to such Mortgaged Property and (b) the obligations of the
Master Servicer to make advances, including, without limitation, Monthly
Advances, in connection with the Mortgage Loan in question shall cease as of the
date that the Master Servicer makes such determination.
SECTION 3.14 TRUSTEE TO COOPERATE; RELEASE OF TRUSTEE MORTGAGE
FILES.
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Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, and upon notification by the Master Servicer
in the form of a certification (which certification shall include a statement to
the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such
payment which are required to be deposited in the Custodial Account have been or
will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and a Request for Release of the
Trustee Mortgage File in the form of Exhibit G hereto the Trustee shall promptly
release the related Trustee Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer the request for
reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release, satisfaction or assignment of
mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage, and, in each
case, such other documents or instruments as may be reasonably required in
connection therewith, as directed by the Master Servicer, together with the
Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation thereon. The provisions of
the immediately preceding sentence shall not, in any manner, limit or impair the
right of the Master Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee,
the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction,
cancellation or assignment, or of partial or full release or discharge and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of
satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Certificate
Account but shall be paid by the Master Servicer. From time to time and as shall
be appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including,
without limitation, for such purpose, collection under any policy of flood
insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes
of effecting a partial or total release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien
of the Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage or any of the other documents included in the Trustee Mortgage File,
the Trustee shall, upon request of the Master Servicer and the delivery to the
Trustee of a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer, in the form of
Exhibit G hereto, release the Trustee Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. If
the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure proceeding in
respect of any Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee, for signature as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for
trustee's sale or other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or
any legal action brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce
any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or
otherwise available at law or in equity, together with a certificate of a
Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents be executed by the
Trustee. A Servicing Officer shall certify as to the reason such documents or
pleadings are required and that the
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execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate the insurance
coverage under any Required Insurance Policy or invalidate or otherwise affect
the lien of the Mortgage except for the termination of such lien upon completion
of the foreclosure.
SECTION 3.15 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF
MASTER SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee to the extent required by this Agreement
all documents and instruments coming into the possession of the Master Servicer
from time to time and shall account fully to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders for any funds received by the Master Servicer or which
otherwise are collected by the Master Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan. All Master Servicer Mortgage
Files or Trustee Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the
control of, the Master Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from
the collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, including but not limited to, any funds on deposit in the
Custodial Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and shall be and remain the
sole and exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions
of this Agreement. The Master Servicer also agrees that it shall not create,
incur or subject any Master Servicer Mortgage File or Trustee Mortgage File or
any funds that are deposited in the Custodial Account or any Escrow Account, or
any funds that otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest,
judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal
action or otherwise any claim or right of setoff against any Master Servicer
Mortgage File or Trustee Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in
connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Master Servicer
shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts
that are properly due and payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement
subject to the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.16 SERVICING COMPENSATION; COMPENSATING INTEREST.
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(a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer
shall be entitled to (i) retain from the Monthly Payments the Servicing Fee for
each Mortgage Loan and (ii) retain from the Custodial Account or withdraw from
the Custodial Account the amounts specified in subclause (i) of Section 3.09(a)
hereof as payable to it.
(b) Additional servicing compensation in the form of prepayment
penalties, fees or premiums, assumption fees, modification fees, late payment
charges or otherwise or any excess interest charges payable by the Mortgagor by
virtue of any default or other non-compliance by the Mortgagor with the terms of
the Mortgage or any other instrument or document executed in connection
therewith or otherwise shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the extent
not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 3.07
hereof. To the extent provided in this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing
activities hereunder (including the payment of premiums for Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies, to the extent such premiums are not required to be paid or
have not
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been paid by the related Mortgagor or the related Sub-Servicer, payment of any
premiums for hazard insurance, as required by Section 3.11 hereof and
maintenance of the other forms of insurance coverage required by Section 3.11
hereof, the payment of servicing compensation to any Sub-Servicers pursuant to
any Sub-Servicing Agreement and the payment of the expenses of the Trustee to
the extent provided in Section 9.05), and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as specifically provided in Sections 3.09, 3.13, 4.01 and 5.05
hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the amount of servicing
compensation that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive for its
activities hereunder for the period ending on each Distribution Date shall be
reduced (but not below zero) by an amount equal to Compensating Interest (if
any) for such Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall, within one Business
Day of each Distribution Date, remit to the Trustee (but without duplication of
any Compensating Interest taken into account in any Monthly Advance made on such
date) the Compensating Interest due on such Distribution Date.
(d) In addition to the foregoing, in consideration for entering into
this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller assigns all of its right, title and
interest to the Retained Interest to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer,
so long as it is acting in such capacity hereunder, shall be entitled to retain
the Retained Interest as servicing compensation on a daily basis from
collections on the Mortgage Loans, and any successor to the Master Servicer
hereunder shall automatically succeed to such right.
SECTION 3.17 REPORTS TO THE SELLER; ACCOUNT STATEMENTS.
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Within five Business Days following each Distribution Date, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a statement setting forth the status of
the Custodial Account, if any, as of the close of business on such Distribution
Date showing, for the period covered by such statement, the aggregate of
deposits in or withdrawals from the Custodial Account, if any, for each category
of deposit specified in Section 3.07 hereof and each category of withdrawal
specified in Section 3.09 hereof. The Master Servicer shall forward a copy of
such statement to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 3.18 ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
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The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Seller and the Trustee on or
before March 31 of each year, commencing March 31, 2001, an Officers'
Certificate stating, as to each signer thereof, that (a) a review of the
activities of the Master Servicer during the year ended on the preceding
December 31 and of the performance of the Master Servicer under this Agreement
has been made under such officer's supervision, (b) to the best of such
officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all
its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such
year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation,
specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof, (c) a Servicing Officer has conducted an examination of the activities
of each Sub-Servicer during the immediately preceding year and its performance
under any Sub-Servicing Agreement, and (d) to the best of such Servicing
Officer's knowledge, based on such examination, each Sub-Servicer has performed
and fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and obligations under such
Sub-Servicing Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or if
there has been a default in the performance or fulfillment of any such
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duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default known to
such Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof. The Master Servicer
shall forward a copy of each such statement to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 3.19 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' SERVICING
REPORT.
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On or before March 31 of each year, beginning with the first March 31
that occurs at least eleven months after the Cut-off Date, the Master Servicer,
at its expense, shall cause a firm of independent public accountants that is a
member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a
statement to the Seller and the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents
substantially similar to this Agreement and records relating to the servicing of
mortgage loans serviced by the Master Servicer or any successor master servicer
that are substantially similar to the Mortgage Loans and that, on the basis of
an examination conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single
Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced
for Xxxxxxx Mac, such servicing has been conducted in compliance with such
agreements except for such significant exceptions or errors in records that, in
the opinion of such firm, the Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers
or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for Xxxxxxx Mac requires it to
report. In rendering such statement such firm may rely, as to matters relating
to direct servicing of Mortgage Loans by Sub-Servicers, if any, upon comparable
statements for examinations conducted substantially in compliance with the
Uniform Single Audit Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for
Mortgages serviced for Xxxxxxx Mac (rendered within one year of such statement)
of independent public accounts with respect to the related Sub-Servicer. The
Master Servicer shall forward a copy of each such report to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 3.20 REPORTS TO TRUSTEE.
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On or prior to each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall cause
to be delivered to the Trustee a monthly servicing report in electronic format
containing the information necessary to enable the Trustee to make the
distribution required by Section 5.02 and prepare the information set forth in
Section 4.03(a). The Trustee may conclusively rely on information provided by
the Master Servicer and shall have no obligation to recompute, recalculate, or
verify the accuracy of such information.
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ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND
SECTION 4.01 CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT.
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(a) The Trustee shall establish, prior to the Closing Date, and shall
maintain, in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of interests in
the Trust Fund, the Certificate Account, which shall be an Eligible Account,
into which the Trustee upon receipt from the Master Servicer shall deposit all
payments remitted by the Master Servicer and any amounts required to be remitted
by the Seller pursuant to the terms hereof. All distributions to be made from
time to time to Holders of interests in the Trust Fund out of funds in the
Certificate Account shall be made by or on behalf of the Trustee. The
Certificate Account shall relate solely to the Certificates issued hereunder and
funds in the Certificate Account shall be held separate and apart from and shall
not be commingled with any monies including, without limitation, other monies of
the Trustee held under this Agreement. The Trustee will give notice to the
Master Servicer and the Seller of the location of the Certificate Account and of
any change thereof, prior to the use thereof. Funds held in the Certificate
Account and delivered to the Trustee earlier than one Business Day prior to the
next Distribution Date (or delivered on such Distribution Date within time
frames to be agreed upon between the Master Servicer and the Trustee) shall be
invested by the Trustee in Eligible Investments as directed by the Master
Servicer for the benefit of the Master Servicer or shall remain uninvested. The
Trustee shall cause each such Eligible Investment to be Delivered to it or its
nominee (including a securities intermediary). All income and gain net of any
losses realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer and shall be subject to withdrawal at the Master Servicer's direction
from time to time. The amount of any losses net of any gains incurred by the
Master Servicer in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account out of the Master Servicer's own funds immediately as
realized.
(b) The Trustee shall make, to the extent required or authorized
hereunder, withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following purposes:
(i) as directed by the Master Servicer, to withdraw any amount
deposited in the Certificate Account and not required to be deposited
therein;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any unreimbursed
Nonrecoverable Advance;
(iii) to make required distributions pursuant to Section 5.02;
and
(iv) to pay to the Seller or the Master Servicer any amount to
which it is entitled pursuant to Section 7.03.
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SECTION 4.02 RESERVED.
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SECTION 4.03 MONTHLY STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
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(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare
(on the basis of information obtained by the Master Servicer) and the Trustee
shall cause to be forwarded by mail to each Certificateholder, the Master
Servicer, the Seller, Bloomberg, and the Rating Agencies a statement setting
forth the following information as to each Class of Certificates to the extent
received from the Master Servicer.
(i) the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on
such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates, to
the extent applicable, allocable to principal on the Mortgage Loans,
including Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, stating
separately the amount attributable to scheduled principal payments and
unscheduled payments in the nature of principal;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on
such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates
allocable to interest;
(iii) (A) the aggregate amount of any Monthly Advances
required to be made by or on behalf of the Master Servicer with respect
to such Distribution Date, (B) the aggregate amount of such Monthly
Advances actually made, and (C) the amount, if any, by which (A) above
exceeds (B) above;
(iv) the Aggregate Loan Balance as of the close of business on
the last day of the related Due Period, after giving effect to payments
allocated to principal reported under clause (i) above;
(v) the Current Principal Amount of each Class of
Certificates, to the extent applicable, as of such Distribution Date
after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under
clause (i) above, separately identifying any reduction of any of the
foregoing Current Principal Amounts due to Realized Losses;
(vi) any Realized Losses realized with respect to the Mortgage
Loans in (x) in the applicable Prepayment Period and (y) in the
aggregate since the Cut-off Date;
(vii) the amount of the Servicing Fees retained by the Master
Servicer during the Due Period to which such distribution relates;
(viii) the number and aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
Mortgage Loans, as reported to the Trustee by the Master Servicer, (a)
remaining outstanding as of the end of the prior calendar month, and
(b) delinquent 30 to 59 days on a contractual basis, (c) delinquent 60
to 89 days on a contractual basis, (d) delinquent 90 or more days on a
contractual basis, and (e) as to which foreclosure proceedings have
been commenced, in the case of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), as of
the Determination Date and in the case of the
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foregoing clauses (a), (d) and (e), as of the close of business on the
last Business Day of the immediately preceding month;
(ix) the book value (within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. ss.
571.13 or comparable provision) of each REO Property as of the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs;
(x) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the principal balance of
such Mortgage Loan and the number of such Mortgage Loans as of the
close of business on the Distribution Date in such preceding month;
(xi) with respect to replacement of Mortgage Loans in the
preceding calendar month, the Scheduled Principal Balance of each
Deleted Mortgage Loan and of each Replacement Mortgage Loan;
(xii) the aggregate outstanding Net Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls, if any, for each Class of Certificates, after giving effect
to the distribution made on such Distribution Date; and
(xiii) the Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Distribution
Date with respect to each Class of Certificates.
In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii)
and (vi) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of
original principal amount of Certificates.
(b) Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, if required by federal
regulation, the Trustee will provide to each Certificateholder that is a savings
association, bank or insurance company certain reports and access to information
and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans sufficient to permit such
Certificateholder to comply with applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision or other regulatory authorities with respect to investment in the
Certificates and the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Trustee in
providing such information; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for the Trustee's
actual expenses incurred in providing such reports and access. The Trustee will
provide to any Certificateholder upon request the outstanding Current Principal
Amounts as of the date requested and, if then known by the Trustee, the
outstanding Current Principal Amount after giving effect to any distribution to
be made on the next following Distribution Date.
(c) Upon the written request of any Certificateholder, the Trustee, as
soon as reasonably practicable, shall provide the Certificateholder with such
information as has been provided by the Seller to the Trustee, for purposes of
satisfying applicable information reporting requirements under Rule 144A.
(d) Within 90 days, or such shorter period as may be required by
statute or regulation, after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall
send to each Person who at any time during the
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calendar year was a Certificateholder of record, and make available to each
Beneficial Holder (identified as such by the Clearing Agency) in accordance with
applicable regulations, a report summarizing the items provided to
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.03(a) on an annual basis as may be
required to enable such Holders to prepare their federal income tax returns.
Such information shall include the amount of original issue discount accrued on
each Class of Certificates and information regarding the expenses of the Trust
Fund. The Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with such information as is
necessary for the Trustee to prepare such reports.
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ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 5.01 DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY.
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(a) Subject to Section 10.01 respecting the final distribution on the
Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions in
accordance with this Article V. Such distributions shall be made by check mailed
to each Certificateholder's address as it appears on the Certificate Register of
the Certificate Registrar (which shall initially be the Trustee) or, upon
written request made to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the
related Record Date by any Certificateholder owning an aggregate initial Current
Principal Amount of at least $1,000,000, or, in the case of a Class R
Certificate, a Percentage Interest of 100%, by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to an account specified in the request and at the expense of
such Certificateholder; provided, however, that the final distribution in
respect of any Certificate shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of
such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office. Wire transfers will be made at
the expense of the Holder requesting such wire transfer by deducting a wire
transfer fee from the related distribution. Notwithstanding such final payment
of principal of any of the Certificates, the Residual Certificate will remain
outstanding until the termination of the REMIC and the payment in full of all
other amounts due with respect to such Certificates and at such time such final
payment in retirement of any Residual Certificate will be made only upon
presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
at the office of the Trustee's New York presenting agent. If any payment
required to be made on the Certificates is to be made on a day that is not a
Business Day, then such payment will be made on the next succeeding Business
Day.
(b) All distributions or allocations made with respect to
Certificateholders within each Class on each Distribution Date shall be
allocated among the outstanding Certificates in such Class equally in proportion
to their respective initial Current Principal Amounts (or Percentage Interests).
SECTION 5.02 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT.
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(a) On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall withdraw from the
Certificate Account the Total Distribution Amount for such date, shall allocate
such amount to the interests issued in respect of the Trust Fund and shall
distribute such amount as specified in this Section.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the
Interest Remittance Amount for such date in the following order of priority:
(i) to the Trustee, the Trustee Fee for such Distribution
Date; and
(ii) to the Senior Certificates, pro rata, Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Distribution Date;
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(iii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Distribution Date;
(iv) to the Class M-2 Certificates, Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Distribution Date;
(v) to the Class M-3 Certificates, Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Distribution Date;
(vi) to the Class B-1 Certificates, Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Distribution Date;
(vii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Distribution Date;
(viii) to the Class B-3 Certificates, Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Class and such Distribution Date, plus any unpaid
Accrued Certificate Interest remaining unpaid from any prior
Distribution Date; and
(ix) any remaining Interest Remittance Amount to the Class R
Certificates.
(c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the
Principal Remittance Amount for such date as follows:
(i) to the holders of the Class R Certificates and Class A
Certificates, in that order, to the extent of the Principal Remittance
Amount, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the
Current Principal Amounts thereof, until the Current Principal Amounts
thereof have been reduced to zero;
(ii) to the holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, to the
extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining
after the distribution in clause (i) above, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal Amount
thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to
zero;
(iii) to the holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, to the
extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining
after distributions in clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal
Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been
reduced to zero;
(iv) to the holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, to the
extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining
after distributions in clauses (i) through (iii) above,
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the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the
Current Principal Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount
thereof has been reduced to zero;
(v) to the holders of the Class B-1 Certificates, to the
extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining
after the distributions in clauses (i) through (iv) above, the Class
B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current
Principal Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof
has been reduced to zero;
(vi) to the holders of the Class B-2 Certificates, to the
extent of the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount remaining
after the distributions in clauses (i) through (v) above, the Class B-2
Principal Distribution Amount, in reduction of the Current Principal
Amount thereof, until the Current Principal Amount thereof has been
reduced to zero; and
(vii) to the holders of the Class B-2, Class B-1, Class M-3,
Class M-2, Class M-1, Class A and Class B-3 Certificates, in that
order, the Principal Remittance Amount remaining after the
distributions in clauses (i) through (vi) above, in reduction of the
Current Principal Amounts thereof, until the Current Principal Amounts
thereof have been reduced to zero; and
(viii) to the holders of the Class R Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date on which the
Class Principal Amount of each Class of Certificates having a higher priority of
distribution has been reduced to zero, any remaining Principal Remittance Amount
will be distributed to the remaining Certificates in the order of priority set
forth above until the Class Principal Amount of each such Class has been reduced
to zero.
(d) On or prior to each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall
determine the amount of any Deferred Interest in respect of each Mortgage Loan
that occurred during the immediately preceding calendar month and provide such
information to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.20. With respect to any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of Deferred Interest, if any, that is
added to the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans on the Due Date
occurring in the month in which such Distribution Date occurs will be added to
the Current Principal Amounts of the Certificates on a pro rata basis based on a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount of each such
Class and the denominator of which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of
such Classes of Certificates, in each case immediately prior to such
Distribution Date. Deferred Interest allocated to any Certificate on any
Distribution Date will be added to the Current Principal Amount thereof on such
Distribution Date and will thereafter bear interest at the then applicable
Pass-Through Rate.
SECTION 5.03 ALLOCATION OF LOSSES.
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(a) On each Distribution Date, Realized Losses will be allocated to the
Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates, in the following order of priority:
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(i) to the Class B-3 Certificates, until the Current Principal
Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(ii) to the Class B-2 Certificates, until the Current
Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(iii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, until the Current
Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Current
Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the Current Principal
Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;
(vi) to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Current
Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero; and
(vii) to the Class A Certificates, until the Current Principal
Amount thereof has been reduced to zero.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such allocation of any Realized
Loss shall be made on a Distribution Date to any Class of Certificates to the
extent that such allocation would result in the reduction of the aggregate
Current Principal Amounts of all the Certificates as of such Distribution Date,
after giving effect to all distributions and prior allocations of Realized
Losses on such date, to an amount less than the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month of such
Distribution Date (such limitation, the "Loss Allocation Limitation").
(c) Any Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Certificates shall be
allocated among the Certificates of such Class in proportion to their respective
Current Principal Amounts. Any allocation of Realized Losses shall be
accomplished by reducing the Current Principal Amount of the related
Certificates on the related Distribution Date.
(d) Realized Losses shall be allocated on the Distribution Date in the
month following the month in which such loss was incurred and, in the case of
the principal portion thereof, after giving effect to distributions made on such
Distribution Date.
(e) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall determine the
Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount based solely on the information
received from the Master Servicer. Any such Subordinate Certificate Writedown
Amount shall effect a corresponding reduction in the Current Principal Amount of
the Current Principal Amounts of the Subordinate Certificates, in the reverse
order of their numerical Class designations, and then the Senior Certificates,
pro rata based on their respective Current Principal Amounts, which reduction
shall occur on such Distribution Date after giving effect to distributions made
on such Distribution Date.
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SECTION 5.04 MONTHLY ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER.
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(a) Subject to the conditions of this Article V, the Master Servicer,
as required below, on each Master Servicer Advance Date shall make an advance (a
"Monthly Advance") to the Certificate Account, in the amount, if any, of the
aggregate Monthly Payments less Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief
Act Shortfalls, after adjustment of the interest portion of each such Monthly
Payment to the Net Mortgage Rate, on the Mortgage Loans that were due on the Due
Date but that were not received and remitted to the Certificate Account on or
prior to such Master Servicer Advance Date. The Master Servicer shall be
obligated to make any such Monthly Advance only to the extent that such advance,
in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will not be a Nonrecoverable
Advance.
(b) On the Determination Date immediately preceding the related
Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall determine whether and to what
extent any Mortgagor has failed to make any Monthly Payment due on the Due Date
and whether such deficiencies, if advanced by the Master Servicer, would be a
Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Master Servicer shall have determined that it is
not obligated to make the entire Monthly Advance because all or a lesser portion
of such Monthly Advance would not be recoverable by the Master Servicer from
related Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds (net of Liquidation
Expenses), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, not less than one
Business Day after the related Determination Date, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, a certificate of a Servicing Officer setting forth the
reasons for such determination.
(c) In lieu of making all or a portion of any Monthly Advance, the
Master Servicer may cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records
relating to the Custodial Account that funds in such account, including but not
limited to any amounts received in respect of scheduled principal and interest
on any Mortgage due after the related Due Period, in excess of the Total
Distribution Amount (less the amount of such Monthly Advance) for the related
Distribution Date have been used by the Master Servicer in discharge of its
obligation to make any such Monthly Advance. Any funds so applied shall be
replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit, in the manner set forth above, in
the Custodial Account no later than the next Master Servicer Advance Date to the
extent that funds in the Custodial Account on such date are less than the
amounts required to be distributed on the related Distribution Date. The Master
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Custodial Account and the
Certificate Account for all Monthly Advances of its own funds made pursuant to
this Section as provided in Section 3.09 and 4.01.
SECTION 5.05 ADVANCES FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES.
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The Master Servicer shall make advances from time to time for
attorneys' fees and court costs incurred, or which reasonably can be expected to
be incurred, for the foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or for any transaction in
which the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders is expected to
receive a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, unless the Master Servicer has made a
good faith determination that such advances would be Nonrecoverable Advances. If
the Master Servicer shall make a good faith determination that such advances
would not be so recoverable, the Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the
Trustee a Certificate of a Servicing Officer setting forth the reasons for
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such determination. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for
any such advance as provided in Section 3.09 hereof.
SECTION 5.06 NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES.
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The determination by the Master Servicer that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing
Officer promptly delivered to the Trustee setting forth the reasons for such
determination. Following the Trustee's receipt of such certificate, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such Nonrecoverable Advance as
provided in Section 3.09 and 4.01 hereof.
SECTION 5.07 ADVANCE PROCEDURES.
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(a) If, on any Determination Date, the Master Servicer determines to
make a Monthly Advance in accordance with Section 5.04, it shall make such
Monthly Advance on or before noon, New York time, on the Business Day prior to
the related Distribution Date (the "Master Servicer Advance Date"). The Master
Servicer shall notify the Trustee of the aggregate amount of Monthly Advances
for a Distribution Date on or before three Business Days prior to such
Distribution Date. Any such Monthly Advance shall be included with the
distribution on the related Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5.02.
(b) In the event that the Master Servicer fails to make a Monthly
Advance required to be made pursuant to Section 5.04 on or before the close of
business, on the Master Servicer Advance Date, the Trustee shall on or before 12
noon, New York time on the next Business Day provide notice to the Master
Servicer, by telephone and by writing (which may be by telecopy) of such failure
and the amount of such failure and that continuance of such failure for a period
of one Business Day thereafter will be an Event of Default.
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ARTICLE VI
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 6.01 THE CERTIFICATES.
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(a) The Certificates shall be in substantially the forms set forth in
Exhibits A, B, C and D hereto, with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Agreement or as may in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee or the Seller 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 securities exchange on which any of the
Certificates may be listed, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by
the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution
thereof.
(b) The Definitive Certificates shall be printed, typewritten,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may
be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities
exchange on which any of the Certificates may be listed, all as determined by
the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution
thereof.
(c) Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates will be evidenced by one or
more certificates, beneficial ownership of which will be held in the dollar
denominations in Current Principal Amount specified in this paragraph. Each
Class of Class A Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of a
$1,000 Current Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof.
Each Class of Class M Certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of a
$25,000 Current Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof.
Each Class of Class B Certificates will be maintained in definitive, fully
registered form in minimum denominations of $100,000 Current Principal Amount
and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class R Certificates will be
issued as a single Certificate and maintained in definitive, fully registered
form in a minimum denomination equal to 100% of the Percentage Interest of such
Class. One Certificate of each Class of Certificates other than the Class R
Certificates may be issued in any denomination in excess of the minimum
denomination.
(d) The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature
on behalf of the Trust Fund by the Trustee by a Responsible Officer.
Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were,
at the time when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of
the Trustee shall bind the Trust Fund, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate
a certificate of authentication executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and
such certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date
of their authentication.
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SECTION 6.02 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF
CERTIFICATES.
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(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, a
Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of
transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates in like aggregate interest and of the
same Class.
(b) At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates (other than
Book-Entry Certificates which shall be subject to Section 6.07 hereof) may be
exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations and the same
aggregate interest in the Trust Fund and of the same Class, upon surrender of
the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee in the
City of New York at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 where
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Trustee will give prompt written notice to Certificateholders of any change in
the location of the any such office or agency. The Certificate Register will be
kept in Santa Ana, California at the offices of the Trustee located at the
Corporate Trust Office and may be kept in an electronic form capable of printing
out a hard copy of the Certificate Register. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver
the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing.
(c) All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer and
exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with the Trustee's customary procedures.
(d) By acceptance of a Restricted Certificate, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate acknowledges
the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth thereon and
agrees that it will transfer such a Certificate only as provided herein. With
respect to the transfer and registration of transfer of a Restricted Certificate
to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a Definitive Certificate, the
Trustee shall register the transfer of a Restricted Certificate if the requested
transfer is (x) to the Seller or the Placement Agents, an affiliate (as defined
in Rule 405 under the 0000 Xxx) of the Seller or the Placement Agents or (y)
being made to a "qualified institutional buyer" (a "QIB") as defined in Rule
144A under the 1933 Act by a transferor that has provided the Trustee with a
certificate in the form of Exhibit H hereto.
(e) No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of a
Definitive Certificate shall be made to any Person unless the Trustee has
received (A) in the case of a Class B-1, Class B-2 or Class B-3 Certificate, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto from such transferee
or (B) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, the Master Servicer
and the Seller to the effect that the purchase and holding of such a Certificate
will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be
"plan assets" subject to the prohibited transactions provisions of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee, the Master Servicer
or the Seller to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the
Agreement; provided,
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however, that the Trustee will not require such certificate or opinion in the
event that, as a result of a change of law or otherwise, counsel satisfactory to
the Trustee has rendered an opinion to the effect that the purchase and holding
of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate by a Plan or a Person that is purchasing or
holding such a Certificate with the assets of a Plan will not constitute or
result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. The
preparation and delivery of the certificate and opinions referred to above shall
not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee or the Seller. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no opinion or certificate shall be required for the initial
issuance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates.
(f) As a condition of the registration of transfer or exchange of any
Certificate, the Trustee may require the certified taxpayer identification
number of the owner of the Certificate and the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith;
provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation to require such
payment or to determine whether or not any such tax or charge may be applicable.
No service charge shall be made to the Certificateholder for any registration,
transfer or exchange of Certificate.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
Residual Certificate may be owned, pledged or transferred, directly or
indirectly, by or to (i) a Disqualified Organization or (ii) an individual,
corporation or partnership or other person unless such person (A) is not a
Non-U.S. Person or (B) is a Non-U.S. Person that holds a Residual Certificate in
connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and
has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with an effective Internal Revenue
Service Form 4224, Form W-8ECI or successor form at the time and in the manner
required by the Code (any such person who is not covered by clause (A) or (B)
above is referred to herein as a "Non-permitted Foreign Holder").
Prior to and as a condition of the registration of any transfer, sale
or other disposition of a Residual Certificate, the proposed transferee shall
deliver to the Trustee an affidavit in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit J-1 representing and warranting, among other things, that such
transferee is neither a Disqualified Organization, an agent or nominee acting on
behalf of a Disqualified Organization, nor a Non-permitted Foreign Holder (any
such transferee, a "Permitted Transferee") and the proposed transferor shall
deliver to the Trustee an affidavit in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit J-2. In addition, the Trustee may (but shall have no obligation to)
require, prior to and as a condition of any such transfer, the delivery by the
proposed transferee of an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Seller and the
Trustee satisfactory in form and substance to the Seller, that such proposed
transferee or, if the proposed transferee is an agent or nominee, the proposed
beneficial owner, is not a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof,
or Non-permitted Foreign Holder. Notwithstanding the registration in the
Certificate Register of any transfer, sale, or other disposition of a Residual
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization, an agent or nominee thereof, or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder, such registration shall be deemed to be of no
legal force or effect whatsoever and such Disqualified Organization, agent or
nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder shall not be deemed to be a
Certificateholder for any purpose hereunder, including, but not limited to, the
receipt of distributions on such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall not be
under any liability to any person for any registration or transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder or for the maturity of any payments due on such
Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or for taking any other action with
respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement, so
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long as the transfer was effected in accordance with this Section 6.02(g),
unless the Trustee shall have actual knowledge at the time of such transfer or
the time of such payment or other action that the transferee is a Disqualified
Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder. The
Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate
that was a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted
Foreign Holder at the time it became a Holder or any subsequent time it became a
Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign
Holder, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such
times (and all costs and expenses, including but not limited to attorneys' fees,
incurred in connection therewith). Any payment (not including any such costs and
expenses) so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered to the last
preceding Holder of such Residual Certificate.
If any purported transferee shall become a registered Holder of a
Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.02(g),
then upon receipt of written notice to the Trustee that the registration of
transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section
6.02(g), the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights
as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of such registration of transfer of
such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not
permitted by this Section 6.02(g), for making any payment due on such
Certificate to the registered Holder thereof or for taking any other action with
respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the
transfer was registered upon receipt of the affidavit described in the preceding
paragraph of this Section 6.02(g).
(h) Each Holder of a Residual Certificate, by such Holder's acceptance
thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to have consented to the provisions of
this section.
SECTION 6.03 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.
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If (a) 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 (b) there is delivered to the Master Servicer and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless, 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
tenor and interest in the Trust Fund. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 6.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 6.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
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SECTION 6.04 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.07 with respect to any
Book-Entry Certificates, prior to due presentation of a Certificate for
registration of transfer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, and any agent of the
Master Servicer or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name any
Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 6.05 ACCESS TO LIST OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS' NAMES AND
ADDRESSES.
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(a) If three or more Certificateholders (i) request in writing from the
Trustee a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders, (ii) state that
such Certificateholders desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with
respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and (iii)
provide a copy of the communication which such Certificateholders propose to
transmit, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of
such request, afford such Certificateholders access during normal business hours
to a current list of the Certificateholders. The expense of providing any such
information requested by a Certificateholder shall be borne by the
Certificateholders requesting such information and shall not be borne by the
Trustee. Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees
that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of
any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
(b) The Master Servicer, so long as it is the Master Servicer
hereunder, shall have unlimited access to a list of the names and addresses of
the Certificateholders which list shall be provided by the Trustee promptly upon
the request of the Master Servicer.
SECTION 6.06 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
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The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Trustee in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be
served. The Trustee initially designates its office at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 as its office for such purpose. The Trustee will give
prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in the location of
any such office or agency.
SECTION 6.07 BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES.
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(a) Each class of Book-Entry Certificates, upon original issuance,
shall be issued in the form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing
the Book-Entry Certificates, to be delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Seller. The Book-Entry Certificates shall
initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of the nominee
of DTC, and no Beneficial Holder will receive a definitive certificate
representing such Beneficial Holder's interest in the Book-Entry Certificates,
except as provided in Section 6.09. Unless and until Definitive Certificates
have been issued to the Beneficial Holders pursuant to Section 6.09:
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(i) the provisions of this Section 6.07 shall be in full force
and effect with respect to such Book-Entry Certificates;
(ii) the Seller and the Trustee may deal with the Clearing
Agency for all purposes with respect to such Book-Entry Certificates
(including the making of distributions on such Certificates) as the
sole Holder of such Certificates;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 6.07
conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of
this Section 6.07 shall control;
(iv) the rights of the Beneficial Holders of such Book-Entry
Certificates shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and
the Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Beneficial Holders and the Clearing Agency
and/or the Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless
and until Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 6.09,
the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the
Participants and receive and transmit distributions of principal and
interest on the related Certificates to such Participants; and
(v) any transferee of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Certificate in the form of a Book-Entry Certificate will be deemed to
have made one of the representations set forth in Exhibit H hereto and
if any purported transferee shall become a registered Holder of a
Restricted Certificate in violation of such representations, then the
last preceding qualified transferee shall be deemed restored to all
rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of such transfer of
such Restricted Certificate.
(b) For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or
permitting actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Holders of each
Class of such Book-Entry Certificates evidencing a specified percentage of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Certificates, such direction or
consent may be given by the Clearing Agency at the direction of Beneficial
Holders owning such Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage of
principal amount of such Certificates. The Clearing Agency may take conflicting
actions with respect to each Class of such Book-Entry Certificates to the extent
that such actions are taken on behalf of the Beneficial Holders.
SECTION 6.08 NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY.
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Whenever notice or other communication to the Holders of each Class of
Book-Entry Certificates is required under this Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to the related Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 6.09, the Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Holders of each Class of the
Book-Entry Certificates to the Clearing Agency which shall give such notices and
communications to the related Participants in accordance with its applicable
rules, regulations and procedures.
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SECTION 6.09 DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES.
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If (a) the Seller advises the Trustee in writing that the Clearing
Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities
under the Depository Agreement with respect to the Certificates and the Trustee
or the Seller is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Seller, at its
option, advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system with respect to any or all of the Book-Entry Certificates
through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default,
Holders of each Class of Book-Entry Certificates evidencing not less than
66-2/3% of the aggregate Current Principal Amount of such Class of the
Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trustee in writing that the continuation of a
book-entry system with respect to the such Certificates through the Clearing
Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Holders of such Certificates
with respect to such Class of the Book-Entry Certificates, the Trustee shall
notify all Holders of such Certificates of the occurrence of any such event and
the availability of Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender to the Trustee of
the such Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions from the Clearing Agency for registration, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Seller nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein to
obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Clearing Agency shall be
deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable
with respect to such Definitive Certificates, and the Trustee shall recognize
the Holders of Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
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ARTICLE VII
THE SELLER, MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 7.01 LIABILITIES OF THE SELLER, MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER AND
THE MASTER SERVICER.
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(a) The Seller, Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer shall each
be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically and respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this
Agreement of the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer to repurchase or
substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which any breach of representation or
warranty or other obligation contained in Section 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 or 3.12
of this Agreement or in Section 2 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy
respecting such breach available to the Seller, the Certificateholders or the
Trustee on their behalf so long as the Mortgage Loan Seller repurchases or
substitutes any such Mortgage Loan. Neither the Certificateholders nor the
Trustee on their behalf shall be entitled to any consequential damages.
(c) Without limiting the effect of Section 7.01(b), the Master Servicer
shall defend and indemnify the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Seller, the
Certificate Registrar, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Certificateholders
against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims or liabilities,
including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation,
arising from third party claims or actions (including penalties or fees imposed
by any governmental or regulatory body or agency) in respect of any breach of
the Master Servicer's covenants, representations or warranties set forth herein
or in respect of any action taken or omitted by the Master Servicer with respect
to any Mortgage Loan constituting a failure by the Master Servicer to perform
its obligations under this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive any Event of
Default (but a Master Servicer's obligations under this Section 7.01 shall not
relate to any actions of any predecessor or subsequent Master Servicer after an
Event of Default) and any payment of the amount owing under, or any repurchase
by the Master Servicer of, any such Mortgage Loan.
(d) Without limiting the effect of Section 7.01(b), the Mortgage Loan
Seller shall defend and indemnify the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Seller, the
Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer and the Certificateholders against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims or liabilities, including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation, arising from
third party claims or actions (including penalties or fees imposed by any
governmental or regulatory body or agency) in respect of any breach of the
Mortgage Loan Seller's covenants, representations or warranties set forth herein
or in respect of any action taken or omitted by the Mortgage Loan Seller with
respect to any Mortgage Loan constituting a failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller
to perform its obligations under this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive
any payment of the amount owing under, or any repurchase by the Mortgage Loan
Seller of, any such Mortgage Loan.
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(e) Any amounts received by the Trustee from the Mortgage Loan Seller
or Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Article VII
shall be deposited in the Certificate Account and shall be distributed as part
of the Total Distribution Amount. If either the Mortgage Loan Seller or the
Master Servicer has made any indemnity payments to the Trustee pursuant to this
Article VII and the Trustee thereafter collects any of such amounts from others,
the Trustee will repay such amounts collected to the Mortgage Loan Seller or
Master Servicer, as applicable, together with any interest collected thereon.
SECTION 7.02 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE SELLER, THE MORTGAGE
LOAN SELLER OR THE MASTER SERVICER.
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(a) Subject to Section 7.02(b), the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller
and the Master Servicer will each do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises
(charter and statutory) and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to
do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.
(b) Any of the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer or the Seller
may merge or consolidate with any Person, and any Person into which the Mortgage
Loan Seller, the Master Servicer or the Seller may be merged or consolidated, or
any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Mortgage Loan
Seller or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, Master Servicer or the Seller, shall be
the successor of the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer or the Seller, as
the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving
Person to the Master Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans to, and
to service mortgage loans on behalf of, Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac.
(c) Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 7.02 or in Section
7.04 hereof to the contrary, the Master Servicer may assign its rights and
delegate its duties and obligations under this Agreement (except for the
obligation of the Master Servicer or Mortgage Loan Seller to effectuate
repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including pursuant to
Section 2.01, 2.02 or 2.04 hereof, which shall remain with Washington Mutual
hereunder); provided, however, that the Master Servicer gives the Seller and the
Trustee notice of such assignment; and provided further, that such purchaser or
transferee accepting such assignment and delegation shall be an institution that
is a Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing, which
has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, and which is willing to service the
Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to the Seller and the Trustee an
agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, which contains an assumption
by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Master Servicer, with like effect as if originally named as a
party to this Agreement. In the case of any such assignment and delegation, the
Master Servicer shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(except as provided above), except that the Master Servicer shall remain liable
for all liabilities and obligations incurred by it as Master Servicer hereunder
prior to the satisfaction of the conditions to such assignment and delegation
set forth in the preceding sentence.
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SECTION 7.03 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF THE SELLER, THE MASTER
SERVICER AND OTHERS.
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Neither the Seller nor the Master Servicer nor any of the directors,
officers, employees or agents of the Seller or the Master Servicer shall be
under any liability to the Certificateholders for any action taken or for
refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Seller or the Master Servicer against any breach of
representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the Seller or the
Master Servicer or any such person from any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Seller, the Master Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Seller or the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on
any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any
Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Seller, the Master Servicer
and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Seller or the Master
Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any
loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating
to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense
incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Seller nor the Master Servicer
shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action
that is not incidental to their respective duties hereunder and which in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that
either the Seller or the Master Servicer may in its discretion undertake any
such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement
and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and
the Certificateholders hereunder.
SECTION 7.04 MASTER SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN.
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The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
imposed upon it hereunder except upon determination that such obligations and
duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or except in
connection with a permitted assignment pursuant to Section 7.02. Any such
determination that the Master Servicer's obligations are no longer permissible
shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the
Trustee. The Master Servicer shall give notice of any proposed resignation to
the Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies. No such resignation
by the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor
master servicer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities and
obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 hereof or shall affect any
obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder.
SECTION 7.05 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE; FIDELITY BONDS.
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The Master Servicer shall, for so long as it acts as master servicer
under this Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of
insurance covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations as
master servicer hereunder, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers,
employees and agents. Each such policy or policies and bond shall, together,
comply
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with the requirements from time to time of Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac for persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac.
In the event that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the Master
Servicer shall obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an insurer or
issuer, meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of such
replacement.
SECTION 7.06 MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER AND MASTER SERVICER MAY OWN
CERTIFICATES.
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Each of the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Mortgage Loan Seller or
the Master Servicer, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT
SECTION 8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
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(a) "Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events (whatever reason for such Event of Default 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):
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to remit to the Trustee
any payment other than a Monthly Advance required to be made by the
Master Servicer under the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall
continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days after the date
upon which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the
Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Seller or to the Master Servicer
and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having not less than 25%
of the Voting Interests evidenced by the Certificates; or
(ii) any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or perform
in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
part of the Master Servicer contained in this Agreement (except as set
forth in (iii) below) which failure (A) materially affects the rights
of the Certificateholders and (B) shall continue unremedied for a
period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such
failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or
the Seller, or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Interests
evidenced by the Certificates; or
(iii) if a representation or warranty set forth in Section
2.03 hereof shall prove to be materially incorrect as of the time made
in any respect that materially and adversely affects interests of the
Certificateholders, and the circumstances or condition in respect of
which such representation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been
eliminated or cured, or any affected Mortgage Loan shall not have been
substituted for or repurchased, within 60 days (or, if such breach is
not capable of being cured within 60 days and is not subject to the
remedies set forth in Section 2.04 and provided that the Master
Servicer believes in good faith that such breach can be cured and is
diligently pursuing the cure thereof, within 120 days) after the date
on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the Master
Servicer and Mortgage Loan Seller by the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders or by the Seller; or
(iv) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings,
or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been
entered
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against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or
(v) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment
of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings
of or relating to the Master Servicer or all or substantially all of
the property of the Master Servicer; or
(vi) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take
advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable
insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
obligations; or
(vii) either Rating Agency shall lower or withdraw the
outstanding rating of the Certificates because the existing or
prospective financial condition or mortgage loan servicing capability
of the Master Servicer is insufficient to maintain such outstanding
rating; or
(viii) any failure of the Master Servicer to make any Monthly
Advance in the manner and at the time required to be made from its own
funds pursuant to this Agreement and after receipt of notice from the
Trustee pursuant to Section 5.04, which failure continues unremedied
after the close of business on the Business Day immediately following
the Distribution Date.
(b) If an Event of Default due to the actions or inaction of the Master
Servicer described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 8.01(a) shall occur,
then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall
not have been remedied, the Trustee shall, if so directed by the Holders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Interests evidenced by
the Certificates, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer (with a copy to
the Rating Agencies), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement (other than rights to reimbursement for Monthly
Advances or other advances previously made, as provided in Section 3.09 or
4.01).
(c) If an Event of Default described in clause (viii) shall occur, the
Trustee shall, prior to the next Distribution Date, terminate the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder (other than rights to reimbursement
for Monthly Advances or other advances previously made, as provided in Section
3.09 or 4.01) and succeed to the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
hereunder pursuant to Section 8.02, including the obligation to make Monthly
Advances on such Distribution Date pursuant to the terms hereof.
SECTION 8.02 TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
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(a) On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof or resigns pursuant to Section 7.04
hereof, subject to the provisions of Section 3.06 hereof, the Trustee shall be
the successor in all respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity as master
servicer under this Agreement and with respect to the transactions set forth or
provided
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for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the terms and
provisions hereof, provided that neither the Trustee nor any other successor to
the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.02 shall be deemed to have made
any representation or warranty made by the Master Servicer, shall be obligated
to effect any repurchase or substitute of any Mortgage Loan, or shall have any
responsibility for an act or omission of any predecessor Master Servicer. As
compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all funds relating to
the Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer would have been entitled to charge
to the related Custodial Account if the Master Servicer had continued to act
hereunder (except that the terminated Master Servicer shall retain the right to
be reimbursed for advances (including, without limitation, Monthly Advances)
theretofore made by the Master Servicer with respect to which it would be
entitled to be reimbursed if it had not been so terminated as Master Servicer).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor
to the Master Servicer in accordance with this Section 8.02, the Trustee may, if
it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is unable to so act, appoint,
or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established
mortgage loan servicing institution, the appointment of which does not adversely
affect the then current rating of the Certificates, 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. Pending
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless
the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall act in such capacity as
provided herein. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee
may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of
payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided,
however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the
Master Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such
action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any
such succession.
(b) The Master Servicer that has been terminated shall, at the request
of the Trustee but at the expense of such Master Servicer, deliver to the
assuming party all documents and records relating to each Sub-Servicing
Agreement and the related Mortgage Loans and an accounting of amounts collected
and held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and
efficient transfer of each Sub-Servicing Agreement to the assuming party.
(c) The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Trustee and any
successor Master Servicer in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's
responsibilities and rights hereunder, including without limitation, the
transfer to such successor for administration by it of all cash amounts which
shall at the time be credited by the Master Servicer to the Custodial Account or
thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Master Servicer
Mortgage Files.
(d) Neither the Trustee nor any other successor master servicer shall
be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any
delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof caused by (a)
the failure of the Master Servicer to (i) deliver, or any delay in delivering,
cash, documents or records to it, (ii) cooperate as required by this Agreement,
or (iii) deliver the Master Servicer Mortgage Files to the Trustee as required
by this Agreement, or (b) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer.
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(e) Any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer shall
during the term of its service as master servicer maintain in force the policy
or policies that the Master Servicer is required to maintain pursuant to Section
7.05 hereof. No termination of the Master Servicer shall have any affect on the
obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder.
SECTION 8.03 NOTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
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(a) Upon any termination or appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the
Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate
Register and to the Rating Agencies.
(b) Within 2 Business Days after its notice of the occurrence of any
Event of Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders
and the Rating Agencies notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to
the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
SECTION 8.04 WAIVER OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
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The Holders representing at least 66-2/3% of the Voting Interests of
Certificates affected by a default or Event of Default hereunder may waive any
default or Event of Default, provided, however, that (a) a default or Event of
Default under clause (i) or (viii) of Section 8.01(a) may be waived only by
Holders of Certificates of 100% of the Class affected by such default or Event
of Default and (b) no waiver pursuant to this Section 8.04 shall affect the
Holders of Certificates in the manner set forth in Section 11.01(b)(i), (ii) or
(iii). Upon any such waiver of a default or Event of Default by the Holders
representing the requisite percentage of Voting Interests of Certificates
affected by such default or Event of Default, such default or Event of Default
shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose
hereunder. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent
expressly so waived.
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ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 9.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
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(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and
after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred,
undertakes with respect to the Trust Fund to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of
Default has occurred and remains uncured and not waived, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own
affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee set forth in this Agreement shall
not be construed as a duty.
(b) The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they conform
to the requirements of this Agreement. The Trustee shall have no duty to
recompute, recalculate or verify the accuracy of any resolution, certificate,
statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument so furnished to
the Trustee.
(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 misconduct, its negligent failure to perform its obligations
in compliance with this Agreement, or any liability which would be imposed by
reason of its willful misfeasance or bad faith; provided, however, that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after
the curing or waiver of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall
not be personally liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the
Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Agreement which it reasonably believed in good
faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper
authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless the Trustee was negligent or acted in
bad faith or with willful misfeasance;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect
to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Interests allocated to each
Class
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of Certificates relating to the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Agreement;
and
(iv) 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.
(d) Except with respect to an Event of Default described in clause (i)
of Section 8.01(a), the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Event of Default or event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof from the Master Servicer, the Seller or a
Certificateholder, or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual notice
thereof, and in the absence of such notice no provision hereof requiring the
taking of any action or the assumption of any duties or responsibility by the
Trustee following the occurrence of any Event of Default or event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall be
effective as to the Trustee.
(e) The Trustee shall have no duty hereunder with respect to any
complaint, claim, demand, notice or other document it may receive or which may
be alleged to have been delivered to or served upon it by the parties as a
consequence of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan hereunder; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall use its best efforts to remit to the Master Servicer,
upon receipt, any such complaint, claim, demand, notice or other document (i)
which is delivered to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, (ii) of which a
Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, and (iii) which contains information
sufficient to permit the Trustee to make a determination that the real property
to which such document relates is a Mortgaged Property.
SECTION 9.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01:
(i) the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officers' Certificate, certificate of Servicing Officers, auditors or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant
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to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve
the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default (which has not been cured or waived), to exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's
own affairs;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Agreement;
(v) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder
and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do
by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Interests allocated to each Class of Certificates; provided, however,
that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the
costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the
making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the
terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
against such expense or liability as a condition to taking any such
action; the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be
paid by the Master Servicer in the event that such investigation
relates to an Event of Default by the Master Servicer, if an Event of
Default by the Master Servicer shall have occurred and is continuing,
and otherwise by the Certificateholders requesting the investigation;
(vi) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through affiliates, agents or attorneys;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such liability is not assured to it; and
(viii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any
investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the
possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or
other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all
the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
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SECTION 9.03 TRUSTEE NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR MORTGAGE
LOANS.
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The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Seller or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, the Certificates or of any
Mortgage Loan or related document. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master
Servicer of any funds paid to the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master
Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the
Certificate Account by the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master
Servicer.
SECTION 9.04 TRUSTEE MAY OWN CERTIFICATES.
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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates and may transact business with the other
parties with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.
SECTION 9.05 TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.
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(a) As compensation for its services hereunder, the Trustee shall be
entitled to the Trustee Fee and reimbursement of its expenses in accordance with
a separate fee letter.
(b) The Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Trustee shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer and held harmless against
any loss, liability or expense (i) incurred in connection with any legal action
relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, or the performance of any of the
Trustee's duties hereunder, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred
by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of
any of the Trustee's duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of the
Trustee's obligations and duties hereunder and (ii) resulting from the exercise
of any power of attorney granted by the Trustee to the Master Servicer in
accordance with this Agreement. Such indemnity shall survive the termination of
this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 9.06 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE.
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The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
association having its principal office in a state and city acceptable to the
Seller and the Master Servicer and organized and doing business under the laws
of such state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 9.06
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.06, the Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
9.07 hereof.
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SECTION 9.07 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.
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(a) The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trusts hereby created by (i) giving written notice of resignation to the Seller,
the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer and by mailing notice of
resignation by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificateholders at
their addresses appearing on the Certificate Register, and to the Rating
Agencies, not less than 60 days before the date specified in such notice when,
subject to Section 9.08, such resignation is to take effect, and (ii) acceptance
by a successor trustee in accordance with Section 9.08 meeting the
qualifications set forth in Section 9.06. If no successor trustee shall have
been so 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.
(b) If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.06 hereof and shall fail to resign
after written request thereto by the Master Servicer, (ii) the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, (iii) a
tax is imposed or threatened with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in
which the Trustee or the Trust Fund held by the Trustee is located, (iv) the
continued use of the Trustee would result in a downgrading of the rating by the
Rating Agencies of any Class of Certificates with a rating or (v) the Trustee
breaches any of its obligations or representations hereunder, then the Seller,
with the consent of the Master Servicer, may remove the Trustee and, with the
consent of the Master Servicer, appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. The Trustee may also be removed
at any time by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 50% of the
Voting Interests evidenced by the Certificates. Notice of any removal of the
Trustee and acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee shall be given to
the Rating Agencies by the Master Servicer.
(c) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 9.07 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 9.08 hereof.
SECTION 9.08 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
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(a) If the Trustee resigns pursuant to Section 9.07, the Seller, with
the consent of the Master Servicer, shall appoint a successor trustee that
satisfies the requirements of Section 9.06. Any successor trustee appointed as
provided in Section 9.07 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Seller and the Master Servicer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all
the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with
the like effect as if originally named as trustee herein. The Seller and the
predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other
things as may reasonably be required
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for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all
such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
(b) No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 9.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06 hereof and shall not adversely
affect the then current rating of the Certificates.
(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided
in this Section 9.08, the Master Servicer shall mail notice of the succession of
such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as
shown in the Certificate Register. If the Master Servicer 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
Seller.
SECTION 9.09 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE.
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Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding
to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such Person shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06
hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part
of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 9.10 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any
time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in
which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at
the time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall
have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or
more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly
with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part
of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and
for the benefit of the applicable Certificateholders, such title to the Trust
Fund, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section
9.10, 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 fifteen days after the receipt
by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such
appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 9.06 and no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 9.08.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee, except for any obligation of the Trustee
under this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Master Servicer,
shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
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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 by the Trustee
(whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer),
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 Fund or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other 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.
(c) 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 Article IX. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as
may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Master Servicer and the Seller.
(d) 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.
(e) The Trustee agrees to instruct the co-trustees, if any, to the
extent necessary to fulfill the Trustee's obligations hereunder.
(f) The Master Servicer shall pay what it determines in its sole
discretion to be the reasonable compensation of any co-trustee required to be
appointed hereunder, provided that any such expenditure shall be a reimbursable
expense of the Master Servicer from funds on deposit in the Custodial Account
pursuant to Section 3.09(a)(vii).
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SECTION 9.11 OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE.
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The office of the Trustee for purposes of receipt of notices and
demands is the Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 9.12 TAX RETURNS, 1934 ACT REPORTING, OTHER DATA.
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(a) The Trustee shall prepare or cause to be prepared on behalf of the
Trust Fund, based upon the information furnished by the Master Servicer or
calculated by the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement pursuant to
instructions given by the Seller, and shall file federal tax returns and
appropriate state income tax returns and such other returns as may be required
by applicable law relating to the Trust Fund and shall forward copies to the
Seller of all such returns and Form 1099 information and such other information
within the control of the Trustee as the Seller may reasonably request in
writing, and shall forward to each Certificateholder such forms and furnish such
information within the control of the Trustee as are required by the Code and
the REMIC Provisions to be furnished to them, and will prepare and disseminate
to Certificateholders Form 1099s (or otherwise furnish information within the
control of the Trustee) to the extent required by applicable law.
(b) The Trustee shall prepare and file with the Internal Revenue
Service ("IRS"), on behalf of the Trust Fund, an application on IRS Form SS-4.
(c) Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, in
accordance with industry standards, file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System ("XXXXX"), a
Form 8-K with a copy of the statement to the Certificateholders for such
Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. The Trustee shall, in accordance with
industry standards and only when instructed by the Seller, file a Form 15
Suspension Notice with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to March
31 of each calendar year commencing March 31, 2001, the Trustee shall file a
Form 10-K, in substance conforming to industry standards, with respect to the
Trust Fund. The Seller hereby grants to the Trustee a limited power of attorney
to execute and file each such document on behalf of the Seller. Such power of
attorney shall continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by the Trustee
from the Seller of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the
termination of the Trust Fund. The Seller agrees to promptly furnish to the
Trustee, from time to time upon request, such further information, reports and
financial statements within its control related to this Agreement and the
Mortgage Loans as the Trustee reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file
all necessary reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Trustee
shall have no responsibility to file any items other than those specified in
this Section 9.12(c); provided, however, the Trustee will cooperate with the
Seller in connection with any additional filings with respect to the Trust Fund
as the Seller deems necessary under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"). Copies of all reports filed by the Trustee under
the Exchange Act shall be sent to: the Seller c/o Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.,
Attn: Managing Director-Analysis and Control, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000. Fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in
connection with this Section 9.12(c) shall not be reimbursable from the Trust
Fund.
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(d) The Trustee will provide all information to Bloomberg that is
necessary to have the information regarding the Certificates and the transaction
posted on Bloomberg and the Trustee will provide Bloomberg with all necessary
information (including information regarding the Mortgage Loans) for Bloomberg
to update information necessary regarding the Certificates and the transaction
on Bloomberg.
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
SECTION 10.01 TERMINATION UPON LIQUIDATION OR REPURCHASE OF ALL
MORTGAGE LOANS.
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(a) The obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the
Mortgage Loan Seller, the Seller and the Trustee created hereby with respect to
the Trust Fund created hereby shall terminate upon the earlier of:
(i) the repurchase by the Master Servicer at its election, of
all Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage
Loan remaining in the Trust Fund, which repurchase right the Master
Servicer may exercise at its sole and exclusive election as of any
Distribution Date (such applicable Distribution Date being herein
referred to as the "Optional Termination Date") following the
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans at the time of the repurchase is less than or equal
to 10% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the Cut-off Date; and
(ii) the later of (A) twelve months after the maturity of the
last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund, (B) the liquidation (or
any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining
in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (C) the
distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement.
In no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Xx. Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, former Ambassador of the United States to Great Britain, living on the
date of execution of this Agreement. Any termination of the Trust Fund pursuant
to clause (i) above shall be carried out in such a manner so that the
termination of the REMIC included therein shall qualify as a "qualified
liquidation" under the REMIC Provisions.
(b) The Mortgage Loan Repurchase Price for any such Optional
Termination of the Trust Fund shall be equal to the Aggregate Loan Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the date of repurchase, together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon from the date to which such interest was paid or
advanced at the sum of the applicable Net Mortgage Rate with respect to each
Mortgage Loan through the last day of the month of such repurchase, plus any
sums on account of such Mortgage Loan that have been advanced by the Master
Servicer and are reimbursable to the Master Servicer hereunder (including the
Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was secured by any REO
Property); provided, however, that if the Master Servicer shall so choose, the
Master Servicer may remit the Mortgage Loan Repurchase Price net of advances
that would otherwise be reimbursable to the Master Servicer and the Master
Servicer will have no further entitlement to reimbursement for such advances.
The Trustee shall give notice to the Rating
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Agencies of the Master Servicer's election to purchase the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to this Section 10.01 and of the Optional Termination Date.
SECTION 10.02 PROCEDURE UPON OPTIONAL OR OTHER FINAL TERMINATION.
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(a) In case of any Optional Termination pursuant to Section 10.01, the
Master Servicer shall, at least twenty days prior to the date notice is to be
mailed to the affected Certificateholders pursuant to Section 10.02(c), notify
the Trustee of such Optional Termination Date and of the Mortgage Loan
Repurchase Price.
(b) Any repurchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Master Servicer shall
be made on an Optional Termination Date by deposit of the Mortgage Loan
Repurchase Price into the Certificate Account before the Distribution Date on
which such repurchase is effected. Upon receipt by the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate of the Master Servicer certifying as to the deposit of such
repurchase price into the Certificate Account, the Master Servicer shall prepare
and the Trustee and each co-trustee and separate trustee, if any, then acting as
such under this Agreement, shall, upon request and at the expense of the Master
Servicer execute and deliver all such instruments of transfer or assignment, in
each case without recourse, as shall be necessary, to vest title in the Master
Servicer in the Mortgage Loans so repurchased and shall transfer or deliver to
the Master Servicer the repurchased Mortgage Loans. Any distributions on the
Mortgage Loans received by the Trustee subsequent to (or with respect to any
period subsequent to) the Optional Termination Date shall be promptly remitted
by it to the Master Servicer.
(c) Notice of the Distribution Date on which the Master Servicer
anticipates that the final distribution shall be made (whether upon Optional
Termination or otherwise), shall be given promptly by the Master Servicer to the
Trustee and by the Trustee by first class mail to Holders of the affected
Certificates. Such notice shall be mailed no earlier than the 15th day and not
later than the 10th day preceding the Optional Termination Date or date of final
distribution, as the case may be. Such notice shall specify (i) the Distribution
Date upon which final distribution on the affected Certificates will be made
upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office or agency
therein designated, (ii) the amount of such final distribution and (iii) that
the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, such distribution being made only upon presentation and surrender of
such Certificates at the office or agency maintained for such purposes (the
address of which shall be set forth in such notice).
(d) In the event that any Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice
to the remaining such Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
six months after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may
appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain subject to
the Trust Fund. If, after such actions have been taken, such Certificates have
not been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall pay over all such
remaining funds to the Seller.
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SECTION 10.03 ADDITIONAL TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS.
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(a) In the event the Master Servicer exercises its purchase option
pursuant to Section 10.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has received an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to comply
with the requirements of this Section will not (i) result in the imposition of
taxes on a "prohibited transaction" of the Trust Fund, as described in Section
860F of the Code, or (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(i) within 90 days prior to the final Distribution Date set
forth in the notice given by the Master Servicer under Section 10.02,
the Trustee shall adopt a plan of complete liquidation of the Trust
Fund and specify the first day of the applicable 90-day liquidation
period in a statement attached to the Trust Fund's final tax return
pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-1, and satisfy (or
cause to be satisfied) all of the requirements of a qualified
liquidation under the REMIC Provisions; and
(ii) at or after the time of adoption of any such plan of
complete liquidation for the Trust Fund at or prior to the Final
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall sell all of the assets (if any) of
the Trust Fund to the Master Servicer for cash; provided, however, that
in the event that a calendar quarter ends after the time of adoption of
such a plan of complete liquidation but prior to the final Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall not sell any of the assets of the Trust Fund
prior to the close of that calendar quarter.
(b) By its acceptance of a Class R Certificate, the Holders thereof
hereby agree to adopt such a plan of complete liquidation and to take such other
action in connection therewith as may be reasonably required to liquidate and
otherwise terminate the Trust Fund.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.01 AMENDMENT.
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(a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Trustee without the consent of
any of the Certificateholders,
(i) to cure any ambiguity,
(ii) to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may
be inconsistent with any other provisions herein or that may be
inconsistent with information provided in the Offering Documents,
(iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to
such extent as shall be necessary or desirable to maintain the
qualification of the Trust Fund as a REMIC at all times that any
Certificate is outstanding or to avoid or minimize the risk of the
imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund pursuant to the Code that would
be a claim against the Trust Fund, provided that the Trustee has
received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (A) such action is
necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or
minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (B) such action
will not adversely affect the status of the Trust Fund as a REMIC or
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder,
(iv) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement that are not materially
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, provided that such
action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests
of any Certificateholder or adversely affect the status of the Trust
Fund as a REMIC as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or written
confirmation received by each Rating Agency then rating the
Certificates that such amendment to this Agreement will not result in a
downgrade of the current rating then assigned to any Class of
Certificates affected by such amendment, or
(v) To add appropriate restrictions and legends to any of the
Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 or Class M-3 Certificates that are no
longer registered under the 0000 Xxx.
(b) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of Certificates evidencing, in the aggregate, not less than 66-2/3%
of the Voting Interests of all the Certificates for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the
Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment may (i) reduce in any
manner the amount of, delay the timing of or change the manner in which payments
received on or with respect to
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Mortgage Loans are required to be distributed with respect to any Certificate
without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of the Holders of a Class of Certificates in
a manner other than as set forth in (i) above without the consent of the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the Voting Interests of such
Class, (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Voting Interests, the holders
of which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of
100% of the Holders of Certificates of the Class affected thereby, (iv) change
the percentage of the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
specified in Section 10.01(a) relating to optional termination of the Trust Fund
without the consent of 100% of the Holders of Certificates, (v) modify the
provisions of this Section 11.01 without the consent of 100% of the Holders of
Certificates, or (vi) terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund created
hereunder other than as provided in Article X hereof without the consent of 100%
of the Holders of Certificates.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
(c) Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement,
the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment to each Certificateholder and the Rating Agencies.
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel that any such amendment is
authorized by and permitted hereunder and that it will not adversely affect the
status of the Trust Fund as a REMIC.
SECTION 11.02 RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT; COUNTERPARTS.
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(a) This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public
offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and
in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere.
Such recordation, if any, shall be effected by the Master Servicer at its
expense on direction of the Trustee, but only upon direction of the Trustee
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation
materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders of
the Trust Fund.
(b) For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement
as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
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SECTION 11.03 GOVERNING LAW.
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THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND
TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.04 INTENTION OF PARTIES.
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(a) It is the express intent of the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller,
the Master Servicer and the Trustee that the conveyance by the Mortgage Loan
Seller to the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the
conveyance by the Seller to the Trustee and by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the
Trustee as provided for in Section 2.01 of each of the Mortgage Loan Seller's
and Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans be, and be
construed as, an absolute sale and assignment by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the
Seller and by the Seller to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of
the Certificateholders. Further, it is not intended that either conveyance be
deemed to be a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the
Seller or by the Seller to the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation.
However, in the event that the Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the
Mortgage Loan Seller or the Seller, or if for any reason the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement or this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security
interest in the Mortgage Loans, then it is intended that (i) this Agreement
shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8
and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform Commercial Code of
any other applicable jurisdiction; (ii) the conveyances provided for in Section
2.01 shall be deemed to be a grant by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Seller to
the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, to secure payment in full of
the Secured Obligations (as defined below), of a security interest in all of the
Mortgage Loan Seller's and the Seller's right (including the power to convey
title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in
and to the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgage Notes, the Mortgages, any
related insurance policies and all other documents in the related Trustee
Mortgage Files, and all accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper,
instruments, documents, money, deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, goods,
letters of credit, advices of credit and investment property consisting of the
Trust Fund, arising from or relating to (A) the Mortgage Loans, including with
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Note and related Mortgage, and all
other documents in the related Trustee Mortgage Files, and including any
Replacement Mortgage Loans; (B) pool insurance policies, hazard insurance
policies and any bankruptcy bond relating to the foregoing, if applicable; (C)
the Certificate Account; (D) the Custodial Account; (E) all amounts payable on
or after the Cut-off Date to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the terms thereof; (F) all income, payments, proceeds and products of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments,
securities or other property, including without limitation all amounts from time
to time held or invested in the Certificate Account, whether in the form of
cash, instruments, securities or other property; and (G) all cash and non-cash
proceeds of any of the foregoing; (iii) the possession or control by the Trustee
or any other agent of the Trustee of Mortgage Notes or such other items of
property as constitute instruments, money, documents, advices of credit, letters
of credit, goods, certificated securities or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
possession or control by the secured party, or possession or control by a
purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the
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security interest pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code (including, without
limitation, Sections 9-305 or 9-115 thereof); and (iv) notifications to persons
holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from
persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or
acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, securities intermediaries,
bailees or agents of, or persons holding for, the Trustee, as applicable, for
the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. "Secured
Obligations" means (i) the rights of each Certificateholder to be paid any
amount owed to it under this Agreement, (ii) all other obligations of the
Mortgage Loan Seller and the Seller under this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement and (iii) the right of the Certificateholders to the Mortgage
Loans.
(b) The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Seller, and, at the Seller's
direction, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, shall, to the extent consistent
with this Agreement, take such reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure
that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the
Mortgage Loans and the other Trust Fund property described above, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
as applicable. The Master Servicer shall file, at its expense, all filings
necessary to maintain the effectiveness of any original filings necessary under
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction to perfect the
Trustee's security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans, including without
limitation (i) continuation statements, (ii) such other statements as may be
occasioned by any transfer of any interest of the Master Servicer or the Seller
in any Mortgage Loan; and filings necessary as a result in any change in the
UCC.
SECTION 11.05 NOTICES.
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In addition to other notices provided under this Agreement, the Trustee
shall notify the Rating Agencies in writing of: (a) any amendment of this
Agreement pursuant to 11.01; (b) the final payment of any amounts owing to a
Class of Certificates; (c) any Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer
has actual knowledge under this Agreement; and (d) in the event any Mortgage
Loan is repurchased in accordance with this Agreement; and (e) the appointment
of any successor to the Master Servicer.
All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
(except where also required to be given telephonically) and shall be deemed to
have been duly given when received (i) in the case of the Seller, Structured
Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Legal Department; (ii) in the case of the Trustee, Bankers Trust
Company of California, N.A., 0000 Xxxx Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services or such other address as may
hereafter be furnished to the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master
Servicer in writing by the Trustee; (iii) in the case of the Mortgage Loan
Seller or Master Servicer, Washington Mutual Bank, FA, 000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx and to 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (with a copy
to 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxx,
Senior Executive Vice President); and (iv) in the case of the Rating Agencies,
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Rating Group; Fitch, Inc., Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential Mortgages; and
Standard & Poor's Rating Services, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Attention: Residential Mortgages. Notices given by telecopy shall be
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deemed received when request is confirmed by telephone. Notices of default are
also required to be given by registered mail. Notices to Certificateholders
shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage prepaid.
SECTION 11.06 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.
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If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 11.07 LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.
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(a) The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate
to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or
winding up of the Trust Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
(b) No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as
provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management
of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so
as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members
of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any
third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement
pursuant to any provision hereof.
(c) No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement,
unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice
of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as provided herein, and
unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Interests evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended,
and being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section 11.07, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
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SECTION 11.08 CERTIFICATES NONASSESSABLE AND FULLY PAID.
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It is the intention of the Seller that Certificateholders shall not be
personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the
Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Trustee
have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized all as of the 21st day of December, 2000.
STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS INC.,
as Seller
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA,
as Mortgage Loan Seller and Master
Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
000
XXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On this _____ day of December, 2000, before me, personally appeared
__________________________, known to me to be a _____________________________ of
Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., that executed the within instrument,
and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said bank,
and acknowledged to me that such bank executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
000
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this _____ day of December, 2000, before me, personally appeared
__________________________, known to me to be a _____________________________ of
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc., one of the corporations that
executed the within instrument and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
000
XXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ____ day of December, 2000, before me, a Notary Public in and
for said State, personally appeared _____________________________, known to me
to be a the _________________ of Washington Mutual Bank, FA, the federally
chartered savings association, that executed the within instrument and also
known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said bank, and
acknowledged to me that such bank executed the within instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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