EXECUTION COPY
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CWMBS, INC.,
Depositor
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
Seller and Master Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 1998
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ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 1998-4
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Series 1998-12
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Accretion Directed Certificates.........................................I-1
Accrual Amount..........................................................I-1
Accrual Components......................................................I-1
Adjusted Mortgage Rate..................................................I-1
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate..............................................I-1
Advance.................................................................I-1
Agreement...............................................................I-1
Allocable Share.........................................................I-1
Amount Available for Senior Principal...................................I-2
Amount Held for Future Distribution.....................................I-2
Applicable Credit Support Percentage....................................I-2
Appraised Value.........................................................I-2
Assumed Interest Amount.................................................I-2
Assumed Balance.........................................................I-2
Available Funds.........................................................I-3
Bankruptcy Code.........................................................I-3
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date....................................I-3
Bankruptcy Loss.........................................................I-3
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount.........................................I-3
Blanket Mortgage........................................................I-3
Book-Entry Certificates.................................................I-3
Business Day............................................................I-3
Certificate.............................................................I-4
Certificate Account.....................................................I-4
Certificate Balance.....................................................I-4
Certificate Owner.......................................................I-4
Certificate Register....................................................I-4
Certificateholder or Holder.............................................I-4
Class...................................................................I-4
Class Certificate Balance...............................................I-4
Class Interest Shortfall................................................I-4
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount..............................I-5
Class PO Deferred Amount................................................I-5
Class Subordination Percentage..........................................I-5
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts...........................................I-5
Closing Date............................................................I-5
Code....................................................................I-5
COFI....................................................................I-5
COFI Certificates.......................................................I-5
Component...............................................................I-5
Component Balance.......................................................I-5
Component Certificates..................................................I-5
Cooperative Corporation.................................................I-5
Coop Shares.............................................................I-6
Cooperative Loan........................................................I-6
Cooperative Property....................................................I-6
Cooperative Unit........................................................I-6
Corporate Trust Office..................................................I-6
Corresponding Classes of Certificates...................................I-6
Cut-off Date............................................................I-6
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance.....................................I-6
Cut-off Date Principal Balance..........................................I-6
Debt Service Reduction..................................................I-6
Defective Mortgage Loan.................................................I-6
Deficient Valuation.....................................................I-6
Definitive Certificates.................................................I-7
Delay Certificates......................................................I-7
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans...........................................I-7
Deleted Mortgage Loan...................................................I-7
Denomination............................................................I-7
Depositor...............................................................I-7
Depository..............................................................I-7
Depository Participant..................................................I-7
Determination Date......................................................I-7
Discount Mortgage Loan..................................................I-7
Distribution Account....................................................I-7
Distribution Account Deposit Date.......................................I-7
Distribution Date.......................................................I-7
Due Date................................................................I-8
Duff & Xxxxxx...........................................................I-8
Eligible Account........................................................I-8
ERISA...................................................................I-8
ERISA-Restricted Certificate............................................I-8
Escrow Account..........................................................I-8
Event of Default........................................................I-8
Excess Loss.............................................................I-8
Excess Proceeds.........................................................I-8
Expense Rate............................................................I-9
FDIC....................................................................I-9
FHLMC...................................................................I-9
FIRREA..................................................................I-9
Fitch...................................................................I-9
FNMA....................................................................I-9
Fraud Loan..............................................................I-9
Fraud Losses............................................................I-9
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount..............................................I-9
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date....................................I-9
Index...................................................................I-10
Indirect Participant....................................................I-10
Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount......................................I-10
Initial Component Balance...............................................I-10
Insurance Policy........................................................I-10
Insurance Proceeds......................................................I-10
Insured Expenses........................................................I-10
Interest Accrual Period.................................................I-10
Interest Determination Date.............................................I-10
Latest Possible Maturity Date...........................................I-10
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan................................................I-10
LIBOR...................................................................I-10
LIBOR Certificates......................................................I-10
Liquidated Mortgage Loan................................................I-10
Liquidation Proceeds....................................................I-11
Loan Group..............................................................I-11
Loan Group 1............................................................I-11
Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates........................................I-11
Loan Group 2............................................................I-11
Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates........................................I-11
Loan-to-Value Ratio.....................................................I-11
Lost Mortgage Note......................................................I-11
Maintenance.............................................................I-11
Majority in Interest....................................................I-11
Master Servicer.........................................................I-11
Master Servicer Advance Date............................................I-11
Master Servicing Fee....................................................I-11
Master Servicing Fee Rate...............................................I-12
Monthly Statement.......................................................I-12
Xxxxx'x.................................................................I-12
Mortgage................................................................I-12
Mortgage File...........................................................I-12
Mortgage Loans..........................................................I-12
Mortgage Loan Schedule..................................................I-12
Mortgage Note...........................................................I-13
Mortgage Rate...........................................................I-13
Mortgaged Property......................................................I-13
Mortgagor...............................................................I-13
National Cost of Funds Index............................................I-13
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls......................................I-13
Non-Delay Certificates..................................................I-14
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan..............................................I-14
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount.........................................I-14
Non-PO Percentage.......................................................I-14
Nonrecoverable Advance..................................................I-14
Notice of Final Distribution............................................I-14
Notional Amount.........................................................I-14
Notional Amount Certificates............................................I-14
Offered Certificates....................................................I-14
Officer's Certificate...................................................I-15
Opinion of Counsel......................................................I-15
Optional Termination....................................................I-15
Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage...........................I-15
Original Mortgage Loan..................................................I-15
Original Subordinated Principal Balance.................................I-15
OTS.....................................................................I-15
Outside Reference Date..................................................I-15
Outstanding.............................................................I-15
Outstanding Mortgage Loan...............................................I-16
Ownership Interest......................................................I-16
Pass-Through Rate.......................................................I-16
Percentage Interest.....................................................I-16
Permitted Investments...................................................I-16
Permitted Transferee....................................................I-17
Person..................................................................I-18
Physical Certificate....................................................I-18
Planned Balance.........................................................I-18
Planned Principal Classes...............................................I-18
PO Formula Principal Amount.............................................I-18
PO Percentage...........................................................I-18
Pool Stated Principal Balance...........................................I-19
Prepayment Interest Excess..............................................I-19
Prepayment Interest Shortfall...........................................I-19
Prepayment Period.......................................................I-19
Primary Insurance Policy................................................I-19
Primary Planned Principal Classes.......................................I-19
Principal Prepayment....................................................I-19
Principal Prepayment in Full............................................I-19
Private Certificate.....................................................I-19
Pro Rata Share..........................................................I-19
Proprietary Lease.......................................................I-19
Prospectus Supplement...................................................I-20
PUD.....................................................................I-20
Purchase Price..........................................................I-20
Qualified Insurer.......................................................I-20
Rating Agency...........................................................I-20
Realized Loss...........................................................I-20
Recognition Agreement...................................................I-21
Record Date.............................................................I-21
Reference Bank..........................................................I-21
Refinancing Mortgage Loan...............................................I-21
Regular Certificates....................................................I-21
Relief Act..............................................................I-21
Relief Act Reductions...................................................I-21
Remaining Available Funds...............................................I-21
REMIC...................................................................I-21
REMIC Change of Law.....................................................I-21
REMIC Provisions........................................................I-21
REO Property............................................................I-21
Request for Release.....................................................I-21
Required Coupon.........................................................I-21
Required Insurance Policy...............................................I-21
Residual Certificates...................................................I-22
Responsible Officer.....................................................I-22
Restricted Classes......................................................I-22
Scheduled Balances......................................................I-22
Scheduled Classes.......................................................I-22
Scheduled Payment.......................................................I-22
Secondary Planned Principal Clauses.....................................I-22
Securities Act..........................................................I-22
Seller..................................................................I-22
Senior Certificates.....................................................I-22
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date....................................I-22
Senior Percentage.......................................................I-22
Senior Prepayment Percentage............................................I-22
Senior Principal Distribution Amount....................................I-23
Senior Step Down Conditions.............................................I-23
Senior Termination Date.................................................I-24
Servicing Advances......................................................I-24
Servicing Officer.......................................................I-24
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date................................I-24
Special Hazard Loss.....................................................I-24
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount.....................................I-25
Special Hazard Mortgage Loan............................................I-25
S&P.....................................................................I-25
Startup Day.............................................................I-25
Stated Principal Balance................................................I-25
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.................................I-25
Subordinated Certificates...............................................I-25
Subordinated Percentage.................................................I-25
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage......................................I-26
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount..............................I-26
Subservicer.............................................................I-26
Substitute Mortgage Loan................................................I-26
Substitution Adjustment Amount..........................................I-26
Support Classes.........................................................I-26
Targeted Balances.......................................................I-26
Targeted Principal Classes..............................................I-26
Tax Matters Person......................................................I-27
Tax Matters Person Certificate..........................................I-27
Transfer................................................................I-27
Trustee.................................................................I-27
Trustee Fee.............................................................I-27
Trustee Fee Rate........................................................I-27
Trust Fund..............................................................I-27
Voting Rights...........................................................I-27
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.............................II-1
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans..............II-4
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller and
Master Servicer..........................................II-5
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Mortgage Loans...........................................II-7
SECTION 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions............................................II-8
SECTION 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates...................II-8
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Matters............................................II-8
SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Master Servicer.........................II-9
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans..............III-1
SECTION 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicers..............................................III-2
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of
the Master Servicer....................................III-2
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer......................III-2
SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account;
Distribution Account...................................III-3
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts...............................................III-5
SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage Loans.........................................III-6
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and
Distribution Account...................................III-6
SECTION 3.09. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies.....................................III-8
SECTION 3.10. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.............................................III-9
SECTION 3.11. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of
Certain Mortgage Loans.................................III-10
SECTION 3.12. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files........III-13
SECTION 3.13. Documents Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer
to be Held for the Trustee.............................III-13
SECTION 3.14. Servicing Compensation.................................III-14
SECTION 3.15. Access to Certain Documentation........................III-14
SECTION 3.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance......................III-15
SECTION 3.17. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement;
Financial Statements...................................III-15
SECTION 3.18. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.........III-15
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 4.01. Advances..................................................IV-1
SECTION 4.02. Priorities of Distribution................................IV-1
SECTION 4.03. [Reserved]................................................IV-6
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses.............................IV-6
SECTION 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders..................IV-7
SECTION 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI Certificates.IV-9
SECTION 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.............................................IV-11
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates...........................................V-1
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
Certificates...............................................V-1
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates..........V-6
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners......................................V-6
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses..V-7
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................V-7
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer...........................................VI-1
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer..................................................VI-1
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer and Others................................VI-1
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer..............VI-2
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default........................................VII-1
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.................VII-2
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.......................VII-3
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.......................................VIII-1
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee...................VIII-2
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans...VIII-3
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates............................VIII-3
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.............................VIII-3
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee....................VIII-4
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee......................VIII-4
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee.......................................VIII-5
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee......................VIII-5
SECTION 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...........VIII-5
SECTION 8.11. Tax Matters.............................................VIII-7
SECTION 8.12. Periodic Filings........................................VIII-8
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage
Loans....................................................IX-1
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates...................IX-1
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements......................IX-2
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment.................................................X-1
SECTION 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts....................X-2
SECTION 10.03. Governing Law.............................................X-2
SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties......................................X-3
SECTION 10.05. Notices...................................................X-3
SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions................................X-4
SECTION 10.07. Assignment................................................X-4
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders................X-4
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights...............................X-5
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.................X-5
SCHEDULES
Schedule I: Mortgage Loan Schedule..................................S-I-1
Schedule II: Representations and Warranties of the
Seller/Master Servicer.................................S-II-1
Schedule III: Representations and Warranties as to
the Mortgage Loans....................................S-III-1
Schedule IV: Principal Balances Schedule
[if applicable]........................................S-IV-1
Schedule V: Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report..................S-V-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A: Form of Senior Certificate
(excluding Notional Amount Certificates)...............A-1
Exhibit B: Form of Subordinated Certificate.......................B-1
Exhibit C: Form of Class A-R Certificate..........................C-1
Exhibit D: Form of Notional Amount Certificate....................D-1
Exhibit E: Form of Reverse of Certificates........................E-1
Exhibit F: Form of Initial Certification..........................F-1
Exhibit G: Form of Delay Delivery Certification...................G-1
Exhibit H: Form of Final Certification of Trustee.................H-1
Exhibit I: Transfer Affidavit.....................................I-1
Exhibit J: Form of Transferor Certificate.........................J-1
Exhibit K: Form of Investment Letter [Non-Rule 144A]..............K-1
Exhibit L: Form of Rule 144A Letter...............................L-1
Exhibit M: Request for Release (for Trustee)......................M-1
Exhibit N: Request for Release (Mortgage Loan)
Paid in Full, Repurchased and Replaced)................N-1
Exhibit O: Form of Letter relating to Transfer of Class Y
Certificate............................................O-1
Exhibit P: Notice by Holder of Class Y Certificate of its Intent
to Purchase the Purchased Certificates Referred to
Herein................................................P-1
THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 1998,
among CWMBS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"),
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., a New York corporation, as seller (in such
capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking corporation organized under
the laws of the State of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH THAT
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed
to the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal
income tax purposes will consist of a single REMIC. The Certificates will
represent the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund. The
Regular Certificates will represent the "regular interests" in the Trust Fund
and the Residual Certificates will represent the single "residual interest" in
the Trust Fund. The Class Y Certificates shall constitute a separate contract
right of the Class Y Certificateholders and an obligation of the Class XX-X-0,
XX-X-0, XX-X-0, XX-X-0 and II-A-5 Certificateholders, and shall not constitute
an interest in, or obligation, of the REMIC. The "latest possible maturity
date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby will be
the Latest Possible Maturity Date.
The following table sets forth characteristics of the Certificates,
together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in excess
thereof in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one Certificate
of each Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount and, in
addition, one Residual Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person
Certificate may be issued in a different amount):
Integral
Initial Class Multiples
Certificate Pass-Through Minimum in Excess of
Balance Rate Denomination Minimum
Class I-A-1 $ 85,178,650.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class II-A-1 $134,084,803.00 6.75% (5) $25,000 $1,000
Class II-A-2 $40,000,000.00 6.50% (5) $25,000 $1,000
Class II-A-3 $50,000,000.00 6.75% (5) $25,000 $1,000
Class II-A-4 $46,054,753.00 6.75% (5) $25,000 $1,000
Class II-A-5 $4,444,444.00 9.00% (5) $25,000 $1,000
Class PO $341,627.00 (2) $25,000 $1,000
Class X (1) (3) $25,000 (4) $1,000 (4)
Class A-R $100.00 6.75% $100 N/A
Class M $6,859,100.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-1 $5,906,500.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-2 $3,620,100.00 6.75% $25,000 $1,000
Class B-3 $2,095,800.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-4 $952,657.00 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class B-5 $1,524,296.23 6.75% $100,000 $1,000
Class Y (6) (6) (6) (6)
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(1) The Class X Certificates are Component Certificates. The Class X-1 and
Class X-2 Components will be Notional Amount Certificates, will have no
principal balance and will bear interest on their respective Notional
Amounts (initially expected to be approximately $71,121,001 and
$290,565,108, respectively). The initial Notional Amount of the Class X
Certificates is expected to be approximately $361,686,109.
(2) The Class PO Certificates will be Principal Only Certificates and
will not bear interest.
(3) The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-1 Component for any
Distribution Date will be equal to the excess of (a) the average of
the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of the Non-Discount Mortgage Loans
in Loan Group 1, weighted on the basis of their respective Stated
Principal Balances over (b) 6.75% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate
for the Class X-2 Component for any Distribution Date will be equal to
the excess of (a) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the
Non-Discount Loans in Loan Group 2 over (b) 6.75% per annum; provided
that on each Distribution Date after the First Option Date, the
Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-2 Component will be equal to the
excess of (a) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 over (b) the sum of (i) the Subordinated
Percentage for Loan Group 2 multiplied by 6.75% and (ii) the Senior
Percentage for Loan Group 2 multiplied by the lesser of (x) 7.25% and
(y) the Cap Rate. The Pass-Through Rates for the Class X-1 and Class
X-2 Components for the first Distribution Date are expected to be
approximately 0.268% and 0.823% per annum, respectively. The
Pass-Through Rate for the Class X Certificates for the first
Distribution Date is expected to be approximately 0.713% per annum.
(4) Minimum Denomination is based on the Notional Amount of such Class.
(5) On each Distribution Date after the First Option Date, (i) the
Pass-Through Rate for the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-3 and Class II-A-4
Certificates will be the lesser of (a) 7.25% per annum and (b) the Cap
Rate; (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Class II-A-2 Certificates will
be the lesser of (a) 7.00% per annum and (b) the Cap Rate multiplied by
0.9655172414; and (iii) the Pass- Through Rate for the Class II-A-5
Certificates will be the lesser of (a) 9.50% per annum and (b) the Cap
Rate multiplied by 1.3103448276.
(6) The Class Y Certificate has no Class Certificate Balance and does not
bear interest. The Class Y Certificate will be issuable only as a
single indivisible Certificate.
Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the
categories used herein:
Accretion Directed
Certificates................................. None.
Accrual Components........................... None.
Book-Entry Certificates...................... All Classes of Certificates
other than the Physical
Certificates.
Component Certificates....................... Class X Certificates.
Components................................... For purposes of calculating
distributions and allocating
losses, the Component
Certificates will be comprised
of multiple payment components
having the designations and
Initial Component Balances set
forth below:
Initial
Component Pass-Through
Designation Balance Rate
Class X-1 Component $71,121,001 As described in
Footnote (3)
above
Class X-2 Component $290,565,108 As described in
Footnote (3)
above
Delay
Certificates........................... All interest-bearing Classes
of Certificates other than the Non-Delay Certificates, if any.
ERISA-Restricted
Certificates.......................... Class PO, Class X and Class Y
Certificates, Residual Certificates and Subordinated Certificates.
Floating Rate Certificates................... None.
Inverse Floating Rate
Certificates................................. None.
COFI Certificates............................ None.
LIBOR Certificates........................... None.
Non-Delay Certificates....................... None.
Notional Amount
Certificates................................. Class X Certificates.
Offered Certificates......................... All Classes of Certificates
other than the Private Certificates.
Physical Certificates...... Class PO and Class Y Certificates and the Private
Certificates and Residual Certificates.
Planned Principal Classes.................... None.
Primary Planned Principal
Classes ................................. None.
Principal Only
Certificates................................. Class PO Certificates.
Private Certificates.. Class Y, Class B-3, Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates.
Rating Agencies.............................. S&P and Fitch.
Regular Certificates..... All Classes of Certificates, other than the Class Y
Certificates and the Residual Certificates.
Residual Certificates........................ Class A-R Certificates.
Scheduled Principal
Classes ................................. None.
Secondary Planned Principal
Class ................................. None.
Senior Certificates.... Class I-A-1, Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3,
Class II-A-4, Class II-A-5, Class PO, Class X and Class A-R
Certificates.
Subordinated Certificates... Class M, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3,
Class B-4 and Class B-5 Certificates.
Support Classes.............................. None.
Targeted Principal
Classes ................................. None.
Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates............. Class I-A-1, Class PO and Class
A-R Certificates and
Class X-1 Component.
Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates............. Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and
Class II-A-5 Certificates and Class X-2 Component.
Senior Certificate Group..... The Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates or the
Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates.
With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the
corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions herein
relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect, and any
calculations herein incorporating references to such designations shall be
interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms
and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not designated
above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Accretion Directed Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Accrual Amount: With respect to any Accrual Components and any
Distribution Date prior to the applicable Accrual Termination Date, the amount
allocable to interest on each such Class of Accrual Certificates with respect
to such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(iii).
Accrual Components: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time,
the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Master Servicing Fee
Rate.
Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any
time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate (net of the interest
premium charged by the related lenders with respect to the Lender PMI Mortgage
Loans) less the related Expense Rate. For purposes of determining whether any
Substitute Mortgage Loan is a Discount Mortgage Loan or a Non-Discount
Mortgage Loan and for purposes of calculating the applicable PO Percentage and
applicable Non-PO Percentage, each Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to
have an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate equal to the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan for which it is substituted.
Advance: The payment required to be made by the Master Servicer with
respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the amount of any
such payment being equal to the aggregate of payments of principal and
interest (net of the Master Servicing Fee and net of any net income in the
case of any REO Property) on the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related
Due Date and not received as of the close of business on the related
Determination Date, less the aggregate amount of any such delinquent payments
that the Master Servicer has determined would constitute a Nonrecoverable
Advance if advanced.
Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
or supplements hereto.
Allocable Share: As to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan
(i) with respect to the Class X-1 and Class X-2 Components, (a) the ratio that
(x) the excess, if any, of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with respect to such
Mortgage Loan over the Required Coupon bears to (y) such Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate or (b) if the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate with respect to such Mortgage
Loan does not exceed the Required Coupon, zero, (ii) with respect to the Class
PO Certificates, zero and (iii) with respect to each other Class of
Certificates the product of (a) the lesser of (I) the ratio that the Required
Coupon bears to such Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate and (II) one, multiplied by
(b) the ratio that the amount calculated with respect to such Distribution
Date (A) with respect to the Senior Certificates of the related Senior
Certificate Group, pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal
Interest Distribution Amount (without giving effect to any reduction of such
amount pursuant to Section 4.02(d)) and (B) with respect to the Subordinated
Certificates, pursuant to the definition of Assumed Interest Amount or after a
Senior Termination Date, pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount (without giving effect to any reduction
of such amount pursuant to Section 4.02(d)) bears to the aggregate amount
calculated with respect to such Distribution Date for each such Class of
Certificates pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Class Optimal
Interest Amount (without giving effect to any reduction of such amounts
pursuant to Section 4.02(d)) or the definition of Assumed Interest Amount, as
applicable.
Amount Available for Senior Principal: As to any Distribution Date
and (a) Loan Group 1, the sum of (1) Available Funds for such Distribution
Date and Loan Group and (ii) Remaining Available Funds for Loan Group 2 for
such Distribution Date, reduced by the aggregate amount distributable (or
allocable to the Accrual Amount, if applicable) on such Distribution Date in
respect of interest on the related Senior Certificates pursuant to Section
4.02(a)(ii) or (b) Loan Group 2, the sum of (i) Available Funds for such
Distribution Date and Loan Group and (ii) Remaining Available Funds for Loan
Group 1 for such Distribution Date, reduced by the aggregate amount
distributable on such Distribution Date in respect of interest or the related
Senior Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(ii).
Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date and
the Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group, the aggregate amount held in the
Certificate Account at the close of business on the related Determination Date
on account of (i) Principal Prepayments relating to such Loan Group received
after the related Prepayment Period and Liquidation Proceeds relating to such
Loan Group received in the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) all
Scheduled Payments relating to such Loan Group due after the related Due Date.
Applicable Credit Support Percentage: As defined in Section 4.02(e).
Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised
Value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to a
Mortgage Loan other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a) the
value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of
the origination of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged
Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii) with
respect to a Refinancing Mortgage Loan other than a Streamlined Documentation
Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal
made-at the time of the origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan; and
(iii) with respect to a Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, (a) if the
loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the time of
the origination thereof was 75% or less, (or 70% or less for Mortgaged
Properties in California) the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the
appraisal made at the time of the origination of the Original Mortgage Loan
and (b) if the loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan
at the time of the origination thereof was greater than 75% (or greater than
70% for Mortgaged Properties in California), the value of the Mortgaged
Property based upon the appraisal (which may be a drive-by appraisal) made at
the time of the origination of such Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.
Assumed Interest Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date and
Class of Subordinated Certificates, one month's interest accrued during the
related Interest Accrual Period at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the
applicable Assumed Balance.
Assumed Balance: With respect to any Distribution Date, Class of
Subordinated Certificates and Loan Group, each such Class' pro rata interest
(based on their respective Class Certificate Balances) in such Loan Group
equal to the product of the Subordinated Percentage for such Loan Group as of
such Distribution Date and the aggregate of the applicable Non-PO Percentage
of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group as of
the Due Date occurring in the month of such Distribution Date.
Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans
in each Loan Group, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount held in the
Certificate Account at the close of business on the related Determination Date
net of the Amount Held for Future Distribution and net of amounts relating to
such Loan Group permitted to be withdrawn from the Certificate Account
pursuant to clauses (i)-(viii), inclusive, of Section 3.08(a) and amounts
relating to such Loan Group permitted to be withdrawn from the Distribution
Account pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) inclusive of Section 3.08(b), (b) the
amount of the related Advance and (c) in connection with Defective Mortgage
Loans in such Loan Group, as applicable, the aggregate of the Purchase Prices
and Substitution Adjustment Amounts deposited on the related Distribution
Account Deposit Date.
Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended.
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date: The point in time at which the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Bankruptcy Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Deficient
Valuation or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a Bankruptcy Loss
shall not be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long as the Master Servicer
has notified the Trustee in writing that the Master Servicer is diligently
pursuing any remedies that may exist in connection with the related Mortgage
Loan and either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in default with regard to
payments due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal and interest
under the related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow payments in respect of
such Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis by the Master
Servicer, in either case without giving effect to any Debt Service Reduction
or Deficient Valuation.
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: As of any Determination Date, the
Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the Initial Bankruptcy Coverage
Amount as reduced by (i) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated
to the Certificates since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any permissible reductions
in the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as evidenced by a letter of each Rating
Agency to the Trustee to the effect that any such reduction will not result in
a downgrading of the then current ratings assigned to the Classes of
Certificates rated by it.
Blanket Mortgage: The mortgage or mortgages encumbering the
Cooperative Property.
Book-Entry Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii)
a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York, or the
State of California or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
Cap Rate: The weighted average of the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rates of
the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2.
Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in
substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.
Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts
created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05 with a
depository institution in the name of the Master Servicer for the benefit of
the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and designated "Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc. in trust for the registered holders of CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates Series 1998-12."
Certificate Balance: With respect to any Certificate at any date,
the maximum dollar amount of principal to which the Holder thereof is then
entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the Denomination thereof (A)
minus the sum of (i) all distributions of principal previously made with
respect thereto and (ii) all Realized Losses allocated thereto and, in the
case of any Subordinated Certificates, all other reductions in Certificate
Balance previously allocated thereto pursuant to Section 4.03 and (B) in the
case of any Class of Accrual Certificates, increased by the Accrual Amount
added to the Class Certificate Balance of such Class prior to such date.
Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the
Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.
Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section
5.02 hereof.
Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose
of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered
in the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed
not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not
be taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of
Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained;
provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100%
of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such
Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision
hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a
particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The
Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor
or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are
registered in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.
Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set
forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class and as to any
date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all
Certificates of such Class as of such date.
Class Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date, and Class the
amount by which the amount described in clause (i) of the definition of Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for such Class exceeds the amount of
interest actually distributed on such Class on such Distribution Date pursuant
to such clause (i).
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date and interest bearing Class or, with respect to any interest
bearing Component, any Component thereof, the sum of (i) one month's interest
accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the Pass-Through Rate
for such Class on the related Class Certificate Balance, Component Balance or
Notional Amount, as applicable, subject to reduction as provided in Section
4.02(d) and (ii) any Class Unpaid Interest Amounts for such Class or
Component.
Class PO Deferred Amount: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
of the applicable PO Percentage of each Realized Loss, including any Excess
Loss, on a Discount Mortgage Loan in Loan Group 1 to be allocated to the
related Class PO Certificates on such Distribution Date on or prior to the
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date or previously allocated to the Class PO
Certificates and not yet paid to the Holders of the Class PO Certificates.
Class Subordination Percentage: With respect to any Distribution
Date and each Class of Subordinated Certificates, the quotient (expressed as a
percentage) of (a) the Class Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date divided by (b) the aggregate of
the Class Certificate Balances immediately prior to such Distribution Date of
all Classes of Certificates.
Class Unpaid Interest Amounts: As to any Distribution Date and Class
of interest bearing Certificates, the amount by which the aggregate Class
Interest Shortfalls for such Class on prior Distribution Dates exceeds the
amount distributed on such Class on prior Distribution Dates pursuant to
clause (ii) of the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount.
Class X Component: The Class X-1 Component or the Class X-2
Component, as applicable.
Closing Date: June 29, 1998.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any successor or
amendatory provisions.
COFI: The Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for the
Eleventh District Savings Institutions published by the Federal Home Loan Bank
of San Francisco.
COFI Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Component Balance: With respect to any Component and any
Distribution Date, the Initial Component Balance thereof on the Closing Date,
less all amounts applied in reduction of the principal balance of such
Component and Realized Losses allocated thereto on previous Distribution
Dates.
Component Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an
acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements
constituting the Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative
Property, which Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing
Corporation under Section 216 of the Code.
Coop Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Coop Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.
Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements owned by
the Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual dwelling
units to the holders of the Coop Shares of the Cooperative Corporation.
Cooperative Unit: A single family dwelling located in a Cooperative
Property.
Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the
State of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date
of the execution of this Agreement is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (Attn: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group, CWMBS, Inc.
Series 1998-12, facsimile no. (000) 000-0000, and which is the address to
which notices to and correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.
Cut-off Date: June 1, 1998.
Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: $381,062,874.
Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the Stated
Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date.
Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which became
final and non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient
Valuation or any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of
principal.
Defective Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which is required to be
repurchased pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03.
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 any
reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any
Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which
valuation or reduction results from an order of such court which is final and
non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical
Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate
pursuant to Section 5.02(e).
Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which all or a
portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered to Trustee on the Closing
Date. The number of Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans shall not exceed 50% of the
aggregate number of Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date.
Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.03(c) hereof.
Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth
on the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate"
or the "Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate" or, if neither of the
foregoing, the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.
Depositor: CWMBS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in
interest.
Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust
Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the
Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing
corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State of New York.
Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.
Determination Date: As to any Distribution Date, the 22nd day of
each month or if such 22nd day is not a Business Day the next preceding
Business Day; provided, however, that if such 22nd day or such Business Day,
whichever is applicable, is less than two Business Days prior to the related
Distribution Date, the Determination Date shall be the first Business Day
which is two Business Days preceding such Distribution Date.
Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate that is less than the Required Coupon.
Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of New York
in trust for registered holders of CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1998-12." Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held
in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in
this Agreement.
Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution Date,
12:30 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Distribution Date.
Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the
initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in July 1998.
Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first day of
the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.
Duff & Xxxxxx: Xxxx & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Company, or any successor
thereto. If Duff & Xxxxxx is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary
Statement, for purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Duff &
Xxxxxx shall be Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Company, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: MBS Monitoring, or such other
address as Duff & Xxxxxx may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with
a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a
depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a
holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company) have the
highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency at the time any amounts are
held on deposit therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository
institution or trust company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC
(to the limits established by the FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in which
accounts are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the
Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a
perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which shall
be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to
claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution or
trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with (a) the trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution or (b) a trust company, acting in its
fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating Agency.
Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified
under this definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.06(a) hereof.
Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.
Excess Loss: The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss realized after the
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss realized after
the Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or (iii) Bankruptcy Loss realized
after the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date.
Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
amount, if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds of such Mortgage
Loan received in the calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, net of any amounts previously reimbursed to the
Master Servicer as Nonrecoverable Advance(s) with respect to such Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the unpaid principal
balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month in
which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii) accrued
interest at the Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last
paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the Due Date
applicable to the Distribution Date immediately following the calendar month
during which such liquidation occurred.
Expense Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the related
Master Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of
the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.
FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement
Act of 1989.
First Option Date: The first Distribution Date on which the Class Y
Certificateholder has the option to purchase the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and Class II-A-5 Certificates as set forth in
Section 9.04.
Fitch: Fitch IBCA, Inc., or any successor thereto. If Fitch is
designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of
Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch IBCA, Inc.,
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Residential
Mortgage Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter
furnish to the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally
chartered and privately owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.
Fraud Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a Fraud Loss has
occurred.
Fraud Losses: Realized Losses on Mortgage Loans as to which a loss
is sustained by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or
misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, including a
loss by reason of the denial of coverage under any related Primary Insurance
Policy because of such fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount: As of the Closing Date, $7,621,257
subject to reduction from time to time, by the amount of Fraud Losses
allocated to the Certificates. In addition, on each anniversary of the Cut-off
Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will be reduced as follows: (a) on the
first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Cut-off Date, to an
amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the then current Pool Stated Principal
Balance and (ii) the excess of the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount as of the
preceding anniversary of the Cut-off Date over the cumulative amount of Fraud
Losses allocated to the Certificates since such preceding anniversary; and (b)
on the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, to zero.
Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date: The point in time at which the
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Index: With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for the COFI
Certificates, the then-applicable index used by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.05 to determine the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Interest
Accrual Period for the COFI Certificates.
Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial
institution or other Person that clears through or maintains a custodial
relationship with a Depository Participant.
Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount: $134,337.
Initial Component Balance: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the
Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto
in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance
Policies.
Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to any
Insurance Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such Insurance
Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.
Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month of
such Distribution Date. With respect to any Non-Delay Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the one month period commencing on the 25th day of the month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the
24th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.
Interest Determination Date: With respect to (a) any Interest Accrual
Period for any LIBOR Certificates and (b) any Interest Accrual Period for the
COFI Certificates for which the applicable Index is LIBOR, the second Business
Day prior to the first day of such Interest Accrual Period.
Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date following the
third anniversary of the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan having the
latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.
Lender PMI Mortgage Loan: Certain Mortgage Loans with Loan-to-Value
Ratios at origination of greater than 80% as to which the lender (rather than
the borrower) acquires the Primary Insurance Policy and charges the related
borrower an interest premium.
LIBOR: The London interbank offered rate for one-month United States
dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section 4.08.
LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated in the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and as to which the
Master Servicer has determined (in accordance with this Agreement) that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the liquidation of
such Mortgage Loan, including the final disposition of an REO Property.
Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received
in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted Mortgage
Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or amounts
received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged
Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO Property,
less the sum of related unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances
and Advances.
Loan Group: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Loan Group 1: All the Mortgage Loans with an Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate less than 7.241% per annum.
Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Loan Group 2: All of the Mortgage Loans with an Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate greater than or equal to 7.241% per annum.
Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as to any
date of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of
which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date of
determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property.
Lost Mortgage Note: Any Mortgage Note the original of which was
permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
Maintenance: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent paid by
the Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the Proprietary
Lease.
Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Regular Certificates, the
Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the aggregate, at least 51%
of the Percentage Interests evidenced by all Certificates of such Class.
Master Servicer: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation,
and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as master servicer hereunder.
Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, 12:30
p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date.
Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution
Date, an amount payable out of each full payment of interest received on such
Mortgage Loan and equal to one-twelfth of the Master Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due
Date in the month of such Distribution Date (prior to giving effect to any
Scheduled Payments due on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date), subject to
reduction as provided in Section 3.14.
Master Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.25%
per annum.
Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.04.
Moody's: Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto. If
Xxxxx'x is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to Moody's shall be Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Residential Pass-Through Monitoring, or such other address as Moody's may
hereafter furnish to the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real property
securing a Mortgage Note.
Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 hereof
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered
to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.
Mortgage Loans: Such 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 (including any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held
being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or
other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property.
Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to
time amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the addition of Substitute
Mortgage Loans and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust
Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Schedule I, setting forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan by Loan Group:
(i) the loan number;
(ii) the Mortgagor's name and the street address of the
Mortgaged Property, including the zip code;
(iii) the maturity date;
(iv) the original principal balance;
(v) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;
(vi) the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;
(vii) the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
(viii) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;
(ix) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the
time of origination was represented to be owner-occupied;
(x) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is
either (a) a detached single family dwelling (b) a dwelling in
a de minimis PUD, (c) a condominium unit or PUD (other than a
de minimis PUD), (d) a two- to four-unit residential property
or (e) a Cooperative Unit;
(xi) the Mortgage Rate;
(xii) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a Lender
PMI Mortgage Loan and, in the case of any Lender PMI Mortgage
Loan, a percentage representing the amount of the related
interest premium charged to the borrower;
(xiii) the purpose for the Mortgage Loan;
(xiv) the type of documentation program pursuant to which the
Mortgage Loan was originated; and
(xv) the Master Servicing Fee for the Mortgage Loan.
Such schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described
under (iv) and (v) above for all of the Mortgage Loans.
Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of
indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.
Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note
from time to time, net of any interest premium charged by the mortgagee to
obtain or maintain any Primary Insurance Policy.
Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan,
which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related Coop Shares and
Proprietary Lease.
Mortgagor: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.
National Cost of Funds Index: The National Monthly Median Cost of
Funds Ratio to SAIF-Insured Institutions published by the Office of Thrift
Supervision.
Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution Date and
Loan Group, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
relating to the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group during the related Prepayment
Period exceeds an amount equal to the sum of (a) one-half of the aggregate
Master Servicing Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group for
such Distribution Date and (b) the excess of one-half of the aggregate Master
Servicing Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loans of the other Loan Group for
such Distribution Date over Prepayment Interest Shortfalls experienced by the
Mortgage Loans in such other Loan Group during such Prepayment Period, in each
case before reduction of such Master Servicing Fee in respect of such Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls.
Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Non-Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan with an Adjusted Net
Mortgage Rate that is greater than or equal to the Required Coupon.
Non-PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date and Loan
Group, the sum of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of (a) the principal portion
of each Scheduled Payment(without giving effect, prior to the Bankruptcy
Coverage Termination Date, to any reductions thereof caused by any Debt Service
Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each Mortgage Loan in the related
Loan Group on the related Due Date, (b) the Stated Principal Balance of each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was repurchased by the Seller or
the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c)
the Substitution Adjustment Amount in connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan
in the related Loan Group received with respect to such Distribution Date, (d)
any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds allocable to recoveries of
principal of Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group that are not yet
Liquidated Mortgage Loans received during the calendar month preceding the month
of such Distribution Date, (e) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related
Loan Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the amount of the Liquidation
Proceeds allocable to principal received during the calendar month preceding the
month of such Distribution Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (f) all
Principal Prepayments with respect to Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group
received during the related Prepayment Period.
Non-PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate of such Discount Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the Required
Coupon. As to any Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, 100%.
Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Master Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of
the Master Servicer, will not be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer
from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to
Section 9.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the Certificates
shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.
Notional Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Class
X-1 Component, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Non-Discount Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 as of the Due Date in the month of
such Distribution Date (prior to giving effect to any Scheduled Payments due on
such Mortgage Loans on such Due Date). With respect to any Distribution Date and
the Class X-2 Component, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 as of the Due Date in the month of such
Distribution Date (prior to giving effect to any Scheduled Payments due on such
Mortgage Loans on such Due Date). The National Amount for the Class X
Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the sum of the Class X-1 and
Class X-2 Components for such Distribution Date.
Notional Amount Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Officer's Certificate: A certificate (i) signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Managing Director,
a Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the
Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or (ii), if provided for
in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and
delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee, as the case may be, as required by
this Agreement.
Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Depositor or the Master Servicer, including, in-house counsel,
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to
the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (i)
in fact be independent of the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii) not have
any direct financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or in any
affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected with the-Depositor or the Master
Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,
director or person performing similar functions.
Optional Termination: The termination of the trust created hereunder
in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section
9.01(a) hereof.
Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage: With respect to each of
the following Classes of Subordinated Certificates, the corresponding percentage
described below, as of the Closing Date:
Class M 5.50%
Class B-1 3.70%
Class B-2 2.15%
Class B-3 1.20%
Class B-4 0.65%
Class B-5 0.40%
Original Mortgage Loan: The mortgage loan refinanced in connection
with the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.
Original Subordinated Principal Balance: On or prior to a
Senior Termination Date, the Subordinated Percentage for a Loan Group of the
aggregate of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balances
of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group, in each case as of the Cut-off Date;
or if such date is after a Senior Termination Date, the aggregate of the
principal balances of the Subordinated Certificates as of the Cut-off Date.
OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.
Outside Reference Date: As to any Interest Accrual Period for the COFI
Certificates, the close of business on the tenth day thereof.
Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:
(i) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which
other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with a
Stated Principal Balance greater than zero-which was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did not become a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.
Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership
interest in such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the
Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal
or beneficial.
Pass-Through Rate: For any interest bearing Class of Certificates or
Component, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the manner described in
the Preliminary Statement.
Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,
such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the
percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the
aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.
Permitted Investments: At any time, any one or more of the following
obligations 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 debt rating of each Rating
Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
Certificates by each Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then
receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper
rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency;
(iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or
trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States
or of any state thereof and subject to supervision and
examination by federal and/or state banking authorities,
provided that the commercial paper and/or long term unsecured
debt obligations of such depository institution or trust
company (or in the case of the principal depository
institution in a holding company system, the commercial paper
or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding
company, but only if Xxxxx'x is not a Rating Agency) are then
rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest
short-term ratings of each Rating Agency for such securities,
or such lower ratings as will not result in the downgrading or
withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by
either Rating Agency;
(v) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued
by any bank or trust company or savings institution to the
extent that such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;
(vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank,
insurance company or other corporation containing, at the time
of the issuance of such agreements, such terms and conditions
as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
rating then assigned to the Certificates by either Rating
Agency;
(vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case
entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (iv) above;
(viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons
or instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of
the face amount thereof) 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, have one of the two highest ratings of
each Rating Agency (except if the Rating Agency is Moody's,
such rating shall be the highest commercial paper rating of
Moody's for any such securities), or such lower rating as will
not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then
assigned to the Certificates by either Rating Agency, as
evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;
(ix) units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the
highest rating assigned by each Rating Agency (except if Fitch
or Duff & Xxxxxx is a Rating Agency and has not rated the
portfolio, the highest rating assigned by Moody's) and
restricted to obligations issued or guaranteed by the United
States of America or entities whose obligations are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States of America and
repurchase agreements collateralized by such obligations; and
(x) such other investments bearing interest or sold at a
discount acceptable to each Rating Agency as will not result
in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned
to the Certificates by either Rating Agency, as evidenced by a
signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency.
provided that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect to
the obligations underlying such instrument.
Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code)
which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax
imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any
excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(l) of the Code) with respect to
any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives
described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) a Person that is not a
citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership, or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof an estate whose income from sources without the
United States is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax
purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States or 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 United States fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust unless such Person has furnished the transferor and the
Trustee with a duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 or any
applicable successor form, and (vi) any other Person so designated by the
Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause the REMIC hereunder
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding.
The terms "United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have
the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A
corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of
any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its
activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
such government unit.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Planned Balance: Not applicable.
Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
PO Formula Principal Amount: As to any Distribution Date and the Class
PO Certificates, the sum of the applicable PO Percentage of (a) the principal
portion of each Scheduled Payment (without giving effect, prior to the
Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, to any reductions thereof caused by any
Debt Service Reductions or Deficient Valuations) due on each Mortgage Loan in
Loan Group 1 on the related Due Date, (b) the Stated Principal Balance of each
Mortgage Loan in Loan Group 1 that was repurchased by the Seller or the Master
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement as of such Distribution Date, (c) the
Substitution Adjustment Amount in connection with any Deleted Mortgage Loan in
Loan Group 1 received with respect to such Distribution Date, (d) any Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds allocable to recoveries of principal of
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1 that are not yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans
received during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date, (e) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in Loan Group 1 that became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the month preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, the amount of Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal
received during the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date with
respect to such Mortgage Loan and (f) all Principal Prepayments on Mortgage
Loans in Loan Group 1 received during the related Prepayment Period; provided,
however, that if a Bankruptcy Loss that is an Excess Loss is sustained with
respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan that is not a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
PO Formula Principal Amount will be reduced on the related Distribution Date by
the applicable PO Percentage of the principal portion of such Bankruptcy Loss.
The PO Formula Principal Distribution Amount for Loan Group 2 for any
Distribution Date will equal zero.
PO Percentage: As to any Discount Mortgage Loan, a fraction (expressed
as a percentage) the numerator of which is the excess of the Required Coupon
over the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of such Discount Mortgage Loan and the
denominator of which is the Required Coupon. As to any Non-Discount Mortgage
Loan, 0%.
Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans which were
Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date.
Prepayment Interest Excess: As to any Principal Prepayment received by
the Master Servicer from the first day through the fifteenth day of any calendar
month (other than the calendar month in which the Cut-off Date occurs), all
amounts paid by the related Mortgagor in respect of interest on such Principal
Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest Excess shall be paid to the Master Servicer
as additional master servicing compensation.
Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date, Mortgage
Loan and Principal Prepayment received on or after the sixteenth day of the
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, on or after the Cut-off Date) and on or before the last
day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the amount, if
any, by which one month's interest at the related Mortgage Rate, net of the
Master Servicing Fee Rate, on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount of
interest paid in connection with such Principal Prepayment.
Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period from the
16th day of the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date
(or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date) through
the 15th of the month of such Distribution Date.
Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage guaranty
insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any Mortgage Loan.
Primary Planned Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a Mortgagor on a
Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not
accompanied by an amount representing scheduled interest due on any date or
dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial
Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Master Servicer in accordance
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.
Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a
Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.
Private Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Pro Rata Share: As to any Distribution Date, the Subordinated
Principal Distribution Amount and any Class of Subordinated Certificates, the
portion of the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount allocable to such
Class, equal to the product of the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount on
such Distribution Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the related
Class Certificate Balance thereof and the denominator of which is the aggregate
of the Class Certificate Balances of the Subordinated Certificates.
Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, a lease or
occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of related
Coop Shares.
Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated May 26, 1998
relating to the Offered Certificates.
PUD: Planned Unit Development.
Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
purchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof or purchased at
the option of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11, an amount equal to
the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan on the
date of such purchase, and (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable
Mortgage Rate (or at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate if (x) the purchaser
is the Master Servicer or (y) if the purchaser is the Seller and the Seller is
the Master Servicer) from the date through which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor to the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be
distributed to Certificateholders.
Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly
qualified as such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business
and each state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the
insurance policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such
states to transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and to
write the insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it, approved as a
FNMA-approved mortgage insurer and having a claims paying ability rating of at
least "AA" or equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization. Any replacement insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan must have
at least as high a claims paying ability rating as the insurer it replaces had
on the Closing Date.
Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the
Preliminary Statement. If any such organization or a successor is no longer in
existence, "Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the
Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References
herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating
category without giving effect to any modifiers.
Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, an
amount (not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated
Principal Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of such
liquidation, plus (ii) interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate from the Due
Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to
Certificateholders up to the Due Date in the month in which Liquidation Proceeds
are required to be distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of such
Liquidated Mortgage Loan from time to time, minus (iii) the Liquidation
Proceeds, if any, received during the month in which such liquidation occurred,
to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rate and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, if the
principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has been reduced, the
difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding
immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each
Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Debt Service Reduction and any
Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which the principal portion of the
related Scheduled Payment has been reduced.
Recognition Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan, an
agreement between the Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such
Mortgage Loan which establishes the rights of such originator in the Cooperative
Property.
Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.
Reference Bank: As defined in Section 4.05.
Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection
with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.
Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Relief Act: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended.
Relief Act Reductions: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of interest
collectible thereon for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of
the application of the Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which (i) interest
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month is
less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month pursuant to the Mortgage
Note.
Remaining Available Funds: As to any Distribution Date and Loan Group,
Available Funds for such Loan Group remaining after making the distributions
pursuant to, with respect to Loan Group 1, Section 4.02(a)(1) and, with respect
to Loan Group 2, Section 4.02(a)(2).
REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the
meaning of section 860D of the Code.
REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final regulation,
revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement or
interpretation relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the
Closing Date.
REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to
real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through
860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time
to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.
REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan.
Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the Master
Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits M and N, as
appropriate.
Required Coupon: 6.75% per annum.
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.
Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice
President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary,
any Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
Restricted Classes: As defined in Section 4.02(e).
Scheduled Balances: Not applicable.
Scheduled Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan
due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan
which, unless otherwise specified herein, shall give effect to any related Debt
Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the
monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.
Secondary Planned Principal Clauses: As specified in the Preliminary
Statement.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a New York corporation, and
its successors and assigns, in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans to
the Depositor.
Senior Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date: The date on which the Class
Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinated Certificates has been reduced
to zero.
Senior Percentage: As to any Senior Certificate Group and Distribution
Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage equivalent of a fraction
the numerator of which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of
each Class of Senior Certificates of such Senior Certificate Group (other than,
in the case of Loan Group 1, the Class PO Certificates) immediately prior to
such date and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the applicable Non-PO
Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related
Loan Group as of the Due Date in the month of such Distribution Date; provided,
however, that on any Distribution Date after a Senior Termination Date, the
Senior Percentage for the Senior Certificates of the remaining Senior
Certificate Group is the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of each such Class of
Senior Certificates (other than, in the case of Loan Group 1, the Class PO
Certificates) immediately prior to such date and the denominator is the
aggregate of the Class Certificate Balances of all Classes of Certificates
(other than, in the case of Loan Group 1, the Class PO Certificates) immediately
prior to such date.
Senior Prepayment Percentage: For any Senior Certificate Group and
Distribution Date during the five years beginning on the first Distribution
Date, 100%. The Senior Prepayment Percentage of a Senior Certificate Group for
any Distribution Date occurring on or after the fifth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date will, except as provided herein, be as follows: for any
Distribution Date in the first year thereafter, the related Senior Percentage
plus 70% of the related Subordinated Percentage for such Distribution Date; for
any Distribution Date in the second year thereafter, the related Senior
Percentage plus 60% of the related Subordinated Percentage for such Distribution
Date; for any Distribution Date in the third year thereafter, the related Senior
Percentage plus 40% of the related Subordinated Percentage for such Distribution
Date; for any Distribution Date in the fourth year thereafter, the related
Senior Percentage plus 20% of the related Subordinated Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and for any Distribution Date thereafter, the related Senior
Percentage for such Distribution Date (unless on any of the foregoing
Distribution Dates the related Senior Percentage exceeds the initial Senior
Percentage for the Senior Certificates of such Senior Certificate Group, in
which case the related Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date
will once again equal 100%). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no decrease in the
Senior Prepayment Percentage of a Senior Certificate Group will occur unless
both of the Senior Step Down Conditions are satisfied.
Senior Principal Distribution Amount: As to any Distribution Date and
Senior Certificate Group, the sum of (i) the related Senior Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in clauses (a) through (d)
of the definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for the related Loan
Group for such Distribution Date, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the
related Loan Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the
related Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and (y) either (A) the related Senior
Prepayment Percentage, or (B) if an Excess Loss was sustained with respect to
such Liquidated Mortgage Loan during such prior calendar month, the related
Senior Percentage, of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amount of the
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received with respect to such
Mortgage Loan, and (iii) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amounts described in clause (f) of the
definition of "Non-PO Formula Principal Amount" for the related Loan Group for
such Distribution Date; provided, however, that if a Bankruptcy Loss that is an
Excess Loss is sustained with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for such Loan
Group will be reduced on the related Distribution Date by the related Senior
Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the principal portion of such
Bankruptcy Loss; provided, further, however, that on any Distribution Date after
a Senior Termination Date, the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for the
remaining Senior Certificate Group will be calculated pursuant to the above
formula based on all the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool, as opposed to the
Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group.
Senior Step Down Conditions: As of the first Distribution Date as to
which any decrease in the Senior Prepayment Percentage of a Senior Certificate
Group applies, (i) the outstanding principal balance of all Mortgage Loans in
either Loan Group delinquent 60 days or more (averaged over the preceding six
month period), as a percentage of (a) of such date is prior to a Senior
Termination Date, the Subordinated Percentage for such Loan Group of the
aggregate of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group, or (b) if such date is after
a Senior Termination Date, the aggregate Class Certificates Balance of its
Subordinated Certificates does not equal or exceed 50% and (ii) cumulative
Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans in either Loan Group or, if
such date is after the Senior Termination Date, all the Mortgage Loans do not
exceed (a) with respect to the Distribution Date on the fifth anniversary of the
first Distribution Date, 30% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance, (b)
with respect to the Distribution Date on the sixth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 35% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance, (c) with
respect to the Distribution Date on the seventh anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 40% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance, (d) with
respect to the Distribution Date on the eighth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 45% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance and (e)
with respect to the Distribution Date on the ninth anniversary of the first
Distribution Date, 50% of the Original Subordinated Principal Balance.
Senior Termination Date: As to any Senior Certificate Group, the date
on which the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates of
such Senior Certificate Group (other than, in the case of Loan Group 1, the
Class PO Certificates) is reduced to zero.
Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master Servicer of
its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any
expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 and any
enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the
management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the
obligations under Section 3.09.
Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement, as such list may from time to time be amended.
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date: The point in time at which
the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.
Special Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss suffered by a Mortgaged
Property on account of direct physical loss but not including (i) any loss of a
type covered by a hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance policy required
to be maintained with respect to such Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section
3.09 to the extent of the amount of such loss covered thereby, or (ii) any loss
caused by or resulting from:
(a) normal wear and tear;
(b) fraud, conversion or other dishonest act on the part of
the Trustee, the Master Servicer or any of their agents or employees
(without regard to any portion of the loss not covered by any errors
and omissions policy);
(c) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty materials,
unless the collapse of the property or a part thereof ensues and then
only for the ensuing loss;
(d) nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or
radioactive or chemical contamination, all whether controlled or
uncontrolled, and whether such loss be direct or indirect, proximate or
remote or be in whole or in part caused by, contributed to or
aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of the term "Special
Hazard Loss";
(e) hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war,
including action in hindering, combating or defending against an
actual, impending or expected attack:
1. by any government or sovereign power,
de jure or de facto, or by any authority maintaining or using
military, naval or air forces; or
2. by military, naval or air forces; or
3. by an agent of any such government, power,
authority or forces;
(f) any weapon of war employing nuclear fission, fusion or
other radioactive force, whether in time of peace or war; or
(g) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped
power or action taken by governmental authority in hindering, combating
or defending against such an occurrence, seizure or destruction under
quarantine or customs regulations, confiscation by order of any
government or public authority or risks of contraband or illegal
transportation or trade.
Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount: With respect to the first
Distribution Date, $3,810,629. With respect to any Distribution Date after the
first Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the greatest of (i) 1% of the
aggregate of the principal balances of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) twice the
principal balance of the largest Mortgage Loan and (iii) the aggregate of the
principal balances of all Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located
in the single California postal zip code area having the highest aggregate
principal balance of any such zip code area and (b) the Special Hazard Loss
Coverage Amount as of the Closing Date less the amount, if any, of Special
Hazard Losses allocated to the Certificates since the Closing Date. All
principal balances for the purpose of this definition will be calculated as of
the first day of the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution
Date after giving effect to Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans then due,
whether or not paid.
Special Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a
Special Hazard Loss has occurred.
S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
If S&P is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for
purposes of Section 10.05(b) the address for notices to S&P shall be Standard &
Poor's, 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Mortgage
Surveillance Monitoring, or such other address as S&P may hereafter furnish to
the Depositor and the Master Servicer.
Startup Day: The Closing Date.
Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date as specified
in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before any adjustment
to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or similar waiver or
grace period) after giving effect to any previous partial Principal Prepayments
and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other than with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of principal due on such Due Date
and irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor.
Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated
pursuant to the Seller's Streamlined Loan Documentation Program then in effect.
Subordinated Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Subordinated Percentage: As to any Distribution Date on or prior to a
Senior Termination Date and Loan Group, 100% minus the Senior Percentage for the
Senior Certificate Group relating to such Loan Group for such Distribution Date.
As to any Distribution Date after a Senior Termination Date, 100% minus the
Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date.
Subordinated Prepayment Percentage: As to any Distribution Date and
Loan Group, 100% minus the related Senior Prepayment Percentage for such
Distribution Date.
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount calculated for each Loan Group as follows: (A)
the sum of (i) the Subordinated Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage
for such Loan Group of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of all amounts
described in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of "Non-PO Formula
Principal Amount", with respect to such Loan Group, for such Distribution
Date, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group that became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date, the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the amount of the
Liquidation Proceeds allocated to principal received with respect thereto
remaining after application thereof pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition
of Senior Principal Distribution Amount for the related Senior Certificate
Group and (iii) the Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the applicable
Non-PO Percentage of all amounts described in clause (f) of the definition of
"Non-PO Formula Principal Amount", with respect to such Loan Group, for such
Distribution Date reduced by (B) the amount of any payments in respect of
Class PO Deferred Amounts relating to the Class PO Certificates on such
Distribution Date from Available Funds for Loan Group 1; provided, however,
that on any Distribution Date after a Senior Termination Date, the
Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount will not be calculated by Loan
Group but will equal the amount calculated pursuant to the formula set forth
above based on the applicable Subordinated Percentage for the Subordinated
Certificates for such Distribution Date with respect to all of the Mortgage
Loans as opposed to the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group.
Subservicer: Any person to whom the Master Servicer has contracted for
the servicing of all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.02
hereof.
Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit M, (i)
have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the
Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not
more than 10% less than the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (ii) be accruing interest at a rate no lower than and not more than 1% per
annum higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a Loan-to-Value
Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a remaining
term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than that of)
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted
Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and (vi) comply with each representation
and warranty set forth in Section 2.03 hereof.
Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term
pursuant to Section 2.03.
Support Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Targeted Balances: With respect to any Targeted Principal Classes and
any Distribution Date appearing in Schedule IV hereto, the applicable amount
appearing opposite such Distribution Date for such respective Class.
Targeted Principal Classes: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.
Tax Matters Person: The person designated as "tax matters person" in
the manner provided under Treasury regulation ss. 1.860F-4(d) and temporary
Treasury regulation ss. 301.6231(a)(7)1T. Initially, the Tax Matters Person
shall be the Trustee.
Tax Matters Person Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate with a
Denomination of $0.05.
Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate.
Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a successor
trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.
Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the Pool Stated Principal
Balance with respect to such Distribution Date.
Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum
rate agreed upon in writing on or prior to the Closing Date by the Trustee and
the Depositor.
Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of
(i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or with
respect thereto after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing
the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof; (ii) the Certificate Account and the
Distribution Account all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and
has been acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; and
(v) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
foregoing.
Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the
Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of
determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to each Class of
Notional Amount Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among
the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests), and (b) the remaining Voting Rights (or 100%
of the Voting Rights if there is no Class of Notional Amount Certificates) shall
be allocated among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in
proportion to the Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such
date.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.
(a) The Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof,
hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the
Depositor, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Seller in
and to the Mortgage Loans, including all interest and principal received or
receivable by the Seller on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans after the
Cut-off Date and all interest and principal payments on the Mortgage Loans
received prior to the Cut-off Date in respect of installments of interest and
principal due thereafter, but not including payments of principal and interest
due and payable on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date. On or prior
to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to the Depositor or, at the
Depositor's direction, to the Trustee or other designee of the Depositor, the
Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(except that, in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, such delivery
may take place within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date). Such
delivery of the Mortgage Files shall be made against payment by the Depositor of
the purchase price, previously agreed to by the Seller and Depositor, for the
Mortgage Loans. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that does not have a first
payment date on or before the Due Date in the month of the first Distribution
Date, the Seller shall deposit into the Distribution Account on or before the
Distribution Account Deposit Date relating to the first Distribution Date, an
amount equal to one month's interest at the related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on
the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan.
(b) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all the
right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund together
with the Depositor's right to require the Seller to cure any breach of a
representation or warranty made herein by the Seller or to repurchase or
substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan in accordance herewith.
(c) In connection with the transfer and assignment set forth in clause
(b) above, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee
(or, in the case of the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans, will deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Trustee within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date)
for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following documents or instruments
with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:
(i) (A) the original Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or
facsimile signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to
the order of ____________ without recourse," with all
intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of
endorsement from the originator to the Person endorsing the
Mortgage Note (each such endorsement being sufficient to
transfer all right, title and interest of the party so
endorsing, as noteholder or assignee thereof, in and to that
Mortgage Note); or
(B) with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost
note affidavit from the Seller stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed, together with a copy of
such Mortgage Note;
(ii) except as provided below, the original recorded
Mortgage or a copy of such Mortgage certified by the Seller as
being a true and complete copy of the Mortgage;
(iii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may
be included in a blanket assignment or assignments), together
with, except as provided below, all interim recorded
assignments of such mortgage (each such assignment, when duly
and validly completed, to be in recordable form and sufficient
to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof, under the Mortgage to which the assignment relates);
provided that, if the related Mortgage has not been returned
from the applicable public recording office, such assignment
of the Mortgage may exclude the information to be provided by
the recording office;
(iv) the original or copies of each assumption,
modification, written assurance or substitution agreement, if
any;
(v) except as provided below, the original or duplicate
original lender's title policy and all riders thereto; and
(vi) in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of
the following documents or instruments:
(a) The Coop Shares, together with a stock power in
blank;
(b) The executed Security Agreement;
(c) The executed Proprietary Lease;
(d) The executed Recognition Agreement;
(e) The executed assignment of Recognition Agreement;
(f) The executed UCC-1 financing statement with
evidence of recording thereon which have been filed
in all places required to perfect the Seller's
interest in the Coop Shares and the Proprietary
Lease; and
(g) Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other
appropriate UCC financing statements required by
state law, evidencing a complete and unbroken line
from the mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence of
recording thereon (or in a form suitable for
recordation).
In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the Depositor
cannot deliver (a) the original recorded Mortgage, (b) all interim recorded
assignments or (c) the lender's title policy (together with all riders thereto)
satisfying the requirements of clause (ii), (iii) or (v) above, respectively,
concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof because such document or
documents have not been returned from the applicable public recording office in
the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, or because the title policy has not been
delivered to either the Master Servicer or the Depositor by the applicable title
insurer in the case of clause (v) above, the Depositor shall promptly deliver to
the Trustee, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, such original Mortgage
or such interim assignment, as the case may be, with evidence of recording
indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the public recording office, or a
copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording office, but
in no event shall any such delivery of the original Mortgage and each such
interim assignment or a copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant
recording office, be made later than one year following the Closing Date, or, in
the case of clause (v) above, no later than 120 days following the Closing Date;
provided, however, in the event the Depositor is unable to deliver by such date
each Mortgage and each such interim assignment by reason of the fact that any
such documents have not been returned by the appropriate recording office, or,
in the case of each such interim assignment, because the related Mortgage has
not been returned by the appropriate recording office, the Depositor shall
deliver such documents to the Trustee as promptly as possible upon receipt
thereof and, in any event, within 720 days following the Closing Date. The
Depositor shall forward or cause to be forwarded to the Trustee (a) from time to
time additional original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of a
Mortgage Loan and (b) any other documents required to be delivered by the
Depositor or the Master Servicer to the Trustee. In the event that the original
Mortgage is not delivered and in connection with the payment in full of the
related Mortgage Loan and the public recording office requires the presentation
of a "lost instruments affidavit and indemnity" or any equivalent document,
because only a copy of the Mortgage can be delivered with the instrument of
satisfaction or reconveyance, the Master Servicer shall execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered such a document to the public recording
office. In the case where a public recording office retains the original
recorded Mortgage or in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a
public recording office, the Seller shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of such
Mortgage certified by such public recording office to be a true and complete
copy of the original recorded Mortgage.
As promptly as practicable subsequent to such transfer and assignment,
and in any event, within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Trustee shall (i)
affix the Trustee's name to each assignment of Mortgage, as the assignee
thereof, (ii) cause such assignment to be in proper form for recording in the
appropriate public office for real property records and (iii) cause to be
delivered for recording in the appropriate public office for real property
records the assignments of the Mortgages to the Trustee, except that, with
respect to any assignments of Mortgage as to which the Trustee has not received
the information required to prepare such assignment in recordable form, the
Trustee's obligation to do so and to deliver the same for such recording shall
be as soon as practicable after receipt of such information and in any event
within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof and that the Trustee need not
cause to be recorded any assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan (a) the
Mortgaged Property and Mortgage File relating to which are located in California
or (b) in any other jurisdiction under the laws of which in the opinion of
counsel the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the
Trustee's and the Certificateholders' interest in the related Mortgage Loan.
In the case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full as of the
Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents to the
Trustee, will deposit in the Certificate Account the portion of such payment
that is required to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section
3.08 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within
thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the Seller shall either (i) deliver to
the Depositor, or at the Depositor's direction, to the Trustee or other designee
of the Depositor the Mortgage File as required pursuant to this Section 2.01 for
each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (ii) (A) substitute a Substitute Mortgage
Loan for the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) repurchase the Delayed Delivery
Mortgage Loan, which substitution or repurchase shall be accomplished in the
manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.03 (treating each
Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted Mortgage Loan for purposes of such
Section 2.03), provided, however, that if the Seller fails to deliver a Mortgage
File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within the thirty-day period provided
in the prior sentence, the Seller shall use its best reasonable efforts to
effect a substitution, rather than a repurchase of, such Deleted Mortgage Loan
and provided further that the cure period provided for in Section 2.02 or in
Section 2.03 shall not apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for
such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but rather the Seller shall have five (5)
Business Days to cure such failure to deliver. At the end of such thirty-day
period, the Trustee shall send a Delay Delivery Certification for the Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered during such thirty-day period in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.02.
SECTION 2.02. Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.
The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the documents identified in the
Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F and declares that
it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it
constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it holds or will hold such other
assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and
benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges
that it will maintain possession of the Mortgage Notes in the State of
California, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies.
The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver on the Closing Date to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller an Initial Certification in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit F. Based on its review and examination, and only
as to the documents identified in such Initial Certification, the Trustee
acknowledges that such documents appear regular on their face and relate to such
Mortgage Loan. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect,
review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to
determine that the same are genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the
represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded in the real estate
records or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.
On or about the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller a
Delay Delivery Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G, with any
applicable exceptions noted thereon.
Not later than 120 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Seller a Final
Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit H, with any applicable
exceptions noted thereon.
If, in the course of such review, the Trustee finds any document
constituting a part of a Mortgage File which does not meet the requirements of
Section 2.01, the Trustee shall list such as an exception in the Final
Certification; provided, however that the Trustee shall not make any
determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to transfer all
right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee
thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in recordable
form or is sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the assignee
thereof under the mortgage to which the assignment relates. The Seller shall
promptly correct or cure such defect within 90 days from the date it was so
notified of such defect and, if the Seller does not correct or cure such
defect within such period, the Seller shall either (a) substitute for the
related Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be
accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section
2.03, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days from
the date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing at the Purchase
Price of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall such
substitution or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date,
except that if the substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this provision is required by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents
by the appropriate recording office, and there is a dispute between either the
Master Servicer or the Seller and the Trustee over the location or status of
the recorded document, then such substitution or purchase shall occur within
720 days from the Closing Date. The Trustee shall deliver written notice to
each Rating Agency within 270 days from the Closing Date indicating each
Mortgage Loan (a) which has not been returned by the appropriate recording
office or (b) as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of such
Mortgage Loan. Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until
the related Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee. Any such substitution
pursuant to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above shall not be effected
prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by
Section 2.05 hereof, if any, and any substitution pursuant to (a) above shall
not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request
for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit N. No substitution is
permitted to be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for
such month. The Purchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited
by the Seller in the Certificate Account on or prior to the Distribution
Account Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the
month of repurchase and, upon receipt of such deposit and certification with
respect thereto in the form of Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the
related Mortgage File to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the
Seller's request such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the
Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the
Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's interest in any Mortgage Loan released
pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall retain possession and custody of each Mortgage File
in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Trustee, upon the execution or
receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments
constituting the Mortgage File as come into the possession of the Master
Servicer from time to time.
It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to
substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan which does not meet the
requirements of Section 2.01 above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting
such defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor and any Certificateholder
against the Seller.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Seller
and Master Servicer.
(a) Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., in its capacities as Seller and
Master Servicer, hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in
Schedule II hereto, and by this reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor
and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the
Cut-off Date.
(b) The Seller, in its capacity as Seller, hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in Schedule III hereto, and by this
reference incorporated herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the
Closing Date, or if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date.
(c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a
representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) that materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan,
the party discovering such breach shall give prompt notice thereof to the other
parties. The Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of its
discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a breach of any
representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03(b) which materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan,
it shall cure such breach in all material respects, and if such breach is not so
cured, shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second anniversary
of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") from
the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the
manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii)
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the
Purchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided, however, that any such
substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the delivery
to the Trustee of the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.05 hereof, if
any, and any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior
to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a Request for Release substantially
in the form of Exhibit N and the Mortgage File for any such Substitute Mortgage
Loan. The Seller shall promptly reimburse the Master Servicer and the Trustee
for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in
respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. With respect to the
representations and warranties described in this Section which are made to the
best of the Seller's knowledge, if it is discovered by either the Depositor, the
Seller or the Trustee that the substance of such representation and warranty is
inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the
related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders therein,
notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of
such representation or warranty, such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the
applicable representation or warranty.
With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller
shall deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the
Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of the Mortgage, and such
other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01, with the
Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by Section 2.01. No
substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the
Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to
Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be part of the
Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller on the next succeeding
Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders will include the monthly payment due on any Deleted Mortgage
Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all
amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer
shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders
to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the
amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to-the terms of this
Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to have made with
respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of
substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section
2.03(b) with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the
deposit to the Certificate Account of the amount required to be deposited
therein in connection with such substitution as described in the following
paragraph, the Trustee shall release the Mortgage File held for the benefit of
the Certificateholders relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and
shall execute and deliver at the Seller's direction such instruments of transfer
or assignment prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest title in the Seller, or its designee, the Trustee's interest
in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.
For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Substitute
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will
determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all
such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (after
application of the scheduled principal portion of the monthly payments due in
the month of substitution). The amount of such shortage (the "Substitution
Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to the aggregate of any unreimbursed
Advances with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account by the Seller on or before the Distribution Account Deposit
Date for the Distribution Date in the month succeeding the calendar month during
which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced
hereunder.
In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan,
the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the Certificate Account
pursuant to Section 3.05 on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for
the Distribution Date in the month following the month during which the Seller
became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon
such deposit of the Purchase Price, the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel
required by Section 2.05 and receipt of a Request for Release in the form of
Exhibit N hereto, the Trustee shall release the related Mortgage File held for
the benefit of the Certificateholders to such Person, and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver at such Person's direction such instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and agreed that
the obligation under this Agreement of any Person to cure, repurchase or replace
any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy against such Persons respecting such breach available
to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on their behalf.
The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.03
shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to
the Mortgage Loans.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with
respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof or such other date set forth
herein that as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer of the Mortgage
Loans to it by the Seller, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage Loans
and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, defenses or counterclaims.
The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Trustee all
of its rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans including, without limitation,
the representations and warranties of the Seller made pursuant to Section
2.03(b) hereof, together with all rights of the Depositor to require the Seller
to cure any breach thereof or to repurchase or substitute for any affected
Mortgage Loan in accordance with this Agreement.
It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to
the Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach of any
of the foregoing representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.04
(referred to herein as a "breach"), which breach materially and adversely
affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the others and to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 2.05. Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
Substitutions.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no
substitution pursuant to Section 2.02 or Section 2.03 shall be made more than 90
days after the Closing Date unless the Seller delivers to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that such
substitution will not (i) result in the imposition of the tax on "prohibited
transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after the Startup Date, as
defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively, or (ii)
cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding.
(b) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer,
or the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such
fact shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of
discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Trustee shall require the Seller, at the Seller's option, to
either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c) with respect to
substitutions are satisfied, a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the affected
Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of
such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a breach of
representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.03. The Trustee shall
reconvey to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the
same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section
2.03.
SECTION 2.06. Execution and Delivery of Certificates.
The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the
Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and
delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized
denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the
Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights
referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the
Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this Agreement to the best
of its ability, to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Certificates
may be adequately and effectively protected.
SECTION 2.07. REMIC Matters.
The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created
hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the
Closing Date. The "tax matters person" with respect to each REMIC hereunder
shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax Matters Person
Certificate. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the Depositor and the Trustee
as follows:
(a) the Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and
requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy; and
(b) no written information, certificate of an officer,
statement furnished in writing or written report delivered to the
Depositor, any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared
by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make such information, certificate, statement or report
not misleading.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF MORTGAGE LOANS
SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.
For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall
service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage loan
servicers. In connection with such servicing and administration, the Master
Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through
Subservicers 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 (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (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 other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or
other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any
Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not take any action that
is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests of the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. The
Master Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Trust Fund in
the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own
portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan, and
shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any Mortgage
Loan which would cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in
the imposition of any tax under Section 860F(a) or Section 860G(d) of the Code.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer, in its
own name or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is hereby authorized
and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Master Servicer
believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any
and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties held for the
benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver
to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and
delivery by either or both of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the
Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent that
the Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such documents
pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of such documents, the
Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to
the Master Servicer.
In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the
Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the
purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from
related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.06, and further as
provided in Section 3.08. The costs incurred by the Master Servicer, if any, in
effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of
calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the
Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that
the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.
SECTION 3.02. Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicers.
(a) The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any
Mortgage Loan by a Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement; provided,
however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related
subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in
a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to actions
taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans
include actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the Master
Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any subservicing agreement, any of
the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between
the Master Servicer and a Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a
Subservicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable
to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the servicing and
administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the
Subservicer 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.
All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the related subservicing
agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Master Servicer with the same
force and effect as if performed directly by the Master Servicer.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be
deemed to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to
the Mortgage Loans that are received by a Subservicer regardless of whether such
payments are remitted by the Subservicer to the Master Servicer.
SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of
the Master Servicer.
The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of
the Master Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or
cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer
hereunder and in connection with any such defaulted obligation to exercise the
related rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that the Master
Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of
such performance by the Depositor or its designee. Neither the Trustee nor the
Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure
to act by the Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the Depositor be
obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer hereunder or
otherwise.
SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.
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 or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that the
Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.09 hereof or any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer
hereunder), (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from doing so by
applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of
Mortgage Loans hereunder including, but not limited to, repurchases or
substitutions of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (iv)
responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v)
deemed to have made any representations and warranties of the Master Servicer
hereunder). Any such assumption shall be subject to Section 7.02 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 its successor shall succeed
to any rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each subservicing
agreement.
The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the
expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and
records relating to each subservicing agreement or substitute subservicing
agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder and an
accounting of amounts collected or held by it and otherwise use its best efforts
to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the substitute subservicing
agreement to the assuming party.
SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate
Account; Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance
with the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage servicers
to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the
Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this
Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy.
Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i)
waive any late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in
connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend the due dates
for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 180 days;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer cannot extend the maturity of any
such Mortgage Loan past the date on which the final payment is due on the latest
maturing Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date. In the event of any such
arrangement, the Master Servicer shall make Advances on the related Mortgage
Loan in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01 during the scheduled
period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan
without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements. The Master Servicer
shall not be required to institute or join in litigation with respect to
collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or otherwise
or against any public or governmental authority with respect to a taking or
condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision of the
Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required is
prohibited by applicable law.
(b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Certificate
Account into which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on
a daily basis within one Business Day of receipt, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections remitted by
Subservicers or received by it in respect of Mortgage Loans subsequent to the
Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on the
Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required
to be deposited hereunder:
(i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage
Loans, including Principal Prepayments;
(ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage
Loans, net of the related Master Servicing Fee;
(iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, other
than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures;
(iv) any amount required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in connection with any losses on
Permitted Investments;
(v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09(b), 3.09(d), and in respect of net
monthly rental income from REO Property pursuant to Section 3.11
hereof;
(vi) all Substitution Adjustment Amounts;
(vii) all Advances made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.01; and
(viii) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.
In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a
buydown agreement, on each Due Date for such Mortgage Loan, in addition to the
monthly payment remitted by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall cause funds
to be deposited into the Certificate Account in an amount required to cause an
amount of interest to be paid with respect to such Mortgage Loan equal to the
amount of interest that has accrued on such Mortgage Loan from the preceding Due
Date at the Mortgage Rate net of the related Master Servicing Fee on such date.
The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer shall
be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of prepayment penalties,
late payment charges or assumption fees, if collected, need not be remitted by
the Master Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any
amount not required to be remitted, it may at any time withdraw or direct the
institution maintaining the Certificate Account to withdraw such amount from the
Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Such
withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by delivering written notice thereof
to the Trustee or such other institution maintaining the Certificate Account
which describes the amounts deposited in error in the Certificate Account. The
Master Servicer shall maintain adequate records with respect to all withdrawals
made pursuant to this Section. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance
with Section 3.08.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Distribution Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the following:
(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ix);
(ii) any amount deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.05(d) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;
and
(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required
to be deposited in the Distribution Account.
In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount not
required to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw such
amount from the Distribution Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. Such direction may be accomplished by delivering an Officer's
Certificate to the Trustee which describes the amounts deposited in error in the
Distribution Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be
held by the Trustee in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in
accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In
no event shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Distribution
Account at the direction of the Master Servicer.
(e) Each institution at which the Certificate Account or the
Distribution Account is maintained shall invest the funds therein as directed in
writing by the Master Servicer in Permitted Investments, which shall mature not
later than (i) in the case of the Certificate Account, the second Business Day
next preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date (except that if
such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains
such account, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the
Business Day next preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date) and (ii) in
the case of the Distribution Account, the Business Day next preceding the
Distribution Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of
the institution that maintains such fund or account, then such Permitted
Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and, in each
case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted
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 of funds on deposit in the Certificate Account or the Distribution
Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as servicing
compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as provided herein. The amount
of any realized losses in the Certificate Account or the Distribution Account
incurred in any such account in respect of any such investments shall promptly
be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Certificate Account or paid to the
Trustee for deposit into the Distribution Account, as applicable. The Trustee in
its fiduciary capacity shall not be liable for the amount of any loss incurred
in respect of any investment or lack of investment of funds held in the
Certificate Account or the Distribution Account and made in accordance with this
Section 3.05.
(f) The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Seller,
each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of the location of
the Certificate Account prior to any change thereof. The Trustee shall give
notice to the Master Servicer, the Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor
of any proposed change of the location of the Distribution Account prior to any
change thereof.
SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
Escrow Accounts.
(a) To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not
violative of current law, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one
or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and deposit and retain therein all
collections from the Mortgagors (or advances by the Master Servicer) for the
payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums or comparable items for
the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall require the Master Servicer
to compel a Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in violation of applicable
law.
(b) Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may
be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance
premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse
the Master Servicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to
Sections 3.01 hereof (with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance
premiums) and 3.09 hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any
Mortgagors any sums determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required by
law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to Mortgagors on
balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account at
the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof. The
Escrow Accounts shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.
(c) The Master Servicer shall advance any payments referred to in
Section 3.06(a) that are not timely paid by the Mortgagors on the date when the
tax, premium or other cost for which such payment is intended is due, but the
Master Servicer shall be required so to advance only to the extent that such
advances, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will be recoverable
by the Master Servicer out of Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or
otherwise.
SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding the Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall afford the Depositor and the Trustee
reasonable access to all records and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
and all accounts, insurance information and other matters relating to this
Agreement, such access being afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the office designated by the Master
Servicer.
Upon reasonable advance notice in writing, the Master Servicer will
provide to each Certificateholder which is a savings and loan association, bank
or insurance company certain reports and reasonable access to information and
documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans sufficient to permit such
Certificateholder to comply with applicable regulations of the OTS or other
regulatory authorities with respect to investment in the Certificates; provided
that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each such
Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in
providing such reports and access.
SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and
Distribution Account.
(a) The Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from
the Certificate Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to the Master Servicer (to the extent not
previously retained by the Master Servicer) the servicing compensation
to which it is entitled pursuant to Section 3.14, and to pay to the
Master Servicer, as additional servicing compensation, earnings on or
investment income with respect to funds in or credited to the
Certificate Account;
(ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for unreimbursed
Advances made by it, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this
subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on the Mortgage
Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was made;
(iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Nonrecoverable
Advance previously made;
(iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer for Insured Expenses
from the related Insurance Proceeds;
(v) to reimburse the Master Servicer for (a) unreimbursed
Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer's right to reimbursement
pursuant to this clause (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being
limited to amounts received on such Mortgage Loan(s) which represent
late recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made
pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.06 and (b) for unpaid Master
Servicing Fees as provided in Section 3.11 hereof;
(vi) to pay to the purchaser, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased
pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.11, all amounts received thereon
after the date of such purchase;
(vii) to reimburse the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them and reimbursable
pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof;
(viii) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate
Account and not required to be deposited therein;
(ix) on or prior to the Distribution Account Deposit Date, to
withdraw an amount equal to the related Available Funds and the Trustee
Fee for such Distribution Date and remit such amount to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account; and
(x) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 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 Certificate Account pursuant to such subclauses (i), (ii),
(iv), (v) and (vi). Prior to making any withdrawal from the Certificate Account
pursuant to subclause (iii), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount of any
previous Advance determined by the Master Servicer to be a Nonrecoverable
Advance and identifying the related Mortgage Loans(s), and their respective
portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.
(b) The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Distribution Account for
distributions to Certificateholders, in the manner specified in this Agreement
(and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of any taxes that it
is authorized to withhold pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 8.11). In
addition, the Trustee may from time to time make withdrawals from the
Distribution Account for the following purposes:
(i) to pay to itself the Trustee Fee for the related
Distribution Date;
(ii) to pay to the Master Servicer as additional servicing
compensation earnings on or investment income with respect to funds in
the Distribution Account;
(iii) to withdraw and return to the Master Servicer any amount
deposited in the Distribution Account and not required to be deposited
therein; and
(iv) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof.
SECTION 3.09. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary
Insurance Policies.
(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 lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements
securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (y) the outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loan and (z) an amount such that the proceeds of such
policy shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the mortgagee from
becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of standard hazard insurance shall
contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a standard mortgagee
clause. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any such policies
(other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the
related Mortgaged Property or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in
the Certificate Account. Any cost incurred by the Master 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 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 late payments by the related Mortgagor or out of
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 3.08 hereof. It is
understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be
required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a
Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at
any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the
Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan in
a federally designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating
in the national flood insurance program, the Master Servicer shall cause flood
insurance to be maintained with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood
insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the replacement value of the
improvements which are part of such Mortgaged Property, and (iii) the maximum
amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the
national flood insurance program.
(b) 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 this Section, 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. If such
policy contains a deductible clause, the Master Servicer shall, in the event
that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a
policy complying with the first sentence of this Section, and there shall have
been a loss that would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the
Certificate Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as Master
Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present, on behalf
of itself, the Depositor, and the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy.
(c) The Master Servicer shall not take any action which would result
in non-coverage under any applicable Primary Insurance Policy of any loss which,
but for the actions of the Master Servicer, would have been covered thereunder.
The Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary
Insurance Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the
Certificates and is required to be kept in force hereunder unless the
replacement Primary Insurance Policy for such canceled or non-renewed policy is
maintained with a Qualified Insurer.
Except with respect to the Lender PMI Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer shall not be required to maintain any Primary Insurance Policy (i) with
respect to any Mortgage Loan with a Loan-to-Value Ratio less than or equal to
80% as of any date of determination or, based on a new appraisal, the principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan represents 80% or less of the new appraised value
or (ii) if maintaining such Primary Insurance Policy is prohibited by applicable
law. With respect to the Lender PMI Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall
maintain the Primary Insurance Policy for the life of such Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer agrees to effect the timely payment of the
premiums on each Primary Insurance Policy, and such costs not otherwise
recoverable shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer from the related
liquidation proceeds.
(d) In connection with its activities as Master Servicer of the
Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of itself, the
Trustee and Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under any Primary
Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall
be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Insurance Policies respecting
defaulted Mortgage Loans. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any
Primary Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Certificate Account.
SECTION 3.10. Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption
Agreements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, 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 Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master
Servicer is not required to exercise such rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan
if the Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is
proposed to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the
Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee
under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under such
Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In the event that the
Master 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,
or if nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Master Servicer is
authorized, subject to Section 3.10(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
3.10(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 by reason of any transfer or
assumption which the Master Servicer reasonably believes it is restricted by law
from preventing, for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.10(a) hereof, in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person
is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement
to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the Trustee, or
if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the
Mortgagor from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall prepare
and deliver or cause to be prepared and delivered to the Trustee for signature
and shall direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute 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.
In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note
may be changed. In addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property
must be acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with its underwriting
standards as then in effect. Together with each such substitution, assumption or
other agreement or instrument delivered to the Trustee for execution by it, the
Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer's Certificate signed by a Servicing
Officer stating that the requirements of this subsection have been met in
connection therewith. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such
substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the
Trustee the original of such substitution or assumption agreement, which in the
case of the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for
all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as
all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. 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.
SECTION 3.11. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of
Certain Mortgage Loans.
The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to 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 no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments.
In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Master Servicer
shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or
advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing
activities and meet the requirements of the insurer under any Required
Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be
required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards
the restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i) that such
restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of
the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that
such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds
(respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the
Certificate Account). The Master Servicer shall be responsible for all other
costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however,
that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the liquidation
proceeds with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, as provided in the
definition of Liquidation Proceeds. If the Master Servicer has knowledge that
a Mortgaged Property which the Master Servicer is contemplating acquiring in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure is located within a 1 mile
radius of any site listed in the Expenditure Plan for the Hazardous Substance
Clean Up Bond Act of 1984 or other site with environmental or hazardous waste
risks known to the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer will, prior to
acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in
accordance with its established environmental review procedures.
With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale
shall be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, or its nominee, on behalf of the Certificateholders. The
Trustee's name shall be placed on the title to such REO Property solely as the
Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity. The Master Servicer shall
ensure that the title to such REO Property references the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Trustee's capacity thereunder. Pursuant to its efforts to sell
such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall either itself or through an agent
selected by the Master Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the
same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO
Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the
interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the
Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders for
the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Master Servicer shall
prepare for and deliver to the Trustee a statement with respect to each REO
Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and
all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such
REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Trustee to comply with
the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental
income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Certificate
Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The
Master Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding required by
Sections 1445 and 6050J of the Code with respect to foreclosures and
abandonments, the tax reporting required by Section 6050H of the Code with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest from individuals and any tax
reporting required by Section 6050P of the Code with respect to the cancellation
of indebtedness by certain financial entities, by preparing such tax and
information returns as may be required, in the form required, and delivering the
same to the Trustee for filing.
In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property
prior to two years after its acquisition by the Trust Fund unless the Trustee
shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such two-year
period will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions"
of any REMIC hereunder as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any REMIC
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged
Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented)
or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund
in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject any REMIC hereunder to the
imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from
such Mortgaged Property under Section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless
the Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund
with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.
In the event of a default on a Mortgage Loan one or more of whose
obligor is not a United States Person, as that term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code, in connection with any foreclosure or acquisition of a
deed in lieu of foreclosure (together, "foreclosure") in respect of such
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will cause compliance with the provisions of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(d)(3) (or any successor thereto) necessary
to assure that no withholding tax obligation arises with respect to the proceeds
of such foreclosure except to the extent, if any, that proceeds of such
foreclosure are required to be remitted to the obligors on such Mortgage Loan.
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 REO Properties,
net of reimbursement to the Master Servicer for expenses incurred (including any
property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of
unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Advances and Servicing Advances, shall be
applied to the payment of principal of and interest on the related defaulted
Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though 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 and interest on the related
Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Certificate Account. To the
extent the net income received during any calendar month is in excess of the
amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related
Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan for such calendar month, such excess
shall be considered to be a partial prepayment of principal of the related
Mortgage Loan.
The proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, as well as any
income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority:
first, to reimburse the Master Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and Master Servicing Fees; second, to reimburse the Master Servicer for
any unreimbursed Advances; third, to reimburse the Certificate Account for any
Nonrecoverable Advances (or portions thereof) that were previously withdrawn by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(iii) that related to such
Mortgage Loan; fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance
has been made for such amount or any such Advance has been reimbursed) on the
Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate to the
Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be
distributed; and fifth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. Excess
Proceeds, if any, from the liquidation of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan will be
retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation pursuant to
Section 3.14.
The Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to
purchase for its own account from the Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan which is 91
days or more delinquent at a price equal to the Purchase Price. The Purchase
Price for any Mortgage Loan purchased hereunder shall be deposited in the
Certificate Account and the Trustee, upon receipt of a certificate from the
Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit N hereto, shall release or cause to be
released to the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan the related Mortgage File and
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by
the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan, in each case without recourse, as shall be
necessary to vest in the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan any Mortgage Loan
released pursuant hereto and the purchaser of such Mortgage Loan shall succeed
to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan and
all security and documents related thereto. Such assignment shall be an
assignment outright and not for security. The purchaser of such Mortgage Loan
shall thereupon own such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents, free of
any further obligation to the Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect
thereto.
SECTION 3.12. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.
Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a
manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer will immediately notify
the Trustee by delivering, or causing to be delivered a "Request for Release"
substantially in the form of Exhibit N. Upon receipt of such request, the
Trustee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer,
and the Trustee shall at the Master Servicer's direction execute and deliver to
the Master Servicer the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or
release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the
Mortgage in each case provided by the Master Servicer, together with the
Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation thereon. Expenses incurred
in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall
be chargeable to the related Mortgagor. From time to time and as shall be
appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including for
such purpose, collection under any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity bond
or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial
release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of
any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other
documents included in the Mortgage File, the Trustee shall, upon delivery to the
Trustee of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit M signed by a Servicing
Officer, release the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. Subject to the
further limitations set forth below, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Mortgage File or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee when the
need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan
is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the Certificate Account,
in which case the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a Request for
Release in the form of Exhibit N, signed by a Servicing Officer.
If the Master Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure
proceeding in respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this Agreement,
the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, for
signature, as appropriate, any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or
other documents necessary to effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action
brought to obtain judgment against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the
Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or
rights provided by the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at
law or in equity.
SECTION 3.13. Documents Records and Funds in Possession of Master
Servicer to be Held for the Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee as required by this Agreement all
documents and instruments in respect of a Mortgage Loan coming into the
possession of the Master Servicer from time to time and shall account fully to
the Trustee 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 Mortgage Files and funds collected or held
by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer in respect of any Mortgage
Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from
Liquidation Proceeds, including but not limited to, any funds on deposit in the
Certificate Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of
the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the
Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage
File or any funds that are deposited in the Certificate Account, Distribution
Account or any Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due
or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any
claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other
encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of setoff
against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in connection with, a
Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to
set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that are properly due
and payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.14. Servicing Compensation.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer
shall be entitled to retain or withdraw from the Certificate Account an amount
equal to the Master Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan, provided that the
aggregate Master Servicing Fee with respect to any Distribution Date shall be
reduced (i) by an amount equal to the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date, but not below an
amount equal to one-half of the aggregate Master Servicing Fee for such
Distribution Date before reduction thereof in respect of such Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls, and (ii) with respect to the first Distribution Date, an
amount equal to any amount to be deposited into the Distribution Account by the
Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and not so deposited.
Additional servicing compensation in the form of Excess Proceeds,
Prepayment Interest Excess, prepayment penalties, assumption fees, late payment
charges and all income and gain net of any losses realized from Permitted
Investments shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the extent not required
to be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof. The
Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in
connection with its master servicing activities hereunder (including payment of
any premiums for hazard insurance and any Primary Insurance Policy and
maintenance of the other forms of insurance coverage required by this Agreement)
and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically
provided in this Agreement.
SECTION 3.15. Access to Certain Documentation.
The Master Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to
comparable regulatory authorities supervising Holders of Subordinated
Certificates and the examiners and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and
such other authorities, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
required by applicable regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall be
afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and
during normal business hours at the offices designated by the Master Servicer.
Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the Master Servicer to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Mortgagors and the failure of the Master Servicer to provide access as provided
in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of
this Section.
SECTION 3.16. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee on
or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal year,
commencing with its 1999 fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to
the signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master Servicer
during the preceding calendar year and of the performance of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision and (ii) to
the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer
has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement 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. The Trustee shall forward a copy of each such statement to each Rating
Agency.
SECTION 3.17. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
Statement; Financial Statements.
On or before 120 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal
year, commencing with its 1999 fiscal year, the Master Servicer at its expense
shall cause a nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent public
accountants (who may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the
Seller or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee and the
Depositor to the effect that-such firm has examined certain documents and
records relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement or
of mortgage loans under pooling and servicing agreements substantially similar
to this Agreement (such statement to have attached thereto a schedule setting
forth the pooling and servicing agreements covered thereby) and that, on the
basis of such examination, conducted substantially in compliance with the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for
Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC, such servicing has been conducted in
compliance with such pooling and servicing agreements except for such
significant exceptions or errors in records that, in the opinion of such firm,
the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program
for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC requires it to report. In rendering
such statement, such firm may rely, as to matters relating to direct servicing
of mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon comparable statements for examinations
conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for
FNMA and FHLMC (rendered within one year of such statement) of independent
public accountants with respect to the related Subservicer. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon request
at the Master Servicer's expense, provided such statement is delivered by the
Master Servicer to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.18. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.
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 with the requirements from time to time of FNMA or FHLMC for persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by FNMA or FHLMC. 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.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 4.01. Advances.
The Master Servicer shall determine on or before each Master Servicer
Advance Date whether it is required to make an Advance pursuant to the
definition thereof. If the Master Servicer determines it is required to make an
Advance, it shall, on or before the Master Servicer Advance Date, either (i)
deposit into the Certificate Account an amount equal to the Advance or (ii) make
an appropriate entry in its records relating to the Certificate Account that any
Amount Held for Future Distribution has been used by the Master Servicer in
discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance. Any funds so applied shall
be replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Certificate Account no
later than the close of business on the next Master Servicer Advance Date. The
Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Certificate Account
for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant to this Section as provided in
Section 3.08. The obligation to make Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan
shall continue if such Mortgage Loan has been foreclosed or otherwise terminated
and the related Mortgaged Property has not been liquidated.
The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee on the related Master
Servicer Advance Date an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating
the amount of any proposed Advance determined by the Master Servicer to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance.
SECTION 4.02. Priorities of Distribution.
(a) (1) With respect to the Available Funds for Loan Group 1
and Remaining Available Funds for Loan Group 2, on each Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall withdraw such Available Funds from the Distribution Account and
apply such funds to distributions on the specified Classes of Loan Group 1
Senior Certificates in the following order and priority and, in each case, to
the extent of such funds remaining:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) to each interest-bearing Class of Loan Group
1 Senior Certificates, an amount allocable
to interest equal to the related Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount, any
shortfall being allocated among such Classes
in proportion to the amount of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount that
would have been distributed in the absence
of such shortfall;
(iii) [Reserved]
(iv) to each Class of Loan Group 1 Senior
Certificates, concurrently as follows:
(x) to the Class PO Certificates, an amount
allocable to principal equal to the PO Formula
Principal Amount, up to the outstanding Class
Certificate Balance thereof; and
(y) on each Distribution Date prior to the
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, the Non-PO
Formula Principal Amount, up to the amount of the
Senior Principal Distribution Amount for Loan Group 1
for such Distribution Date, will be distributed as
follows:
(1) to the Class A-R Certificates, until
the Class
Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and
(2) to the Class I-A-1 Certificates,
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof
has been reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class PO Certificates, any related Class PO
Deferred Amount, up to an amount not to exceed the
amount calculated pursuant to clause (A) of the
definition of the Subordinated Principal Distribution
Amount actually received or advanced for such
Distribution Date (with such amount to be allocated
first from amounts calculated pursuant to (A)(i) and
(ii) then (iii) of the definition of Subordinated
Principal Distribution Amount);
(2) With respect to the Available Funds for Loan Group 2 and Remaining
Available Funds for Loan Group 1, on each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
withdraw such Available Funds from the Distribution Account and apply such funds
to distributions on the specified Classes of Loan Group 2 Senior Certificates in
the following order and priority and, in each case, to the extent of such funds
remaining:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) to each interest-bearing Class of Loan Group
2 Senior Certificates, an amount allocable
to interest equal to the related Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount, any
shortfall being allocated among such Classes
in proportion to the amount of the Class
Optimal Interest Distribution Amount that
would have been distributed in the absence
of such shortfall;
(iii) [Reserved];
(iv) to each Class of Loan Group 2 Senior
Certificates, concurrently as follows:
(x) [Reserved];
(y) on each Distribution Date prior to the
Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, the Non-PO
Formula Principal Amount, up to the amount of the
Senior Principal Distribution Amount for Loan Group 1
for such Distribution Date, will be distributed as
follows:
(1) concurrently,
61.3944829601% to the II-A-1
Certificates, 18.3151204570% to the
Class II-A-2 Certificates,
2.0350131806% to the Class II-A-5
Certificates and 18.2553834023% to
the Class II-A-3 Certificates, until
the Class Certificate Balances of
the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2 and
Class II-A-5 Certificates have been
reduced to zero; and
(2) concurrently,
18.0304808998% to the Class II-A-3
Certificates and 81.9695191002% to
the Class II-A-4 Certificates, until
the Class Certificate Balances
thereof have been reduced to zero;
(v) to the Class PO Certificates, the Class PO Deferred
Amount, up to an amount not to exceed the amount
calculated pursuant to clause (A) of the definition of
the Subordinated Principal Distribution Amount
actually received or advanced for such Distribution
Date (with such amount to be allocated first from
amounts calculated pursuant to (A)(i) and (ii) then (iii)
of the definition of Subordinated Principal Distribution
Amount);
(3) to each Class of Subordinated Certificates,
subject to paragraph (e) below, in the following order of
priority:
(A) to the Class M Certificates, an
amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date;
(B) to the Class M Certificates, an
amount allocable to principal equal to its
Pro Rata Share for such Distribution Date
until the Class Certificate Balance thereof
is reduced to zero;
(C) to the Class B-1 Certificates,
an amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
for such Class for such Distribution Date;
(D) to the Class B-1 Certificates,
an amount allocable to principal equal to
its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution
Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(E) to the Class B-2 Certificates,
an amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
for such Class for such Distribution Date;
(F) to the Class B-2 Certificates,
an amount allocable to principal equal to
its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution
Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero;
(G) to the Class B-3 Certificates,
an amount allocable to interest equal to the
amount of the Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(H) to the Class B-3 Certificates,
an amount allocable to principal equal to
its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution
Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero;
(I) to the Class B-4 Certificates,
an amount allocable to interest equal to the
amount of the Class Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class for such
Distribution Date;
(J) to the Class B-4 Certificates,
an amount allocable to principal equal to
its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution
Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero;
(K) to the Class B-5 Certificates,
an amount allocable to interest equal to the
Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount
for such Class for such Distribution Date;
and
(L) to the Class B-5 Certificates,
an amount allocable to principal equal to
its Pro Rata Share for such Distribution
Date until the Class Certificate Balance
thereof is reduced to zero.
(4) to the Class A-R Certificates, any remaining funds in the Trust
Fund.
On any Distribution Date, amounts distributed in respect of Class PO Deferred
Amounts will not reduce the Class Certificate Balance of the Class PO
Certificates.
On any Distribution Date, to the extent the Amount Available for
Senior Principal for Loan Group 1 or the Amount Available for Senior Principal
for Loan Group 2, as the case may be, is insufficient to make the full
distribution required to be made pursuant to clause (1)(iv)(x) or (2)(iv)(x)
above, (A) the amount distributable on the Class PO Certificates in respect of
principal shall be equal to the product of (1) the Amount Available for Senior
Principal for such Loan Group and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
related PO Formula Principal Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of
such PO Formula Principal Amount and the Senior Principal Distribution Amount
for the Loan Group 1 Senior Certificates and (B) the amount distributable on the
related Senior Certificates, other than the Class PO Certificates, in respect of
principal shall be equal to the product of (1) the Amount Available for Senior
Principal for such Loan Group and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
related Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the denominator of which is the
sum of such Senior Principal Distribution Amount and the related PO Formula
Principal Amount.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) On each Distribution Date on or after the Senior Credit Support
Depletion Date, notwithstanding the allocation and priority set forth in Section
4.02(a)(1)(iv)(y) and 4.02(a)(2)(iv)(y), the portion of Available Funds for Loan
Group 1 and Available Funds for Loan Group 2 available to be distributed as
principal of the Senior Certificates (other than the Notional Amount
Certificates and the Class PO Certificates) shall be distributed concurrently,
as principal, on all Classes of Senior Certificates (other than the Notional
Amount Certificates and the Class PO Certificates regardless of Senior
Certificate Group), pro rata, on the basis of their respective Class Certificate
Balances, until the Class Certificate Balances thereof are reduced to zero.
(d) On each Distribution Date, the amount referred to in clause (i) of
the definition of Class Optimal Interest Distribution Amount for each Class of
Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced for each Class of
Senior Certificates of a Senior Certificate Group and each Class of Subordinated
Certificates for such Distribution Date shall be reduced with respect to each
Loan Group by (i) the related Class' pro rata share of Net Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls for such Loan Group based (x) with respect to a Class of Senior
Certificates, the related Optimal Interest Distribution Amount and (y) with
respect to a Class of Subordinated Certificates on and prior to the Senior
Termination Date for the related Senior Certificate Group, the Assumed Interest
Amount or after such Senior Termination Date, the related Optimal Interest
Distribution Amount and (ii) the related Class' Allocable Share of (A) after the
Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date, with respect to each Mortgage Loan in
the related Loan Group (or after the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, any
Mortgage Loan) that became a Special Hazard Mortgage Loan during the calendar
month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the excess of one month's
interest at the related Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month over the amount
of Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage Loan with respect
to such month, (B) after the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date, with respect
to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group (or after the Senior Credit
Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan) that became subject to a Bankruptcy
Loss during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date,
the interest portion of the related Debt Service Reduction or Deficient
Valuation, (C) each Relief Act Reduction for the Mortgage Loans in the related
Loan Group (or after the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage
Loan) incurred during the calendar month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date and (D) after the Fraud Coverage Termination Date, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group (or after the Senior
Credit Support Depletion Date, any Mortgage Loan) that became a Fraud Loan
during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, the
excess of one month's interest at the related Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate on the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in such month
over the amount of Liquidation Proceeds applied as interest on such Mortgage
Loan with respect to such month.
(e) Notwithstanding the priority and allocation contained in Section
4.02(a)(3), if with respect to any Class of Subordinated Certificates on any
Distribution Date the sum of the related Class Subordination Percentages of such
Class and of all Classes of Subordinated Certificates which have a higher
numerical Class designation than such Class (the "Applicable Credit Support
Percentage") is less than the Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage for
such Class, no distribution of Principal Prepayments will be made to any such
Classes (the "Restricted Classes") and the amount of such Principal Prepayments
otherwise distributable to the Restricted Classes shall be distributed to any
Classes of Subordinated Certificates having lower numerical Class designations
than such Class, pro rata, based on their respective Class Certificate Balances
immediately prior to such Distribution Date and shall be distributed in the
sequential order provided in Section 4.02(a)(vi).
SECTION 4.03. [Reserved]
SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses.
(a) On or prior to each Determination Date, the Trustee shall
determine the total amount of Realized Losses, including Excess Losses, with
respect to the related Distribution Date. For purposes of allocating losses to
the Subordinated Certificates, the Class M Certificates will be deemed to have a
lower numerical class designation, and to be of a higher relative payment
priority, than each other Class of Subordinated Certificates.
Realized Losses with respect to any Distribution Date shall be
allocated as follows:
(i) the applicable PO Percentage of any Realized Loss,
including any Excess Loss, shall be allocated to the Class PO
Certificates, if such Realized Loss relates to a Loan Group 1 Mortgage
Loan until the Class Certificate Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
and
(ii) (1) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Realized
Loss (other than an Excess Loss) shall be allocated first to the
Subordinated Certificates in reverse order of their respective
numerical Class designations (beginning with the Class of Subordinated
Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical Class
designation) until the respective Class Certificate Balance of each
such Class is reduced to zero, and then the Senior Certificates of the
related Senior Certificate Group (other than, in the case of Loan Group
1, the Class PO Certificates), pro rata on the basis of their
respective Class Certificate Balances or, in the case of each Class of
Accrual Certificates, on the basis of the lesser of their Class
Certificate Balance and their initial Class Certificate Balance, in
each case immediately prior to the related Distribution Date until the
respective Class Certificate Balance of each such Class is been reduced
to zero; and
(2) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of any Excess Losses on the
Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group shall be allocated to the Classes of Certificates
of the related Senior Certificate Group (other than the Notional Amount
Certificates and the Class PO Certificates) and the Subordinated Certificates
then outstanding, pro rata, on the basis of, with respect to such Senior
Certificates, their respective Class Certificate Balances and, with respect to
each Class of Subordinated Certificates, the applicable Assumed Balance for each
such Class relating to the Loan Group in which such Realized Loss occurs;
provided, however, on any Distribution Date after a Senior Termination Date for
a Senior Certificate Group, such Excess Losses on the Mortgage Loans in the
related Loan Group will be allocated to the Subordinated Certificates on the
basis of their respective Class Certificate Balances; and provided further that
after the Senior Credit Support Depletion Date, such Excess Losses shall be
allocated pro rata among the Classes of Senior Certificates in the related
Senior Certificate Group (other than the Notional Amount Certificates and, in
the case of Loan Group 1, the Class PO Certificates), based on their respective
Class Certificate Balances immediately prior to such Distribution Date.
(b) The Class Certificate Balance of the Class of Subordinated
Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical Class designation shall
be reduced on each Distribution Date by the sum of (i) the amount of any
payments on the Class PO Certificates in respect of Class PO Deferred Amounts
and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the Class Certificate
Balances of all outstanding Classes of Certificates (after giving effect to the
distribution of principal and the allocation of Realized Losses and Class PO
Deferred Amounts on such Distribution Date) exceeds the Pool Stated Principal
Balance for the following Distribution Date.
(c) Any Realized Loss allocated to a Class of Certificates or any
reduction in the Class Certificate Balance of a Class of Certificates pursuant
to Section 4.04(a) above shall be allocated among the Certificates of such Class
in proportion to their respective Certificate Balances.
(d) Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Certificate or to any
Component or any reduction in the Certificate Balance of a Certificate, pursuant
to Section 4.04(a) above shall be accomplished by reducing the Certificate
Balance or Component Balance thereof, as applicable, immediately following the
distributions made on the related Distribution Date in accordance with the
definition of "Certificate Balance" or "Component Balance," as the case may be.
SECTION 4.05. [Reserved].
SECTION 4.06. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare
and cause to be forwarded by first class mail to each Certificateholder, the
Master Servicer and the Depositor a statement setting forth with respect to the
related distribution:
(i) the amount thereof allocable to principal,
separately identifying the aggregate amount of any Principal
Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds included therein;
(ii) the amount thereof allocable to interest, any
Class Unpaid Interest Shortfall included in such distribution
and any remaining Class Unpaid Interest Shortfall after giving
effect to such distribution;
(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such
Class of Certificates is less than the full amount that would
be distributable to such Holders if there were sufficient
funds available therefor, the amount of the shortfall and the
allocation thereof as between principal and interest;
(iv) the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of
Certificates after giving effect to the distribution of
principal on such Distribution Date;
(v) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for the
following Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 1
and the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2;
(vi) the Senior Percentage for each Senior
Certificate Group and the Subordinated Percentage for each
Loan Group for the following Distribution Date;
(vii) the amount of the Master Servicing Fees paid to
or retained by the Master Servicer with respect to such
Distribution Date and each Loan Group;
(viii) the Pass-Through Rate for each such Class of
Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date;
(ix) the amount of Advances included in the
distribution on such Distribution Date and the aggregate
amount of Advances outstanding as of the close of business on
such Distribution Date;
(x) the number and aggregate principal amounts of
Mortgage Loans (A) delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure) (1) 1 to 30 days (2) 31 to 60 days (3) 61 to 90
days and (4) 91 or more days and (B) in foreclosure and
delinquent (1) 1 to 30 days (2) 31 to 60 days (3) 61 to 90
days and (4) 91 or more days, as of the close of business on
the last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution
Date;
(xi) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became
an REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan
number and Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as
of the close of business on the Determination Date preceding
such Distribution Date and the date of acquisition thereof;
(xii) the total number and principal balance of any
REO Properties (and market value, if available) as of the
close of business on the Determination Date preceding such
Distribution Date by Loan Group;
(xiii) the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each
Senior Certificate Group for the following Distribution Date;
(xiv) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses by Loan
Group incurred during the preceding calendar month;
(xv) the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount, the
Fraud Loss Coverage Amount and the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage
Amount, in each case as of the related Determination Date; and
(xvi) with respect to the second Distribution Date,
the number and aggregate balance of any Delay Delivery
Mortgage Loans not delivered within thirty (30) days after the
Closing Date.
(b) The Trustee's responsibility for disbursing the above information
to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and
accuracy of the information provided by the Master Servicer. The Trustee will
send a copy of each statement provided pursuant to this Section 4.06 to each
Rating Agency.
(c) On or before the fifth Business Day following the end of each
Prepayment Period (but in no event later than the third Business Day prior to
the related Distribution Date), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee
(which delivery may be by electronic data transmission) a report in
substantially the form set forth as Schedule V hereto.
(d) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any time
during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing the
information set forth in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vii) of this Section
4.06 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during
which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable
information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the
Code as from time to time in effect.
SECTION 4.07. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for COFI
Certificates.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of COFI Certificates for each
Interest Accrual Period after the initial Interest Accrual Period shall be
determined by the Trustee as provided below on the basis of the Index and the
applicable formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding to the COFI
Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the Preliminary
Statement.
Except as provided below, with respect to each Interest Accrual Period
following the initial Interest Accrual Period, the Trustee shall not later than
two Business Days following the publication of the applicable Index determine
the Pass-Through Rate at which interest shall accrue in respect of the COFI
Certificates during the related Interest Accrual Period.
Except as provided below, the Index to be used in determining the
respective Pass-Through Rates for the COFI Certificates for a particular
Interest Accrual Period shall be COFI for the second calendar month preceding
such Interest Accrual Period. If at the Outside Reference Date for any Interest
Accrual Period, COFI for the second calendar month preceding such Interest
Accrual Period has not been published, the Trustee shall use COFI for the third
calendar month preceding such Interest Accrual Period. If COFI for neither the
second nor third calendar months preceding any Interest Accrual Period has been
published on or before the related Outside Reference Date, the Index for such
Interest Accrual Period and for all subsequent Interest Accrual Periods shall be
the National Cost of Funds Index for the third calendar month preceding such
Interest Accrual Period (or the fourth preceding calendar month if such National
Cost of Funds Index for the third preceding calendar month has not been
published by such Outside Reference Date). In the event that the National Cost
of Funds Index for neither the third nor fourth calendar months preceding an
Interest Accrual Period has been published on or before the related Outside
Reference Date, then for such Interest Accrual Period and for each succeeding
Interest Accrual Period, the Index shall be LIBOR, determined in the manner set
forth below.
On each Interest Determination Date so long as the COFI Certificates
are outstanding and the applicable Index therefor is LIBOR, the Trustee shall
either (i) request each Reference Bank to inform the Trustee of the quotation
offered by its principal London office for making one-month United States dollar
deposits in leading banks in the London interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such Interest Determination Date or (ii) in lieu of making any
such request, rely on such Reference Bank quotations that appear at such time on
the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined in the International Swap Dealers
Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording, Assumptions and Provisions for Swaps,
1986 Edition), to the extent available.
With respect to any Interest Accrual Period for which the applicable
Index is LIBOR, LIBOR for such Interest Accrual Period will be established by
the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date as follows:
(a) If on any Interest Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered
quotations (rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/32%).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of
the Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the
next Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i)
LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii)
the Reserve Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the
rate per annum which the Trustee determines to be either (i) the
arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United States dollar lending rates
that New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting, on the
relevant Interest Determination Date, to the principal London offices
of at least two of the Reference Banks to which such quotations are, in
the opinion of the Trustee, being so made, or (ii) in the event that
the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month
United States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by
the Trustee are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.
From such time as the applicable Index becomes LIBOR until all of the
COFI Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will at all times retain at
least four Reference Banks for the purposes of determining LIBOR with respect to
each interest Determination Date. The Master Servicer initially shall designate
the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank" shall be a leading bank engaged in
transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market,
shall not control, be controlled by, or be under common control with, the
Trustee and shall have an established place of business in London. If any such
Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable to act as such or if the Master
Servicer should terminate its appointment as Reference Bank, the Trustee shall
promptly appoint or cause to be appointed another Reference Bank. The Trustee
shall have no liability or responsibility to any Person for (i) the selection of
any Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or (ii) any inability to
retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by circumstances beyond its
reasonable control.
In determining LIBOR and any Pass-Through Rate for the COFI
Certificates or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely and
shall be protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether written, oral
or on the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as
to LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in effect from time to
time. The Trustee shall not have any liability or responsibility to any Person
for (i) the Trustee's selection of New York City banks for purposes of
determining any Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its inability, following a
good-faith reasonable effort, to obtain such quotations from the Reference Banks
or the New York City banks or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as provided
for in this Section 4.07.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the COFI
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee.
SECTION 4.08. Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR
Certificates.
On each Interest Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates
are outstanding, the Trustee shall either (i) request each Reference Bank to
inform the Trustee of the quotation offered by its principal London office for
making one-month United States dollar deposits in leading banks in the London
interbank market, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination
Date or (ii) in lieu of making any such request, rely on such Reference Bank
quotations that appear at such time on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page (as defined
in the International Swap Dealers Association Inc. Code of Standard Wording,
Assumptions and provisions for Swaps, 1986 Edition), to the extent available.
LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period will be established by the
Trustee on each interest Determination Date as follows:
(a) If on any interest Determination Date two or more
Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, LIBOR for the next
Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered
quotations (rounding such arithmetic mean upwards if necessary to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/32%).
(b) If on any Interest Determination Date only one or none of
the Reference Banks provides such offered quotations, LIBOR for the
next Interest Accrual Period shall be whichever is the higher of (i)
LIBOR as determined on the previous Interest Determination Date or (ii)
the Reserve Interest Rate. The "Reserve Interest Rate" shall be the
rate per annum which the Trustee determines to be either (i) the
arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/32%) of the one-month United States dollar lending rates
that New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting, on the
relevant Interest Determination Date, to the principal London offices
of at least two of the Reference Banks to which such quotations are, in
the opinion of the Trustee, being so made, or (ii) in the event that
the Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month
United States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by
the Trustee are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.
(c) If on any interest Determination Date the trustee is
required but is unable to determine the Reserve Interest Rate in the
manner provided in paragraph (b) above, LIBOR shall be LIBOR as
determined on the preceding Interest Determination Date, or, in the
case of the first Interest Determination Date, the Initial LIBOR Rate.
Until all of the LIBOR Certificates are paid in full, the Trustee will
at all times retain at least four Reference Banks for the purpose of determining
LIBOR with respect to each Interest Determination Date. The Master Servicer
initially shall designate the Reference Banks. Each "Reference Bank" shall be a
leading bank engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurocurrency market, shall not control, be controlled by, or be under common
control with, the Trustee and shall have an established place of business in
London. If any such Reference Bank should be unwilling or unable to act as such
or if the Master Servicer should terminate its appointment as Reference Bank,
the Trustee shall promptly appoint or cause to be appointed another Reference
Bank. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to any Person for
(i) the selection of any Reference Bank for purposes of determining LIBOR or
(ii) any inability to retain at least four Reference Banks which is caused by
circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
The Pass-Through Rate for each Class of LIBOR Certificates for each
Interest Accrual Period shall be determined by the Trustee on each Interest
Determination Date so long as the LIBOR Certificates are outstanding on the
basis of LIBOR and the respective formulae appearing in footnotes corresponding
to the LIBOR Certificates in the table relating to the Certificates in the
Preliminary Statement.
In determining LIBOR, any Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR Certificates
or any Reserve Interest Rate, the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
protected in relying upon the offered quotations (whether written, oral or on
the Reuters Screen) from the Reference Banks or the New York City banks as to
LIBOR or the Reserve Interest Rate, as appropriate, in effect from time to time.
The Trustee shall not have any liability or responsibility to any Person for (i)
the Trustee's selection of New York City banks for purposes of determining any
Reserve Interest Rate or (ii) its inability, following a good-faith reasonable
effort, to obtain such quotations from the Reference Banks or the New York City
banks or to determine such arithmetic mean, all as provided for in this Section
4.08.
The establishment of LIBOR and each Pass-Through Rate for the LIBOR
Certificates by the Trustee shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final,
conclusive and binding upon each Holder of a Certificate and the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
THE CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.
The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto
as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the
minimum denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that one
Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be in
excess of the applicable minimum denomination) and aggregate denominations per
Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.
Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final distribution on
the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions
to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a
bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if (i) such Holder
has so notified the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the related
Record Date and (ii) such Holder shall hold (A) a Notional Amount Certificate,
(B) 100% of the Class Certificate Balance of any Class of Certificates or (C)
Certificates of any Class with aggregate principal Denominations of not less
than $1,000,000 or (y) by check mailed by first class mail to such
Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.
The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee by an authorized 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 Trustee, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
be so authorized prior to the countersignature 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 countersigned by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered hereunder.
All Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature. On the
Closing Date, the Trustee shall countersign the Certificates to be issued at the
direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.
The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate
transfers.
SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and
(c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Certificate, the Trustee shall execute and deliver, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the
same Class and aggregate Percentage Interest.
At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged
for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and
evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Trustee. Whenever
any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate, and deliver the Certificates 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.
No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.
All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with
the Trustee's customary procedures.
(b) No transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such state securities laws. In the
event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the
Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities
Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and
such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the
Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in substantially the forms
set forth in Exhibit J (the "Transferor Certificate") and (i) deliver a letter
in substantially the form of Exhibit O (in the event such Certificate is the
Class Y Certificate) or either Exhibit K (the "Investment Letter") or Exhibit L
(the "Rule 144A Letter") (in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate
other than the Class Y Certificate) or (ii) there shall be delivered to the
Trustee at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such
transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act. The
Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding the
related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall
be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule
144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such Certificate without registration thereof
under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule
144A. The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in
providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence,
including providing to the Depositor such information regarding the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as
the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its obligation under the
preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such
transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the
Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer against any liability that may
result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such
federal and state laws.
No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless
the Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee
of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee (in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate, such
requirement is satisfied only by the Trustee's receipt of a representation
letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit K or Exhibit L),
to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or
arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or
arrangement, nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such
transfer, (ii) if the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that
the purchaser is an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with
funds contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is
defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE
95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered
under PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA-Restricted Certificate
presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA, or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such
plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement, or
using such plan's or arrangement's assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to
the Trustee, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of either the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee to the effect that the
purchase or holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not result in the
assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" and subject to the
prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code and will not subject the
Trustee to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this
Agreement or to any liability. For purposes of the preceding sentence, with
respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is not a Private Certificate, in
the event the representation letter referred to in the preceding sentence is not
so furnished, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the
Trustee by the transferee's (including an initial acquiror's) acceptance of the
ERISA-Restricted Certificates. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on
behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without the
delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as
described above shall be void and of no effect.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, no transfer of the Class Y
Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee shall have received a
representation from the transferee of such Certificate, in the form of Exhibit
O, to the effect that such transferee (i) is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975
of the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or
using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer, or
(ii)(A) is using assets of an "investment fund" (within the meaning of Part V(b)
of PTCE 84-14) managed by a "qualified professional asset manager" (within the
meaning of Part V(a) of PTCE 84-14) which has made or properly authorized the
decision for such fund to acquire such Certificate under circumstances such that
the purchase and holding of the Certificate is covered by PTCE 84-14, (B) is
using assets of a Plan managed by an "in-house asset manager" (within the
meaning of Part IV(a) of PTCE 96-23) which has made or properly authorized the
decision for such Plan to acquire such Certificate under circumstances such that
the purchase and holding of the Certificate are covered by PTCE 96-23, (C) is an
insurance company pooled separate account acquiring such Certificate pursuant to
Part I of PTCE 90-1, or a bank collective investment fund acquiring such
Certificate pursuant to Section I of PTCE 91-38, and in either case, no Plan
owns more than 10% of the assets of such account or collective fund (when
aggregated with other Plans of the same employer (or its affiliates) or the same
employee organization), or (D) is an insurance company purchasing such
Certificate with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(within the meaning of Section V(e) of PTCE 95-60) and the purchase and holding
of the Certificate are covered by PTCE 95-60. In the event that such
representation is violated, such transfer shall be void and of no effect.
To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not
limited to, ERISA), the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of transfer of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to
such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was
registered by the Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such
Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and
the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in
its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may
be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the
Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate
unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the
Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been
furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer
Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to
Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of
a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if it has actual
knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void
and shall vest no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported
transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation
of the provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding
Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for making
any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking
any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of
this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of
the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor Certificate and either the
Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter. The Trustee shall be
entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual
Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it
became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a
Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at
and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the
Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last
preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e)
of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in
this Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the
legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers
occurring after delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Seller or
the Master Servicer, to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions
will not cause any REMIC hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on
the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or
acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate hereby consents to
any amendment of this Agreement which, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished
to the Trustee, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership
of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred,
directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b)
to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate which is
held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a
Permitted Transferee.
(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions
referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at
the expense of the parties to such transfers.
(e) Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all
times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all
times: (i) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the
Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain
book-entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to
ownership and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iii) ownership and
transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the
Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository;
(iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and
expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall deal with the
Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating firms as
representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for
purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests
and directions for and votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be
inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and
(vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon
information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository
Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to
indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect
participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners.
All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall
be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository
Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. Each
Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of
Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as
agent in accordance with the Depository's normal procedures.
If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee in
writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Trustee or the Depositor is
unable to locate a qualified successor, (y) the Depositor at its option advises
the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through
the Depository or (z) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate
Owners representing at least 51% of the Certificate Balance of the Book-Entry
Certificates together advise the Trustee and the Depository through the
Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate
Owners, the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository,
of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive,
fully-registered Certificates (the "Definitive Certificates") to Certificate
Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the related Class
of Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by the instructions from the
Depository for registration, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Master Servicer, the Depositor nor the Trustee shall
be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and each may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
The Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with an adequate inventory of
certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein to
obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to
be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with
respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder; provided
that the Trustee shall not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations
become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the Depository.
If the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and
Class II-A-5 Certificates held by the Depositary are paid in full as a result of
the Holder of the Class Y Certificate having exercised the option described in
Section 9.04, the Trustee shall execute, countersign and deliver Definitive
Certificates for such Classes of Certificates to or upon the order of the Holder
of the Class Y Certificate, and the Class Y Certificate shall be cancelled by
the Trustee.
SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
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, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of the Master Servicer
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered
as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as
provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither
the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor any agent of the Master Servicer or the
Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses.
If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in
writing from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to
communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under
this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the
communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if the
Depositor or Master Servicer shall request such information in writing from the
Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of
such request, provide the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such
Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Trustee, if any. The Depositor
and every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agree 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.
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies in New York City where Certificates may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially
designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The Trustee will give
prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location
of any such office or agency.
ARTICLE VI
THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer shall each be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and
respectively imposed upon and undertaken by them herein.
SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer.
The Depositor and the Master Servicer will each keep in full effect
its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the
United States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will each
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the
Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.
Any Person into which the Depositor or the Master Servicer may be
merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation
to which the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any person
succeeding to the business of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, shall be the
successor of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as the case may be,
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
the Master Servicer shall be qualified to sell mortgage loans to, and to service
mortgage loans on behalf of, FNMA or FHLMC.
SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Seller,
the Master Servicer and Others.
None of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of the
directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer
or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties made by
it herein or protect the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any such
Person from any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by
reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor,
the Seller, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Seller, the Master
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the
Seller or the Master Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held
harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any
audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing
authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates,
other than any loss, liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan
or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be
otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or
expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence
in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. None of the Depositor, the Seller or the
Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action that is not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and
which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided,
however, that any of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer may in its
discretion undertake any such action that it 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. In such event,
the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the
Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed
therefor out of the Certificate Account.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer.
The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it except (a) upon appointment of a successor servicer and
receipt by the Trustee of a letter from each Rating Agency that such a
resignation and appointment will not result in a downgrading of the rating of
any of the Certificates, without regard to the guaranty provided by the
Policies, or (b) upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law. Any such determination under clause (b)
permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation
shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor master servicer shall
have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities and
obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of
the following events:
(i) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in
the Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee any payment
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which
failure shall continue unremedied for five days after the date
upon which written notice of such failure shall have been
given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor
or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of
Certificates having not less than 25% of the Voting Rights
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, which failure materially affects the rights of
Certificateholders, that failure continues unremedied for a
period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer by
the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Master Servicer and
the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates;
provided, however, that the sixty-day cure period shall not
apply to the initial delivery of the Mortgage File for Delay
Delivery Mortgage Loans nor the failure to substitute or
repurchase in lieu thereof; or
(iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for
the appointment of a 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 against the Master
Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
(iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the
appointment of a 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
(v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file
a petition to take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case
under, any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute,
make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (i) to (v) of this Section
shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of
Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, or at the direction of
the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting
Rights evidenced by the Certificates, the Trustee shall by notice in writing to
the Master Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the
rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to
the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a
Certificateholder hereunder. On and after the receipt by the Master Servicer of
such written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer hereunder,
whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be
vested in the Trustee. The Trustee shall make any Advance which the Master
Servicer failed to make subject to Section 3.04 hereof whether or not the
obligations of the Master Servicer have been terminated pursuant to this
Section. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all
documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of
the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless expressly
provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect any obligation
of the Master Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII. The Master
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of
the Master Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without
limitation, the transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall at the
time be credited to the Certificate Account, or thereafter be received with
respect to the Mortgage Loans.
Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Master
Servicer hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any
late collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan which was due prior to
the notice terminating such Master Servicer's rights and obligations as Master
Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that portion thereof to which
such Master Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.08(a)(i)
through (viii),and any other amounts payable to such Master Servicer hereunder
the entitlement to which arose prior to the termination of its activities
hereunder.
SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, subject to and
to the extent provided in Section 3.04, be the successor to the Master Servicer
in its capacity as master servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set
forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the
terms and provisions hereof and applicable law including the obligation to make
Advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall
be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer
would have been entitled to charge to the Certificate Account or Distribution
Account if the Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the successor to the Master Servicer in
accordance with Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling
to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making Advances
pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof or if it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint,
or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established
mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of which does not adversely
affect the then current rating of the Certificates by each Rating Agency as the
successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part
of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder.
Any successor to the Master Servicer shall be an institution which is a FNMA and
FHLMC approved seller/servicer in good standing, which has a net worth of at
least $15,000,000, and which is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and
executes and delivers to the Depositor 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 (other than liabilities of the Master Servicer under Section
6.03 hereof incurred prior to termination of the Master Servicer under Section
7.01), with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement; and
provided further that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its rating of the
Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will
not be qualified or reduced, without regard to the guaranty provided by the
Policies, as a result of such assignment and delegation. Pending appointment of
a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee is
prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to Section 3.04 hereof, act in
such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and
assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall
agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of the
Master Servicing Fee 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. 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 or any failure to perform, or any delay in
performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case caused by
the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in
delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.
Any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer shall give
notice to the Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term
of its service as master servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that
the Master Servicer is required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.
SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.
(a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.
(b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such
Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in
the form required by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall
not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution,
certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:
(i) unless an Event of Default known to the
Trustee shall have occurred and be continuing, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of 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 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 liable for an
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer
or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be
finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(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 auditors
or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties
and the Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain or
confirm the genuineness of any signature of any such party or
parties;
(ii) the Trustee may consult with counsel,
financial advisers or accountants and the advice of any such
counsel, financial advisers or accountants and any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with
such Opinion of Counsel;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(iv) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do
by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates;
(v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts
or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents, accountants or attorneys;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be required to risk
or expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not assured to it;
(vii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement
(other than as issuer of the investment security);
(viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of an Event of Default until a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof; and
(ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the trusts, rights or powers vested in it by
this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any
litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request,
order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be
incurred therein or thereby.
SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken
as the statements of the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the
Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document other than with respect
to the Trustee's execution and counter-signature of the Certificates. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or
the Master Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in
respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Certificate
Account by the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it
were not the Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.
The Trustee, as compensation for its activities hereunder, shall be
entitled to withdraw from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date an
amount equal to the Trustee Fee for such Distribution Date. 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
(including reasonable attorney's fees) (i) incurred in connection with any claim
or legal action relating to (a) this Agreement, (b) the Certificates or (c) in
connection with 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 incurred by reason of any action of the Trustee taken at the
direction of the Certificateholders and (ii) resulting from any error in any tax
or information return prepared by the Master Servicer. Such indemnity shall
survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the
Trustee hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the Master Servicer covenants
and agrees, except as otherwise agreed upon in writing by the Depositor and the
Trustee, and except for any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise
from the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, to pay or
reimburse the Trustee, for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Agreement with respect to: (A) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of
the Certificates, (B) the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of
any accountant, engineer or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the
Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage such persons to perform acts
or services hereunder and (C) printing and engraving expenses in connection with
preparing any Definitive Certificates. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
Trustee shall not be entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine
ongoing expenses incurred by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as
Trustee, Registrar, Tax Matters Person or Paying Agent hereunder or for any
other expenses.
SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United
States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject
to super-vision or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit
rating which would not cause either of the Rating Agencies to reduce their
respective then current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such
security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction). If such
corporation or association publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07 hereof.
The entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships
with the Depositor and its affiliates or the Master Servicer and its affiliates;
provided, however, that such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Master
Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Master Servicer.
SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer and each Rating Agency not less than 60 days before the date
specified in such notice when, subject to Section 8.08, such resignation is to
take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in accordance with Section
8.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.06. If no successor
trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice or
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor, or if at any time the Trustee shall
become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a tax
is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or
the Trust Fund is located and the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the
appointment of a different trustee, then the Depositor or the Master Servicer
may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee, one
copy of which shall be delivered to the Master Servicer and one copy to the
successor trustee.
The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting
Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments
shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the Master Servicer, one complete
set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so
appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to each Rating
Agency by the Successor Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.08 hereof.
SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07 hereof
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally
named as trustee herein. The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the predecessor
trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as
may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming
in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof and its appointment
shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail
such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Depositor.
SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of
the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under
the provisions of Section 8.06 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 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the
time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have
the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with
the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Fund or any part
thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master
Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master
Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make
such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required
to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 and
no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 8.08.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) To the extent necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and
obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee, except for
the obligation of the Trustee under this Agreement to advance
funds on behalf of the Master Servicer, shall be conferred or
imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and
such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not
authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be
performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the
Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent
or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event
such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the
holding of title to the applicable Trust Fund or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but
solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held
personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any
other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall not, and
shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee
or co-trustee as agent of the Trustee;
(iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the
resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee;
and
(iv) The Master Servicer, and not the Trustee,
shall be liable for the payment of reasonable compensation,
reimbursement and indemnification to any such separate trustee
or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, when
and as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Master Servicer and the Depositor.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.
SECTION 8.11. Tax Matters.
It is intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC
election is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall
constitute, and that the conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be
such as to qualify such assets as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit"
as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of
such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and
the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of any such REMIC and
that in such capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be prepared
and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the Internal
Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the
Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income
tax or information returns for each taxable year with respect to any such REMIC,
containing such information and at the times and in the manner as may be
required by the Code or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and
furnish or cause to be furnished to Certificateholders the schedules, statements
or information at such times and in such manner as may be required thereby; (b)
within thirty days of the Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Internal Revenue Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the
Code, the name, title, address, and telephone number of the person that the
holders of the Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto,
together with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and
update such information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code;
(c) make or cause to be made elections that such assets be treated as a REMIC on
the federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under
applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and
forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and, if
necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as and
when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions,
including without limitation, the calculation of any original issue discount
using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information necessary for the
computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person
that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or
other middleman) of a Non-Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through entity in
which a Non-Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest (the
reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such information may be charged to
the Person liable for such tax); (f) to the extent that they are under its
control conduct matters relating to such assets at all times that any
Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status as a REMIC under the
REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to
take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status; (h) pay,
from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this Section 8.11, the
amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited transaction taxes as
described below, imposed on any such REMIC prior to its termination when and as
the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the
Trustee or any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in
appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding
payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings); (i) ensure that federal, state or local income tax or information
returns shall be signed by the Trustee or such other person as may be required
to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws, regulations or rules;
(j) maintain records relating to any such REMIC, including but not limited to
the income, expenses, assets and liabilities thereof and the fair market value
and adjusted basis of the assets determined at such intervals as may be required
by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules,
statements or information; and (k) as and when necessary and appropriate,
represent any such REMIC in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating
to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an
administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any such REMIC, enter into
settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of
limitations relating to any tax item of any such REMIC, and otherwise act on
behalf of any such REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving
it.
In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth
herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
within ten (10) days after the Closing Date all information or data that the
Trustee requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to
the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including, without
limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of
the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide
to the Trustee promptly upon written 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. The
Depositor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages,
claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of
the Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to
cause to be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely
basis.
In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of
the REMIC as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the "net income from
foreclosure property" of the REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on
any contribution to the REMIC after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d)
of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including, without limitation, any
minimum tax imposed upon the REMIC pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the
California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for
herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises
out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under
this Agreement, (ii) the Master Servicer, in the case of any such minimum tax,
or if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer or
Seller of any of their obligations under this Agreement, (iii) the Seller, if
any such tax arises out of or results from the Seller's obligation to repurchase
a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 or (iv) in all other cases, or
in the event that the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Seller fails to honor
its obligations under the preceding clauses (i),(ii) or (iii), any such tax will
be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Certificateholders, as
provided in Section 3.08(b).
SECTION 8.12. Periodic Filings.
Pursuant to written instructions from the Depositor, the Trustee shall
prepare, execute and file all periodic reports required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in conformity with the terms of the relief granted to the
Depositor in CWMBS, Inc. (February 3, 1994), a copy of which has been supplied
to the Trustee by the Issuer. In connection with the preparation and filing of
such periodic reports, the Depositor and the Master Servicer shall timely
provide to the Trustee all material information available to them which is
required to be included in such reports and not known to them to be in the
possession of the Trustee and such other information as the Trustee reasonably
may request from either of them and otherwise reasonably shall cooperate with
the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any failure to
properly prepare or file such periodic reports resulting from or relating to the
Trustee's inability or failure to obtain any information not resulting from its
own negligence or willful misconduct.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of all Mortgage
Loans.
Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with respect to
the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the purchase by the
Master Servicer of all Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) remaining in the
Trust Fund at the price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan plus one month's accrued interest thereon at the
applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate and (ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised value
of any REO Property as determined by the higher of two appraisals completed by
two independent appraisers selected by the Master Servicer at the expense of the
Master Servicer and (y) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan
related to any REO Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate and (b) the later of (i) the
maturity or other 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 (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required
to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement. In no event shall the
trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21
years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on
the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date. The right to
purchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to clause (a) above
shall be conditioned upon the Pool Stated Principal Balance, at the time of any
such repurchase, aggregating less than one percent of the aggregate Cut-off Date
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans.
SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.
If on any Determination Date, the Master Servicer determines that
there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the
Trust Fund other than the funds in the Certificate Account, the Master Servicer
shall direct the Trustee promptly to send a final distribution notice to each
Certificateholder. If the Master Servicer elects to terminate the Trust Fund
pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.01, at least 20 days prior to the date
notice is to be mailed to the affected Certificateholders, the Master Servicer
shall notify the Depositor and the Trustee of the date the Master Servicer
intends to terminate the Trust Fund and of the applicable repurchase price of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.
Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly
by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 15th
day and no later than the 10th day of the month next preceding the month of such
final distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date upon
which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation and
surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the amount of
such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency at which such
presentation and surrender must be made, and (d) that the Record Date otherwise
applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being made
only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office therein
specified. The Master Servicer will give such notice to each Rating Agency at
the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.
Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class, in the order
set forth in Section 4.02 hereof, on the final Distribution Date, in proportion
to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to Certificateholders of
the same Class, an amount equal to (i) as to each Class of Regular Certificates,
the Certificate Balance thereof plus (a) accrued interest thereon (or on their
Notional Amount, if applicable) in the case of an interest bearing Certificate
and (b) any Class PO Deferred Amounts in the case of the Class PO Certificates,
and (ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on
deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the amounts retained to meet
claims) after application pursuant to clause (i) above.
In the event that any affected 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 Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps,
or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain a part of
the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Class A-R
Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of
the Trust Fund which remain subject hereto.
SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.
(a) In the event the Master Servicer exercises its purchase option as
provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with
an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Master Servicer, to the effect that
the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i)
result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" on any REMIC as
defined in section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify
as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:
(1) Within 90 days prior to the final Distribution
Date set forth in the notice given by the Master Servicer under Section
9.02, the Master Servicer shall prepare and the Trustee, at the expense
of the "tax matters person," shall adopt a plan of complete liquidation
within the meaning of section 860F(a)(4) of the Code which, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Tax Matters Person), meets the
requirements of a qualified liquidation; and
(2) Within 90 days after the time of adoption of such
a plan of complete liquidation, the Trustee shall sell all of the
assets of the Trust Fund to the Master Servicer for cash in accordance
with Section 9.01.
(b) The Trustee as agent for any REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and sign
such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request of the Master
Servicer, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section
9.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as may be
reasonably requested by the Master Servicer.
(c) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Master Servicer to prepare and the Trustee to adopt and
sign a plan of complete liquidation.
Section 9.04. Special Termination
(a)(1) On any Distribution Date occurring on or after the earlier of
(i) the Distribution Date in June 2008 and (ii) the Distribution Date occurring
immediately after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Amount of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 is less than 20% of the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, the Holder of
the Class Y Certificate shall have the option to purchase all, but not less than
all, of the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and Class
II-A-5 Certificates (the "Purchase Certificates") for a price equal to the
outstanding Class Certificate Balance of each such Certificate plus interest
accrued thereon at the applicable Pass-Through Rate and unpaid (the "Acquisition
Price"). In order to exercise such option, the Class Y Certificateholder must,
no later than the fifth Business Day of the calendar month of such Distribution
Date, deliver to the Trustee (i) written notice, in the form of Exhibit P
hereto, of its intent to purchase all of the Purchase Certificates and of the
Distribution Date on which it intends to do so and (ii) the Class Y Certificate.
(2) On or before the Business Day preceding such
Distribution Date, the Class Y Certificateholder shall deposit cash in an amount
sufficient to provide for payment of the Acquisition Price. Such amount shall be
deposited into a segregated account established by the Trustee and entitled
"Acquisition Account" - CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
1998-12" (the "Acquisition Account"). Such amounts deposited in the Acquisition
Account shall be paid by the Trustee to Holders of Purchase Certificates upon
paydown of the Purchase Certificates as provided below.
(3) Notice of any purchase of the Purchase Certificates
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, in the form of Exhibit Q hereto,
specifying the Distribution Date upon which such purchase shall be made, shall
be given promptly by the Trustee by first class mail to Holders of the Purchase
Certificates mailed no later than the eighth Business Day of the calendar month
of such Distribution Date. Such notice shall specify (A) the Distribution Date
upon which the Acquisition Price will be paid upon transfer of the Purchase
Certificates (the "Acquisition Date"), (B) that the Acquisition Price applicable
to each Purchase Certificate constitutes payment in full therefor, and that no
further amounts in respect of interest or principal will be distributable to the
Holders from whom such Certificates are purchased by the Class Y
Certificateholder. The Trustee shall give such notice to the Master Servicer and
the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to Holders of the
Purchase Certificates.
(b) On the Acquisition Date, the Trustee shall (i) make payment from the
Acquisition Account to each Holder of a Purchase Certificate of the pro rata
portion of the Acquisition Price attributable to such Holder's Purchase
Certificates in the manner in which distributions are effected under this
Agreement, (ii) in accordance with this written notice received from the Class Y
Certificateholder pursuant to Section 9.04(a)(1), execute, countersign and
deliver upon or to the order of the Class Y Certificateholder, Definitive
Certificates representing the Purchase Certificates registered in the name of
the Holder of the Class Y Certificate or its nominee and (iii) cancel the Class
Y Certificate.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.01. Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct any
defective provision herein or to supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, (iii) to add to the duties of the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer, (iv) to add any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or (v) to modify, alter,
amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in this
Agreement; provided that any action pursuant to clauses (iv) or (v) above shall
not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall not
be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund), adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided, however, that
the amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of the Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment
obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not
result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned
to the Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and
of itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such
amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues
affecting any such rating. Except as provided in the following sentence, the
rights and obligations of the Holder of the Class Y Certificate may not be
amended without the consent of such Holder. The Trustee, the Depositor and the
Master Servicer also may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement
without the consent of the Certificateholders to modify, eliminate or add to any
of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i)
maintain the qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC under the Code, (ii) avoid or
minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any REMIC pursuant to the Code
that would be a claim at any time prior to the final redemption of the
Certificates or (iii) comply with any other requirements of the Code, provided
that the Trustee has been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be
an expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is
necessary or helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii)
avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with
any such requirements of the Code.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
Majority in Interest of each Class of Certificates affected thereby for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i)
reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to
be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in (i),
without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, as
to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating 66% or (iii) reduce the
aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all such
Certificates then outstanding.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first
received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not cause the
imposition of any tax on any REMIC or the Certificateholders or cause any REMIC
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, satisfactory to the Trustee that (i)
such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and that all
requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and (ii)
either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the
immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.
SECTION 10.02. Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
This Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public
offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are
situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere,
such recordation to be effected by the Master Servicer at its expense, but only
upon direction by the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
SECTION 10.03. Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND
TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties.
It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of
the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, an
absolute sale thereof to the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the
parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge thereof by the Depositor to the
Trustee. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties,
such assets are held to be the property of the Depositor, or if for any other
reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in such
assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement
within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and
(ii) the conveyance provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an
assignment and a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets that constitute
the Trust Fund, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the
Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security
interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such
throughout the term of the Agreement. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any
Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements in connection with any security
interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholder.
SECTION 10.05. Notices.
(a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:
1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;
3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or
the Trustee and the appointment of any successor;
4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant
to Section 2.03; and
5. The final payment to Certificateholders.
In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:
1. Each report to Certificateholders described in Section
4.04;
2. Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section
3.16;
3. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
report described in Section 3.17; and
4. Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.11.
(b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of
the Depositor, CWMBS, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, (b) in the case of the Master Servicer, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the
Depositor and the Trustee by the Master Servicer in writing, (c) in the case of
the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 1998-12, or such other
address as the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the Depositor or Master Servicer
and (d) in the case of the Rating Agencies, the address specified therefor in
the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency. Notices to
Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions.
If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 10.07. Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided in Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Master
Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and Depositor.
SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the trust created hereby, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or
winding up of the trust created hereby, or otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.
No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein
set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to
constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an
association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third
party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to
any provision hereof.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement,
unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice
of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided, and
unless the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it
may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein
or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any
such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.
SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.
The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will
permit and will cause each Subservicer to permit any representative of the
Depositor or the Trustee during the Master Servicer's normal business hours, to
examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the
Master Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified public
accountants selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers,
employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Master
Servicer hereby authorizes said accountants to discuss with such representative
such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often
as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the
exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09
shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection; all other such expenses
shall be borne by the Master Servicer or the related Subservicer.
SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not
be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in
the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any
reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by
the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.
* * * * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Seller and the
Master Servicer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
CWMBS, INC.
as Depositor
By: /S/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,
as Seller and Master Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Bow
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Name: Xxxxx X. Bow
Title: Senior Vice President
Assistant General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary
SCHEDULE I
Mortgage Loan Schedule
[Delivered at Closing to Trustee]
SCHEDULE II
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1998-12
Representations and Warranties of the Seller/Master Servicer
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule II to the Depositor
and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the
Cut-off Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule
II shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as seller and master servicer,
CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) Countrywide is duly organized as a New York
corporation and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of New York and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement to be conducted by Countrywide in any state in which a
Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not required under
applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in
compliance with the doing business laws of any such state, to the
extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan,
to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to perform any of its other
obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof.
(2) Countrywide has the full corporate power and
authority to sell and service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute,
deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Countrywide
the execution, delivery and performance of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement; and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties
thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
Countrywide, enforceable against Countrywide in accordance with its
terms, except that (a) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws
relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before
which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(3) The execution and delivery of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement by Countrywide, the sale and servicing of the
Mortgage Loans by Countrywide under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the consummation of any other of the transactions
contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the
fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary
course of business of Countrywide and will not (A) result in a material
breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of
Countrywide or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material
breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default
under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which
Countrywide is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a
material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to
Countrywide of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over Countrywide; and Countrywide
is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or other
material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order
or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation
may materially impair Countrywide's ability to perform or meet any of
its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(4) Countrywide is an approved servicer of
conventional mortgage loans for FNMA or FHLMC and is a mortgagee
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to
sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.
(5) No litigation is pending or, to the best of
Countrywide's knowledge, threatened, against Countrywide that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or
enforceability of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the ability of
Countrywide to sell or service the Mortgage Loans or to perform any of
its other obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in
accordance with the terms thereof.
(6) No consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by Countrywide of, or compliance by
Countrywide with, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or if any such
consent, approval, authorization or order is required, Countrywide has
obtained the same.
(7) Countrywide intends to treat the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor as a sale of the Mortgage Loans for all
tax, accounting and regulatory purposes.
SCHEDULE III
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1998-12
Representations and Warranties as to the Mortgage Loans
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") hereby makes the
representations and warranties set forth in this Schedule III to the Depositor
and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or if so specified herein, as of the
Cut-off Date. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Schedule
III shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the
above-referenced Series, among Countrywide, as seller and master servicer,
CWMBS, Inc., as depositor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
(1) The information set forth on Schedule I to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan is
true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.
(2) As of the Closing Date, all payments due with
respect to each Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date have been made;
and as of the Cut-off Date, no Mortgage Loan has been contractually
delinquent for 30 or more days during the twelve months prior to the
Cut-off Date.
(3) No Mortgage Loan had a Loan-to-Value Ratio at
origination in excess of 97%.
(4) Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first
lien on the Mortgaged Property subject only to (a) the lien of
nondelinquent current real property taxes and assessments, (b)
covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and
other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such
Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of record being acceptable to
mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in
the appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related
Mortgage Loan, and (c) other matters to which like properties are
commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of
the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage.
(5) Immediately prior to the assignment of the
Mortgage Loans to the Depositor, the Seller had good title to, and was
the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge,
lien, encumbrance or security interest and had full right and
authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
with, any other party, to sell and assign the same pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
(6) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien
against any Mortgaged Property.
(7) There is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim
to any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the
Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or interest on such Mortgage
Note.
(8) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for work,
labor or material affecting any Mortgaged Property which are or may be
a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage, except those
which are insured against by the title insurance policy referred to in
item (12) below.
(9) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, each
Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and in good repair.
(10) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in
all material respects with applicable state and federal laws,
including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, real
estate settlement procedures, truth-in-lending and disclosure laws, and
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not involve
the violation of any such laws.
(11) As of the Closing Date, neither the Seller nor
any prior holder of any Mortgage has modified the Mortgage in any
material respect (except that a Mortgage Loan may have been modified by
a written instrument which has been recorded or submitted for
recordation, if necessary, to protect the interests of the
Certificateholders and the original or a copy of which has been
delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, cancelled or subordinated such
Mortgage in whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged Property
in whole or in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any
instrument of release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction with
respect thereto.
(12) A lender's policy of title insurance together
with a condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if
applicable, in an amount at least equal to the Cut-off Date Stated
Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment (binder)
to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of each
Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full force and
effect, and each such policy was issued by a title insurer qualified to
do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located
and acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC and is in a form acceptable to FNMA or
FHLMC, which policy insures the Seller and successor owners of
indebtedness secured by the insured Mortgage, as to the first priority
lien of the Mortgage subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph
(4) above; to the best of the Seller's knowledge, no claims have been
made under such mortgage title insurance policy and no prior holder of
the related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or
omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such mortgage
title insurance policy.
(13) Each Mortgage Loan was originated (within the
meaning of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) by an entity that satisfied at the time of origination the
requirements of Section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(14) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all of
the improvements which were included for the purpose of determining the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property
lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such
property, and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the
Mortgaged Property.
(15) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no
improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in
violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation. To the best of
the Seller's knowledge, all inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of
the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of
the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy and
fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the
appropriate authorities, unless the lack thereof would not have a
material adverse effect on the value of such Mortgaged Property, and
the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law.
(16) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms and under
applicable law. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, all parties to
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have
been duly and properly executed by such parties.
(17) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed, there is no requirement for future advances thereunder
and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or
off-site improvements and as to disbursements of any escrow funds
therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred
in making, or closing or recording the Mortgage Loans were paid.
(18) The related Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the
holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged
Property of the benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case of
a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii)
otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
(19) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve
as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is
named in such Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become
payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee under the deed of
trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after default by the
Mortgagor.
(20) Each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage is in
substantially one of the forms acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, with such
riders as have been acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, as the case may be.
(21) There exist no deficiencies with respect to
escrow deposits and payments, if such are required, for which customary
arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made, and no escrow
deposits or payments of other charges or payments due the Seller have
been capitalized under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note.
(22) The origination, underwriting and collection
practices used by the Seller with respect to each Mortgage Loan have
been in all respects legal, prudent and customary in the mortgage
lending and servicing business.
(23) There is no pledged account or other security
other than real estate securing the Mortgagor's obligations.
(24) No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation
feature, or other contingent interest feature.
(25) Each Mortgage Loan contains a customary "due
on sale" clause.
(26) None of the Mortgage Loans provides for a
prepayment penalty.
(27) Each Mortgage Loan which had a Loan-to-Value
Ratio at origination in excess of 80% is the subject of a Primary
Insurance Policy that insures that portion of the principal balance
equal to a specified percentage times the sum of the remaining
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, the accrued interest
thereon and the related foreclosure expenses. The specified percentage
is either 12% for Loan-to-Value Ratios between 80.01%, 85.00%, 25% for
Loan-to-Value Ratios between 85.01% and 90.00%; 30% for Loan-to-Value
Ratios between 90.01% and 95.00% or 35% for Loan-to-Value Ratios
between 95.01% and 97.00%. Each such Primary Insurance Policy is issued
by a Qualified Insurer. All provisions of any such Primary Insurance
Policy have been and are being complied with, any such policy is in
full force and effect, and all premiums due thereunder have been paid.
Any Mortgage subject to any such Primary Insurance Policy obligates
either the Mortgagor or the mortgagee thereunder to maintain such
insurance and to pay all premiums and charges in connection therewith,
subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section 3.09(c) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Mortgage Rate for each Mortgage
Loan is net of any such insurance premium.
(28) At the Cut-off Date, the improvements upon each
Mortgaged Property are covered by a valid and existing hazard insurance
policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for fire and
extended coverage and coverage for such other hazards as are customary
in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located in an amount which
is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of
the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (a)
the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) an
amount such that the proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to
prevent the Mortgagor and/or the mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer.
If the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, it is included under
the coverage afforded by a blanket policy for the condominium unit. All
such individual insurance policies and all flood policies referred to
in item (29) below contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the
Seller or the original mortgagee, and its successors in interest, as
mortgagee, and the Seller has received no notice that any premiums due
and payable thereon have not been paid; the Mortgage obligates the
Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance including flood
insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and upon the Mortgagor's
failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and
maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to seek
reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor.
(29) If the Mortgaged Property is in an area
identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a
form meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Flood
Insurance Administration is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged
Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing
coverage not less than the least of (A) the original outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount required
to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, or (C)
the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.
(30) To the best of the Seller's knowledge, there is
no proceeding occurring, pending or threatened for the total or partial
condemnation of the Mortgaged Property.
(31) There is no material monetary default existing
under any Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note and, to the best of the
Seller's knowledge, there is no material event which, with the passage
of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period,
would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note; and the Seller has not
waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration.
(32) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a one- to
four-family residential dwelling including condominium units and
dwelling units in PUDs, which, to the best of Seller's knowledge, does
not include cooperatives or mobile homes and does not constitute other
than real property under state law.
(33) Each Mortgage Loan is being serviced by the
Master Servicer.
(34) Any future advances made 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
reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The consolidated principal
amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage
Loan. The Mortgage Note does not permit or obligate the Master Servicer
to make future advances to the Mortgagor at the option of the
Mortgagor.
(35) All taxes, governmental assessments, insurance
premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges, leasehold payments or
ground rents which previously became due and owing have been paid, or
an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to pay
for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed,
but is not yet due and payable. Except for (A) payments in the nature
of escrow payments, and (B) interest accruing from the date of the
Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage proceeds,
whichever is later, to the day which precedes by one month the Due Date
of the first installment of principal and interest, including without
limitation, taxes and insurance payments, the Master Servicer has not
advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance
of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor, directly or indirectly,
for the payment of any amount required by the Mortgage.
(36) Each Mortgage Loan was underwritten in all
material respects in accordance with the Seller's underwriting
guidelines as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
(37) Other than with respect to any Streamlined
Documentation Mortgage Loan as to which the loan-to-value ratio of the
related Original Mortgage Loan was less than 75% (or 70% with respect
to Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in
California) at the time of the origination of such Original Mortgage
Loan, prior to the approval of the Mortgage Loan application, an
appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property was obtained from a
qualified appraiser, duly appointed by the originator, 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; such appraisal is in
a form acceptable to FNMA and FHLMC.
(38) None of the Mortgage Loans is a graduated
payment mortgage loan or a growing equity mortgage loan, and none of
the Mortgage Loans is subject to a buydown or similar arrangement.
(39) Any leasehold estate securing a Mortgage Loan
has a term of not less than five years in excess of the term of the
related Mortgage Loan.
(40) The Mortgage Loans were selected from among the
outstanding fixed-rate one- to four-family mortgage loans in
Countrywide's portfolio at the Closing Date as to which the
representations and warranties made as to the Mortgage Loans set forth
in this Schedule III can be made. Such selection was not made in a
manner intended to adversely affect the interests of
Certificateholders.
(41) Except for 34 Mortgage Loans, each Mortgage Loan
has a payment date on or before the Due Date in the month of the first
Distribution Date.
(42) With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which an
affidavit has been delivered to the Trustee certifying that the
original Mortgage Note is a Lost Mortgage Note, if such Mortgage Loan
is subsequently in default, the enforcement of such Mortgage Loan or of
the related Mortgage by or on behalf of the Trustee will not be
materially adversely affected by the absence of the original Mortgage
Note. A "Lost Mortgage Note" is a Mortgage Note the original of which
was permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.
(43) The Mortgage Loans, individually and in the
aggregate, conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
in the Prospectus Supplement.
SCHEDULE IV
Principal Balances Schedule
[not applicable]
SCHEDULE V
Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report
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LOAN LEVEL REPORTING SYSTEM
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DATABASE STRUCTURE
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[MONTH, YEAR]
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Field Number Field Name Field Type Field Width Dec
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1 INVNUM Numeric 4
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2 INVBLK Numeric 4
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3 INACNU Character 8
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4 BEGSCH Numeric 15 2
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5 SCHPRN Numeric 13 2
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6 TADPRN Numeric 11 2
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7 LIQEPB Numeric 11 2
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8 ACTCOD Numeric 11
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9 ACTDAT Numeric 4
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10 INTPMT Numeric 8
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11 PRNPMT Numeric 13 2
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12 ENDSCH Numeric 13 2
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13 SCHNOT Numeric 13 2
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14 SCHPAS Numeric 7 3
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15 PRINPT Numeric 7 3
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16 PRIBAL Numeric 11 2
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17 LPIDTE Numeric 13 2
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18 DELPRN Numeric 7
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19 PPDPRN Numeric 11 2
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20 DELPRN Numeric 11 2
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21 NXTCHG Numeric 8
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22 ARMNOT Numeric 7 3
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23 ARMPAS Numeric 7 3
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24 ARMPMT Numeric 11 2
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25 ZZTYPE Character 2
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26 ISSUID Character 1
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27 KEYNAME Character 8
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TOTAL 240
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COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
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GENERAL INFORMATION CURRENT MONTH SCHEDULED INFORMATION
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Beg. Total
Inv. # Xxx # XXX # Xxxxxxxx # Xxxxxxx Principal Curtailment Payoff Amt. A/Code A/Date Interest Princ
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SENIOR CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
[SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CON- DUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199 -
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional mortgage loans (the
"Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family
residential properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that _______________________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by dividing the
denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs) in certain
monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of the
Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off
Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer
(in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee
(the "Trustee"). To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued
under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO CERTAIN CERTIFICATES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES UNDER THE CODE TO
THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS , 199 . THE INITIAL PER
ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE IS %. ASSUMING THAT THE MORTGAGE
LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF % PER ANNUM (THE "PREPAYMENT
ASSUMPTION"), THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH $ OF OID PER $1,000 OF THE
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE; THE ANNUAL YIELD TO MATURITY OF
THIS CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE ACCRUAL OF OID IS APPROXIMATELY %
(COMPOUNDED MONTHLY); THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL
PERIOD IS $ PER $1,000 OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE
COMPUTED USING THE MONTHLY YIELD AND DAILY COMPOUNDING DURING THE SHORT ACCRUAL
PERIOD. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT A RATE
BASED ON THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE ACTUAL YIELD TO
MATURITY MAY DIFFER FROM THAT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL OF OID WILL BE
ADJUSTED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED DURING ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE PREPAYMENT
ASSUMPTION IS INTENDED TO BE THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION
1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE CODE.]
[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"). ANY RESALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT
REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT MAY ONLY BE MADE IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPTED
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR DELIVERS TO THE
TRUSTEE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO HEREIN. [SUCH REPRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO
THE TRUSTEE BY THE TRANSFEREE'S ACCEPTANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS AND BY
A BENEFICIAL OWNER'S ACCEPTANCE OF ITS INTEREST IN A CERTIFICATE OF THIS CLASS.]
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF
THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR
TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199 -
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional loans (the "Mortgage
Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family residential
properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that _________________________ is the registered
owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate (obtained by
dividing the denomination of this Certificate by the aggregate Initial
Certificate Balances of all Certificates of the Class to which this
Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust
Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among
the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the
"Seller") and as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"),
and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the
Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.
[No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless such
transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under said Act and such laws. In the event that a
transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act and
such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws,
the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer and such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify to the Trustee in
writing the facts surrounding the transfer. In the event that such a transfer is
to be made within three years from the date of the initial issuance of
Certificates pursuant hereto, there shall also be delivered (except in the case
of a transfer pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act) to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from
the Securities Act and such state securities laws, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be obtained at the expense of the Trustee, the Seller, the Master
Servicer or the Depositor. The Holder hereof desiring to effect such transfer
shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee and the Depositor against
any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.]
No transfer of a Certificate of this Class shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation [letter] from the
transferee of such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan, which representation
letter shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer, (ii) if
the purchaser is an insurance company, a representation that the purchaser is
an insurance company which is purchasing such Certificates with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined
in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE
95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates are covered
under PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for
registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent
enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on
behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such
Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be
"plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA
and the Code and will not subject the Trustee to any obligation in addition to
those undertaken in the Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer. [Such representation shall be
deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the Transferee's acceptance of a
Certificate of this Class and by a beneficial owner's acceptance of its
interest in a Certificate of this Class.] Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate of this Class to or
on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA or to the Code without
the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee as described above shall be
void and of no effect.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE]
SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "RESIDUAL
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
PROPOSED TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
[THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE "TAX MATTERS PERSON RESIDUAL INTEREST" ISSUED
UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION BY THE
TRANSFEREE OF THE DUTIES OF THE SERVICER UNDER SUCH AGREEMENT.]
NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE
TRANSFEREE DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE EITHER A REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE EFFECT
THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
THE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY
HEREIN, ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO OR ON BEHALF OF AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO ERISA OR TO THE CODE WITHOUT THE OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO
EFFECT.
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
Initial Certificate Balance
of this Certificate
("Denomination") : $
Initial Certificate Balances
of all Certificates of
this Class : $
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199 -
evidencing the distributions allocable to the Class A-R Certificates
with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
conventional loans (the "Mortgage Loans") secured by first liens on
one- to four-family residential properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
Principal in respect of this Certificate is distributable monthly as
set forth herein. Accordingly, the Certificate Balance at any time may be less
than the Certificate Balance as set forth herein. This Certificate does not
evidence an obligation of, or an interest in, and is not guaranteed by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or
any of their respective affiliates. Neither this Certificate nor the Mortgage
Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that _________________ is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Initial Certificate Balances of all Certificates of the Class
to which this Certificate belongs) in certain monthly distributions with
respect to a Trust Fund consisting of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS,
Inc. (the "Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement") among the Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as seller (in
such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such capacity, the
"Master Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To
the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned in the Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.
Any distribution of the proceeds of any remaining assets of the Trust
Fund will be made only upon presentment and surrender of this Class A-R
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained by
the Trustee in New York, New York.
No transfer of a Class A-R Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee
shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the transferee of
such Certificate, acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting
on behalf of any such plan, which representation letter shall not be an expense
of the Trustee or the Master Servicer, or (ii) in the case of any such Class A-R
Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan
subject to ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any
subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting
on behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
and the Master Servicer to the effect that the purchase or holding of such Class
A-R Certificate will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to
be "plan assets" and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA
and the Code and will not subject the Trustee or the Master Servicer to any
obligation in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Master Servicer.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of
a Class A-R Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA or to the Code without the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
as described above shall be void and of no effect.
Each Holder of this Class A-R Certificate will be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by the restrictions of the Agreement, including but not
limited to the restrictions that (i) each person holding or acquiring any
Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must be a Permitted
Transferee, (ii) no Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate may be
transferred without delivery to the Trustee of (a) a transfer affidavit of the
proposed transferee and (b) a transfer certificate of the transferor, each of
such documents to be in the form described in the Agreement, (iii) each person
holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must
agree to require a transfer affidavit and to deliver a transfer certificate to
the Trustee as required pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) each person holding or
acquiring an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate must agree not
to transfer an Ownership Interest in this Class A-R Certificate if it has
actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee
and (v) any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this
Class A-R Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be absolutely
null and void and will vest no rights in the purported transferee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF NOTIONAL AMOUNT CERTIFICATE]
[SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A "REGULAR
INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CON- DUIT," AS THOSE TERMS ARE
DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").]
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY
DISTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT OF PRINCIPAL.
[THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING
THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES
UNDER THE CODE TO THIS CERTIFICATE. THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS
____________, 199__. THE INITIAL PER ANNUM RATE OF INTEREST ON THIS
CERTIFICATE IS _______%. ASSUMING THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS PREPAY AT AN ASSUMED
RATE OF PREPAYMENT OF _____% PER ANNUM (THE "PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION"), THIS
CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH $________ OF OID ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED
PRINCIPAL BALANCE; THE ANNUAL YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR
PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE ACCRUAL OF OID IS APPROXIMATELY _____% (COMPOUNDED
MONTHLY); THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS
$_____ ON THE INITIAL POOL STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE; AND THE METHOD USED TO
CALCULATE THE ANNUAL YIELD TO MATURITY AND THE AMOUNT OF OID ALLOCABLE TO THE
SHORT FIRST ACCRUAL PERIOD IS THE EXACT METHOD AS DEFINED IN PROPOSED TREASURY
REGULATIONS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THE MORTGAGE LOANS WILL PREPAY AT
A RATE BASED ON THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION OR AT ANY OTHER RATE. THE ACTUAL
YIELD TO MATURITY MAY DIFFER FROM THAT SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THE ACCRUAL OF OID
WILL BE ADJUSTED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1272(a)(6) OF THE CODE, TO TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED DURING ANY ACCRUAL PERIOD. THE
PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION IS INTENDED TO BE THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION REFERRED TO
IN SECTION 1272(a)(6)(B)(iii) OF THE CODE.]
Certificate No. :
Cut-off Date :
First Distribution Date :
Initial Notional Amount
of this Certificate
("Denomination") :
Initial Notional Amount
of all Certificates
of this Class :
CUSIP :
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 199 -
Class [ ]
evidencing a percentage interest in the distributions allocable to the
Certificates of the above-referenced Class with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional loans (the "Mortgage
Loans") secured by first liens on one- to four-family residential
properties
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor
This Certificate does not evidence an obligation of, or an interest in,
and is not guaranteed by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee referred to below or any of their respective affiliates. Neither this
Certificate nor the Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental
agency or instrumentality.
This certifies that ______________________________________ is the
registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate
specified above in certain monthly distributions with respect to a Trust Fund
consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans deposited by CWMBS, Inc. (the
"Depositor"). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement") among the
Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as seller (in such capacity, the
"Seller") and as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer"),
and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement
the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless manually countersigned by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
Dated: ____________, 19__
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ______________________
Countersigned:
By ___________________________
Authorized Signatory of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee[Reserved]
EXHIBIT E
[Form of Reverse of Certificates]
CWMBS, INC.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein collectively called the "Certificates"),
and representing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund created by
the Agreement.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for
payment hereunder and that the Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders
for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as
expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the
Agreement.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a distribution will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (the "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
first Distribution Date specified on the face hereof, to the Person in whose
name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the applicable
Record Date in an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required to be distributed to
Holders of Certificates of the Class to which this Certificate belongs on such
Distribution Date pursuant to the Agreement. The Record Date applicable to each
Distribution Date is the last Business Day of the month next preceding the month
of such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Holder hereof at a bank or
other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder
shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days
prior to the related Record Date and such Certificateholder shall satisfy the
conditions to receive such form of payment set forth in the Agreement, or, if
not, by check mailed by first class mail to the address of such
Certificateholder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate will be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office or
such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such
final distribution.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Trustee and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of Certificates affected by such amendment evidencing the requisite
Percentage Interest, as provided in the Agreement. Any such consent by the
Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon
the transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the Certificate
Register of the Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency maintained by the
Trustee in New York, New York, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed
by the holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized
denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest in the Trust
Fund will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are
exchangeable for new Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations
and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee and
any agent of the Depositor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Depositor, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
On any Distribution Date on which the Pool Stated Principal Balance is
less than 1% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer will have the option to repurchase, in whole, from
the Trust Fund all remaining Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect
of the Mortgage Loans at a purchase price determined as provided in the
Agreement. In the event that no such optional termination occurs, the
obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement will terminate upon
the later of the maturity or other liquidation (or any advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund or the
disposition of all property in respect thereof and the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to the
Agreement. In no event, however, will the trust created by the Agreement
continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor
of the descendants living at the date of the Agreement of a certain person named
in the Agreement.
Any term used herein that is defined in the Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned in the Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed
inconsistent with that meaning.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip
code of assignee)
the Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such Percentage Interest to assignee
on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.
I (We) further direct the Trustee to issue a new Certificate of a like
denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate
to the following address:
_______________________________________________________________.
Dated:
_____________________________________
Signature by or on behalf of assignor
DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS
The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:
Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise,
in immediately available funds to _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________,
____________________________________________________________________________,
for the account of _________________________________________________________,
account number________________, or, if mailed by check, to ___________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
Applicable statements should be mailed to _____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________,
.
This information is provided by ___________________________________ ,
the assignee named above, or ______________________________________________ ,
as its agent.
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the ____ day of _______________, 19__ before me, a
notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _______________
________________________, known to me who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose and say that he executed the foregoing instrument.
_________________________
Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
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Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among
CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master
Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1998-12
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Trustee, hereby certifies that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, any Mortgage Loan
paid in full or any Mortgage Loan listed on the attached schedule it has
received:
(i) (a) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the following form: "Pay
to the order of __________, without recourse" or (b) with respect to any Lost
Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from the Seller stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in a
blanket assignment or assignments); provided, however, that it has received no
assignment with respect to any Mortgage for which the related Mortgaged Property
is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i)
the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of
the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF DELAY DELIVERY CERTIFICATION
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
=====================
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among CWMBS, Inc.,
as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as
Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1998-12
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Initial Certification of Trustee relating to
the above-referenced series, with the schedule of exceptions attached thereto
(the "Schedule A"), delivered by the undersigned, as Trustee, on the Closing
Date in accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"). The undersigned
hereby certifies that, as to each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan listed on
Schedule A attached hereto (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed
on Schedule B attached hereto) it has received:
(i) (a) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the following form: "Pay
to the order of __________, without recourse" or (b) with respect to any Lost
Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit from the Seller stating that the original
Mortgage Note was lost or destroyed; and
(ii) a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage (which may be included in a
blanket assignment or assignments); provided, however, that it has received no
assignment with respect to any Mortgage for which the related Mortgaged Property
is located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to:
(i) the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any
of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
[date]
[Depositor]
[Master Servicer]
[Seller]
=====================
Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement among CWMBS, Inc.,
as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as
Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 1998-12
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as
Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the
attached Document Exception Report) it has received:
(i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed in the form provided in
Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with all intervening
endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the
Seller.
(ii) The original recorded Mortgage.
(iii) A duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in the form
provided in Section 2.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or, if the
Depositor has certified or the Trustee otherwise knows that the related Mortgage
has not been returned from the applicable recording office, a copy of the
assignment of the Mortgage (excluding information to be provided by the
recording office).
(iv) The original or duplicate original recorded assignment or
assignments of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Seller.
(v) The original or duplicate original lender's title policy and all
riders thereto or, any one of an original title binder, an original
preliminary title report or an original title commitment, or a copy thereof
certified by the title company.
Based on its review and examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, (a) such documents appear regular on their face and related to such
Mortgage Loan, and (b) the information set forth in items (i), (ii), (iii),
(iv), (vi), and (xi) of the definition of the "Mortgage Loan Schedule" in
Section 1.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage File.
The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations as to: (i)
the validity, legality, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of any of the
documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.
Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By :___________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT I
TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1998-12
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:
1. The undersigned is an officer of , -------------------- the
proposed Transferee of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate (the
"Certificate") issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (the
"Agreement"), relating to the above-referenced Series, by and among CWMBS, Inc.,
as depositor (the "Depositor"), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as seller and
master servicer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capital- ized terms used,
but not defined herein or in Exhibit 1 hereto, shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Agreement. The Transferee has authorized the undersigned to
make this affidavit on behalf of the Transferee.
2. The Transferee is, as of the date hereof, and will be, as of the
date of the Transfer, a Permitted Transferee. The Transferee is acquiring its
Ownership Interest in the Certificate either (i) for its own account or (ii) as
nominee, trustee or agent for another Person and has attached hereto an
affidavit from such Person in substantially the same form as this affidavit. The
Transferee has no knowledge that any such affidavit is false.
3. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that (i) a tax
will be imposed on Transfers of the Certificate to Persons that are not
Permitted Transferees; (ii) such tax will be imposed on the transferor, or, if
such Transfer is through an agent (which includes a broker, nominee or
middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, on the agent; and
(iii) the Person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for
the tax if the subsequent Transferee furnished to such Person an affidavit that
such subsequent Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of
Transfer, such Person does not have actual knowledge that the affidavit is
false.
4. The Transferee has been advised of, and understands that a tax will
be imposed on a "pass-through entity" holding the Certificate if at any time
during the taxable year of the pass-through entity a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. The
Transferee understands that such tax will not be imposed for any period with
respect to which the record holder furnishes to the pass-through entity an
affidavit that such record holder is a Permitted Transferee and the pass-through
entity does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is false. (For this
purpose, a "pass-through entity" includes a regulated investment company, a real
estate investment trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or estate,
and certain cooperatives and, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations,
persons holding interests in pass-through entities as a nominee for another
Person.)
5. The Transferee has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the
Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference)
and understands the legal consequences of the acquisition of an Ownership
Interest in the Certificate including, without limitation, the restrictions on
subsequent Transfers and the provisions regarding voiding the Transfer and
mandatory sales. The Transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by
the provisions of Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement and the restrictions noted on
the face of the Certificate. The Transferee understands and agrees that any
breach of any of the representations included herein shall render the Transfer
to the Transferee contemplated hereby null and void.
6. The Transferee agrees to require a Transfer Affidavit from any
Person to whom the Transferee attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in the
Certificate, and in connection with any Transfer by a Person for whom the
Transferee is acting as nominee, trustee or agent, and the Transferee will not
Transfer its Ownership Interest or cause any Ownership Interest to be
Transferred to any Person that the Transferee knows is not a Permitted
Transferee. In connection with any such Transfer by the Transferee, the
Transferee agrees to deliver to the Trustee a certificate substantially in the
form set forth as Exhibit J to the Agreement (a "Transferor Certificate") to the
effect that such Transferee has no actual knowledge that the Person to which the
Transfer is to be made is not a Permitted Transferee.
7. The Transferee does not have the intention to impede the assessment
or collection of any tax legally required to be paid with respect to the
Certificate.
8. The Transferee's taxpayer identification number is _________
____________.
9. The Transferee is a U.S. Person as defined in Code Section
7701(a)(30).
10. The Transferee is aware that the Certificate may be a "noneconomic
residual interest" within the meaning of proposed Treasury regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Code and that the transferor of a noneconomic
residual interest will remain liable for any taxes due with respect to the
income on such residual interest, unless no significant purpose of the transfer
was to impede the assessment or collection of tax.
11. The Transferee is not an employee benefit plan that is subject to
ERISA or a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and the Transferee
is not acting on behalf of such a plan.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferee has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its
duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, duly
attested, this _____ day of _________________, 19___.
---------------------------------
PRINT NAME OF TRANSFEREE
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST:
______________________________
[Assistant] Secretary
Personally appeared before me the above-named __________________,
known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing
instrument and to be the ____________________ of the Transferee, and
acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed and the free
act and deed of the Transferee.
Subscribed and sworn before me this day of ,
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19 .
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__________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission expires the ____
day of ___________, 19__.
EXHIBIT 1
to EXHIBIT I
Certain Definitions
"Ownership Interest": As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in
such Certificate, including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder
thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or
beneficial.
"Permitted Transferee": Any Person other than (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or
any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Code Section 521) which is
exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by
Code Section 511 on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions
(as defined in Code Section 860E(c)(1)) with respect to any Class A-R
Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Code
Section 1381(a)(2)(c), (v) a Person that is not a citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation, partnership, or other entity created or organized
in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof,
or an estate or trust whose income from sources without the United States is
includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes
regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States, and (vi) any other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon
an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class A-R
Certificate to such Person may cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a
REMIC at any time that certain Certificates are Outstanding. The terms "United
States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have the meanings set
forth in Code Section 7701 or successor provisions. A corporation will not be
treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political
subdivision thereof if all of its activities are subject to tax, and, with the
exception of the FHLMC, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
such governmental unit.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
bank, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate, including the acquisition of a Certificate by the
Depositor.
"Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership
Interest in a Certificate.
EXHIBIT 2
to EXHIBIT I
Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement
(c) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest
in a Class A-R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of
such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions,
and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class A-R
Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:
(i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change or impending change in
its status as a Permitted Transferee.
(ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate
may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and
the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any Class A-R
Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be
delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee
shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of
the initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I.
(iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a
Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts
to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class A-R Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is
acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of
a Class A-R Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest
in a Class A-R Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate to any other Person if it has
actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.
(iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the provisions of
this Section 5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest
no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee
shall become a Holder of a Class A-R Certificate in violation of the
provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted
Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof
retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class A-R
Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for
any registration of Transfer of a Class A-R Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for making
any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking
any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of
this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of
the related Transfer Affidavit, Transferor Certificate and either the
Rule 144A Letter or the Investment Letter. The Trustee shall be
entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Class A-R
Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it
became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a
Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Class A-R Certificate
at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the
Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last
preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.
(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make
available, upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, all
information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e)
of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Class A-R Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
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Date
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 1998-12
Re: CWMBS, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1998-12, Class ,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our disposition of the above Certificates
we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to
buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action which would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act and
(c) to the extent we are disposing of a Class A-R Certificate, we have no
knowledge the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee.
Very truly yours,
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Print Name of Transferor
By:__________________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)
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Date
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 1998-12
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1998-12, Class __
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
are an "accredited investor," as defined in Regulation D under the Act, and
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee
benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement, nor are we using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii) if we are an insurance company,
a representation that we are an insurance company which is purchasing such
Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under PTCE 95-60, (e) we are acquiring the
Certificates for investment for our own account and not with a view to any
distribution of such Certificates (but without prejudice to our right at all
times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Certificates in accordance with
clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or
solicited offers to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise
approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any
other action which would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Act, and
(g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Certificates unless
(1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Act or is exempt from such registration
requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this Certificate that such sale,
transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from the
Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Certificate has executed and
delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this
certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with
any conditions for transfer set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Very truly yours,
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Print Name of Transferee
By:___________________________
Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT L
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
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Date
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group
Series 1998-12
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1998-12, Class __
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we
have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Certificates, (d) either (i) we are not an employee
benefit plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or a plan or arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, nor are we acting on behalf of
any such plan or arrangement, nor are we using the assets of any such plan or
arrangement to effect such acquisition or (ii) if we are an insurance company,
a representation that we are an insurance company which is purchasing such
Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company general account"
(as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60 ("PTCE 95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates are covered under PTCE 95-60, (e) we have not, nor has anyone
acting on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed
of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar
security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or
other disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any
other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with
respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other
similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates
under the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the
Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require
registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will
authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the Certificates,
(f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act and have completed either of the forms of
certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We are
aware that the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are
acquiring the Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule
144A and further, understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or
transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified
institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge
or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to
another exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the
President, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive
officer of the Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis either at least $100,000 in securities
or, if Buyer is a dealer, Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis
at least $10,000,000 in securities (except for the excluded securities referred
to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount
being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the
criteria in the category marked below.
___ Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other
than a bank, savings and loan association or similar
institution), Massachusetts or similar business
trust, partnership, or charitable organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
___ Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State,
territory or the District of Columbia, the
business of which is substantially confined to
banking and is supervised by the State or
territorial banking commission or similar official
or is a foreign bank or equivalent institution,
and (b) has an audited net worth of at least
$25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual
financial statements, a copy of which is attached
hereto.
___ Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and
loan association, building and loan association,
cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
institution, which is supervised and examined by a
State or Federal authority having supervision over
any such institutions or is a foreign savings and
loan association or equivalent institution and (b)
has an audited net worth of at least $25,000,000
as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.
___ Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
___ Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance
company whose primary and predominant business
activity is the writing of insurance or the
reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
companies and which is subject to supervision by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official
or agency of a State, territory or the District of
Columbia.
___ State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan estab-
lished and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of
the State or its political subdivisions, for the
benefit of its employees.
___ ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
___ Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment
advisor registered under the Investment Advisors
Act of 1940.
___ Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a
small business investment company licensed by the
U.S. Small Business Administration under Section
301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act
of 1958.
___ Business Development Company. Buyer is a business
development company as defined in Section
202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used
the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the
securities referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer
reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of
their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost
of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market. Further, in
determining such aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities
owned by subsidiaries of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are
consolidated with the Buyer in its financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and if the investments of such
subsidiaries are managed under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities
were not included if the Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of
another enterprise and the Buyer is not itself a reporting company under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer
will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan is provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
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Print Name of Buyer
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:___________________________
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT L
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the
Buyer is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's
Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's
most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities
owned by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of
such securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements
on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect
to the cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the
preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.
___ The Buyer owned $____________ in securities
(other than the excluded securities referred to
below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A).
___ The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies
which owned in the aggregate $________________
in securities (other than the excluded securities
referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated
in accordance with Rule 144A).
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein
--------------------------------
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have
the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by
virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one
investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
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securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the
undersigned will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
_______________________________
Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
______________________________
Print Name of Buyer
Date:_________________________
EXHIBIT M
REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Trustee)
CWMBS, Inc.
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 1998-12
Loan Information
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Name of Mortgagor: _______________________________
Servicer
Loan No.: ________________________________
Trustee
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Name: ________________________________
Address: ________________________________
________________________________
Trustee
Mortgage File No.: _________________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges that it has
received from The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Holders of Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, of the above-referenced Series, the documents
referred to below (the "Documents"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") relating to the
above-referenced Series among the Trustee, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as
Seller and Master Servicer and CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor.
( ) Mortgage Note dated , 19 , in the original
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principal sum of $ , made by .
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payable to, or endorsed to the order of, the Trustee.
( ) Mortgage recorded on _________________ as instrument no. ____
________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the
County of ___________________, State of _______________ in
book/reel/docket ________________ of official records at
page/image ________________.
( ) Deed of Trust recorded on as instrument
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no. ________________ in the County Recorder's Office of the
County of ________________, State of _______________ in
book/reel/docket _______________ of official records at
page/image ________________.
( ) Assignment of Mortgage or Deed of Trust to the Trustee,
recorded on _________________ as instrument no. ____________
in the County Recorder's Office of the County of __________,
State of _________________in book/reel/docket _______________
of official records at page/image _______________.
( ) Other documents, including any amendments, assignments or
other assumptions of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
( ) _________________________________________________
( ) _________________________________________________
( ) _________________________________________________
( ) _________________________________________________
The undersigned Master Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees as
follows:
(1) The Master Servicer shall hold and retain possession of
the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the
purposes provided in the Agreement.
(2) The Master Servicer shall not cause or knowingly permit
the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claim, liens,
security interest, charges, writs of attachment or other impositions
nor shall the Servicer assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of
setoff to or against the Documents or any proceeds thereof.
(3) The Master Servicer shall return each and every Document
previously requested from the Mortgage File to the Trustee when the
need therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan relating to
the Documents has been liquidated and the proceeds thereof have been
remitted to the Certificate Account and except as expressly provided in
the Agreement.
(4) The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including any
proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the
Master Servicer shall at all times be earmarked for the account of the
Trustee, and the Master Servicer shall keep the Documents and any
proceeds separate and distinct from all other property in the Master
Servicer's possession, custody or control.
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
By _________________________
Its ________________________
Date: _________________, 19__
EXHIBIT N
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
To: The Bank of New York Attn: Mortgage Custody
Services
Re: The Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated June 1, 1998
among Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and as
Master Servicer, CWMBS, Inc. and The Bank of New York
as Trustee
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you
as Trustee for CWMBS, Inc., we request the release of the Mortgage Loan File for
the Mortgage Loan(s) described below, for the reason indicated.
FT Account#: Pool #:
Mortgagor's Name, Address and Zip Code:
Mortgage Loan Number:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
1. Mortgage Loan paid in full (Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc. hereby certifies that all amounts have been
received.)
2. Mortgage Loan Liquidated (Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
hereby certifies that all proceeds of foreclosure,
insurance, or other liquidation have been finally
received.)
3. Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure.
4. Other (explain):
If item 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage
File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt
on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession
relating to the above-specified Mortgage Loan. If item 3 or 4 is checked, upon
return of all of the above documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge
your eceipt by signing in the space indicated below, and returning this form.
COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
By: __________________________
Name: ________________________
Title: ________________________
Date: ________________________
TRUSTEE CONSENT TO RELEASE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
By: _________________________
Name: _______________________
Title: _______________________
Date: _______________________
EXHIBIT O
FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
_________________, 199__
CWMBS, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 1998-12
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1998-12, Class Y Certificate
(the "Certificate")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above Certificate,
we certify that
(a) we understand that the Certificate is not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or
any state securities laws and is being transferred to us in a
transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements
of the Act and any such laws,
(b) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of investments in the Certificate,
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the
Certificate and all matters relating thereto or any additional
information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the
Certificate,
(d) either
(i) we are not an employee benefit plan subject to
Section 406 of ERISA or a plan or arrangement subject
to Section 4975 of the Code, nor a person acting on
behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the
assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such
transfer, or
(ii) (A) we are not using assets of an "investment fund"
(within the meaning of Part V(b) of PTCE 84- 14)
managed by a "qualified professional asset
manager" (within the meaning of Part V(a) of PTCE
84-14) which has made or properly authorized the
decision for such fund to acquire such Certificate
under circumstances such that the purchase and
holding of the Certificate are covered by XXXX 00-
00, (X) we are using assets of a Plan managed by an
"in-house asset manager" (within the meaning of Part
IV(a) of PTCE 96-23) which has made or properly
authorized the decision for such Plan to acquire such
Certificate under circumstances such that the
purchase and holding of the Certificate are covered
by PTCE 96-23, (C) we are an insurance company pooled
separate account acquiring such Certificate pursuant
to Part I of PTCE 90-1, or a bank collective
investment fund acquiring such Certificate pursuant
to Section I of PTCE 91-38, and in either case, no
Plan owns more than 10% of the assets of such account
or collective fund (when aggregated with other Plans
of the same employer (or its affiliates) or the same
employee organization), or (D) we are an insurance
company purchasing such Certificate with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account"
(within the meaning of Section V(e) of PTCE 95-60)
and the purchase and holding of the Certificate are
covered by PTCE 95-60,
(e) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf
offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise
disposed of the Certificate, any interest in the
Certificate or any other similar security to, or
solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge
or other disposition of the Certificate, any interest
in the Certificate or any other similar security from,
or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to
the Certificate, any interest in the Certificate or any
other similar security with, any person in any manner,
or made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner, or taken any other
action, that would constitute a distribution of the
Certificate under the Act or that would render the
disposition of the Certificate a violation of Section 5
of the Act or require registration pursuant thereto,
nor will act, nor has authorized or will authorize any
person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Certificate,
(f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Act ("Rule 144A") and have
completed either of the forms of certification to that effect
attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2, (g) we are aware that
the sale to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and
(g) we are acquiring the Certificate for our own
account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and
further, understand that such Certificate may be resold,
pledged or transferred only (A) to a person reasonably
believed to be a qualified institutional buyer that purchased
for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale,
pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or
(B) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the
Act.
Very truly yours,
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Print Name of Transferee
By: __________________________
Authorized Officer
ANNEX TO EXHIBIT O
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificate described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the
President, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive
officer of the Buyer.
2. In connection with purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $_________1 in securities (except for
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A
and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.
-- Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation
(other than a bank, savings and loan association or similar
institution), Massachusetts or similar business trust,
partnership, or charitable organization described in Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
-- Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
institution organized under the laws of any State, territory
or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the
State or territorial banking commission or similar official or
is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an
audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in
its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
-- Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and
loan association, building and loan association, cooperative
bank, homestead association or similar institution, which is
supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having
supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings
and loan
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1 Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
$100,000,000 in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case,
Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at lest
$10,000,000 in securities.
association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited
net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
-- Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer
registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Act
of 1934.
-- Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance
company whose primary and predominant business activity is the
writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten
by insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by
the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of
a State, territory or the District of Columbia.
-- State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan
established and maintained by a State, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the
State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of
its employees.
-- ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974.
-- Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an
investment advisor registered under the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940.
-- Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is
a small business investment company licensed by the
U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c)
or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
-- Business Development Company. Buyer is a
business development company as defined in Section
202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
3. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that
are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is
a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of a deposit,
(v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.
4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the
Buyer used the cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of
the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the
Buyer reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis
of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost
of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence
applies, the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such
aggregate amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries
of the Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in
its financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed
under the Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the
Buyer is a majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the
Buyer is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A
and understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the
Certificate are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given,
the Buyer's purchase of the Certificate will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan as provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.
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Print Name of Buyer
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _______________________
ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT O
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
[For Transferees That Are Registered Investment Companies]
The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificate described therein:
1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A) because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.
2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in SEC Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than
the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned
by the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such
securities was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial
statements on the basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information
with respect to the cost of those securities has been published. If clause
(ii) in the preceding sentence applies, the securities may be valued at
market.
-- The Buyer owned $__________ in securities (other
than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).
-- The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment
Companies which owned in the aggregate $____________ in
securities (other than the excluded securities referred to
below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year
(such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A.
3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have
the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by
virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one
investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).
4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.
5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that
the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.
6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificate, the
undersigned will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificate will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.
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Print Name of Buyer or Adviser
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
IF AN ADVISER:
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Print Name of Buyer
Date: _________________________
EXHIBIT P
NOTICE BY HOLDER OF CLASS Y CERTIFICATE OF ITS INTENT
TO PURCHASE THE PURCHASED CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO HEREIN
__________________, 199_
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 1998-12
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1998-12, Class II-A, Class II-A-2, Class
II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and Class II-A-5 (the
"Purchased Certificates")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Agreement") dated June 1, 1998, among CWMBS, Inc., as Depositor, Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee. All terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 9.04(a)(1) of the Agreement, the undersigned, as
Holder of the Class Y Certificate, hereby notifies the Trustee of its intent to
purchase all of the Purchased Certificates on the Distribution Date occurring in
__________________, ____ (the "Acquisition Date"). In accordance with Section
9.04 of the Agreement, we hereby confirm that the criteria identifies below have
been satisfied:
-- the Acquisition Date is a Distribution Date occurring
on or after the Distribution Date in June 2008; or
-- the Acquisition Date is a Distribution Date occurring after
the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal
Amount of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group 2 is less than 20%
of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date.
In accordance with Section 9.04 of the Agreement, the original Class Y
Certificate is attached hereto.
Very truly yours,
EXHIBIT Q
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERMINATION
________________, 199_
[Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and
Class II-A-5 Certificateholders]
[Master Servicer]
[Certificate Registrar]
Attention: Mortgage-Backed Securities Group Series 1998-12
Re: CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1998-12, Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and Class II-A-5
(the "Purchased Certificates")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that, pursuant to Section 9.04 of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement") dated June 1, 1998, among CWMBS, Inc.,
as Depositor, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Seller and Master Servicer, and
The Bank of New York, as Trustee, the Holder of the Class Y Certificate of the
above-captioned Series has exercised its option to purchase all of the Class
II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and Class II-A-5 Certificates
(the "Purchased Certificates") at an Acquisition Price of $_______________. The
final Distribution Date for the Purchased Certificates will be _______________,
____ (the "Acquisition Date"). The Acquisition Price constitutes payment in full
for the Purchased Certificates and no further amounts in respect of interest or
principal will be distributable to the Holders of the Purchased Certificates
after the Acquisition Date.
All terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Agreement.
[Attach Final Distribution Notice.]
Very truly yours,
